The BIG Fallout: New Vegas Retrospective

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  • Something's gotta give
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    If I got anything wrong or there are any errors, PLEASE check the pinned comment first to see if I already corrected it, thank you! I also apologize for some of the scuffed audio and plosives.
    Timestamps:
    Intro - 0:00
    Preface - 11:39
    Opening Scene - 13:49
    Character Creation - 21:20
    Goodsprings - 31:12
    On The Road - 46:36
    NCRCF - 51:14
    Primm - 1:01:31
    Sunset Star Caps - 1:05:00
    Mojave Outpost - 1:07:53
    Nipton - 1:10:06
    Camp Searchlight - 1:16:59
    NOVAC - 1:20:45
    Camp Forlorn Hope - 1:35:59
    Helios One - 1:42:19
    Boulder City - 1:46:18
    188 Aerotech Cottonwood Cove - 1:51:03
    Sunset Sarsaparilla Plant - 2:01:32
    Westside - 2:04:03
    Camp McCarran - 2:08:33
    Bitter Springs - 2:19:57
    Vault 22 - 2:33:20
    BOS (Vault 3 & Vault 11) - 2:39:07
    Black Mountain - 2:57:35
    Camp Golf (Hanlon) - 3:02:02
    Boomers - 3:08:06
    Crimson Caravan (Cass) - 3:11:23
    Freeside - 3:14:57
    Jacobstown - 3:38:45
    The Strip & House - 3:53:15
    Benny - 4:03:47
    Yes Man - 4:08:57
    Great Khans - 4:22:12
    The Remnants - 4:27:31
    The Omertas - 4:30:50
    The White Glove Society - 4:34:02
    Pre DLC - 4:43:07
    Dead Money - 4:43:57
    Honest Hearts - 5:16:30
    Old World Blues - 5:40:32
    Lonesome Road - 6:16:10
    Caesar - 6:40:30
    Finishing Up - 6:48:26
    Epilogue - 6:58:20
    Conclusion - 7:06:50
    Patreon - 7:11:18
    A large portion of the ideas and themes I express are based off of the literary work done by Yuval Noah Harari. Things like the critiques of capitalism, or the ideas of happiness and how we perceive it.
    In particular, I would highly recommend reading "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind".
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  • @SuperRADLemon
    @SuperRADLemon  Před 2 lety +1384

    Longest video I ever made. Please consider liking, commenting, and subscribing! Any corrections will be posted here and in the description so check there before commenting!
    Corrections:
    1. "Split personality" is a dated term I used for dog/god. Dissociative Identity Disorder is more accurate and the multiple personalities are called alters.
    2. I used the term "cabal", which I have been informed is used in anti-Semitic rhetoric and will be refraining from using it in the future. I believe this was used in discussing the American government, corporations, and military.
    3. Not a correction: The courier is NOT an amnesiac. Please stop bringing this up to me. JESawyer is on record saying the courier does not have amnesia.
    4. The Thorn egg quest also rewards you with a unique shotgun
    5. Gamergate being mentioned: I brought it up to frame how the progressiveness of New Vegas is often misinterpreted by people (usually right-wing). I used GamerGate because it was an example I saw first-hand, where people were praising Arcade specifically for weird reasons and I saw this during the GG era. The section isn't about GG, it's about New Vegas' progressiveness and strong left-leaning ideology that individuals misconstrue as right-wing.
    It's not a discussion on tokenization, it's about people angry when a character deviates from the viewers perceived norm. If Arcade or Veronica were more open and loud about their sexuality this would rub the people I described the wrong way. Some commenters think this means I'm talking about them when I say this. Do you dislike characters simply because they are loud about their sexuality? No? Then I'm not talking about you. Yes? You should probably go outside.
    Check the first 20 minutes of this video for an explanation on GG: czcams.com/video/lLYWHpgIoIw/video.html
    6. Daniel was originally meant to be Asian, but a glitch caused his character to be Caucasian instead.
    7. Prison labor is slave labor.
    8. I get it. You didn't love or hate it. You only liked it.
    9. I will not debate in my comments. if you disagree with me that's fine, but I'm not taking part in the "marketplace of ideas" in my free time.
    10. gamergate nerds stay gone
    11. The legion doesn't attack you because they identify you as a courier. Couriers are often used by the legion as disguises for their spies.
    12. I missed one ending with Chief Hanlon if you kill Caesar.

    • @ExPrism
      @ExPrism Před 2 lety +5

      Have you ever tried a Fire Emblem game?

    • @slimey630
      @slimey630 Před 2 lety +21

      So, does this mean you're gonna watch the 3 hour MHdos review? (Assuming you haven't already)

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před 2 lety +15

      @@slimey630 On stream at some point

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před 2 lety +9

      @@ExPrism yes

    • @slimey630
      @slimey630 Před 2 lety +2

      @@SuperRADLemon I'll bring the popcorn

  • @JustSomeMemes
    @JustSomeMemes Před 2 lety +6783

    My fondest memory of this game is being told not to go somewhere, saying "You can't tell me what to do.", and then getting absolutely shredded by deathclaws.

    • @myceliumlung
      @myceliumlung Před 2 lety

      Did the exact same thing! Fuck that quarry

    • @masonmcmanus4601
      @masonmcmanus4601 Před 2 lety +33

      Hello, king!

    • @adnanbosnian5051
      @adnanbosnian5051 Před 2 lety +151

      There are critters there that just get mad when you shoot them.

    • @Zen-rw2fz
      @Zen-rw2fz Před rokem +92

      I love how terrifying deathclaws are because of the treat they pose even to leveled characters

    • @oussamaokbi
      @oussamaokbi Před rokem +140

      At first i took it as the devs trying to gate content. Then i realized they don't give a fuck about gating content and that's just part of the world building! Chefs kiss!

  • @jonklier1512
    @jonklier1512 Před rokem +1939

    Fallout New Vegas is one of those games that you either love or you're wrong.

    • @StreetbeatDesigns67
      @StreetbeatDesigns67 Před rokem +17

      Damn, I wanna like this but I cannot disturb the perfect balance of nature

    • @MrDumdumkilla
      @MrDumdumkilla Před rokem

      Jon stfu your likes aren't going to be forced you Gump

    • @curiousoddity
      @curiousoddity Před rokem +2

      Hell yea nxqqa

    • @MarkMuli-ql2ws
      @MarkMuli-ql2ws Před 11 měsíci

      Needs more comments

    • @someguyinazoo
      @someguyinazoo Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@StreetbeatDesigns67your nit funny or special man just like it or not

  • @DangerIncFilms
    @DangerIncFilms Před rokem +678

    The Legion’s neutrality towards you is simple. If one is playing normally, your first interaction with the Legion will be at Nipton. If I’m remembering correctly, Vulpes Inculta (a spymaster within the Legion) will deduce you to be a courier. Couriers in legion-occupied territory are highly respected and the Legion will usually leave them alone, and even reward them in exchange for being their eyes and ears in places outside their borders. That’s why they don’t attack you from the onset.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +138

      I guess I never added this to the corrections, but it's there now, thanks!

    • @kinagrill
      @kinagrill Před rokem +59

      And cuz any Courier could be a Frumentari and thusly 'do not kill the messenger'.

    • @YEETUSDAFEETUS
      @YEETUSDAFEETUS Před rokem +31

      well on top of that he also wants you to well be a courier and carry his warning to everyone you can

    • @boxtupos7718
      @boxtupos7718 Před 10 měsíci +18

      ​@@kinagrillThe Frumentarii is prolly Caesar's greatest assest; They're so good that the Legion couldn't even tell if a courier is a random courier or one of their spy.

    • @StationroadRatrods
      @StationroadRatrods Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@kinagrill
      ”don’t crucify the messenger”

  • @TheDavignGuy
    @TheDavignGuy Před rokem +488

    5:13:53 The hardest part is letting go” as we all casually carry all 27 gold bars and use the “Long Haul” perk to fast travel to become richer than House in his pre war days. Of course on top of the cleaning all the casinos out too.
    The hardest part is people letting go of “MY” money that is not yet in my inventory.

    • @fabioluizalvaresosti7115
      @fabioluizalvaresosti7115 Před rokem +56

      Letting go of poverty lmao

    • @pteroid11
      @pteroid11 Před rokem +15

      “Later Elijah, hey NCR you ever heard of a guy named Mansa Musa? No? Great.”

    • @gavingibson8965
      @gavingibson8965 Před rokem +8

      you can place the bars into crate with collision and carry it to gun runners. or just make a base in the abandoned brotherhood bunker, like i do.

