Was Fallout New Vegas as good as I remember? -Revisiting the Mojave a decade later
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- Join me as I take a look at arguably the best Fallout in the franchise.
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I would list the mods, but I removed them later, so uh... Just sort nexus mods by top rated and go nuts.
Songs:
America the Beautiful by NYO-USA: • America the Beautiful ...
20th Century Boy by T. Rex (please don't copyright me, I'm a cool guy)
That's Enough from the Jet Set Radio OST
Pappapa by MFakka & johto
The item get song from the Animal Crossing New Horizons OST
Oshama Scramble! (uncut edition) by t+pazolite
Timestamps:
00:00- Intro
02:58- Starting out
11:33- Novac onward
16:21- The Khans
20:55- The Strip
35:58- The Boomers
40:02- The Brotherhood of Steel
44:43- Choosing the NCR
51:58- Final thoughts
54:06- Outro
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I kinda like Fallout New Vegas
prove it, do a weird random hardcore playthru
@@TheliMagnus ah I see you must be new to the mitten squad
Yeah it’s hit or miss for me
@@kaidenfelder it's a joke
@@danielgarber70 I also was joking
"New Vegas starts with the most powerful opening sequence Ive ever seen in a Bethesda game" Thats because its not a Bethesda game
Leave bethesda alone
Well we can all agree that Bethesda is better than black isle when outsourcing fallout
Catman 50 Bethesda fucking sucks man
Ah you're finally awake
@@matthewparcell79 , I still believe in them man , I mean , it's probably because I didn't buy fallout 76 , but , come on man , my first rpg was skyrim , I loved fallout 3 , fallout 4 and new vegas , I can't just throw them out of the window like that , they have earned all of the hate , but I don't believe that they suck at all , They made the wrong call , and fucked up at every turn when trying to solve them , I still have hope.
I completely agree, the bugs in Fallout NV are really frustrating!
Especially the Cazadores
Can't believe I laughed at this
nah theyre great haha
If you read this like Norm Mcdonald it works.
Hi, sorry for being off topic. I'm an aspiring animator and I've recently released a Fallout New Vegas animation that took me 5 months to do, but RUclips doesn't promote my videos so I have to do it myself. I'd be glad if you come and have a look :)
I love how english language has so many different meanings to one word lol
you can actually not kill the nightkin in Come Fly With Me if you sneak past them to talk to their leader, then bring proof that the stealth boys aren't there anymore. Then they'll all leave and you're free to explore
That’s a really cool Easter egg and everything but it’s really freaking hard to sneak past anyone in this game unless you’re either going for a sneak build, or have a stealth boy
@@I_am_box you can kill like 3-4 of them until you reach a neutral one in a locked room. Speaking with him will trigger the "quest"
@@I_am_box just be about 7 to 10 feet away from the nightkin and your undetectable. If you find a stealth boy earlier that's a good thing to use. Just don't DSP it and neglect stealth skill.
@@I_am_box it’s not even an Easter egg, it’s just how the first fallout games could play out, bethesda made it very linear
@@aaronwhite1297 Would you prefer the top down games?
Me: Has 800 hours in New Vegas
Me: Sees video Critiquing New Vegas
Me: Pops open a cold glass of "confirmation bias"
Same one of my favorite games.
Me too, friend. Cheers.
I have approximately 800 hours as well.
I have been playing New Vegas on every system it was released on every hour of every day since it was launched. I'm cool just like you guys!
If they keep track of time spent in GECK and fnvedit, then I would have played close to 2000 hours. LoL
Just imagine. Caught up in a war between two post-apocalyptic empires fighting over a mutant infested hunk of sand when you just wanted to get revenge on Matthew Perry.
I don't know what the courier did to him but apparently he's a drug-addict now.
Chef Boyardee and Hoover Dam is very, very important to the survival of humanity in the Mojave.
Bro lol my tooth hurts but LOL!
@@Kevin-iy2rq Didn't he go to rehab?
@@lancelotkrantz2746 and the legion destroys it after they win
In Fallout There, there's a location called the Bethesda ruins in reference to the location of Bethesda's original HQ near Washington.
If Obsidion ever gets the opportunity to do something similar, they should so it properly and have the place overrun with bugs instead of raiders and ghouls.
Entity bugs or gameplay bugs?
@@WinterPains Entity bugs making fun of gameplay bugs.
@@GenuineRage I like this
Do you mean The Basincreek Building?
Obisidian did do this in new vegas, the basincreek building is based on their old office.
This game wasn’t perfect by any means but honestly it’s one of the greatest games that have ever existed and that I have played.
Ever existed seems like a bit much it's a good game but not like the best
@@jimbomclimbo7467 idk man, I’d have to say it’s one of the best games out there.
@@jimbomclimbo7467 what's best in your opinion then
@@jimbomclimbo7467 i want to know too
@@Forcedtowipe cyberpunk 2077, Fallout 76 and battlefield 2042, of course
Me: Has 1,181 Hours in the game
Me: Yeah, the games alright
So funny and original 😂😂😂😂👌👌👌😂👌👌
@@indictmntt THANKS MAN I REALLY TRY TO BE
TheSuperGamer that’s how I am with Fallout 4. I have like 300 hours in that game but if I was going to give it a number rating I would say it’s a 7 at best 🤷🏾♂️
I wish i could take rocket backpack w/ mod to FANV .Other than that FA4 sux .Got old helping limpdick communities over and over .Got about 500 hours in and gave up plus i have no desire to build stupid shit not into building furniture i can go to work and get paid real money to do that
2739
Get on my level
"Homicides will not be tolerated"
*proceeds to tolerate homicide*
He said homicides, plural. So one is fine
I think we can all agree that was self defense...
That one was an exception
Even in the post apocalyptic future, over reliance on bots don’t work out as intended
i mean, he was asking for it. come on, those jokes stinked.
like my wife in the morning, oh no.
