The Magic Behind Fallout New Vegas
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- The Magic Behind Fallout New Vegas
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Fallout New Vegas is one of the best RPGs of all time. Almost 13 years later New Vegas has reached a cult-like status. Despite not selling as well as Fallout 3 & Fallout 4... it's reputation exceeds both.
Intro: 0:00 - 1:05
Skill Checks & Creation: 1:06 - 2:13
Two Types Of Reactivity: 2:14 - 5:40
Goodsprings Part 1: 5:41 - 8:16
Reputation & "The Special Rule": 8:17 - 10:05
Caesars Legion: 10:06 - 17:09
The NCR: 17:10 - 24:19
Not Yet... 24:20 - 24:30
Goodsprings Part 2: 24:31 - 30:56
Primm: 30:57 - 35:15
Nipton: 35:17 - 40:02
Novac: 40:03 - 45:53
Boulder City: 45:54 - 48:44
New Vegas Combat: 48:45 -50:17
Freeside: 50:18 - 57:27
The Strip: 57:28 - 1:04:51
Getting Revenge: 1:04:52 - 1:07:58
Prepping For War: 1:07:59- 1:12:05
Hoover Dam: 1:12:06 - 1:14:32
Wrapping It Up: 1:14:33 - 1:18:09
References:
9MM Joke (posted 8 years ago): / bennys_gun_is_too_weak...
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Structure (specifically transitions) inspired by other New Vegas video essays
Choice Architecture, Player Expression, and Narrative Design in Fallout: New Vegas: • Choice Architecture, P... - Hry
You know it´s a good game when, despite it´s many MANY bugs, it still makes You want to play it.
I wholeheartedly agree
It doesn't
Imagine after a decade not using any mods that fixes the problems and adds all the cut content which the game has, it's like stealing the best experience which you will ever have with this game.
Pc player problems
@@TheGoldenMan888 Yeah having to install 21 mods just to get out of Goodsprings without crashing isn't fun either.
I mean the mod folder i ended up using was twice as big as the game.
Fun fact about Cazadors: their jittery, erratic movements were the result of a bug. They were originally going to fly around and walk slowly when on the ground. Josh Sawyer saw their animations glitch out, resulting in the twitchy movements, and said "Hey, that's terrifying. Make them move like that intentionally."
Yo, fuck that guy!
P.S. God bless that man.
I'm sorry I accidentally disliked this comment. Funniest sh*t I've seen today tbh🤣💀💀
That's fucking hilarious
@@adamniehaus5835 Josh talked about it on stream one time and everyone in the chat was replying with some flavor of "you're a monster" and he just started laughing. Dude knows exactly how much we hate those things.
Same in Bloodborne with sages/labyrinth madman, fast and deadly as cazadors.
JUST 18 MONTHS OF DEVELOPMENT. Just think about that. All these quests weaved together to immerse you with consequences and player impact on the world. Incredible
They honestly speedran masterpiece game making which is wild
And Bethesda will never forgive them for it. They would have you think it takes 7 years to crank out a dumpster fire.
It really goes to show how amazing that development team was sadly a lot of them are gone now but for a moment they had maybe one of the most talented teams in the history of the industry and they made an all time great game in just 18 months just thinking how it could have been with 3 or more years of development maybe the best game of all time hell even now it’s top 5 for me and top 10 if I remove my fanboy bias lol
Its funny, because they did the same thing with KOTOR 2
And star field had an 8 year development lmaooooooo. What a sick joke hahah
weird how nobody remembers that Oliver is a real guy from Obsidian's forums that won a contest and had his likeness put into the game as reward.
Wait for real? Never heard of that lol
Imagine winning a contest just to be killed by every player that comes across your character
I guess really won a lottery
@@zanderdov5901 Isn't that what all fallout players want? People will still be killing his character 20 years from now.
Funniest idea ever given that he dies pretty much immediately afterwards if you don't kill him
I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and lemme tell you when this came out I was so happy with the little touches they get right. They did an excellent job paying homage to real places and events. The crashed bomber in lake mead? A famous diving spot! The mormon fort? Been there! Quarry Junction? That's where I go shooting targets (thankfully no deathclaws)
Even the voice of Mr. New Vegas is one I grew up with hearing. Wayne Newton's face and voice was all over town!
I approve of this message 👍
Whoa, I had no idea about Wayne Newton. That makes New Vegas all the cooler. I love little local things like that
@@DNGNDriver they really did nail the little touches, of course it isnt 1:1 but I hardly need to open my map lol
@ZimBeckler if you look at the concept art for the original full scale vegas they wanted to make, it probably would've essentially been 1:1. The artwork is just gorgeous too.
You’re not slick Adam Friedland
I find that being able to get a cyborg dog from a group of elvis impersonators is evidence of how good the game is
Ah, yes, because anything that’s whacky enough to make for a goofy CZcams comment without context is automatically good. What’s ironic is, if I hadn’t played the game and known how well the thing you’re describing had actually been pulled off, I would’ve read your comment and thought, “that sounds incredibly stupid.” Reason #1,126 as to why NV fanboys are so damn cringe. Y’all just can’t help but find new, increasingly stupid ways to pat yourselves on the back for liking the thing. 🙄
@@97javicyou should see a doctor about getting that sand out of your vagina, it’s clearly making you cranky. Does it itch?
