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Juan J. Sánchez
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Thou shall be missed but not forgotten.Injury":p1y6h4r8 said:I leave the Army this week and the internet must come down for a time
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Also, I'm sorry for my drunk posts...
So I beat Fallout. Final verdict: Edging on disappointed.
The RPG aspects of the game are so lacking. I felt like I was playing Bioshock with factions. Not to mention, I felt trapped by the retarded principles of any faction I wanted to support.
It's not bad but...in Fallout terms, it just doesn't make the cut. I liked building a cool settlement around a drive-in movie theater though so that was nice.
The RPG aspects of the game are so lacking. I felt like I was playing Bioshock with factions. Not to mention, I felt trapped by the retarded principles of any faction I wanted to support.
I sided with the railroad because, y'know; the guerrilla, freedom-fighter-y aesthetic appealed to me. I felt like synths deserved to be free, especially after meeting Nick earlier in the game. I was down to blow those MIT fucks to the moon. However, once I met the Institute and learned my son was the faction head and that they had the tech to make the world a better place above, I changed my plans. I wanted to work undercover and gain clout within the Institute--maybe free some synths while I was in there. Make a name for myself and maybe change some minds about the nature of synths and everything (using my fairly high charisma skill I put five extra points into). I wanted to peacefully get the Institute to see my way and begin giving synths their freedom and helping out above ground as well. Once I learned my son was dying of cancer and was having me appointed faction head, I was even more excited to do this my way--as director I could call the shots entirely regarding synths.
So you can probably imagine my disappointment when the game decides having a diplomatic option is for squares and gives me a series of Institute/Railroad missions consisting of:
I chose siding with the Railroad in that last one so I was rewarded with:
I ran through two and a half (BoS) questlines to try and get people to play nice and I was rewarded with the task of killing two of the three big factions regardless. Fuck that jazz. At least in New Vegas I could take the Strip for myself without killing Caesar or General Oliver or even fucking Benny or Mr. House for that matter.
So you can probably imagine my disappointment when the game decides having a diplomatic option is for squares and gives me a series of Institute/Railroad missions consisting of:
- The Brotherhood of Steel is in our way, so go blow 'em the fuck up
- Your Minutemen are in our way, so go tell them to stand down (much to their distaste) or go blow 'em the fuck up
- Even though you're the leader of the fucking Institute, you can't work with the Railroad, so go blow 'em the fuck up or GTFO
I chose siding with the Railroad in that last one so I was rewarded with:
- The Institute -- despite having valuable tech able to revitalize the entire fucking wasteland and a fucking reactor capable of giving power to everyone -- doesn't like us SO BLOW UP THE FUCKING WHOLE BASE.
I ran through two and a half (BoS) questlines to try and get people to play nice and I was rewarded with the task of killing two of the three big factions regardless. Fuck that jazz. At least in New Vegas I could take the Strip for myself without killing Caesar or General Oliver or even fucking Benny or Mr. House for that matter.
It's not bad but...in Fallout terms, it just doesn't make the cut. I liked building a cool settlement around a drive-in movie theater though so that was nice.
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Earthquake!
We've only ever felt small vibrations before, like a big truck driving or really strong wind. This one made my TV wobble for a while. Almost thought someone sneaked up and started shaking me from behind.
We've only ever felt small vibrations before, like a big truck driving or really strong wind. This one made my TV wobble for a while. Almost thought someone sneaked up and started shaking me from behind.
Spoo":13o1fdjn said:
I went with railroad first and then institute. I tried to do the same thing but they weren't having it. They should have made a way for you to at least combine one or two factions.
BoS is OP as fuck. This next playthrough I'm going with Atom Cats and other weird people...staying away from the main quest line and just walking around fucking shit up with no companions.
Honestly, I've played Fallout 4 for like 30+ hours and I've not even gone south of the river. I'm currently doing street-by-street sweeps of Cambridge and that alone is really fun, even without any context to it. There are so many buildings to explore that aren't map markers and the town is laid out in such a way that you need to be fairly cautious, because there are so many little pockets of raiders or mutants or ghouls to be on the lookout for. There is a fraternity house (or something?) full of Super Mutants that was pretty fun to clear out, and there is a really complex Raider settlement near the bridge to the south that's pretty fun to sweep. I was expecting more from the ship stranded in the middle of the river, though. I've completed a few of the missions there (the Cambridge Polymer Labs mission was pretty quirky and gives a nice reward, and the BoS mission was nice but I don't think I'll side with them also fuck Synths), but I've mostly just explored and built settlements. I think I've explored most of what's north of the river, there is really a lot to find if you just go from map marker to map marker and stay on the lookout for unmarked buildings.