Nick Valentine's voice actor is the one that I always recognize especially in skyrim. Distracted me to no end. He's just got a really recognizable voice.
i know im late but whenever i play skyrim it's so distracting
Wait who is he? The only voice actors I can instantly recognize is Garrus Vakarian (Brandon Keener) he also voices some npc's in fallout 4 and Jesus in season 3 of the walking dead. Specifically the latter as soon as I heard him it wasn't fair because I instantly trusted Jesus which considering how those games go could of ended up badly. Lucky he was a good guy
@@cjvaye99 I dunno, but the one Salt points out in the video is Liam O'Brian. Liam is virtually everywhere in games and anime, the guy's got a hell of an IMDB page.
@@cjvaye99 his name is Steven Russell and he also does codsworth. Also he played master thief Garret in the thief games he's great
I remember one of his characters was the curiosity store guy in Windhelm Calixo or something like that, the one that ended up being a serial killer, i like that quest and the necromancer's amulet you get as a reward.
The way I heard it, The Strip and Freeside were originally intended to be much, much bigger - but had to be sized down because of technical issues.
So the quest with Carlitos and Joana would've made a lot more sense, since the distance between Vault 21 and Gomorrah would've been a lot bigger, and their escape to Freeside would've gotten them a lot farther away from the Omertas. Also, the plan is *NOT* to hide in Freeside - you are just escorting them to Freeside, so they can go from there into hiding somewhere else.
The technical limitations we're twofold I believe, Gamebryo Engine itself and optimizing for console ports.
@@Spiffyo it wasn't from the engine, it was just the PS3 memory limits that wouldn't allow it to work properly. The gamebryo engine despite it's age is pretty sturdy and is why you can mod the shit out of bethesda games to the extent that people do. And why mods exist that can try to open up or expand the strip or freeside into something like it should be.
One thing I disagree with people over that is that I prefer the closed off stuff to remain Closed more Realistic that way though I would swap around the 38 in the vault motel So that the 38 is the most protected part behind all those gates
Gamebryo engine is trash bro. It’s not a good or stable engine.
It wasn’t so much the console limitations, it was Bethesdas engine being poorly optimised for consoles. Remember that rdr, GTAV, battlefield and TLOU came out on 360/PS3.
The fact gta IV and fo3, then rdr and fnv came out in the same year, shows that it was just Bethesdas engine, not the console themselves.
@@ralphpangallo5960 Given how unstable Freeside Open and the Strip Open are on Pc, I’d say it’s definitely a Gamebryo issue.
*Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter*
*We won't go quietly, the Legion can count on that.*
Damn Right Brother I Subbed To You
When I got this assignment, I thought there'd be more gambling.
That’s cool and all, but there is another settlement that needs your help. I’ve marked the location on your pip boy
Ave, true to Ceasar!
"was Fallout New Vegas as good as I remember?
No...
it was much better"
they had us in the first half not gonna lie.
Andyyy I played fallout new Vegas and quick warning I have never played a fall out a game I have watched some videos from jackceptiguy. Now how do you overcome being overcumbered aka being slow I walked all the way from prim to the main camp and went to the doctor and got fixed up and it did nothing.
@@itshappyhyrda3970 overencumbered means being weighed down too much. That means you are carrying more than you can carry. The rest is up to you
Interesting because I put half of my stuff in a dumpster and it did nothing.I don’t know I am a noob at fallout.
Hydra look at your weight capacity 👍
@@itshappyhyrda3970 pressing caps lock makes you toggle between walking and running. try that
New Vegas has consistently endured as not only my favorite RPG, but as my favorite game ever. Despite it's jank the NPCs, quests, world exploration, and character customization always have me coming back every few months. Wanna play as a depraved cannibal? You can. As a bounty hunter? Yup. It's one of those rare games that I've never lost interest in playing (unlike Bethesda's Fallout titles). I'm actually quite a fan of post-apocalyptic shooters and New Vegas' RPG elements are what sets it apart for me.
Want to toss an army general off of hoover dam? You can
And it was made in 18 months, which is insane to me
18 months and they came up with a masterpiece. Fo1 and fo2 are most enjoyable for me, but I haven't played them in over 15 years.
Cope harder, Baldur's Gate 3 is better.
@@smolpp585 why would you say that
I've played this game so much that whenever someone says the phrase "You're awake", I'll start running through Doc Mitchells' entire opening script. The wife loves it.
You still have a wife?
@@MrStarLicker kek
@@MrStarLicker username checks out
@@MrStarLicker Not anymore after what he did to his wife.
Anytime I hear “casino” my brain automatically starts playing Victor saying “Casino Floor!” In his weird way.
Obsidian: Hey, Liam. You're voicing 10 separate characters. Do you think you could do a different voice?
Liam: *Elvis ramblings*
Obsidian: well, I guess we could have an army of Elvis impersonators... maybe...
Lmao
The kinds of stuff todd would never dare to put into his games, it's pure madness, but in the best way possible
@@maltheman96 ab
Snd thry did a blast
The Kings are much more interesting than that.
When Elvis was big, he was a living God. The most famous man in modern History.
"I'm sorry, I can't let you though - General's orders."
[Speech] "Pretty please?"
"Ack... Alright - I'm going to get hell for this..."
Filling in on the people
quality roleplaying gameplay
Better than
‘Go kill this for me’
‘No!’ ‘Yes’ ‘why’ ‘sarcastic’
‘Thank you for accepting’
@@V8_nerds Doesn't mean it's good lol
@@orion7444 it’s more ‘rewarding’ in an RPG way. You invested in speech and it pays off… plus there are no times in FNV that speech checks get that stupid.
In fo4 you can’t even say no…
"No, it was much better." Precisely what I felt after playing this again with DLCs 2 years ago.
Fun fact, the bright brotherhood are thought to have been aiming for the Glow, but didn't think they would be able to make it there without harassment from Californians or raiders so they take the rickets, that's why they're hinted to have come back in the end slides
Liam O'Brien voiced literally 50 named characters and a bunch of generic unnamed guards and gang members just in New Vegas. God damn.
New Vegas also known as "Liam O'Brien and Yuri Lowenthal's dusty, desert adventure"
And Laura Bailey when we need a girls voice.