    • @olivia-zd5nz
      @olivia-zd5nz Před 8 měsíci +1

      🤓 it's 37 gold bars

    • @HuyNguyen-vj1uw
      @HuyNguyen-vj1uw Před 4 měsíci +1

      If no long haul perk, you can stash them in the abandoned bos bunker and come back for them whenever

  • @beansfebreeze
    @beansfebreeze Před 2 lety +2524

    New Vegas singlehandedly got me through my parent's divorce back in the day and was still somehow less stable than their relationship

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před 2 lety +411

      holy shit

    • @goshohgosh4568
      @goshohgosh4568 Před rokem +167

      Lol I actually got through my parents divorce with nv aswell. Good for us

    • @bilthmistake627
      @bilthmistake627 Před rokem +42

      Holy crap same funny that this has apparently happened three times

    • @goshohgosh4568
      @goshohgosh4568 Před rokem

      @@bilthmistake627 better than getting through it with something like how I met your mother or something

    • @JuiceboxCE
      @JuiceboxCE Před rokem +60

      Right there in the same boat 💀 dang y'all, NV really was our lil destabilized guardian angel

  • @zanmaru139
    @zanmaru139 Před rokem +842

    My first playthrough, I was so disgusted by what I saw in Nipton that I walked up behind the line of Legion soldiers and executed them point blank in vats with a caravan shotgun, one after the other, somehow winning the resulting shoot out with Vulpes Inculta. I kept his hood, which conveniently counted as glasses for my four-eyes trait.
    Afterwards during the raid on Nelson, the local Legion leader mistook me for Vulpes as I entered his barracks , complaining about me wandering into his turf but remaining non hostile while littered the room with explosives and holed up in the bathroom.
    Later on I was able to buy Frank's family for a mere 300 caps, freeing them in the process. Soon after I was approached by a Legion npc who basically informed me that the jig was up, leading to a shootout with the entirety of cottonwood cove.
    It was around this point I realized I was playing one of the best games ever made.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +170

      I did not know that was a mechanic damn

    • @fjparasite1172
      @fjparasite1172 Před rokem +37

      My first playthrough i shot Vulpes but because i loved his coyote hat not Nipton. XD

    • @raavhollywood
      @raavhollywood Před rokem +37

      Bro, your comment just made me want to replay the game

    • @jahidthechosenone1313
      @jahidthechosenone1313 Před rokem +13

      @@raavhollywood I swear lol, I played this game all the way through a few years ago. If I had a PC I would play it again but I just have a series x and sadly NV doesn’t t support mods on console. I hope one day this game gets a remaster or something. But the thing that makes these games so special is that everyone has a different experience…I never even knew about this whole sequence.

    • @FluffySylveonBoi
      @FluffySylveonBoi Před rokem +11

      Hehe the first time I met Legion I told them good job xD

  • @lesp731
    @lesp731 Před rokem +864

    30 minutes in and I already have an uncontrollable urge to replay this game.

  • @maniacmania0919
    @maniacmania0919 Před rokem +128

    Fun fact about Daniel from honest hearts. He was meant to be Asian, but literally right before the dlc went out someone accidentally changed him to white an no one knows who did it.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +34

      Yee I know, I acknowledge that somewhere in the comments, but I dunno if I mentioned it in a correction.

    • @r0llermonster
      @r0llermonster Před 9 měsíci +2

      now he is asian To Me

    • @Aleebi
      @Aleebi Před měsícem +1

      fr??? bruh 😢
      edit: actually ig im glad hes not asian bc hes a prick and i wouldnt claim him LMAO

    • @based980
      @based980 Před 29 dny

      if true, thats funny as fuck

  • @starflight
    @starflight Před rokem +1687

    "Can I have some FO:NV confirmation bias?"
    "Only a spoonful."
    Pulls out comedically sized 7 hour video on FO:NV

  • @SussySpeedrunner
    @SussySpeedrunner Před rokem +1785

    Patrolling a 7 hour retrospective almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

    • @kritizismmusics9737
      @kritizismmusics9737 Před rokem +24

      Hey its actually worth watching tho xD

    • @TheBreakingBenny
      @TheBreakingBenny Před rokem

      I hear ya, and Creetosis's one clocking in at eight hours is also a good go! Don't be afraid to use 2x playback speed or higher.

    • @kritizismmusics9737
      @kritizismmusics9737 Před rokem

      @dinosirbone7605 my mind has went to so many places but I thought about that statement a like too deeply woow

    • @SsjRedneck
      @SsjRedneck Před rokem

      🐐

    • @papapeppers3535
      @papapeppers3535 Před 11 měsíci +1

      ​@@kritizismmusics9737 now I'm doing it. What does it mean? It's provocative.

  • @Enkay404
    @Enkay404 Před rokem +152

    I had actually never considered using the stealth boy to pass Trudy's speech check, until I saw you hover over it and remember that it does in fact add 100 sneak.

  • @mistermaxie6487
    @mistermaxie6487 Před rokem +269

    Something to note is that Marcus is actually a character from Fallout 2. He's the canonical companion who assisted the Chosen One in blowing up the oil rig of the Enclave's final base of operations, which ultimately led to the Chosen One splitting off from Marcus to go their separate ways amidst the wasteland. He mentions this in dialogue trees, and I just think that's a really awesome tidbit about someone who seemed to be just some minor character, only to turn out to be the companion that assisted in eradicating the Enclave.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +42

      Holy, I didn't know that

    • @mistermaxie6487
      @mistermaxie6487 Před rokem +25

      @@SuperRADLemon I recently learned that Doc Henry is from Fallout 2 as well, which is interesting.

    • @kinagrill
      @kinagrill Před rokem +20

      @@mistermaxie6487 I mean there's 5 regular people from Fallout 2 in NV... that older lady in Novac, the guy 'Cannibal Johnson', etc. :P

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +10

      Oh wow they're all from 2?

    • @kinagrill
      @kinagrill Před rokem +18

      @@SuperRADLemon Well they are all enclave people so they are TECHNICALLY from 2 cuz they were part of the oilrig thing, survived and went into incognito mode so to speak within the spreading NCR. I dunno if they are all mentioned by name, but they are canonically (to the NV-timeline at least) from Fallout 2 as the origins.

  • @primateprime6000
    @primateprime6000 Před 2 lety +1025

    Fun fact: This is the shortest Fallout: New Vegas retrospective on CZcams

    • @courier8365
      @courier8365 Před rokem +75

      No, that goes to Acerthorn’s AWFUL “retrospective”. He barely played the game and misunderstood so much about it, and it comes out to about an hour and a half.

    • @dmwelchdw
      @dmwelchdw Před rokem

      @@courier8365 Don't give that twat any extra attention.

    • @RecklessRobert
      @RecklessRobert Před rokem +24

      @@courier8365 have you been in my cave 🤨

    • @courier8365
      @courier8365 Před rokem +1

      @@RecklessRobert Yes, I read all of your terminal entries as well as the holotape in your duffel bag right next to where you died. You were more than a soldier. You took pride in your survival skills, often running off from Salt Lake City to the wilds for days on end, much to the dismay of your wife Charlotte and son Alex. Beginning with the war and the loss of your family to the bombs, and how you waited out the worst of the radiation, then set out into the light once more, adapting to the new flora and fauna as it, too, adapted to the new world. I admire you for helping others survive, as well as raining vengeance on those who would butcher innocents. I agreed with what you did, even if you made mistakes along the way. Which is why I sided with Joshua Graham and crushed the White Legs, all using your survivalist rifle. I’ll continue to use it against Caesar’s Legion as well.
      Daniel, a Mormon missionary disagreed with me and Joshua, because he fears war with the White Legs would change the Sorrows tribe from what he views as a life of simple innocence into a more warlike culture. Almost convinced me too, but I remembered what you said, “I tell them never to hurt each other but that if someone else comes along and tries to hurt them to strike back with righteous anger.” Heeding your words, I fought against the White Legs. However, I did not kill their leader, Salt-Upon-Wounds. Instead I convinced Joshua Graham to spare Salt-Upon-Wounds, to teach the Sorrows a lesson-that retribution could be tempered by mercy. While the Sorrows’ innocence has been lost, it’s for the best. For Zion, and the longevity of the Sorrows.

    • @magicalZen
      @magicalZen Před rokem +3

      Only in the english side of CZcams.
      There's a spanish retrospective that's only like an hour. It's actually pretty dang good.

  • @marcelluslondon4762
    @marcelluslondon4762 Před 2 lety +2421

    I am a time traveller from 7 hours in the future and I can confirm that this video is a certified hood classic

    • @one_for_one
      @one_for_one Před rokem +28

      A true Arizona ranger right here 💙

    • @ct7246
      @ct7246 Před rokem +25

      am i still alive in 7 hours?

    • @marcelluslondon4762
      @marcelluslondon4762 Před rokem +31

      @@ct7246 I cannot tell you or else all reality will collapse in on itself

    • @jerry_6136
      @jerry_6136 Před rokem +1

      @@ct7246 That means you dead as fuck bro, damn

    • @n_aaal
      @n_aaal Před rokem +11

      Most original comment I've seen so far

  • @LSB44446
    @LSB44446 Před rokem +317

    My favorite part of FO:NV is 100% the atmosphere. The weird foreign distant metallic noises heard far away, sounds of gunshots, wolves, and the eerie OST. It's amazing!