@@97javic Did Tim Cain kill your dog or something?
Because I can't imagine why someone would be such a pathetic naysayer like you are.
@@97javiccall us cringe yet type a paragraph no one gives a shit about. ironic
@@97javic The irony is, you couldn't stop complaining about people raving about the game, when the title of video showcases it will be praising the game. You're just full of aggression, this was your third comment on this video about this point lmao
My brother passed away a few years ago. When I was around 10 I saw my brother play new vegas and used to watch him for hours all the time. Some of my best memories as a child.
I'm sorry I'm just now seeing this comment but this hits home man. My older brother use to watch me play New Vegas when I was around the same age.
I hope you're doing okay
My condolences buddy 😢 ❤ 🙏🏿
my brother passed away in 2019 and i watched him play fallout 3, new vegas, and 4. i remember making fun of his choices in the games haha. fallout will always have a special place in my heart
@@pleasant8748much love to your brother!
That's sad 🫂
dang you missed out on my favorite line by House, if you kill president kimball while doing the faction quests for him he asks for a reason why and you can tell him cause kimball wanted to make you pay taxes. "Understandable" as Mr House says
That’s ironic because if you visit the street vendor right outside the monorail she has to pay 50% of her profits to house.
I should have added that to the video. Everyone makes you pay taxes lol
@@Boofcans Although funny it is actually not real, and uncharacteristic of him because he does indeed do taxes on the monorail, the strip and Prim (one of the endings), and he isn't a libertarian (a misconception many people have, but even he does call himself an autocrat)
I think that's modded dialogue.
17:45 One of my favorite details about New Vegas is that a disproportionate amount of black-armor NCR Rangers are ghouls because their heartiness more often allowed them to survive long enough to reach that rank.
Yeah you definitely don’t survive in the wasteland for 200+ years by pure luck. Ghouls are honestly badass
And experience and since they don't Age they don't retire etc etc
I'm still mad they removed Chauncey
@@Boofcans Well not all ghouls are 200+ but I get what you say
@@catsndogs98 Also mental fortitued for not going feral immediately or even 200 years after the bombs dropped
I was blown away when I ran into Boxcars for the first time and he called me 'The Reaper of the NCR' and offered to overdose on the spot out of fear. That's a hell of a reputation.
"The powder gangers grim fucking reaper"
Incidentally, you CAN give Boxcars 15 Med-X as he requested, and he WILL take them. It does not cause him to overdose, though. You just get a giant karma boost for a lot of wasted time.
You can also attack him nonlethaly and he will briefly forget that his legs are broken.
@@nathanlevesque7812On the Xbox 360 version he enters the wounded soldier animation.
"What the fug do you have against us huh?"
-boxcar the first time I met him since I usually exterminate powder gangers
I HAD NO IDEA YOU COULD RECRUIT VICTOR FOR GHOST TOWN GUNFIGHT
But it's better not use it to get more XP lol.
You can but he doesn’t show up and if you talk to him after, you get the chance for a science skill check.
@@thomaslacornette1282 wdym it Victor is my Brother
Fun fact about the bar in boulder city, if you are wearing an NCR uniform and you don't have good NCR reputation, that store owner will tell you that NCR is not allowed to be in the bar, and you will get a dialogue that basically says, "I'm not actually in the NCR" (I don't remember the exact verbiage.
And now I have once again learned something new about New Vegas.
Fun fact: Outside the legion, everyone pronounces Caesar’s name wrong. It’s actually pronounced “Kai-zar”
Which is interesting because it also shows how people feel about him. Arcade knows how to pronounce it correctly but still refers to him as Caesar since he dislikes him.
Easy Pete did it correctly.
Shut up slaver sympathizer.
@@noobguy3547based Easy Pete
@@Boofcanshow could you just walk past by difficult Pete without saying hello...that is straight down evil 😢
The fact that they give you alternate dialogue for low INT runs was completely unnecessary, and I adore it.
You should play 1 or 2 they do the same but under 3 intelligence you speak in only grunts and moans
I m m e r s i o n
Try out fallout 1, 2, and Arcanum. Completely different gameplay and perfectly fine if that’s not your thing, but good god low int runs in those are amazing. Arcanum is probably the best at it (you can play someone literally too stupid to read, get loads of quests, and you can get literally everyone’s names completely wrong on purpose. Vergil, a companion, will be on the verge of tears constantly if you’re stupid enough, and you can call him by his REAL name, “Vghaghhhhyhtst”, which he will react to accordingly. It’s amazing), but the first two fallouts can be really dumb fun, literally, for a sentient rock
Sub-brick behavior
Why is it unnecessary?
One thing I like about New Vegas is coming out of Fallout 3 it showcases how different society is on the West Coast compared to the East Coast
I treat it more as a comparison between people who know how to write stories and Bethesda but fair enough, I get your point.
The moment I truly fell in love with this game was when I realized I didn't have to side with any of the factions in the end. This is my desert. My Nevada. My New Vegas.