I'm playing pretty slowly, mostly because of the building (eg. my Sanctuary is fully-walled, fully-defended, max. capacity, almost almost fully-functioning bar for needing a weapon and armour shop!) but also because my style is very sneaky/cautious. I'm enjoying it though. The main quest line in Bethesda games is never the part I care about, I just like exploring.
I'm playing pretty slowly, mostly because of the building (eg. my Sanctuary is fully-walled, fully-defended, max. capacity, almost almost fully-functioning bar for needing a weapon and armour shop!) but also because my style is very sneaky/cautious. I'm enjoying it though. The main quest line in Bethesda games is never the part I care about, I just like exploring.
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Star seems to be having fun punching things in the face.
I started, but I can't read the text due to my bad eyes. I can play retro and JRPGs though since they don't use small, thin text.
I started, but I can't read the text due to my bad eyes. I can play retro and JRPGs though since they don't use small, thin text.
coyotecraft
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A 3 year old dog is 25 in human years.
Just imagine yourself as a 3 year old dog.
Just imagine yourself as a 3 year old dog.
Oh. HBD, Amy! :toot:
Most everyone here is about four or five years older than me, but I still end up thinking myself as a lot younger. It's like seeing the actors for Disney's tween shows and realizing I'm six or seven years older than them. I didn't believe my sister when she told me that time flies after a point, but she wasn't wrong.
Most everyone here is about four or five years older than me, but I still end up thinking myself as a lot younger. It's like seeing the actors for Disney's tween shows and realizing I'm six or seven years older than them. I didn't believe my sister when she told me that time flies after a point, but she wasn't wrong.
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Only in his sleep.Xilef":2fwoohwn said:
In seriousness, I was told (I think) that my eyes will just get worse and worse.
coyotecraft
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That earthquake I felt this morning must have really freaked people out. It's kinda funny how we're not used to that sort of thing. It triggered people's PSTD, people calling 911 "wa-was there an explosion?". No body knows how to check to see if it was a earthquake or not. People have gone their whole lives without feeling one.
I mean, it's 1am people's imaginations are running wild and the terrorist news isn't helping. I admit, something like that crossed my mind too.
Kinda neat how you can see all the birds on radar that flew up into the air at the same time. It set off the weather guy's equipment about storms developing, he was like "Whats going on? There shouldn't be any storms."
I mean, it's 1am people's imaginations are running wild and the terrorist news isn't helping. I admit, something like that crossed my mind too.
Kinda neat how you can see all the birds on radar that flew up into the air at the same time. It set off the weather guy's equipment about storms developing, he was like "Whats going on? There shouldn't be any storms."
Juan J. Sánchez
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Happy birthday, Jason and Amy!
Today was a strange day. Our 16 year old dog died. My brother came from Germany. And I had a date (which I think went well).
Today was a strange day. Our 16 year old dog died. My brother came from Germany. And I had a date (which I think went well).
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What was that? "That sucks"?Jason":byrfnva4 said:
Thanks. :P
This is real interesting: https://twitter.com/h3r2tic/status/667791095661780992
Reminds me of the N64 GPU where the microcode had the potential to be modified but not many devs did unless they wanted to do something amazing (Factor 5 N64 games, as an example).
Means anything with a GCN GPU running OpenGL is sitting on a goldmine of graphics capabilities (Vulkan/Mantle/DX12 are low-level, but this is literally on the metal access).
Game engines with the budget to do so can really take advantage of this.
Reminds me of the N64 GPU where the microcode had the potential to be modified but not many devs did unless they wanted to do something amazing (Factor 5 N64 games, as an example).
Means anything with a GCN GPU running OpenGL is sitting on a goldmine of graphics capabilities (Vulkan/Mantle/DX12 are low-level, but this is literally on the metal access).
Game engines with the budget to do so can really take advantage of this.
StrawberrySmiles":391wm61h said:
I was replying to the first part of him only punching you in his sleep, at least you know he doesn't have any control that way, if he punched you while awake it'd be in his control and I'm pretty sure that's called domestic violence...