    • @wimbusbert1249
      @wimbusbert1249 Před rokem +16

      I'm pretty sure the atmospheric sex noises in Gomorrah triggered my sexual awakening

    • @prettyradhandle
      @prettyradhandle Před 6 měsíci

      imagine if it was cel shaded

    • @okagron
      @okagron Před 3 měsíci +1

      That's hilarious because Bethesda fanboys love to claim that New Vegas has no atmosphere. Which is wrong, but whatever.

    • @xdclancer8847
      @xdclancer8847 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@okagronwho the hell complains it has no atmosphere? Never seen it
      Only that it’s atmosphere can be boring at times, which it definitely can
      The desert is not comparable to the dc wasteland in that regard

    • @DirectFireDave
      @DirectFireDave Před měsícem

      @@xdclancer8847that’s just like, your opinion 😂

  • @Lee-dm7xm
    @Lee-dm7xm Před rokem +155

    You’re not gonna convince me that Bright’s flock didn’t make it to The Far Beyond. They played Ride of the Valkyries, god damn it.

  • @MrIbot88
    @MrIbot88 Před rokem +622

    One of the things you missed, or where unaware of, (thought this might not be clear at the start of the game) is that the Legion is under standing orders to not harass couriers, as many of them are Legion agents. This is probably why the Legion doesn't attack you without infamy, as you are a courier.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +278

      You know I literally bring up this point during the lonesome road section and then I never thought to connect it to that. good point.

    • @therandomdickhead5744
      @therandomdickhead5744 Před rokem +24

      That makes sense. I just thought they left you alone because you didn't attack them and you're not allied with anyone.

    • @GREATGAIWAIN
      @GREATGAIWAIN Před rokem +29

      Bro you sat through all 7 hours and noticed that? Holy shit. I am impressed.

    • @Warrior_of_Symbolica
      @Warrior_of_Symbolica Před rokem +9

      Was checking the comments to see if someone else noticed that, consider this a "hello fellow cool person who has absorbed slightly too much fallout information and noticed this specific detail in a 7+ hour video"

    • @MrIbot88
      @MrIbot88 Před rokem +3

      @@Warrior_of_Symbolica Represent.

  • @malcolmholmes5002
    @malcolmholmes5002 Před rokem +2025

    My favorite line in FNV is when The Courier say’s “It’s New Vegas time”
    And he absolutely Vegas’s all over the place.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +275

      Thanks Malcolm, sorry about killing you for the star caps

    • @malcolmholmes5002
      @malcolmholmes5002 Před rokem +233

      @@SuperRADLemon that was merely one of my Malcolm Clones. You’ll never find the real me.

    • @malcolmholmes5002
      @malcolmholmes5002 Před rokem +58

      @@lowfn Chernobyl?

    • @TheMrcrazy711
      @TheMrcrazy711 Před rokem +114

      My favourite line was when Mr House said “it was you courier! You were the Fallout: New Vegas all along!” Before the courier pulled his life support

    • @rogerphone481
      @rogerphone481 Před rokem +5

      @@malcolmholmes5002 that sounds about right

  • @STORMSC0UT
    @STORMSC0UT Před rokem +126

    I had no idea Boxcars stood when attacked, started laughing when he got up so hard

    • @raze2012_
      @raze2012_ Před rokem +11

      They do try to show his injury because when he moves he's in a limp. But yea, more engine and time limitations lol.

    • @LucyWest370
      @LucyWest370 Před rokem +3

      @@raze2012_ I swear literally anything about New Vegas comes up and its always the time limit and engine constraints

    • @mzov_1724
      @mzov_1724 Před rokem +13

      @@LucyWest370 because it's true.
      18 months is not enough time to make a mod, let alone a full AAA release.
      And unfortunately, bethesda's engine is utter garbage.

    • @LucyWest370
      @LucyWest370 Před rokem

      @@mzov_1724 well considering Obsidian never thought to negotiate and literally said “thats more than enough time” maybe its their fault

    • @mzov_1724
      @mzov_1724 Před rokem +7

      @@LucyWest370 that's a fair point, but it's entirely based on hindsight.
      They were definitely not prepared for late 2000s 3d open world game development, given how basic the work was technically in their prior games.

  • @wowliker642
    @wowliker642 Před rokem +102

    In the Honest Hearts DLC Violence isn't the answer. Violence is a question, and the answer is "YES". The Dead Horses and The Sorrows have every right to defend themselves and their territory.

    • @kinagrill
      @kinagrill Před rokem +24

      Fully agree here. But with a limit and control. Because going full murder-hobo is harmful for Joshua as well. It's about being able to defend and protect, not going holy godwarrior on General Gobbledeegook.

    • @wowliker642
      @wowliker642 Před rokem +6

      @@kinagrill Trust me I know that is why I always talk him down killing Salt Upon Wounds.

    • @kinagrill
      @kinagrill Před rokem

      @@wowliker642 Same, same. I can understand Joshua's idea of fighting to keep what is yours, but taking it too far just corrupts and ruins you. Like how a revolution only works to a point. if it keeps trying to stay the revolution AFTER winning, they become the very tyrants they saught to depose.

    • @zenspeed404
      @zenspeed404 Před rokem +17

      @@wowliker642 Which is funny because for the entire expansion, my character felt incredibly capable until it was time to talk Joshua down with one of the hardest speech checks in the game, which made a horrifying amount of sense: you're trying to get Joshua to hold back a fundamental part of his nature, his unending fury.

    • @patrickn.4113
      @patrickn.4113 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Especially because Rendell Clarke himself wanted it so. You know this entire "Be kind to on another but defend yourself if threatened".
      You cannot preserve innocence in this world. The tribes would get prayed upon over and over. The White Legs would just be replaced by others.

  • @DonutSwordsman
    @DonutSwordsman Před 2 lety +362

    No way. I'm absolutely in love with how popular long form critiques have become. Thanks for taking a massive swing I'm excited to chill with this all day

    • @therandomdickhead5744
      @therandomdickhead5744 Před rokem +6

      Same. Try the long form analysis playlist.
      Just type in "long form analysis" and it'll come up. Lots of great stuff there to keep ya busy.

    • @elitereptilian200
      @elitereptilian200 Před rokem +2

      Indeee, we cannot have too many Longmen on this platform..

  • @stolentheif8426
    @stolentheif8426 Před rokem +359

    I think the legion's neutrality towards the player has to do with a piece of dialogue you can hear from Ulysses (not sure where) in which he references Caesar saying "kill no courier"

    • @jordanmartin3434
      @jordanmartin3434 Před rokem +33

      Indeed. Since caesar had twisted hair homie as a courier doin his spyimg thing he tried to make trim down the amount of things that could kill him. When i played my 1st time through (dlc's were out already) i didnt beat the game b4 i delved in LR. I had that curiosity why they wouldnt sweat me the while time til i heard twisted hair homie say that. Its made sooo much sense after. We had a unintentional hall pass with the legion, fuckin great detail

    • @averymicrowave1713
      @averymicrowave1713 Před rokem +29

      I think either Ulysses or Caesar mentions that the only reason none of them have tried unless provoked was exactly because Legionnaires are ordered not to attack couriers period.
      Its actually a really sensible explanation for avoiding one of the major factions being hostile off the bat, and it makes the player character's job so much more interesting.
      How many couriers are Frumentarii?
      Does the NCR also use couriers as agents?

  • @drumlessons833
    @drumlessons833 Před rokem +43

    I'd love to add that new players can also find an interesting middle-ground between the intended path (south into Primm) and the extremely difficult path (north through Sloan): they can go east through a narrow passage in the mountain side, where, if memory serves me right, they will encounter a blind deathclaw! The path heads straight to Novac, bypassing Primm, the Mojave Outpost, and Camp Searchlight.

    • @trutwhut6550
      @trutwhut6550 Před 9 měsíci +2

      yep, or they can follow the railroad tracks, then over the mountains dealing with increasing levels of threats all the way upto a legion camp if disliked by them.

    • @drumlessons833
      @drumlessons833 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@trutwhut6550 Yeah, that route bypasses Primm and the Mojave Outpost. Such a splendid game FNV is.

    • @555Soupy555
      @555Soupy555 Před 3 měsíci +1

      or even take a nice shortcut through a safe part of blackmountain, but thats a little cheesy since you have to phase through a fence

  • @giacomopandiani6290
    @giacomopandiani6290 Před rokem +42

    No game will ever be like this for me. Countless hours and the atmosphere is something that will never leave my heart and personal imagery.

  • @DFwiggles
    @DFwiggles Před rokem +313

    I like the theory that Jason bright isn't trying to go to space but to the glow in California, it's a little less dumb that way

    • @LexisVoyage
      @LexisVoyage Před rokem +50

      my theory is that he actually just wanted to go to popeyes but was to lazy to walk there so he got some random schmuck to make him a sick rocket cause why not

    • @Eggbutts
      @Eggbutts Před rokem +37

      If you support both Jason Bright and the Legion, the ending slides state that the Bright Brotherhood returns to defend Novac.