@@daevious_ you mean Liam's twin sister?
Liam is one of the hardest working voice actors in the business.
They should have brought him on for Skyrim, instead of the same 10 VAs that can apparently only do one voice a piece.
Imagine playing as that voice actor and just hearing a bunch of different versions of yourself talking to you
Liam's an awesome actor, he'll just play as someone else and won't notice the difference
Which one? Liam or Yuri?
@@FF18Cloud Why not both?
Modding usage
Imagine being an oblivion voice actor, or Gary in the Gary Vault of Fo3
I bought New Vegas a few months ago and completed it about a week ago. It is, in my opinion, among the greatest video games I’ve ever played, if not the greatest. I’m stunned a game like this exists and was made in so little time. It’s the first RPG in years that saw me smash the new game button immediately upon completion. I think I’m going to be hooked on it for a long time.
I absolutely love hearing Liam O'Brien everywhere, especially outside of this game. It reminds me how much I love FNV.
The quest with Carlito and Joanna is actually a reference to an Al Pacino movie called Carlito's way.
Also the slot machines are functional
A happening in we get
sick durarara pfp
Woahhh I just realized that. Classic film btw
That is the only quest I hate and think unnecessary in NV
@@demonspawn5164 the only reason I hate this quest is just bc its
- talk to Joanna
- talk to Carlito
- talk to Joanna
- walk to freeside
done
"I've only played on dlc" you poor man a life without the big empty isn't a life worth living long live the toast god
Right I actually feel bad for him.
Old World Blues is good and all, but the real treasure is Lonesome Road
Dead money. I know it is love or hate, and if you hate it I can perfectly see why, and I don't blame you. But if you understand how to love it, it's life changing. That moment with the holograms. Woah.
Lonesome Road is absolutely amazing and all... But I can't help but love the setting of Honest Hearts...
...It also gives me the 1911 and Tommygun. So I _do_ have a bit of bias in that regard. But I also just love wandering Zion Canyon. It's just so nice.
And here we see a perfect roster of why this game's dlc was fantastic. Something for everyone. Futuristic, over the top crazy 80s robots? Check. Tribals locked in a conflict being led by more civilised people? Check. A haunting casino heist with an emphasis on grueling survival and misdirection among companions? Check. A solo introspective adventure in the burnt out shell of someplace the courier has walked in the past? Check.
They just kept releasing content that was new and compelling, only adding to the base game.
buy your nuka cola power armor for 9.99 now
FNV is a top 10 rpg of all time that could've been close to a top 3 if they had 1-2 years more time to finish their ideas, what an amazing game
You are a good story teller man. My love for the game certainly helps to watch a 55 mins video but your narration is impeccable
'i was expecting slots" There are slots my guy, all over the place lol.
*puts points into luck and gets big money* it just works
Yes there are lots of slot machines, but 90% of them are just unusable props. And there is no way to distinguish which ones are simply props from which ones are usable. I think any place with slot machines has 1 or 2 you can use and the rest are props.
@@bluepegasus1322 maybe my first playthrough i didnt realize there were slots at first, but once you look at a working one you get a prompt. and just look for ones that look like they actually would work and its like 30% dont work.
@@lordadmiralbokbok3499 I haven't found the one that works in the Ultra-Luxe, even though I've looked. I wonder if there is a mod that makes the ones that work more obvious...
@@bluepegasus1322 There are no slots in the Ultra-luxe which is one of the reasons it's the hardest one to max out.
FO:NV subtly has one of the best features of many games like it, the dialogue options for skill checks actually change depend based on your skill, i.e. if your stat is too low then your dialogue is different than if its high enough, showing your characters actual aptitude in the skill rather than their charm. Sometimes its the little things
like of you had really low intelligence your character would talk like a caveman lmao
Erl Nabua in intelligence checks yeah, or during a speech check you’ll sound like an idiot or like the “Hey man, lets do it!” instead of being able to actually create a statement that has reasoning.
I always had 100 in speech. But Im lacking in luck
One character will agree to be your companion if your intelligence is low enough
@@drakion8400 In Fallout 1 and 2 having low speech basically changed the game entirely. It turned the game from you intelligently getting shit done to you somehow through series of moronic adventures saving the world, shit was golden
As a newcomer to your channel, I gotta say…… you are VERY skilled at making these videos (and doing reviews). I can’t put my finger on it, exactly, but i’ve watched other people review games, and you just hit different. You’re very good at articulating the points you make, and I love it.
This game is the first time I’ve bought a game with the express interest of modding it to within an inch of its life to get it running silky smooth and I don’t regret it. Modding support for this game essentially is why it’s held up so well over the years and I suggest to anyone who plays it to at least try mods.
If only I understood it enough to actually mod it properly
@@SerriceVaul second this. I nearly started the game again after a 60 hour save when I found that site. I'd done a few mods but couldn't get the game to run at a stable 60. wish I'd known about it early
@@Frombeyondthehorizon6860 viva new vegas
Was fallout New Vegas as good as I remember.
"No"
*Maliciously loads Big Iron*
It was much better
*Holsters Big Iron*
You mean the mysterious magnum.
*his big iron isn't loaded at all times*
not gonna make it
You take a sip from your vault 13 canteen
@@budgetbrick5124 I have a question for that when I don’t have the dlc it never says that but when I get the dlcs i always is that part of the dlcs or am i just bored
@@justinportillo3996 It's an item from Courier's Stash.
Imagine what the game would be if they had more time
...or a working game engine.
I ask this all the time. New Vegas is fantastic. I'd say it's even better than 4.
@@dizzydial8081 thats not hard to beat f4 is dogshit. terrible story
*if they didn't horribly mismanage their time
@@onvil_5728 And if they had an actual system for bug documentation instead of literally writing with pencil and paper.
In my experience, this is one of the games that are actually BETTER than how you remembered them.
How long you think it's going to take Bethesda to realize we want obsidian making fallout games.
A. They won't, to them (Bethesda) New Vegas is their black sheep because Obsidian made a better Fallout game than they did, and people still talk more about New Vegas than 4.