My desert. My dune. My Arrakis.
I just wish the Yes Man ending was more fleshed out. It would be nice if you could win by uniting several smaller factions under your rule. I would turn The Kings into my muscle and rule the Mojave with a blue suede fist!
My personal headcanon for the Yes Man ending is that all the factions you are at least Liked by you end up brokering deals between, peace between, and so on. Likely spending the rest of your life doing so, depending on how many and how different the factions are.
Vulpes voice actor nailed it. Even though he doesn't have that big of a role, he's so monotone but so full of creep. I think corpse best describes that emotion, good point on that
I absolutely agree. I wish there was more quests around him.
I only recently realised he also voiced the fantastic villain Silco in the Arcane animated series
I actually kill him early when I do melee builds because he is the first one to have a strong melee weapon, a ripper
True, Jason Spisak killed it, though I really wish there was more male VA’s for this game. I love Yuri Lowenthal, he’s one of my favorite American VAs to ever do it-but he voices like 70% of the male characters in the game, and once you notice it, it’s nearly impossible not to recognize him every time he pops up, which is extremely often.
he's so unapologetically edgy and perfectly encapsulates a legion officer
Dam, rest in peace Mr Matthew Perry.
The Man in the Checker Suit, Benny.
As another comment said. The man with the platinum drip
o7
Ah man that's sad.....
RIP the coolest guy to die from drug addiction
@@AC-hj9tvyou seem like a pleasant person
Can we all agree that the voice actor for Veronica when she gets her dress does the voice justice for sounding how excited a real girl would be for getting a dress
Felicia day is pretty good when allowed to act
In my first play-through, Sergeant McGee died from stepping on the Primm land-mines while I was over in Novac, helping Boone get revenge on his wife’s seller
Honestly, it became the best when the dog brain mission came up and I had 3 options.
Which dog brain did you choose for Rex?
@@BoofcansI used Rex cause i didn't realize there were two other brains lol
ontop of that; i've got many options for guns; and even then, many options for what kind of bullets i want to use.
I always go for turbo brain for Rex
I had Violette's already, but decided to go talk to Lady Gibson instead.
Actually, the opening quest with goodsprings is even better, because they (specifically sunny smiles) will teach you about magazines and how they can temporarily boost your skills, and if you explore first you might walk into the schoolhouse and learn this yourself. This generally means no matter how you built your character you still should be able to pass a few checks through magazine boosts.
Additionally, if you somehow have 1,000 caps, you can give those caps to chet as a 'hidden' option that only shows up if you own that many caps when he initially refuses to help.
Man I was not expecting to see your name on the channel. Loved the warframe videos when I played. I’ve sunk so so many hours and your videos have helped me in the past haha.
Don’t play much anymore. Too busy with work and editing these days.
Lmao oh wow, small world eh? @@Boofcans
I have been prepping a Tabletop Fallout RPG lately, and as part of it, i have been reading the Fallout Project Van Buren design documents. This being the cancelled Fallout 3 that Black Isle never got to finish, thanks to Wizards of the Coast buying the DnD franchise and cancelling Baldurs Gate 3: The Black Hound, also being made by Black Isle at the time, for no good reason, which made them go broke. Anyways.... The Van Buren design documents detail the idea that for each and every area, there should be a list of skill checks, and that each possible build should be considered in each area, so that the player can always leave feeling satisfied that their build was put to use. You can see that they brought this idea forward to New Vegas when they made it.
In ten years of playing this game, I don't know why I never thought to ask victor for help with the powder gangers.
I saw the leg sweep and now I need to do a unarmed run
Unarmed build is gas and I love your one punch man pfp
I think it's interesting that no matter how awful and selfish House is he's still fucking mortified if you choose the Legion and tell him before you kill him. "Slavery... for the future of humanity.... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!"
I think it’s neat there is little bits of dialogue depending on the faction that sent you to dispose of house.
Your pfp of Starlight is Mr. Houses honest reaction to that information
They were so obvious and tried so hard to be so obvious that the Legion are evil. But you’ll get people online that are like “well, the NCR makes you pay taxes, so…”
interesting, a line I have never (and probably never will) heard
House ultimately only cares about his own success. He'll say anything to convince you that the other factions are bad for the wasteland (even when he is guilty of the same / similar shortcomings) because they're actually bad for him
I am absolutely flabbergasted. I mod the game. I went through the game files a million times over and only with your video i found out about Karl going after you. New Vegas is the gift that keeps on giving.
I genuinely believe there are more interactions like it. I just haven’t found them yet.
No mods or cut content restored all. All vanilla in this video
Every time I think I have seen it all.... that one got me too.
@@BoofcansI didn't know fantastic said that after you activate archimedes untill you showed me,this coming from someone who has 1347 hours on new vegas btw
@@Chrono-and-Co That is ten hours to much :)
@@Boofcans Gojira
30:07 Another nice touch: if you were to walk down the Interstate from the north, away from Quarry Junction towards Goodsprings, there’s a dialogue change from Chomps. Stuff like that makes this game so great
FYI steam has new vegas on sale for 8$ + all dlcs until april 24th. One of my favorite games of all time but i never finished the dlcs so now i get to.