    • @averymicrowave1713
      @averymicrowave1713 Před rokem +12

      Man tries to go to space, only ends up paying taxes

    • @gildedphoenix
      @gildedphoenix Před rokem +4

      Quite plausible as during the ending cards Bright Brotherhood will come to the aid of Novac to help I'f they have reached their destination.

    • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
      @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself Před rokem

      I think they landed in Los Alamos, NM.

  • @vahlok1426
    @vahlok1426 Před rokem +133

    One of my fond memories of New Vegas involves a bug that I don't know if anyone else has documented or not. I wasn't the one who encountered it, instead it was my friend who was playing the 360 version at launch and seemingly could not level up. At all. He was perpetually stuck at level 1, even though he was getting XP enough many times over to level, but pressed on because he had always been a huge Fallout fan and wanted to see the game through no matter what. I distinctly remember being in a voice chat with him as he "fought" Legate Lanius, wincing when he was one shot by his sword, laughing when he managed to knock him down with the tons of dynamite he had carried through the game, and going absolutely wild when he managed to kill him and win the game. I wish I still had my old phone, because he sent me a photo of his screen with Lanius laying dead and the level ticker telling him he was still at level 1.

  • @danielsurvivor1372
    @danielsurvivor1372 Před rokem +13

    4:26:15 To add some nuance here, it's not like Great Khans are innocent angels that got corrupted by NCR atrocities. Those are the same Great Khans that terrorised Shady Sands in Fallout 1, NCR in Fallout 2, and they were still basically raiders pre New Vegas timeline where House tried to unite 3 families. Not so say NCR is justified in their atrocities, just saying that Great Khans are very very flawrd faction and letting them go independent will probably keep them being flawed, but hopefully one day they can change thanks to Followers of the Apocalypse

  • @jaeg.3806
    @jaeg.3806 Před rokem +71

    While I can't say that I agree with all of your thoughts, I CAN say that this is without a doubt one of the best Fallout: New Vegas videos I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. Very well done.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +7

      Thanks!

    • @dr.nobody3357
      @dr.nobody3357 Před rokem +1

      Ditto. Awesome vid.

    • @alexanderrose1556
      @alexanderrose1556 Před 11 měsíci +11

      Ya speccialy the obnoxious idea that everything evil is capitalism and the faulty notion that capitalism is an ideology and not an economic system.. can be kinda hard to listen through

    • @rickkroll
      @rickkroll Před 9 měsíci +3

      ​@@alexanderrose1556hes not wrong about that though

    • @alexanderrose1556
      @alexanderrose1556 Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@rickkroll he undeniably is, speccialy as he seems to misunderstand it for a political system / ideology which.. like it factually isnt

  • @daymonkey1341
    @daymonkey1341 Před rokem +445

    You’re probably not going to see this but the reason that the Legion seems like a path you have to intentionally go down is because Obsidian didn’t have enough time to work on the Legion and focused more on the NCR. This is also why there are so few named Legion members. If they had even a month more time to complete it, I’m certain that the Legion would be far more fleshed out.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +90

      Yeah I didn't realize this at the time of writing, but it's a very good point

    • @july7498
      @july7498 Před rokem +41

      If they had a month more to complete it, I'm pretty that they'd use it to fix bugs and to iron out some details instead of adding more content

    • @daymonkey1341
      @daymonkey1341 Před rokem +9

      @@july7498 A good point and more likely. Again, they would likely do more than focus on one particular thing and do a bunch of stuff.

    • @sijul6483
      @sijul6483 Před rokem +10

      Yeah, there was supposed to be a town that you could visit and see how those under Legion protection truly lived. Iirc it's name is Malpais or something.

    • @gumballsseizure8430
      @gumballsseizure8430 Před rokem +2

      @@sijul6483 yh it was called like the malpais camp it’s where Joshua graham would’ve stayed when he was in the legion

  • @fastfood242
    @fastfood242 Před rokem +137

    A memory I'll never forget is my moded playthrough of Lonesome road. After finishing the DLC entering back into the Mojave.
    The first thing I see is a cockroach on two legs with a nine iron running at me.

    • @gwen3504
      @gwen3504 Před rokem +13

      Gregor Samsa awoke to find himself transformed into a vermicious golfer.

  • @randomassassian
    @randomassassian Před rokem +25

    I just want to thank you for making a video that runs almost the entire work day, really burns the hours away.

    • @SmartestRick13
      @SmartestRick13 Před 10 měsíci

      I read your comment while listening to this at work lol. My day is going super fast while listening to this!

  • @briangriffin5701
    @briangriffin5701 Před rokem +40

    I finished it on hardcore and it made me appreciate the mechanics of the game even more.

    • @zenspeed404
      @zenspeed404 Před rokem +11

      Once you go hardcore, you really can't stop: I thought I'd do it once, just to get the achievement, but now I can't imagine NOT using it.
      It really makes you evaluate your inventory and how to best use every Kg. And it also encourages the use of safe houses like Novac, the SM bunker, the abandoned shack, etc. Like realistically, my Courier would probably be leaving food, water, ammo, weapons, and meds at all of their safe houses, ala Randall Clark.

    • @PastPerspectives3
      @PastPerspectives3 Před 3 měsíci

      @@zenspeed404yeah, to me Hardcore mode, headphones, and radio on are essential. Maybe the most immersive game ever

  • @StormEagleCH
    @StormEagleCH Před rokem +271

    3:29:31 They actually do address this. If you have Veronica as a companion when you buy it off Max for her personal quest, she says something to the effect of “Wow. Good thing the safety was on.”

  • @HelloFellowHooman
    @HelloFellowHooman Před rokem +273

    Imagine what we could've gotten if Obsidian had gotten the time to make a finished product. Hell what if they make a new Fallout game with this generations capabilities? We can only dream.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +44

      At least we are getting Outer Worlds 2

    • @michaelknasel1641
      @michaelknasel1641 Před rokem +38

      I'd do some dark unforgivable things for a fallout new Vegas in Fallout4s engine

    • @woodchuck83
      @woodchuck83 Před rokem +20

      Imagine if obsidian had made fallout 4.... So many missed opportunities in that game.

    • @Courier117
      @Courier117 Před rokem +9

      @@woodchuck83 or if Bethesda just simply took tips from obsidian. But honestly there’s no point in debating as what’s done is done sadly 😢

    • @marko9695
      @marko9695 Před rokem +11

      ​​@@michaelknasel1641 good news is that there will be a New Vegas overhaul mod for 4

  • @Sythll
    @Sythll Před rokem +21

    For me the beginning of new Vegas felt really really slow, but once I sat down and started really exploring and interacting with settlements and reaching new Vegas, it quickly became one of my favourite games ever. Amazing video btw

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +2

      Thank you

    • @ItzBirdMan1337
      @ItzBirdMan1337 Před rokem

      Reviving this comment thread to say 100%.
      Started with 3 and adored it, 100%, multiple playthroughs, discovered all locations, etc.
      I then rented this from blockbuster, back when that was a thing you could do, started, and was immediately turned off by the western theme, single shotguns, dynamite, the joe Cobb gang, etc.
      I ended up finding the crashed vertibird and the Tesla beaton prototype, right before returning the game. For some reason that memory alone stuck with me and made me try again a couple years later and I finally broke through that early game wall and hit free side, met the ncr, found the unique minigun at devil's throat, found the enclave, got the armor, fell in love with the game, and am now running a tale of two wastelands run with all 8 dlcs and 63 different mods. Crazy to think I nearly missed this game while being sick a fan of the series

  • @mattbenz99
    @mattbenz99 Před rokem +47

    6:40:00 I think you completely missed the point of Caesar's logic. Caesar is taking the identical stance that China is taking in the modern world. It is him expressing a philosophical debate that goes back to 17th century with Hobbes. What Caesar is saying the world by default is anarchy, and that the state should be a Leviathan, and in doing so, give absolute protection from the dangers of anarchy. He, like Hobbes, is also saying that it is the duty to give up some of their liberties in exchange for that protection. This was realist (in the academic sense) Enlightenment thinking in contrast to the NCR which is based on liberal (again in the academic sense) enlightenment thinking.
    The liberal enlightenment thinking can be seen in the writings of philosophers like Rousseau, the American founding fathers, Paine, and Mill. They emphasized that the state should have a much more limited role in society.
    Before the Enlightenment, the default European philosophy on governance was that rulers get their right to rule from God, and if God didn't want to rule, then God would just remove them. The realist and liberal enlightenment thinkers disagreed on a lot, but what both agreed on was that the right to govern was a bottom up right. That it was the lower and middle classes that held up the government. This made them quite revolutionary in their time, even if they disagreed on almost everything else.

    • @dismalbeastAK
      @dismalbeastAK Před 10 měsíci +7

      what a great opinion. Sad SuperRAD didn't have any think to reply with. I find it so funny we puts his beliefs out there and talk abut how mean people are because of his beliefs. Then can't even have a conversation with someone with a very good point and no hate, just a logical opinion.