B. Obsidian won't be making any Fallout games if it's under the eye of Bethesda, since Bethesda screwed over their bonuses over a f***ing Metacritic score.
So sadly no. Whichever way you spin it.
I would love for Obsidian to make another Fallout game, even New Vegas 2, but I just don't think it's in the cards.
@PsychoPlissken they didn't screw their bonus over a metacritic score. A specific bonus was based on the metacritic score. If they got an 85, they got a bonus. They got 84. Unlucky, but not screwed.
Something key to “Come Fly with Me” is that the model rockets sold in the gift shop can work for the required isotope.
Also That Gun
Alexander Diaz I never knew that
Another key thing, there are hundreds more in the supply closet which you can steal the key to
didn't know this and i have 400 hours playtime on steam.
Wait, so you can just get those model rockets for the quest?
* sees Cesar's legion *
Me doing a ncr playthrough: "you had jiggled your last jangle."
Laughs in house
NCR
Load anti material rifle with Malicious intent.
Not really related but my yacht in gta 5 is called The Jangler.lol
@@toby1061 load the ammo, the HE .50 ammo
One of my all time favorite games. I will forever love that you get unique speech options for having 1 intelligence that are usually hilarious.
Loved this vid. NV is one of my top 5 favorite video games of all time. I don’t have a PC, so I can’t experience the glory of mods, but even on my vanilla copy on Xbox (ultimate edition with all DLC) I can’t get enough of this title. Always looking forward to the next playthrough, and as soon as I start it up and hear Frank’s sultry voice echoing through the Lucky 38, instant goosebumps every time 🥰
"... without a science check or key."
You've got a key. You've still got his chip. Literally the key to his Empire.
[Science 18/80] Try to force the chip into the machine
@@bluewuppo fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Wild_Card:_Change_in_Management
"After entering the Lucky 38 penthouse, find a terminal on the wall near Mr. House. This terminal will allow one to unlock a hidden door (named the antechamber) leading to Mr. House's chamber. Unlocking the terminal requires either:
- 75 Science
- A Lucky 38 VIP keycard from the H&H Tools Factory (top floor) or from the top of Chief Hanlon's desk in his office (inside the main building at Camp Golf).
- The platinum chip."
You don't need to force it. There's a slot for it, or the Lucky 38 VIP card. It's designed to accept it. Because that's how House designed all his stuff, with proprietary tech that only his people could use. Or at least, that was his plan.
@@moonblaze2713 dude he made a joke
"She opens up to me after she's done opening up to me."
Your profile picture makes this comment/quote so much better.
Sir, please never change your profile pic, it really just *makes* the comment.
Skills being made
I also noticed that Yuri Lowenthal voiced a lot of major side characters as well.
Spider-Man has made his voice impossible to not recognize so I can hear him in Oliver, Lorenzo, etc.
The commentary/play style in this video is amazing man. You are hilarious and I enjoyed watching this a ton! Created an account just to leave this comment🙏🏼
My decade old school computer: **runs New Vegas without a stutter**
This youtubers gaming computer: Error every 5 seconds?
Mods
It sounds like he probably tried to install too many texture/graphics mods at the same time and doesnt have much experience with it. If you don’t have experience it’s a tedious process of installing and testing each mod one at a time to check for conflicts. He probably just used a mod manager to install a bunch at once. Not saying that modding is easy per se, but if you’re only installing popular graphics mods five years after release, shouldn’t have as many issues as he did 🤷♂️
@Seamus Chase I've played it both in 360 and One S and barely any crashes in 170+ hours
Playing older games on new systems can cause weird stuff. The example that comes to mind is Darksiders. It makes you jump through 20 burning hoops and sacrifice a goat while chanting in backwards hebrew to only start the damn thing on win 10.
Yeah, everytime I alt-tab my starcraft broodwar, it takes 5 seconds to jump to desktop (+ aspect ratio change) compared to the usual 0.5 seconds when I play GTA V whilst I have Starcraft II main menu open with Chrome playing music on background. Damn new computers and their shitty tech :P
"Bethesda basically said the game had to be out by the end of 2010" and Obsidian upper management agreed to that without negotiation. Chris Avellone brought up in an interveiw all of those horrible deadlines and bonus pay out schemes was a result of Obsidian upper management not knowing how to do their jobs and basically taking the first offer Bethesda gave them. He considers Obsidian Upper Management to be ruining the company financially and has full on refused to work with them again.
yeah that makes sense to me
I actually saw that Bethesda originally gave them a 3-year deadline, but later changed it to 18 months (not saying Obsidian's upper management didn't play a part in it, but Bethesda is still the one pushing the deadline). Also, Bethesda agreed to give them a bonus if it scored an 85 or higher on Metacritic, but at release, it was at like 84 or something like that so even though it was very close Bethesda gave Obsidian a very hard time about it.
@@thesupergamer5894 to be fair, it wasn't requested and Bethesda just added it as a bonus. The deadline is a far bigger concern.
@@thesupergamer5894 They didn't "give them a hard time about it". Obsidian had to make an 85 score and they didn't. Doesn't matter how close it was. I'm really not sure how Bethesda is to blame for that.
@@ScrewupExtraordinaire Where are you getting this idea that the deadline was shortened? Avellone admitted that Obsidian accepted Bethesda's first offer which had an 18 month deadline.
And no one cares if they were close... They had a contract that stipulated they would receive a bonus if they got at least an 85 Metacritic score and they didn't. Why does it matter if they were only one point away? They didn't meet the criteria for the bonus, flat out.
Keep MacNamara around and get Idolized by the Brotherhood, and they can aide you inn the final battle if you went NCR route
One of my all time favorite games. Lord, the hours I’ve put in the wastelands of 3, NV,4, plus DLC for each
"If you ever wanna feel like a piece of paper, try making a new character in new Vegas and just wandering around" I did this my first experience with the game as like an 8 year old and died 80 times trying to kill one super mutant because I didnt understand how an open world game worked and assumed I had to kill him. At that point I had only played like, pokemon and pac man lol
Hey at least it wasnt a Deathclaw
Dope 23 - Or God forbid a Death Jaw
At least you didn't go to Quarry Junction like I did. I just wanted to go straight the the Strip. 😂
One of the first things I did was attack the Legion guys you meet near the beginning when they burn that town near goodsprings down.