Runs great on my potato laptop so nows a great time for anyone to hop in.
The encounter with Karl wearing his legion outfit has once again convinced me New Vegas is a living breathing entity that evolves and grows, but slowly enough we don't notice. Whenever nobody is looking, another branch of dialogue pops up.
It's insane how much detail they packed into the game. It's nutty
Huh... Evolves over time... Gives me an idea for a new RPG. In the age of A.I i think that can actually be done.
@@thememeilator2633 true, for now i had high hopes adn expectations seeing Shadow of Doubt with the use of its AI for its Immersive sim. its like Tear Down or battlebit, for a blocky graphics game and indie title, all resources went to gameplay.
@@SL4PSH0CK Shadow of Doubt? I am immediately intrigued in this indie title. May i hear more about it?
@@thememeilator2633naa
You forgot to mention the underground fighting pits where you can collect eggs belonging to some wasteland creatures including deathclaws and getting them to compete against other creatures for caps.
I haven't played NV for probably a decade now but if memory serves, you can access the fighting pits through the sewers of Freeside, which really solidified the world building in this game for me!
There is so much I didn’t get to cover like The Thorn, Vault 21, Lily, etc
There is so much in this game hahaha
The funniest part about the mutant egg quests is that the main final reward is having sex with the ring master.
In a playthrough I'm doing, I've collected the Red Lucy eggs fighting monsters on the pits with satchel charges, grenades and a powerfist. Sometimes they carry eggs and you "just" need to get 12 and it turns into a pile that you can bring to her. Juicy caps and XP on the spot. Didn't know about the Ranger Takedown technique though, I may add that to the mix to get the final Deathclaw eggs I need.
New Vegas has Pokemon? OMG
And you can nail the ringleader chick
I got this game on Black Friday 2010 on the 360. It was all I played for about 2 years. Truly a masterpiece. I think it was so good because obsidian didn’t really have to worry about making the engine or making any new sprites (almost everything was recycled/ used unused sprites from Fallout 3.) During the 18 months of development they just focused on world building and immersion. Bethesda honestly helped them by giving them a 18 month deadline imo.
I fell in love with this game when I found out all I had to do to get one of the strongest power armor’s in game was to fight one of the biggest nests of Deathclaws 😂
3:25 ultimate power move by throwing all of the guys food to the side and throwing his plate against the wall before talking to him that was hilarious.
Had to let Karl know I wasn’t playing 🥶
Lmao this guys frickin HILARIOUS!!!! the war memorial scene had me dying
Something of note: you can just ignore the Ghost Town Gunfight quest entirely and leave it for later, and instead go straight to the NCRCF to do quests for the Powder Gangers and get some positive karma ahead of time.
You can even double cross both the Powder Gangers and NCR at the same time, by stealing the plans for the attack, promising to help the attack, then sneaking in and taking out all the other Powder Gangers while Stealth Boy'd. Talk to Eddie afterwards, and if you never got spotted taking everyone out, you can throw the plans at him, sneak out, and talk to the NPC you were supposed to to start the NCR attack. You'll get the reward from Eddie, then turn in the reward to the NCR.
I've played this game dozens of times over the years and never known this!
I always save Ghost Town Gunfight until after I do the prison missions but I had no idea about the second part. 😲
you just added a whole new level of depth to this game for me
This was such a joy to watch. A thorough, wonderfully structured, told, and edited video essay in which you fully manage to convey the miracle that FO:NV is. Easiest subscribe in a long while
I think my favorite thing about the faction reputation is that fame and infamy AREN'T mutually exclusive, which leads to some fun faction rank names.
As for "reactive" stuff 2 that I like are Killing Victor (multiple times even) and him still showing up, which you can ask about in Vegas ("I thought I killed you") and his response is basically "It's a lot harder to put ol Victor in Boot Hill than you think" and the other being sabotaging the Legion at every turn before visiting The Fort for the first time, Caesar ringing off all the trouble you caused him then being bewildered that you showed up is a lot of fun.
Another I like is how you can talk to Sarah from Vault 21 and she knows doc Mitchell. You can then talk to doc Mitchell again and learn more about what life was like in the vaults.
@@Boofcans i love that if you kill the powergangers the the 2 winner say somethink like this "great i lost lotery and now im meating the death itself"
Yeah boxcars says something along the lines of oh great now the power ganger grim reaper shows up. I couldn't get that line to play when making this video but in previous playthroughs I could lol @@Shadow30.
By the way, the ghouls didn't do your boy Chris dirty. They kept telling him he wasn't ghoulified and overreacted to something. He kept not listening. At this point, the worst you can say about the ghouls is that they decided "if we can't get him to stop being delusional, might make the best out of that hand". Convince Chris of the truth, help him accept that the mess was at least in part the fault of his mule-headedness, course correct the rockets so they get closer, and the ghouls actually come back and help Novac later... And presumably pay Chris back.
The ghouls come back!?
@@anthonynorman7545 It's mentioned in the Novac ending that if you help the rockets get closer to their destination, they actually return and help during the final battle.
@@ElodieHiras idk how I've never noticed that!