    • @DirectFireDave
      @DirectFireDave Před měsícem +3

      This is nice and all but ultimately he covered this just by saying that regardless of what philosophy Caesar spits out, his actions are unjustifiable. It doesn’t really matter what Caesar’s “point” is when it’s just shitty justification for being the devil lmao

  • @cruisingscenesandtakingbea4197

    "youre brother was a little bitch and so are you" at the memorial and "i..i cant feel my legs!" after trying out Fisto are the best lines of dialogue in the entire fallout franchise.

  • @FluffySylveonBoi
    @FluffySylveonBoi Před rokem +513

    Playing New Vegas is not the hard part. It's letting go.

    • @FluffySylveonBoi
      @FluffySylveonBoi Před rokem +4

      @@FreightmareFTW Tldr, but I know better stories. 2/10 for effort though :)

    • @ppgod6989
      @ppgod6989 Před rokem

      @@FreightmareFTW no

    • @Ultima2343
      @Ultima2343 Před rokem +8

      It's letting go.

    • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
      @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself Před rokem +8

      I ain't letting go of shit.
      Loot all the things!

    • @courier6640
      @courier6640 Před rokem +5

      Yup. That's why I never let go. (Please help, I'm locked in Victor's shed)

  • @TheFoxStyler
    @TheFoxStyler Před rokem +22

    i played new vegas this year and i cant cope with how i managed to live 24years without playing that game and inhaling that awesomeness

  • @pokemaniacalex8031
    @pokemaniacalex8031 Před rokem +10

    I actually just tried going the northern route to Vegas for the first time last night. I took a roundabout high ground path to the tribal village wrecked by Cazadores, used Dynamite to take them out, and then used stealth boys to try and avoid the bighorners and fiends the rest of the way. I, unfortunately, only had 2 stealth boys and had to sneak around about halfway into the fiend territory, but I made it to Freeside at Level 3.

  • @antoniosaucalianoiii5096
    @antoniosaucalianoiii5096 Před rokem +132

    I remember telling my friend in school that my ideal prefect video game would be an RPG set in post apocalyptic america with old school jazz on the radio.. my buddy immediately informed me of FNV and my life was forever changed

    • @kritizismmusics9737
      @kritizismmusics9737 Před rokem +4

      Nice lmao

    • @SsjRedneck
      @SsjRedneck Před rokem +2

      Had a very similar experience just wish i could remember the friend who put me on so i could thank them

  • @SeraSmiles
    @SeraSmiles Před rokem +54

    I think you're selling Joshua Graham's character a little short. He's not just not moving on from his past with Caesar, he thinks that the part of him that is awful is intrinsically also why he survived being burned alive. His view is in a lot of ways that he knows he's terrible, a monster, but a necessary form of evil to keep the dead horses safe. It's wrong, obviously, but I think it's much more interesting to look at him through that specific lense

    • @airworthyboxer9432
      @airworthyboxer9432 Před rokem

      He views his own suffering and his work to help the dead horses as serving God. killing when done righteously is a chore like any other. Graham is the tool for the chore of killing and that's his retribution

    • @Seority
      @Seority Před rokem

      Agreed, it's a commentary about how being a tyrant is bad but being a pacifist will get you killed.

  • @Corrupted
    @Corrupted Před rokem +24

    Amazing video, but I feel like you were focussing A LOT on morality and social commentary instead of analysing actual roleplay of a character - I guess this fits well if you usually play a character that aligns with your personal motivations and reactions to things happening in a game, but I'd assume most people playing rpgs don't do that
    IMO it's more interesting to see the perspective of the protagonist when he's not a morally right do-gooder by our modern standards of society, there's a lot of interesting depth to this game when you play a very flawed character, especially when you consider what the courier went through - it makes little sense to be this righteous savior of the world in this game, especially after doing all the DLCs and barely being a human anymore.
    I really respect and appreciate the work put into this, but I would've loved more commentary on the quality of writing, characters and rpg elements instead of meta-commentary of bashing capitalism every 5 minutes lmao. While I do agree with most of your statements, it really doesn't add that much to the analysis and feels a little tiring towards the end. Most players and viewers understand the concepts of good and evil and don't really need this slightly patronizing tone of moral high ground IMO, at least it felt that way to me personally
    Great stuff though, I've been waiting for a really long FNV analysis for a while!

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +6

      While I appreciate the sentiment, this is a 7 hour video full of discussion surrounding the writing and gameplay. But regardless of how you roleplay the character, the writers had a lot to comment on and I wanted to focus on that part of the writing.

  • @Cybey
    @Cybey Před rokem +23

    I've done many playthroughs of this game and its DLCs yet I learned new things from watching this. Didn't even knew that it is possible to keep Dean alive.

  • @PKDeviluke25
    @PKDeviluke25 Před 2 lety +269

    I sided with Joshua in Honest Hearts because I found the idea of the Sorrows basically being evicted from their native land by the Legion/White Legs not something agreeable this is the post apocalypse and people need to fight to Survive. I believe no matter where the Sorrows relocate another Faction will threaten their way of life. So yes Joshua's way is extremely violent and genocidal but in this case it is necessary for the Sorrows to survive in the long run.

    • @amelia31289
      @amelia31289 Před rokem +31

      same

    • @fjparasite1172
      @fjparasite1172 Před rokem +10

      On the other hand isn't Joshua just making Legion 2.0?

    • @manuelsanchez9649
      @manuelsanchez9649 Před rokem +34

      @@fjparasite1172 Depending largely on the single speech check at the end of his route possibly no? I don’t think honestly in that single speech check that it would not result in his own legion, and even then I’m not sure that the sorrow would be able to survive there and continue there way of life into the future

    • @grilla4464
      @grilla4464 Před rokem +38

      @@fjparasite1172 The tribes became military forces but there was no indication that they engaged in slavery and conquest under the might of a sociopathic ruler like the Legion... I think 😂

    • @swozzlesticks3068
      @swozzlesticks3068 Před rokem +38

      "this is the post apocalypse" doesn't belong in this statement. Like the entire point of the series but especially new Vegas is that it doesn't truly matter that the bombs dropped. It doesn't change the relationships societies have with each other. It doesn't change human nature.

  • @superhoodie14
    @superhoodie14 Před rokem +56

    It's so strange that a game with some much to say about different the forms of government, philosophy, and the human condition is the same game where you can get jumped by a gang of elderly grandma's right after activating a robot called FISTO that you have the option to "test out" before sending it to a casino/brothel.

  • @SerCabbage
    @SerCabbage Před 3 měsíci +12

    Fun video, but there is something deeply amusing to me about all the moralising and criticism of flawed political systems when the conclusion of the commentator is that the right answer is clearly a dictatorship, but with themselves as the dictator, so it's a good dictatorship.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Creating an independant Vegas isn't creating a dictatorship. We don't even have to be the ones on charge, it's up to the player at that point. The main goal is to strengthen the tribes and remove house/NCR/legion from the equation

    • @SerCabbage
      @SerCabbage Před 3 měsíci +9

      @@SuperRADLemon Yeah, but who gives the player the legitimacy to make this decision for all of Vegas? No one, just personal power and a monopoly on violence in the form of your death-robots that can blow up anyone who disagrees with you. Even if someone else ends up in charge, you're the kingmaker with the keys to the death-robots computer.
      Whatever system the player creates, it's obtained and enforced with the explicit threat of violence against anyone who disagrees, independence is a nice cause but literally no one in the game is asking for it in the form you're probably imagining it.
      I think that's the most interesting theme of New Vegas and all it's factions in a world where the slate was wiped clean, who gets to inherit the world and who gets to decide how that world is going to look like?
      No single answer there, always fun to discuss.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před 3 měsíci +2

      Everyone is making decisions for all of Vegas. The player is the only one actively going to all of these tribes, making them better, and getting their loyalty / support. So it is legitimized.

  • @Oroberus
    @Oroberus Před 9 měsíci +17

    The main difference from F3 and F4 to FNV is that Obsidian developed AN ACTUAL RPG while Bethesda only develops open-world-looter-shooters with slight RPG elements
    It's the same difference that raises Morrorwind above Oblivion and Skyrim, except that Morrorwind was the last time Bethesda cared about ACTUAL RPG STUFF, besides "number go up to make your produce the happy-chemicals".

    • @chandler_martian
      @chandler_martian Před 7 měsíci +1

      I have yet to finish Oblivion after multiple attempts to beat it. It’s leveling system is appalling and lacks any amount of actual role play or sense of progression that Morrowind had.