I killed them with a mercenary grenade rifle xD
Same.here when I first got vegas when I was real young what killed me was I collected everything and never know what "Overcumbered" meant me screaming at the TV why the fuck can't I run good times
*about to go to bed*
"Alright lemme find a nice video to wind down to"
*sees this*
"Aw shit guess who's staying up"
Dude fr
My kid will be up at 9am SHARP and I'm sitting here watching this at 6am 😭
I'm gonna watch this hard.
My bed time ASMR
You still sleep?
@48:10 - I *LOVED* the way this played out. It's a callback to Fallout and Fallout 2, where seemingly unrelated choices change what choices you get to make later on.
It seems like Fallout NV is as orange as it is, because Bethesda said "We made F3 green, so you better make this one yellow"
crazy to think its been 10 years, i can still remember how hyped i was about iron sights
Same bro haha, Damn I feel old
It made a huge difference to be fair lol, I remember even as a 9 year old then, I still despised Fallout 3s gunplay. Worst in the entire series.
@@XanVicious But remember playing fallout 3 bro, leaving the vault and finding megaton for the first time, you didnt even think about irons sights because the atmosphere was so compelling as a kid, coming home after school to play fallout 3 on my xbox is probably one of my fondest memory of my childhood, in my opinion it held your hand just enough to be the perfect introduction to the Fallout series for my moldable young mind, and New Vegas was the next step up in a big way
The repconn nightkin can be avoided and eventually negotiated with. This quest has so many layers of cool.
I chose to slaughter the ghouls. I didn't even have to I already had what I needed from Manny. I then let Boone shoot Manny. Not long after that I killed everyone at Helios 1. Got good with the Legion and killed basically everyone. Also let a boomer nuke his gf. Easily one of my favorite games
@@ajplaysalot7161 ah yes, the age old choice of death and murder. A neat way to play fallout games when you’ve beaten the game multiple times, and just want to be evil.
it's rare to find a channel that makes videos this good.
You can also convince Trudy to join the fight at goodsprings if you have a high enough sneak skill. And at Primm, you can fix Primm Slim to take on the sheriff role. He's rather reliable too.
"she opens up to me after she's done opening up to me" GOLD
Y’all don’t remember the amount of times you were just walking around then get jumped by ceasers legions
I do though, I remember using Ed-es companion perk to hunt those fools outta the bush.
Yeah but they are chumps. THE GODDAMN CAZADORS WERE THE REAL PROBLEM!
Robert Peterson what did you just say
@@legatelanius2230 uhhhhhhhhh nothing sire...
Daniel for me it was the Rangers with those big ass 50 cal rifles that could actually fuck me up
I'm bewildered that I haven't dont majority of this, a new play through is definitely needed
i can tell after watching most of the fallout and skyrim videos that salt is a fan of critical role, since the only actors he has pointed out are Laura Bayley, Matt Mercer, and now Liam O'brian but it is crazy seeing so many critical role people in these games
“This tent has fancier canvas than Bethesda promised the Fallout 76 community” .
That was good sir, that was quite good.
Three quests I recommend you do is: “Wang Dang Atomic Tango”, “Crazy, Crazy, Crazy”, and “For Auld Lang Syne”. The first one is the Atomic wrangler quest, the second is started by following the road to black mountain, and the third is Arcade Gannon’s companion side quest.
Got them down man, thanks!
Crazy, crazy, crazy was a fun one
For auld lang syne takes a while though
@@TheSaltFactory You have to get Arcade Gannon and run around talking to a few of people in order to do that quest, though. It takes a while and a couple of the people are in weird spots to find. But it's a good quest even with that.
@@TheZombieMackiirc you need wither 3 or 5 "affinity points" with him. Off the top of my head i know that repconn and Caesar are two locations which will incite Gannon to talk to the courier.
@13:25 a fun way to do both quests at once is to bring one souvenir rocket from the Dino gift shop before you first go to the test site. you’ll get a dialog option when talking to Chris showing off the souvenir rocket and the glowing stuff inside. Then on your way to the scrap yard, stop by the gift shop and talk to Cliff about the rockets and he’ll offer to sell you the key to the backroom. Or if it’s night time just do a simple B&E. you can also find a unique .223 pistol on the right shelf.
The enclave remanents are also a faction you can enlist to help at the Hoover dam. You gain access to the faction through Arcade Gannon
34:40 The quest is actually fine, you just messed up
You are supposed to talk to the chief and pass a check so he doesnt attack you and also kill the attackers in the investigator`s room, presumably with hidden weapons. This doesnt aggro the rest of white gloves. You can also get a quest from Walter Phebus outside the casino to kill both Ted and Heck.
also very cool narrative in this video, was a pleasure to watch
The quest is extremely buggy, with only a few of the avenues that you can do working properly. Though he did fuck it up for himself ultimately.
I remember being disappointed by the Brotherhood in New Vegas back when I was 14 nearly a decade ago, but when I looked at how they were handled in Fallout 1 and 2 and myself maturing over the years, I felt New Vegas captured their arc extremally well that was told since the original game.
I honestly vastly prefer how they were handled compared to Fallout 3 and 4.
In Fallout, they were once a very isolated and powerful faction with nobody besides the Master's Army to be a threat to them. In Fallout 2, despite having outposts across the wasteland, they remained hidden and focused on spying on the Enclave and by that time, the NCR was growing into a small nation. Between Fallout 2 and New Vegas, the Brotherhood still remained to their ideals and despite assisting the NCR to hunt down the Enclave, the NCR took claims on their tech and the Brotherhood ended up going to war against the NCR and slowly dwindled to the point of being close to non-existent as they were in New Vegas, despite being a splinter faction.