@@ElodieHiras Wonder if they found the Great Beyond
Have over 1000 hours and I've only just learned u can recruit Victor in the good springs fight
Masterfully edited, sir. And entertaining.
The way you zoomed on Boxcars dialogue.
The kanji from Sekiro when a Deathclaw... Haha masterful all over
There are so many small touches, like if you wear a powder gangers uniform while trying to free Beagle in Primm he'll freak out saying "I've told you powder gangers all I know!".
Oh, and in Novac, a good town to get drunk by drinking 25 bottles of alcohol (to get the Daytripper Perk, which is VERY good), talk to the doctor with the 2 guards about curing your addiction to alcohol :)
Fun fact, most of Obsidian at the time was made up of inter-play higher ups, after Bethesda took over fallout they had to close but later reformed as Obsidian, so the old fallout guys made FNV, may have left out details but that is the barebones of it
It's a bit more complicated then that. The publisher Interplay had a development team called Black Isle, who made Fallout 1 and 2. Interplay closed the studio (don't know why) shortly after Fallout 2. Several members of Black Isle opened their own development studio, Troika Games. They made some much-loved but poor selling games (most notably Vampire: the Masquerade: Bloodlines) before going under. Some of those developers (including some from Black Isle) then opened Obsidian.
Awesome video man, incredible deep dive into the thought process of these characters and factions. I usually just sit down and zone out and pick the options that I personally would choose, never thinking about all the interweaving pieces.
Absolutely incredible video mate. Especially love the part about the Hegelian Dialectics, well constructed part + Im loving the fact that a dictator was using a wrong reference to make a wrong point. Makes the character much more alive and real.
Strange game that was developed in a year better than all of Bethesda's games
Better in some ways, and weaker in others, but overall I enjoy New Vegas more out all of the 3D fallouts.
If you want to get technical, this game was partially developed by Bethesda, because it borrows the same engine and a ton of the same graphics and sound assets, as well as a very similar combat system, from Fallout 3. The combat system from Fallout 3 was actually pretty good, but the New Vegas team did a much better job of making interesting characters, factions, and quests, which interact with each other in interesting ways.
I think the reason is that some of the devs worked on Fallout 1&2. More passion for the universe they built than Bethesda will ever have.
@@syncmonism clearly we are talking about the quality of the writing, not the actual gameplay engine.
whats the point in playing a game if the lore and story is generic and boring shit. good writing gives you a reason to want to be invested into the game.
OBSIDIAN
It’s probably unsurprising to learn that Novac and Come Fly With Me are some of the earliest designed quests / areas in New Vegas and didn’t get the development and one-overs that I think most other areas of the game did
Hey we got Boone, and No Bark out of that so there are some diamonds in Novac.
@@Boofcans absolutely. I still like them I just think that part of the map would’ve been even better with more polish. IIRC Goodsprings was one of the last completed areas.
I'd argue Novac is earliest point where the game truly becomes good even despite Come Fly with Me being long aah quest.
While Goodsprings, Primm, Mojave Outpost etc all have good quest (singular mind you) but I feel like the early game of NV is a wee bit weak? Still better than F3 but also still very weak compare to when you reach Novac and especially Freeside
@@danielsurvivor1372Yeah, the game really doesn't pick up until you reach Freeside/Vegas and are around level 10-15. Before that it's kinda just jacking off in the desert, killing bugs and bandits
never heard this, didn't know this. makes a lot of sense... thanks for sharing
Love the layout of this video and how deep it dives into things I thought I knew about. Great job!
9:05 is the point where I decided to download the game and play. Four months later, I just beat the game, and I’m going back now to complete the DLC’s. Great video and thanks for getting me to play
God the ability to kill anyone at any point feels so freeing as a player
It is. In one play through I did everything I could in a legion play through for Caesar and right before the battle of Hoover dam I took him out.
Love that you can do that if you want.
@@Boofcans My first legion playthrough I had a 'change of heart' on the dam and killed everyone legion members included
lol the quest looking for a Primm sheriff ┗|｀O′|┛
Meanwhile in Starfield... how many characters are unkillable?
...Thanks Bethesda.
Me typing "as a player" to fool my FBI agent
Rip to Matthew Perry. Really made Benny a memorable character
You didn't have to sell me so hard on Caesar's Legion, I was already a fan
My first playthrough was wildcard and I didn't know it at first, I organically betrayed every faction, executed all the important characters, and even gave Mr. House the platinum chip before turning on him and executing him on hardmode
Too many games are called rpg’s just because they have a few stats or damage numbers -things that technically are part of the rpg formula but when it comes to the actual role playing part very few games get that right and new vegas is one of them. So many (meaningful) choices in the game with actual repercussions and changes to the game world…..something Bethesda never got right and probably never will
Bethesda does a great job at making worlds worth exploring filled with a lot wonder, but they are subpar at the writing and making choices that feel impactful. I hope Fallout 5 can change that.
Bethesda did good in morrowind,… others games not so much.
@@Boofcans Considering the trajectory they've been going since their earlier works (a solid downwards one), Starfield doesn't give me much hope for FO5 being all that good.
@@curlyfordoge4366Starfield is their most “rpg” game in 20 years
@@joshf2218 Ain't no way you believe that.