    • @Oroberus
      @Oroberus Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@chandler_martian This
      Level Scaling is one of the most horrendous mainstream streamlining techniques that became the standard roughly 15 years ago
      Good RPGs use area locked difficulty instead without otherwise locking areas off, like in BG1 or 2 or Fallout 1 or 2. Level and playtime doesn't matter, if you're brave and/or stupid enough to go there, you're brave and/or stupid enough to get ganked, simple as that (New Vegas does this too btw) but those Bethesda-Non-RPG-Looter/Hacker-Looter-Games won't work with this design as it would 'restrict player freedom' ... yeah fuck off, player freedom is to decide when to tackle how much of a challenge, Level Scaling outright discards any sort of challenge or player choice what so bloody ever -.-
      I agree regarding Oblivion, never played much of it because of the appauling scaling

  • @scorpion3128
    @scorpion3128 Před rokem +100

    I'm barely 11 minutes in and o just wanna say. That opening cinematic where Benny shoots you is so well done, even with the how outdated it looked even at release, that EVERYONE uses it to open their discussions, retrospectives, reviews, etc of New Vegas. And I don't say that to disparage any creators. It just shows how well written and iconic it is.
    Now onto the next 7 fucking hours of my life listening to this as I play Sunbreak 😂

    • @markuspearo2281
      @markuspearo2281 Před rokem +5

      Yeah it’s a cool intro

    • @demon794
      @demon794 Před rokem +11

      It's so weird because the intro looks outdated yet the way it looks makes me love it all the more. It's like the jankiness adds a bit of heart and nostalgia to it all.

    • @possessedslig
      @possessedslig Před rokem +4

      It gives me chills everytime

    • @Source_of_Sanctuary
      @Source_of_Sanctuary Před rokem

      World for me lol

  • @pip5188
    @pip5188 Před rokem +71

    20:20 One of my favorite aspects of the courier is that they feel like a real person that has been living in this wasteland from simple comments like being able to say "Aren't you that singer from New Reno? I think I saw you play the clubs there" when you first meet Bruce Isaac

    • @Meyveda
      @Meyveda Před rokem +7

      While this is true, I personally loved the backstory of Fallout 3. As I haven’t played previous 1&2 games, I was new to the world - so is my Lone Wonderer, as she grew up sheltered by the vault. So we explored the world together.

    • @carolusrex5213
      @carolusrex5213 Před rokem +4

      @Merunit K the 3 background is fine in my opinion and is over hated a bit. In Fallout 1 you are also a vault dweller but one specifically picked to help save the vault as it implies you are the only one the Overseer can fully trust. 2 is the most interesting as you are the decendant of the first games protag

    • @zenspeed404
      @zenspeed404 Před rokem +2

      @@carolusrex5213 The FO3 background is probably hated because it takes so long to actually get to The Main Story. As a result, the tutorial seems forced, and if there's one thing players hate, it's being railroaded in such a ham-fisted manner.
      What I loved about FNV's character introduction is that it's thematically sound for the rest of the game: it starts off as a revenge Western, right up the point where the Powder Gangers came to town...and THAT is the tutorial.

    • @carolusrex5213
      @carolusrex5213 Před rokem

      @gbasa1454 oh yeah New Vegas has an amazing start. Honestly if remade with better graphics and would easily become my favorite game ever.

    • @zenspeed404
      @zenspeed404 Před rokem

      @@carolusrex5213 That's what mods are for!

  • @blueturtleteo65
    @blueturtleteo65 Před rokem +8

    Damn, missed the entire powder gang quest line because I just blasted the whole compound away immediately

  • @kalendobot4152
    @kalendobot4152 Před rokem +19

    Dealing with Benny for me was saving my game before picking what to do with him in the fort and trying all 3 pathways, ending in the duel. Wore his suit for the rest of the game.

    • @kinagrill
      @kinagrill Před rokem +3

      I stole his pistol and rigged the game from the start :3

  • @TwistedScarlett60
    @TwistedScarlett60 Před rokem +119

    Your "fault" about the way the enemies appear in Lonesome Road is one of my absolute leading praises. Never have I ever been so immersed and felt threatened by a group of enemies as the Marked Men. I felt like I was being hunted, that no place was ever safe. I've never played any area of the game so cautiously and slowly before in the entirety of my 50H+ playthrough.

    • @HineDaddy
      @HineDaddy Před rokem +8

      I agree. First time playing through Lonesome Road on my old Toshiba laptop with a wireless mouse, my fingers were quaking as I made my way through the rubble and bombed out buildings, feeling the lines of sight of 3+ enemies at all times. Only thing that's come close to feeling like that for me was the first Dead Space when you get attacked in the elevator.

    • @Thisisthegreatestatofalltime
      @Thisisthegreatestatofalltime Před rokem +3

      FNV needed a place like that the base game never really tested the players build that much in terms of combat.

    • @grubskies4221
      @grubskies4221 Před rokem +4

      There are like 1 or two places in lonesome road where you truly feel safe

  • @jupitersnoot4915
    @jupitersnoot4915 Před rokem +92

    Any game that let's you have an argument with your own brain is undoubtedly a masterpiece

  • @fairyqueentitania5080
    @fairyqueentitania5080 Před rokem +12

    This was my first Fallout, and I got the fear of god put in me by a deathclaw next to Neil’s shack. Imagine my relief when they’re much squishier in Fallout 3

  • @dylangodfrey6096
    @dylangodfrey6096 Před rokem +5

    One of the reasons the Legion does not attack you on sight is that you are or were a courier, one that was known about, and Legionnaires do not attack couriers as many are disguised Frumentari.

  • @RegularPat
    @RegularPat Před rokem +151

    all I've ever wanted is a scripted 7 hour New Vegas video, I'm only 5 minutes in and I'm so excited for the rest of this

    • @SquidKingSalazar
      @SquidKingSalazar Před rokem +4

      Cool seeing you commenting on this lol especially since you’re so KH focused. Wouldn’t mind you doing a video on this too one day since I as well very much enjoy some Fallout New Vegas

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 Před rokem

      Glad I’m not the only one!

    • @Zenkojinsky
      @Zenkojinsky Před rokem

      @@SquidKingSalazar each to their own strengths

  • @TDenterpriser
    @TDenterpriser Před rokem +72

    I always thought of lonesome road as meta commentary on how influential main characters in video games are and how much of the world they change

  • @duplicarus
    @duplicarus Před rokem +9

    2:13:16 I just want to piggy back on to your point here, if you take the confirmed bachelor perk you end up finding a quite a few homosexual characters that you would otherwise not know of. Like The desk clerk in Mojave Outpost, and Boone’s friend Manny Vargas. The Desk Clerk being particularly interesting as he mentions that sort of thing isn’t allowed in the NCR. Then again Cpl Betsy exists, who’s openly a lesbian. Very interesting stuff

    • @danielsurvivor1372
      @danielsurvivor1372 Před rokem +2

      It's not looked kindly at, not that it's illegal, and he specifies that the heart of republic is more accepting. Considering Betsy is also 1st recon sniper, it makes sense others would respect her despite their prejudices

  • @verymelonman12
    @verymelonman12 Před 13 dny +2

    This is a great retrospective because it highlights how much the game made you care about the ideas it presents and the conclusions you personally came to over them all, even if mine would be different. New Vegas is a great roleplaying game because so many people have developed so many opinions on damn near all of its questions, and any game that can make that many people willing to feel things about it is simply incredible.

  • @FaresMason
    @FaresMason Před rokem +106

    New Vegas is my favorite game of all time. I've been sleeping to this ever since it's been released. Thank you.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +7

      Thank YOU

    • @FluffySylveonBoi
      @FluffySylveonBoi Před rokem +2

      Wow, if you sleep to this video, you must be well versed in the first few minutes of it :)

  • @bedrockboy2194
    @bedrockboy2194 Před 2 lety +73

    The reason why siding with the Legion feels like that you have to force your self to believe is because Obsidian had already finished the NCR but the legion was undercooked before release.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +10

      Makes sense

    • @PlebNC
      @PlebNC Před rokem +26

      Plus you spend most of the game on the NCR occupied side of the river so your exposure to them is limited to their atrocities. It's not until you visit Caesar's camp that you find a random trader who makes a solid point about the benefits of Legion control: that the roads are safer because the Legion wipes out all opposition so thoroughly so caravans are safe from raiding as long as they don't carry Legion contraband (drugs and booze mostly). This doesn't offset the Legion's brutality and flaws but it helps them feel more than glorified raiders.

    • @druffner
      @druffner Před rokem +13

      @@PlebNC Even Cass, who is definitely one of the main two NCR companions, points this out too, exactly as you said while also pointing out that the legion is still a shitfire for human rights

    • @Treasure_hunter_21
      @Treasure_hunter_21 Před rokem +7

      @@PlebNC Raul also pointed that if anything Legion is proficient in upholding order. A order, butorder nontheless.

    • @Treasure_hunter_21
      @Treasure_hunter_21 Před rokem

      Barbaric*

  • @superslav9101
    @superslav9101 Před 9 měsíci +9

    Bro killed chief hanlon and choose one of the worst endings in the game and justified it it by creating head canon.

  • @TheTogoRojo
    @TheTogoRojo Před rokem +9

    The writing on this is so tightly paced I feel like the adverts only help me catch my breath. Amazing work.

