TheHouseAlwaysWins
Look, Ma! Two Heads!
There was old world blues, and new world hope, and hope, ruled the day at Big Mountain.
Hearing "War never changes" in Fallout 4 is so cringeworthy.
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Look, Ma! Two Heads!
cordelionreaver
Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
I loved that line in OWB, but with Bethesda; hope is first step on the road to disappointment.
Dr Fallout
Centurion
Old World mountains had the best ending in my opinion. It was the most hopeful and... appropriately nostalgic?
TheHouseAlwaysWins
Look, Ma! Two Heads!
It seems like a total dystopia on the east coast. At least the west coast still has the human spirit in it. The people on the east coast don't even want to seem to actually try again.
Knight In Leather Armor
Badger Nutsack
That's so true. Like the assholes at Rivet City constantly whine about Project Purity.
"blah blah blah Project Purity was a failure James was a failure if you go after you're dad you'll die blah blah"
The West Coast actually thinks "hey we can make stuff work and make a government and all that!"
Lanfear
Mildly Dipped
It's because Bethesda's Fallout is a cartoonishly exaggerated post-apocalyptic world that doesn't even really attempt to tie the theme in with anything approximating reality, as Pete Hines himself noted.
Knight In Leather Armor
Badger Nutsack
Whenever I read this I get that ghoul kid in the fridge stuck in my head.
Lanfear
Mildly Dipped
Right? That fucking quest, oh my God.
Knight In Leather Armor
Badger Nutsack
I actually found Billy's parents recently and murdered them. No regrets. Now I can finally burn my Fo4 disk.
Dr Fallout
Centurion
Good, you have done the right thing. Leaving their child for 200 years...
Knight In Leather Armor
Badger Nutsack
I'm thinking about setting tons of drag mines around the fridge now.
Dr Fallout
Centurion
Do it. For you shall save it's forsaken soul.
justsettheradio
First time out of the vault
I can't say this about many games, but Fallout 4's intro made me put my controller down and walk away from my TV the instant I heard the male SS's voice. If it wasn't bad enough that Ron Perlman was reduced to basically a cameo and their blatant disregard for anyone intending on playing as a female, Bethesda had the bright idea to have their own protagonist be the origin of the series's most iconic line (that they didn't even make up in the first place.).
Dr Fallout
Centurion
The main problem was that the voice was so bland. It had the most iconic line in Fallout, and yet was given to a gruff White male #4523?
Practicat
Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
According to the news announcer, it was an expression that already existed among soldiers in the U.S. army.
Irwin John Finster
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
Not only that, but the whole intro is a bunch of forced drama on the same level as Call of Duty. The whole story including the intro is the definition of contrived.
The game is the biggest disappointment I've ever experienced with video games. It is the Dragon Age 2, the Deus Ex: Invisible War, the Thief (reboot), the Red Faction Armageddon, the XCOM: Bureau Declassified, the Duke Nukem Forever of the entire Fallout franchise.
justsettheradio
First time out of the vault
I just can't stand blatant insertions of taglines into the actual plot of stories. It's a huge peeve of mine.
Dr Fallout
Centurion
Also, Bethesda doesn't seem to really understand the quotes.
justsettheradio
First time out of the vault
Oh yeah, from the first trailer, right? I just prefer the line to be associated with Ron's disembodied voice. Does anyone really need an in-universe origin for a tagline? And the dialogue was kind of awkward too. Who really says that when their home country is getting nuked?
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Practicat
Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
They understand it. They just lack the skills and finesse to make them meaningful in the context of the story.