If you’re going for story, I HIGHLY recommend The Forgotten City. It’s not an RPG but it’s a cool mystery to solve through dialogue and situational puzzles.
I will check it out. Another person told it’s really good
@@Boofcansalso one interesting thing is it actually started as a Skyrim mod!
I remember when new vegas came out. it was labeled as a fo3 dlc. after a few months, people noticed how great of a game this was, to a point where even the largest game reviewers couldnt doubt the game anymore, where the entire community turned against the reviewers to bash on them.
this is one of the first gane that made mainstream reviewers turn on them, and rightfully so.
Ending up picking NCR on the headcanon premise that they can be guided away from their self-destructive path is really no different from headcanoning keeping the conclusions of House's aspirations as positive as possible. The difference is that only one of those choices holds the promise of rapid technological progress-the other intractably demands the murder of the only individual who can make that happen. I feel a pang of pity for anyone who casually cuts that potential off from the wasteland's future. Best case scenario is that they legitimately think keeping the wasteland as-is is better for the wellbeing and prosperity of its denizens.
"Every group is ready to feed you their own patented form of bullshit."
~ Deacon from Fallout 4
“I’m in charge of the arena, not the cooking pots.”
“You’re a little bitch and your brother was too.”
Haven’t played NV but this is the stuff I’m here for. 😂
You should give it a try sometime!
The writing is so good. Characters can say the wackiest shit!
The footage in this video makes me wanna do my first unarmed build for New Vegas. Goddamn it looks fun
Best New Vegas review video I've ever seen. Completely nailed it with going over what makes the game so amazing!
Here's a thing I didn't know about New Vegas:
If you enter the Big Horn Saloon in Boulder City wearing NCR armour, Ike the barman will comment on it & you have unique dialogue options with him.
I've been playing the game for at least 5 years, I've never seen that before.
Alright you just gave me another reason to boot up the game haha!
It's such a cult classic and the fact that good spring has a fallout day and it looks amazing
Well deserved too! One of the best games I’ve ever played !
@@Boofcans I couldn't agree more it's one of my favorite games of all time to the point I'm in the process of getting supplies to build a fallout new vegas nuka-cola machine that can actually make glass soda cold
Seeing how incredibly popular it is among a very large fanbase, calling it a cult classic seems a bit much XD it still is massively beloved for damn sure tho
It wasn't always that way. This game was shit on pretty bad the first few years it came out. @@roonkolos
I went ! It’s awesome
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Same. This was probably the coolest feature of FO NV.
It makes it more than just "max out speech and you can talk your way through anything"
I also love how if you don't meet the skill requirement, you get a second, worse line you can say if you want. It's hilarious
I listened to this and the judgement breakdown this man did and lemme tell ya work has went by faster than me wanting to take a nap
22:35 This is also brought up in the game's intro cutscene. "Seeking territory and wealth in the dry expanse of the Mojave Desert."
I need to rewatch the cutscene. Good call out!
After watching this, it’s so crazy hearing Yuri Lowenthal voice all of these characters. 😂
Because Hes a damn good actor
Fallout 3 definitely aged well. Writing was great, easily my favorite fallout
33:03 😂😂😂
Great video man, love your work! ❤ Always fun to enjoy a Brain Aneurysm scene too 🤣
I’ve played the game for over a decade and still half of the dialogue options you are using as examples I’ve never heard
Dude I played when it first came out in 2010 and every subsequent year I still discover something new. They packed in so many small details
might just be me but I found out recently how much of the game I've been missing because I accidently end up playing very similar from playthrough to playthrough. I made a conscious effort this playthrough to look for different weapons and unique ways to end quests and I'm baffled how much stuff I missed.
@@evelynsahoe8896 I've beaten the game and most of the quests in a multitude of way since the game released. Only found out a couple months ago that you can completely irradiate CottonWood Cove. Later on, when Caesar wants to meet you, the guy standing at the dock will have a radiation suit on lmao.
same adn thats even me save scumming
You don't kill Boxcars, he is involved in 2 quests. Just don't give him any Med-X until you get the 2nd quest so he'll reveal the location you need, on your map.
I find the wheel of fortune and booted to be two extremely Irrelevant quest, but maybe you can change my mind on that.
@@Boofcans Booted is actually an important quest if your companion is Boone. As per the wiki, completing Booted gives +2 points to your relation with Boone, which you'll need to do his quest involving Bitter Springs.
I feel like I'm all the years playing, Boxcars second quest has never ever worked for me, not once
@@ROBBiESMiTTENS Maybe cause you gave him Med-X the first time you met him ? It breaks the quest where the morons from the irradiated area, are sending you to find some radiation suits. THAT'S when you give him Med-X and never before.