  • @gavinkallinen2199
    @gavinkallinen2199 Před rokem +90

    I've been watching this over the span of multiple sittings and I gotta say this is Hella impressive. 7 hours of quality content, love to see it.

  • @BambamCZ
    @BambamCZ Před 2 lety +95

    That's a weird looking monster Hunter spinoff... Loved New Vegas and even it's ups and downs when the different dlcs were being dropped. Should be a fun nostalgia trip watching this.

    • @DonutSwordsman
      @DonutSwordsman Před 2 lety +6

      for real, the gecko hunt was pretty neat with the new golf club greatsword. maybe ill try the bat next

  • @johnsonnash
    @johnsonnash Před rokem +15

    I really like your video. Personally, Honest Hearts was one of my favorite dlcs. I never took the messages as seriously as you did so perhaps that is why, but I see Joshua Graham as a deeply, deeply flawed man. He tries to change but is still stuck in his past ways. I believe the Courier's choice here with killing the White Legs, while sketchy, leaves the most room for improvement of both the tribes and Joshua. The evacuation in my mind leaves no future for the Sorrows, as they don't have the same defense as with Joshua's semi-militarism in the not-terrible-Joshua-ending. Maybe I am wrong, maybe not. If there is any feedback from anyone, I'd love to hear it. Just a man sharing his opinion.

  • @xardiesn.o.o.b4971
    @xardiesn.o.o.b4971 Před rokem +7

    "With your luck I'm surprised those bullets didn't turn around and climb back into the barrel"

  • @melanino
    @melanino Před rokem +119

    You missed the moral side of making lily take her meds fully, if she does take the meds fully she loses complete memory of her dead husband, the love of her life. So yeah you do help her mentally, but at the same time she will forget her husband completely. Maybe its not so much of a moral quandry for other people but it kind of breaks my heart😅

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +26

      I thought I brought up the memory loss, and your right it is an important aspect. For me it feels like lily is a danger to herself and others when berserk, and this was the right decision for her benefit

    • @cassiapeian
      @cassiapeian Před rokem +9

      Thanks I was looking for a comment pointing this out. The mechanical aspect is interesting but I feel like the moral dilemma of Lily's wellbeing vs her memories of her husband and grandchildren are undersold here.

    • @tibaronmagnus3672
      @tibaronmagnus3672 Před rokem +9

      @@SuperRADLemon I can see this idea, but for me I feel as though it's not my place as the courier to make that decision for Lily, her past is who she is as a person, the tapes of her husband and he grandchildren are what she cherishes most in life. I know it's probably better for her to take her meds but it's just not a choice I can bring myself to make in game.

    • @gwen3504
      @gwen3504 Před rokem +9

      @@tibaronmagnus3672 I think that’s a fantastic point. However, Lily is an elderly woman who is also affected by a dependency on Stealth Boys and the side effects which come with that. The mental health of Nightkin is a major recurring theme of New Vegas, and while you’re *almost* always encouraged to find a peaceful solution to their problems, the writers also make it abundantly clear that they are prone to dangerous feats of violence as Super Mutants.
      Moreover, as shown with Lily, you can’t really determine just how old a Super Mutant was when they were transformed by FEV. Super Mutants are made, not born, and so while intelligent SMs exist (like Lou Tenant, Marcus, Fawkes, and Lily), many are likely forcibly transformed as children or in their twilight years. Given we know Lily to have been 75 and then made a Super Mutant and then a *Nightkin*, I don’t think it’s necessarily unethical to make decisions on her behalf, especially when those mitigate harm to her and those around her.
      A major theme of New Vegas is letting go of the past and looking to a better future, and while this is demonstrated on a grand scale with the factions aspiring to Roman imperialism, American imperialism and capitalism, it’s also shown in the small scale with Lily and the memories of those before she was a Super Mutant. To be able to move on from those memories and live a life that inarguably puts her and everyone around her at less risk is, I feel, the right choice. And even then, I still don’t necessarily want to say that’s the ONLY right choice, or that it’s the “best”. Good arguments can be made for all three administration methods, but ultimately we are in control of an old woman’s autonomy under the assumption she can’t make this decision for herself. That’s a difficult position to be in.

    • @kinagrill
      @kinagrill Před rokem

      I always felt that Lilly might be an insane nightkin supermutant, but she is sane enough to choose what is the right dosage, so taking the half-amount should really be what she should continue with since it's worked out for her for a long time now. No need to fix what is not broken after all.
      She is not human after all, so ascribing human values of choices to what she should do isn't really a good idea imo.

  • @BDylanHollis
    @BDylanHollis Před rokem +194

    The amount of effort you put into this is incredible! FNV remains my favourite game of all time, and this might just become my favourite video of all time. Thank you :)

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +16

      Thanks for watching it :)

    • @lilithroyer4679
      @lilithroyer4679 Před rokem +8

      Who knew that extremely funny people that are passionate about history would like New Vegas!
      ...
      Oh wait, it makes total sense xD Thanks for the laughs and your passion, Mr. Hollis!

    • @Gamingangels186
      @Gamingangels186 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Dylan what are you doing here?

  • @ocarinalover1214
    @ocarinalover1214 Před rokem +10

    The Luck stat check that lets you in the Strip is funny too

  • @username61234
    @username61234 Před rokem +10

    What the fuck are you doing? My older brother died at the Battle of Hoover Dam. You’re desecrating a war memorial.

  • @kayzeaza
    @kayzeaza Před rokem +41

    Another important thing about the SPECIAL is to not fill any up to 10, only 9. Because later on when you reach the New Vegas medical center the doctor can sell you implants that boost special points up by 1. That way you can spread out points more in the beginning and then max them out later on

    • @Helperbot-2000
      @Helperbot-2000 Před rokem +6

      Also with strength you can get 1 extra from power armours (or 2 from the t45, but its weaker)

    • @danielsurvivor1372
      @danielsurvivor1372 Před rokem +5

      Mix maxing can get boring real fast. Plus you really don't need so much of it

    • @trutwhut6550
      @trutwhut6550 Před 9 měsíci +1

      10 intelligence is fun tho, let's you level so much quicker.

  • @VexdinLord
    @VexdinLord Před rokem +81

    I disagree with how you interpreted Veronica's personal quest and the brotherhood's main quest. Veronica wasn't just trying to end the lock down, she was trying to change the brotherhood's main goal and how they operate. They are zenophobic and almost never allow outsiders to join them except for special occasion, refuse to allow others to have advanced tech if they could help it, and follow the codex to the letter even if it causes problems for them. Ending the lock down doesn't change the brotherhood, just allows them to continue their mission. Veronica saw that the mission would ultimately lead them to just make more enemies while stifling them as the world grows around them. Ultimately, the brotherhood is on a path to self destruction, something they will never move from, which is why Veronica gives up at the end.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +15

      Very good point. I saw Veronica's want for that, but focused on the lockdown moreso. You're right that she wants to change the brotherhood as a whole and ultimately fails at doing so.

    • @Nastara
      @Nastara Před rokem

      If you do end the lockdown the by replacing the elder and ask him to join the brotherhood you’re task in doing so is a bit messed up. They want you to accept the mission blindly as their tenets say members should do. He is just as xenophobic as most members are to outsiders. Ending the lockdown is worse for the wasteland because they cause trouble for the factions that win hoover dam.

    • @lucifershelby542
      @lucifershelby542 Před rokem

      @@SuperRADLemon iy

    • @lucifershelby542
      @lucifershelby542 Před rokem

      @@Nastara iu

    • @lucifershelby542
      @lucifershelby542 Před rokem

      @@Nastara oio

  • @burneraccount122
    @burneraccount122 Před rokem +28

    I aleays fealt that joshua grahm was one of the best, most well written character in the entire franchise. Its such a unique story to unfold and i loved his devotion to his faith. I also liked that due to his legion background he started falling back into his old ways and its up to you to help pull him back from the darkness by getting him to spare salt-apon-wounds. In the ending slide it shows the tribes how to defend themselves but not fall into batbaric warmongering by showing a small act of mercy. I personally fealt that that ending was the best possible scenario in that dlc and that honest hearts is one of the best additions to any game. Im sorry you didnt seem to enjoy it.

    • @michaelbanning8249
      @michaelbanning8249 Před 4 měsíci

      Yeah the honest hearts slander in this vid is crazy. Loved the rest of it, but the honest hearts section just didn’t seem to give it a fair chance

  • @user-kc2fu8iw3v
    @user-kc2fu8iw3v Před rokem +8

    45:25 the karma system is there mainly for the endings. each faction ending has 3 variations based on your karma level. ex: if good, mr house is proud of you and his choices, if bad, he's terrified of you.

  • @MightyMattTM
    @MightyMattTM Před rokem +66

    I have played this game collectively over consoles and PC for probably well over 2,000 hours. Am I gonna sit here and watch a 7+ hour video about it? You’re goddamn right. Because I’ve got spurs that jingle jangle jingle

    • @HamTheBacon
      @HamTheBacon Před rokem +4

      As you go riding merrily along? Me too my guy me too.