In New Vegas, Veronica's quest "I could make you care" by attempting to prove to the Elder that the Brotherhood is failing and despite their powerful armour and weapons, they are dying out by making more enemies and blindly follow their ideology that lasted for many generations. I felt the part towards the end of the quest where she confronted Elder McNamara with either of the three technology both you and Veronica found, he still declines and continues their traditions, despite knowing they're dying out, he still doesn't change despite being the more openminded Elders.
Veronica: "Give it a chance. For me. I can't stay here and watch us waste away"
McNamara: "I'm sorry"
Veronica: "We'll die out"
McNamara: " I know"
In short, I adore this arc for showing that despite being powerful at one point and despite the better weapons and armour, the Brotherhood's traditions is what was killing them during the 120 years between Fallout and Fallout: New Vegas. It shows that after New Vegas, they'll likely die out in a whimper, hidden from most of the population who lives within the New California Republic and like the Enclave Remnants, they'll find new lives under the NCR's noses and would be forgotten. It's tragic, but I love how they were handled and honestly, I would prefer they never appear in any West Coast instalments after New Vegas, but sadly with Bethesda, they're always going to include the Brotherhood of Steel and I fear they'll take away from their arc in Fallout, Fallout 2 and New Vegas by making them powerful again in the West Coast.
Good writing can make everything possible and make sense, if the same guys that did fallout 76 narrative dare to do the next fallout, it could be the last for at least a decade
Tactics is the only brotherhood i care to see survive.
I honestly prefer to do "I could make you care" before nuking the Hidden Valley shelter. It adds more interest to why Mr. House's views are correct on the BoS.
If you read through some of the terminals in fort defiance in fallout 76 you find that the bos has been wiped out because of the scorched and how they have all but vanished from West Virginia because of them trying to fight the scorch by themselves and not accepting help from the enclaves modus who is a deranged AI who gassed the leader of the enclave for considering joining the bos to wipe out the scorched and due to this the bos slowly diminished even with their new ultracite power armor and in the new wastelanders dlc they added npcs that are completely broken and are scared to leave the walls of fort defiance and say things like “ I wish the brotherhood listened to them” or even “how did we lose we had everything” and even some dude rambles about how he lost his sister and won’t leave the walls because of the scorch
@@Idranim Except the BOS were never on the eastern half of the US by 2102 to begin with. Roger maxson wasn't even dead yet.
what i also like about the good-springs quest if you loot around its possible to find enough AID magazines and chems to clear all the skill checks (unless you reaally tank a skill) and choosing to side with the powder gangers you initiate a med skill check with the doc since telling him someone suffering internal bleeding is more likely to get his supply's then telling him the powder gangers need them. Almost every minor quest in the game has a similar level of detail
This is a really well-made video. Thanks for the nostalgia.
Also, sucks that you never played the other DLCs. They're legendary. FONV had the best DLCs of the Fallout series by far.
The best part about New Vegas, same as Fallout 3, is discovering a huge amount of things you didn't know were in the game while playing it for the 10th time
Fight between the 2
@@trungcaothemagnificent2777 not exactly sure what you mean by that
@@thechordwizard8429 see that's what you meant , i still find new stuff and I've played trough around 14 times with different builds. If I might say, I think that Fallout:NV is one of the best entries in the franchise. :)
@@Dmt42069 I think fallout new Vegas is the one I enjoyed the most, because it's the one that offers the most. I like fallout 3's brotherhood and I totally dig the ruined D.C. vibe, but fallout new Vegas is probably my favourite fallout game of all, though 2 is also incredible
I never played the dlcs (way too expensive back in the day) so i recently grabbed the steam version and it's so good being able to rediscover the mojave that i spent hundreds of hours exploring as a teenager but with the extra stuff from dlcs
Salt: I'm gonna be siding with the NCR
Also Salt: *puts Hardin in charge of the Brotherhood (Hardin, who might help the legion during the battle)*
Can you have peace between brotherhood and legion if hardin is in command?
@@oblivionbeggar6950 not peace but iirc Hardin might (meaning persuaded) into an alliance with the Legion
@@oblivionbeggar6950 No, you need to install the main story alterations mod to add in cut scripts that allowed for a house-bos or legion-bos alliance.
It's okay, I stopped him from helping the Legion I think
@@TheSaltFactory He doesn't help the legion, he just attacks Helios One during the battle regardless if it's held by the legion or NCR at the time. He later gets the BOS killed by either the ncr or legion when they retake helios (counter attack). The only good ending for the BOS is the alliance with the NCR which requires MacNamara as elder.
You can also convince Trudy with Sneak skill, by convincing her of a good ambush spot.
man, seeing this video right now is so funny to me. i bought the game last week, played it for a good 30 hours and didn't see near half the content you saw. and all this done in 18 months. becoming one of my favorite games oat.
"The game is lagging because they developed it in 18 months"
>improperly installs his mods which causes freezes and crashes
I have never had problems around the NCRCF
ive never had problems there either . i wish hed put more effort into these vids i love them
To be fair, they could've had 18 years, if they're using gamebryo/creation engine the game's gonna be broken.
I used to run into random problems on the 360 a ton, most commonly the infinite loading screen. NCRCF did tend to be a bit stuttery too, but the crashes I got tended to be in Freeside.
Modded the game to hell and back and I gotta say, never had a huge problem with it. Only one that was reoccurring and quite common was running out of memory. And yes, it was with the 4gb ram patch. No other random crashes or performance drops unless I had conflicts in mods which were quite easy to fix if You knew what to do.
yeah with mods i also never had lag or stutter
my list of the most essential mods (i put em in order if someone wants to play NV):
Mod Configuration Menu
User Interface Organizer
4GB Patch
Performance of the Gods
Loot Menu (the same of Fallout 4)
Fellout (more colorful mojave, removes the brown filter of the original game)
Solid Project (gameplay update: you can sprint, throw grenades, more perks etc)
Nevada Skies (Weather Changer, radstorms, rain, sandstorms etc)
New Vegas Enhanced Camera (Better first person view)
I love Arcade's sarcasm, especially when you sell him to Caesar as a slave
Interesting day
I feel like you didn't mean it the way I'm thinking, but it's funny as hell if you think about as "He was funny when he was being sarcastic, even more so when I sold that bitch boy to the Roman larpers."