Don’t act like you’d be doing me a favor, I don’t give a fuck
great video!! earned you my follow for sure with the funny editing and godlike fist of the northstar build lol
two months to make this video, you definetly earned my sub, quality video man, ive played new vegas on and off over the years, and i mean very on and off, very little progress. but videos like this, especially this one, are gonna get me some hours soon on this baby
I made a sequel to this video if you haven’t seen it yet!
makes you wonder what they could have made if they werent forced into 1 year like give them 3 years and have them do next game and i can guarantee massive success.
also just love how when you get into it ncr and legion have their own pros and cons and are weirdly realistic in their conflicts
The team behind fallout new Vegas with a better engine and more time to flesh out their ideas would probably result in another masterpiece
@@Boofcansthe same team made KOTOR 2 with pretty much the same exact circumstances
REST IN PIECE MATTHEW PERRY🙏🎲🎰BENNY WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE CHARACTER
Amazing actor and performer
This was a beautiful roundup, thank you!
Thank you! If you enjoyed check out the sequel video about the DLCs!
I have NEVER thought of asking victor for help in the goodsprings. That is crazy. Good video
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Theres actually a shortcut through the mountains in the middle called Primm Pass. Its full of radscorpions but it will take you straight to novac. Just another route in the mojave to award the explorers :)
I totally forgot to mention that! Slipped my mind when writing that part
I only saw a blind deathclaw there, are you sure you're not talking about scorpion gulch by hidden valley? That one takes you to helios 1
Yeah, that's another one; Scorpion gulch takes you to Helios One and the one east of the train station has a blind deathclaw and then a gang of Vipers before you can reach Novac.@@ailonrouge
A deathclaw can also spawn there...be careful
Either you got super lucky, or you're an expert troll. A blind deathclaw was there in my playthrough.
My playthrough was a very pro Mr. House run, making sure to help out Caesar's Legion so that the they can keep the NCR's forces tied up stopping them from consolidating their forces and capturing the strip.
based.
i really hate Mr. House, but he is probably the only real option the Mojave has. the NCR is on the brink of collapse and we know that it doesn't get better until it is way to late. the Legion is going to burn itself out in a matter of weeks, and that is on top of being cartoonishly evil. House is going to make hell a real place, but he is probably genuine in his goals of investing in technology that is required to keep humanity going at the end of the world.
High testosterone new vegas playthrough:
I went for the benevolent House ending myself -- helping the followers, the kings, beating the hell out of the legion everywhere I could, helping out the NCR but not committing to fighting for them -- with 100 barter you can secure what is arguably the best ending for the Mojave, a House-run Vegas protecting the outlying territories while having essentially open borders and free trade with the NCR. One thing I wish I hadn't done was wipe out the Great Khans, but I won't mourn a single powder ganger, who I wiped out to a man with an honest to God smile on my face. Also wiped out the fiends, because raiders of any stripe are bad for business. Also helped the Boomers, just because I thought they were neat.
Honestly the best breakdown of the ideologies of the various character and factions. Thank you for uploading!
Loved the editing style. Good video!
Going to make a video on the DLC's too? What you do in each one adds whole other level of depth to the game's choices and endings.
I would like to. Honest Hearts & Old world blues the ones where I’m fuzzy on the themes and meanings. I’ll need to replay and really dig into all the lore.
@@BoofcansAs far as I can tell when I play, Honest Hearts is about the drives people have. Graham is driven by hate, Daniel is driven by the need to protect, Followe-Chalk is driven by wanderlust, The Sorrows follower is driven by missing a family member, and the White Legs are driven by wanting to join the Legion.
OWB is about forgetting the past and moving towards the future- letting go, similar to Dead Money, but letting go of nostalgia rather than letting go of things like Hate, or Greed- This is shown by the Think Tank. Kept in a cycle of the past, kept in a loop of testing by Mobius, who is rightfully fearful that if the Think Tank stops obsessing over the past, they’ll ruin the future. The Courier is the one who either corrals their broken minds into a non-horrible future, or ends the problem by offing the Think Tank. Either way, the past is forgotten, and the future is there.
All four DLCs share similar themeing. Honest Hearts has the Drives of Mankind, particularly Joshua’s past- and how the healthiest thing he can do is let go of his hate. This connects to Dead Money, as Dead Money has letting go, which connects to OWB of letting the *past* go, which connects to Lonesome Road- of the Past, of one’s Personal past- which loops right back to Graham.
I would love to watch that, this was a great watch!@@Boofcans
Funniest part of the Karl encounter is if you have Terrifying Presence. The legionaries he sends after you say “You don’t give up, do you?”
To which you reply “Not while there are still spines left un-shattered.”
I'm subbing just because you and I have the same idea on how to play caravan and that made me.so excited to hear someone else explain what I tell people every time I'm trying to explain how to play it and be good
What an amazing video you put some hard work into it 👍
I’m upset this video wasn’t another hour longer. Would love to have seen you continue talking about this!
I really wanted to hahaha! Oh well we have the DLCs to talk about eventually
41:10, you can confront victor about being in Novac. I think that option appears after asking “What are you doing in Novac?” near the bottom of the dialogue choices. New Vegas has a habit of hiding dialogue choices through multiple other dialogue choices, and you have to ask the same question a few times to access all the options.
Yep, and that’s an inherently bad choice on the part of the devs. It’s objectively poor game design, and while I’m not the type of armchair game developer that’d pretend it’s in any way, shape or form a deal-breaker, I think it’s worth pointing out considering just how overblown fanboys’ claims of “great game design” have become.