  • @thanevakarian9762
    @thanevakarian9762 Před rokem +59

    I played this game before and after a vacation to Las Vegas and I can say without a doubt the peoples faces are very similar to the NPCs in the game.

  • @Fantafaust
    @Fantafaust Před rokem +28

    It's funny how you effectively demonize Mr House when he has the most optimistic ending of the game, meanwhile an independent Vegas hints at an upcoming calamity due to destabilizing power dynamics and becoming a lone resource filled area surrounded by the superpowers of the wastes.

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +2

      I don't agree that his ending was the most optimistic.

    • @Fantafaust
      @Fantafaust Před rokem +16

      @@SuperRADLemon raising absolutely everyone's qol and colonizing the stars isn't a good enough ending? Lol

    • @rimaq_
      @rimaq_ Před rokem +4

      @@Fantafaust nope it's an Elon reddit fanboy ending

    • @Fantafaust
      @Fantafaust Před rokem +15

      @@rimaq_ you would compare the Howard Hughes analog who actually delivered on his promises and never had to be bailed out by the US government, to a spoiled little rich kid who barely understands wtf his own companies do?

    • @trutwhut6550
      @trutwhut6550 Před 9 měsíci +8

      ​@@rimaq_house is guaranteed progress and survival for humanity, it's the only ending that can 100% do that, not even the enclave in any if their endings of any games can.

  • @arcturus64
    @arcturus64 Před rokem +4

    I don't exactly remember when but I believe there's an NPC who says something like 'Legion will make a slave out of you without asking, the NCR will pass a law that makes you one'.

  • @doughyguy2663
    @doughyguy2663 Před rokem +47

    Robodogs (as well as robobrains) use the brain for processing (much like a SIMM for a PC) which is then grafted onto an existing robotic personality (like the ones in robots like Mr. Handys or Protectrons.) Generally its original memories/personality are only a shadow or a vague background thing. In the case of the Robobrains, the brains used have their past self lobotomized out for the most part. A few exceptions exist, and the process isn't always perfect. The robodogs were originally developed by Big MT (I think) and they're a little different from robobrains, but I think they work generally the same. So putting a new brain into Rex would not fundamentally change him as his base programming is like that of a regular robot. But the personality might bubble up to the surface like a kind of trojan or a corrupted hidden system file, and cause problems. Or not... you can see I've given this some thought.

    • @amyblack2101
      @amyblack2101 Před rokem

      sierra jrs jfjqjql

    • @amyblack2101
      @amyblack2101 Před rokem +1

      l

    • @nickelakon5369
      @nickelakon5369 Před rokem +1

      Yes, robots with brains seem to be Big MT, whereas robots without them (securitrons, Mr handys, etc.) Are Robco

    • @eucleiss-kfpspy9241
      @eucleiss-kfpspy9241 Před rokem +1

      Thanks for the info but I didn't understand a single thing

  • @calebneff5777
    @calebneff5777 Před rokem +22

    I haven't watched this yet, but man, I am EXTREMELY excited for it, especially after you said you've played it 27 times. My dude, you get it. I just stared playthrough 34, and loving it like all the other 33 times. This game literally never, ever gets old!

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +3

      Hope you enjoy it!

    • @ItzBirdMan1337
      @ItzBirdMan1337 Před rokem

      Check out tale of two wastelands if you haven't already. Changes everything

  • @fossfox
    @fossfox Před 28 dny +2

    Thank you for being brave enough to face the masses and talk about the flaws with Joshua, and Honest Hearts' story writing as a whole. Most people I find aren't able to articulate the difference between a character being _written well_ and a character's performance being engaging or moving, something I feel sums up Joshua pretty well.

  • @jogo-md8jq
    @jogo-md8jq Před rokem +67

    me: "Man I really wish I could watch a 7 hour deep dive on fallout new vegas"
    SuperRAD: "Hold my sunset sarsaparilla."

  • @ubermaster1
    @ubermaster1 Před rokem +21

    I will never forget when I fell through the floor in REPCON, teleported outside of REPCON, then immediately got mauled by feral ghouls that suddenly respawned.
    Or when I got jumpscared by Vulpes and I fired immediately at him, and got shredded by Legion.
    Or when I tried to steal from the Silver Rush(before I learned I can just pick up a gun and take it to the back) and immediately got shredded by them.
    ..A lot of my memories of this game is just dying to be honest.

  • @Aderask
    @Aderask Před rokem +11

    "it's about letting go" I say as I carry the corpse full of gold out of the casino

  • @darkzenal2593
    @darkzenal2593 Před rokem +3

    Ngl Joshua Graham's Voice was just so amazing "The fire inside burned brighter then the fire around me". I ironically sought peace and spared Salt upon wounds.

  • @andishawjfac
    @andishawjfac Před rokem +18

    On the Rex memories thing, cyberdogs use the brain as more of a cpu than storage, each time you replace the brain it adds a small number of memories into the existing ones, knowing different parts of the brain exist for long vs short term storage, this makes some real world sense and is in line with the Fallout wiki.

  • @piekirby3435
    @piekirby3435 Před 2 lety +76

    I'm not into fallout, but the dedication to get this long of a video out is super impressive, so I'll watch it all.

    • @JKeltTV
      @JKeltTV Před rokem +8

      I'm not into liking comments on CZcams, but the dedication to watch the video through is pretty impressive, so I'll like your comment.

    • @bowiesensei5574
      @bowiesensei5574 Před rokem +3

      Maybe it'll convince you to try it or try it again someday

    • @piekirby3435
      @piekirby3435 Před 8 měsíci

      me from a year later, finished New Vegas and 4 now, I like these games a lot

  • @stevenramseyuhu4860
    @stevenramseyuhu4860 Před rokem +6

    First experience I’ve had with a Fallout game was watching my Uncle play New Vegas, loved Fallout games ever since. RIP Uncle Brad.

  • @hntrchandler
    @hntrchandler Před rokem +8

    This is why I love FONV, I’ve played like 3K hours and this was just as entertaining as the first time of me playing it

  • @csharp48
    @csharp48 Před rokem +59

    At this point, I think CZcamsrs are just challenging each other: who can make the longest Fallout New Vegas video

  • @austinkaras3866
    @austinkaras3866 Před rokem +57

    Time to dust off my copy of New Vegas and lose every sense of real world responsibilities and obligations. Thank you for your time on this video, great listening while I'm at work 👍

  • @MrGutty117
    @MrGutty117 Před rokem +6

    Hey man, just wanted to say I really appreciate the effort and attention to detail you put into these BIG retrospectives. I'm a huge fan of long-form content like this and love to hear different people's interpretations on these games that have so much to offer both in gameplay and storytelling. You blend analysis of gameplay mechanics and writing/themes/politics in a rational, intellectual, and at the same time accessible way that really shines through, while still leaving room for people to agree or disagree and debate. Honestly great content, and I always look forward to more from you. Cheers.

  • @danytalksmusic
    @danytalksmusic Před rokem +10

    My favorite part of playing was discovering the underground city right under New Vegas, where you get sent on a bunch of weird quests and at the end of it, you can select any two creatures to fight in the ring. So if you've ever wanted to see who wins in a fight between a Death Claw and a Giant Radscorpion, you can finally find out!

  • @gregoryishmael4426
    @gregoryishmael4426 Před 2 lety +63

    What a great way to start the weekend, keep up the bangers my guy!

  • @Valakzl
    @Valakzl Před 2 lety +42

    Yes! 7 hour long Fallout New Vegas reviews are my favorite genre!
    Edit: SuperRad this is amazing! It’s remarkable how much effort has gone into this video. Thanks for always uploading such great content!

    • @dathunderman4
      @dathunderman4 Před rokem +1

      I love having videos like these to play games to, or to sleep to

  • @TheButterAnvil
    @TheButterAnvil Před rokem +7

    58:50 using prisoners (I'm assuming violent criminals in the case of the powder gangers) for labor and using random people for labor aren't morally equivalent. You can say they're both bad but they are clearly different

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem

      I don't agree

    • @TheButterAnvil
      @TheButterAnvil Před rokem +7

      Would you agree there's a spectrum and they aren't in the exact same spot on it?

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +2

      No. Prison labor is slave labor. Check the pinned comment.

    • @TheButterAnvil
      @TheButterAnvil Před rokem +8

      @@SuperRADLemon I'm not even strictly disagreeing. But I think enslavement of evil people is more justified than enslavement of innocent people. Both are bad, I agree, but considering the status of the world of fallout, I think they are worth distinction

    • @SuperRADLemon
      @SuperRADLemon  Před rokem +1

      Criminal does not equal evil

  • @nealenthenerd399
    @nealenthenerd399 Před rokem +6

    3:29:00 I think there is a Veronica dialogue where she says “Man good thing the safety was on.” When you buy it from the kid.