For the sheriff, you can also fix the robot and make it the new sheriff.
The eyebot in primm?
@@sorrymomimfloppy7117no, primm slim. The protectron inside the Vikki and Vance casino. You need a high enough science or you need to go find some components in the wasteland to make this happen.
Rewatching this masterpiece right now^^ Any chance to get you make a video about Fallout 1 and 2? Can't think of anyone better than you for the job.
It's amazing then when I sided with the NCR, I managed to forge a coalition of The Enclave, Great Khans, Brotherhood of Steel, Boomers and Followers of the Apocalypse to fight against the Legion at the Battle of Hoover Dam. It's all optional but I like that your given the chance to do that.
Nothing beats hearing the bombs falling from the B-29 on those Legion dogs
I always broed up with the enclave, boomers, BOS, and NCR. But the khans helped get me shot in the head. So i return to sender like the good courier i am.
@@boomertunes4410 Hah! Well said.
At the moment I only have the Boomers, didn't know you could get all those people. lol
@@glassofwater281 u gotta do quests for all of them but yes, it can be done. That's what I love about this game, NCR gives you options to either destroy someone or make them join. And if you are tired of running around doing fetch quests and dont give a fuck about that faction, u can kill them. I tried my speech with the Great Khans, didnt work I would have to do quests. So I let my minigun do the talking, saved like two hours of gameplay
It’s crazy that you played through the game without even visiting like 75% of the map in this video.
Every bethesda playthrough
Fallout 3 you can skip so much if you stumble upon the garage with the simulator .
@@vengeful8gaming776 true
it blew my mind that the ending that TSF reached is the most basic of the game. Whenever I start a new playthrough I always try to get the best ending possible, completing all companion quests and especially the enclave reunion, recruiting the brotherhood and khan's to help the NCR and medical support from the followers, getting the best ending for super mutants, Tabitha and Rhonda, Jacobstown etc. It makes for a really long and winding path to the end game, but seeing everything come together in the ending slide show for the best ending for everyone feels really rewarding.
Love your videos!!
A lot of quest ending were missed that I like lol. Notably getting the brotherhood to help the ncr
"So anyway, I started blasting..."
Hah.
Viktor
Perception 4/9 “I don’t see to good so I missed.”
Patrolling RUclips almost makes you wish for a new Salt Factory video.
Adam Parkinson I never understood this mean at all.
@@andrewgarfield9898 it's a reference to the NCR in the game, almost every time you walk past a trooper they will say "Patroling the Mojave makes you wish for a nuclear winter."
Benny was great, RIP Matt Perry
Salt: why didnt the casinos have slots?
Me: did you even look around?
Make sure to do the DLC in proper order, as the story makes more sense that way. It goes Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road.
So excited for Joshua Graham
Old world blues sucks
I have a couple hundred hours in the game and never completed it or played the doc but I always planned on it.
Personally I'd prefer if it was done with honest hearts at the beginning. Then dead money, old world blues, and finally lonesome road. Just it feels weird having honest hearts happen jarringly after what is arguably one of the better dlcs first.
@@rileyalexander9479 That order works too, but I chose them in the order they came out
Every time Salt missed a potential quest option on the first try, I got anxiety. Primm's robot sheriff, Nipton! You missed Nipton!
@@zombieslayer2016 yeah exactly! Nipton I think is one of the greatest introductions to a faction a video game ever pulled in history and he just went by without mentioning it which kinda bothered me.
also I believe the fact that you can sneak past the hostile nightkins to reach an agreement with their leader to get them to leave the rocket factory peacefully is an extremely easy to miss opportunity. I found that way to solve the quest on my 5th or so playthrough and was amazed at the detail they put on designing it. I think the true genius of New Vegas shines on moments like this as it manages to reward the players with enjoyment whether you approach it like a typical Bethesda RPG (see hostile, shoot to kill) or find out of the box solutions to incorporate your playstyle.
Jericho9781 Thats why i join them usually tbh. Make them badass
Disappointed you didn't beat House to death with the golf club and get the Would You Kindly? Trophy. Love the video
23:04 Liam is so many characters in this game. I love it.
"I've only played one DLC."
This bothers the hell out of me man, everybody's played through all of Fallout 3 and it's DLC and the same for Fallout 4, but most always say some shit like this about New Vegas, a game with some of the greatest DLC ever made, hands down.
Yeah but sure loves to crash...
Yeah New Vegas has the best DLCs out of all the fallout series, Point lookout and the pitt are great sure but they are both quite short and aren't that interesting to explore and the pitt you can't even explore at all. And fallout 4s DLCs are boring far harbor is just point lookout with a few tweaks, nuka world is literally terrible and I was pissed off when I finished it and decided to not even buy the other ones. But fallout New Vegas was unbelievable, I mean each had relevance to what's going on in the Mojave (Maybe not old world blues so much apart from the nightstalkers) and tell you about Ceasar quite a bit or what happened to the brotherhood's last elder. I couldn't get tired of the DLCs from that game where as I can see myself skipping mothership zeta and operation anchorage unless I want the Chinese Stealth suit. They are good but fallout NVs DLCs the cream of the crop.
The survivalist in Honest Hearts is my favourite bit of story in Fallout and Old World Blues probably has the best writing.
I mean, I'm not about to shell out MORE cash for a game that just doesn't work....
@@iami3rian394 Get a console game works fine.
I've just loaded a 10hr save from 3 years ago. This time I've got probably the best version with all the dlc included. I've been playing final fantasy remake. Fell off. Gears tactics. Fell off. So, here goes. New Vegas. I will try and play this game from 10hrs in to finish. I keep telling myself, ignore the dated graphics and appreciate the work that obviously went into this, what people are calling a masterpiece. A 52 year old gamer signing off. Thanks for the lovely into.
Pete
did u luv it
@@yourehereforthatarentyou yep. Loved it. Would love a remake.