Excellent video editing.
i think what makes this game so amazing is the infinite dialogue options you can pretty much do anything you want earlier i literally crucified benny at caesar’s base 😭
Awesome vid, especially loved the addition of minor details like how having a low intelligence causes the Freeside vagrants mumbling's to become actual speech or how killing Vulpes before visiting Nipton causes him to be replaced with a different Frumentarii. Definitely going to revisit this game and try differing from a normal playthrough to try and find some more fun little secrets.
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Btw do you think the title accurately represented the video? I have no idea what to title the video at the moment haha.
@@Boofcans I think it's current title is good. Describes that despite some of it's dated factors (like it's combat/graphics) it's writing and world building is at a level where you feel as though it is a modern day game that simply sacrificed some standard gameplay factors for better writing, rather than an older game with engine limitations that has amazing writing.
Actually flabbergasted that you're producing this quality of content by your 3rd video. Cannot wait to see your upcoming stuff, whatever it may be!
Too freaking kind man! More to come for sure! Cooking up another silent hill video!
@@Boofcans wait this was your third video?! Jesus man you are punching way above your weight
can't wait for a few years for "The Magic behind Baldurs Gaste 3" cus that game as a crpg is considered an immersive sim, it has the the same dynamic writing or reactivity
Excellent video! Subscribed. Very entertaining
Aside tha fact that this video is perfectly made, the fact that after basically every dialogue you show you either blow up, shoot, punch the person you're talking to, is something that made me laugh a lot every time, love it 😂
Bro, I have never seen some of these interactions that you are showing. I've done a full playthrough once every year since release and STILL missed things. Like I felt this way before but it's solidified this is THE greatest RPG of all time and it's not even close
This game is a gem. They stuffed so many hidden details and interactions so each play through could provide something new.
This video was very well done keep up the good work
I love finding long form videos about FONV 👍 for the effort ❤
When i got the us foreign policy joke i had to pause the video cuz how much i was laughing. Truly amazing video man. As someone that only played new vegas this year yet i already feel so strongly about it, thank you for your time and effort
Means a lot man! More videos of similar quality coming soon
YOU ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO PLAY CARAVAN?!?!?!
Kinda! Just don’t ask me what the Queens or jokers do 💀
@@Boofcans @huhthatsweird352 Queens are very useful! They reverse the number direction of a caravan, so you know the cards ascend or descend with each one you put down? It just reverses the order for the next card in case a caravan gets stuck below 21. So say you have 7,6 on a caravan, you can't put a larger number card down till you put a queen down, allowing you to put down 7,6,Queen,8 if you don't have a 5. Or conversely 7,9,Queen,8 if you don't have a 10. They can be very useful if you don't have a needed higher/lower card in your hand to get into the 21-26 range.
Jokers remove ALL cards from everyone's caravans of the same number it's put on, 2-10, or every numbered card from everyone of same suit (Spades, clubs, hearts, diamonds) played when on an Ace. Jokers aren't very useful though because more often then not they'll just ruin both yours' and your opponent's caravans in most scenarios, just making the game go on longer, hence Aces are pretty useless as well. Better off using Kings or Jacks offensively because the effect is more targeted.
I wish Jokers and Aces did something more interesting and valuable, like Jokers switching ownership of 2 caravans to "steal" a caravan, or Aces like in Blackjack being able to be used as 11 or 1, whichever is better for the caravan.
Mathematically, the only cards worth selecting to use are 6-10, Queens, Kings, and Jacks, to make the fastest combos for 21-26 with 3 cards maximum, and attacking the opponent's caravans with Jacks and Kings. If you keep this setup you'll rarely lose unless you get super super unlucky with draws.
Holy cow you wrote that in a way I can understand. Brb gonna go wax No-Bark some more.
@@BoofcansQueens let you change the suit of cards for that caravan, and Jokers take the card they were played on away.
I don’t use Queens much, but you can use a Joker to take away one of your opponent’s cards if his caravan is in the lead. You can also use a King to double one of his cards to make the caravan over-encumbered.
After a decade of playing this game I'm JUST learning. Still haven't learned Gwent in TW3.
Your videos deserve a lot more attention! Very good content an you must have played a lot to know all this.
You have a great future bro, keep it up, best fallout vid I've seen
There *is* variety in how to complete the "Come Fly With Me" quest. For example, it's actually possible to talk to the leader of the nightkin and resolve the conflict peacefully - and if you figure out that the dino toys sold in Novac are radioactive, you can get a bunch of them instead of getting the proper rocket fuel.
The Van Graffs *don't* "vaporize a man for wanting to negotiate on price". They disintegrate a man who stole from them in front of the man who tried to haggle to intimidate him.
In the final version of the game is the previous audio cut when you enter the building?
Because I’ve never heard the stealing part in game.
As for Come Fly with me this is true. The first half is decent. I liked the B plot with the ghoul and dealing with the nightkin. I might be in the minority but I just wasn’t a fan of the ending.
@@Boofcans Tbh, I might be misremembering that part, as it's been a few years since I last played the game :/ But they shoot a bound guy to intimidate a haggler, not the haggler himself, as you imply in the video.