I got some mods installed and was a bit hit and miss. There's a learning to it and I did mess my game up a couple of times so I uninstalled them and played vanilla. Best fallout since wasteland 2
@@djpeterh dude same, remake would be sweet, im still holding out hope for one
glad you liked it though, new vegas is possibly my #1 fav game ever
Hope you got as many hours out of it as I did! This is one game I always wanna go back and play
Peter H Glad you liked it, I’m the opposite in that Wasteland 2 was hit and miss for me (honestly much more the miss side) Here’s hoping for Wasteland 3 to be good
I love how in depth your videos are. I also agree new Vegas is the best game in the fall out series by far. It’s kinda shocking Bethesda did not get them to work on an elder scrolls also. Or fall out 4 . Or put a deadline on the next installments that are about 10 years now with nothing.
I'd recommend getting the downloaded version of this game. Less bugs and glitches Edit: also noticed loading times where considerably shorter compared to the disc format
“I’ve only played one of the dlcs also” *shows dead money*. You poor soul...
Dead money is pretty great. It’s just significantly different from the base game
Dead money is good your just shit at the game
Dead Money always manages to kill me significantly more times than Lonesome Road, Old World Blues, and Honest Hearts combined.
I like it, but the vault is just a pain to get through.
carmine vinepal so, because I hated the setting and bomb collar gimmick, I’m bad at the game, even though I never said it was a hard dlc. I simply implied that I felt it was the worst dlc of the 4. You must be an Olympic medalist at jumping to conclusions.
Cold Fusion god damn speech 100 over here.
I literally always make Primm Slim the sheriff because goddamn that's hilarious.
"Primm Slim, with no concept of Mercy" fought the Legion to the last man and Primm was wiped off the map."
Hank Cyclone
Choose the NCR prisoner than that’s okay for the town but frontier justice can be well... bloody. You choose the NCR and the NCR rolls over the town and just uses them as a top off for tax. I always choose Primm slim just because it feels like the best middle ground.
Hank Cyclone
Also I don’t really like the NCR just like the present day US there just a bunch of over zealous war mongers. There’s expanding to fast and aren’t helping the local populous. In school we had a public speaker come in and they wanted us to do one of those fund raiser by giving us a box to put coins in and supposedly it would get sent to Africa; because Africa is largely undeveloped giving them money actually boost the economy quickly. For every 1$ invested it would eventually turn out a 10 dollar net income.... my point is that just like colony’s (not strictly European I hate when people blame everything on whites.) the NCR is focus on netting resources without building infrastructure. I mean look at games like tropico 6 you can make a lot of money farming, and mining all resources from an area but pretty soon you have hundreds of people without homes and or basic resources. I always choose house because as soon as he takes the damn the legion is held back without a land route over to the Nevada, and with the massive wealth the strip generates surrounding hubs prosper such as good springs, Novac and west side and free side. I always choose to side the khans with the powder gangers and convince the powder gangers to join back with the NCR and so the NCR is forced to focus on bettering their home territory and Nevada thrives under the vision of House.
@@RedVelvetBlackleather eh House purges the strip if you give him power though. It's never worth giving him power unless you really hate NCR and can't be bothered doing literally double the amount of work to make the NCR ending actually work for the strip.
@@RedVelvetBlackleather The only 'good' option is the independent option - because you basically just fill that in with your own headcanon. Otherwise, House option sucks for a lot of people, Legion sucks for even more people, NCR will probably suck for a good chunk of people but given the governmental structure of the NCR there's always the chance that it could suck less for those people - and there will still be a lot of people that it doesn't suck for regardless. That's democracy baby!
Plus, if it really sucks so much with the NCR the New Vegas/Mojavans can wage a bloody insurgency against the NCR until the taxpayers back home get soured on conquest and decide to leave. Again, that's democracy, baby!
“..like dice and checker pieces!”
Throws up connect 4 and a hand of cards
He definitely should have used a stability mod. It was a rushed masterpiece, some things were meant to be improved.
(stability mod, graphics overhaul, the wasteland road lighting company, and the one that makes NV a single area are all musts).
Bit of an old comment, but could you point me in the direction of these mods? Are they all on the Steam workshop?
@@Woodside235 Nexus mods.
I'm on ps3 I still enjoy and love this game but Jesus I wish I had enough money to get a PC to properly play this game on.
I really hope for his sake he got the 4gb patcher
viva new vegas is also a great guide to make a stable FNV experience
Something kinda cool is that veronica references "mr house and his two girls" because there was suppose to be a secondary female securitron that got cut way later in development because of a bug with her AI, but they left the voice line in
@@CoolAtlas nope, there isnt ever 2 in there. Its cut content. You might have had a mod downloaded restoring cut content but besides that they werent there
@@CoolAtlas yea it's kinda sad to see the cut content, I highly reccomend restoring all you can, there was an alternate intro scene, hidden quests, there was even stuff where if you sided with the legion they would have the legion flags everywhere. All around the strip and surrounding areas
@@CoolAtlas a great game could have been alot better. Shame
That xbox gamertag pic tho
@@jamesbutler2309 had it for close to 10 years. Glad someone noticed
@8:52 there is a secret 3rd option in this quest. If your science skill is high enough, you can reprogram the robot in the casino to be the sheriff of the town effectively skipping the quest entirely. I love that the game never hands information like this to you and to get the most out of the science skill you have to actually be a science person interested in looking at the reactions of the robots
Yes, we know. With the fusion batteries and the conductor. It's not a secret.
@@jessicamartin787 no
I mean yeah but its really weird that the powder gangers were talking about Meyers, a dude of basically no note to them, conveniently within earshot of Beagle who was previously established as the least perceptive man alive. Now that kinda feels like information being handed to you.
@@LucyWest370 the way I rationalized it is that they were complaining about him freeloading while not being a powder ganger or something like that.
@@idkwtcm984 but that wouldnt prove to Beagle of all people that Meyers is a good sheriff
Interplay was the original developer; Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky were part of that studio and are now part of Obsidian.
if you go to mcarren camp you can find the monorail to the strip, if you take it you can skip around the cap check