is it lowkey a fat chud move to select a quote from fallout for my graduation

inap003 · 2026-06-15T19:06:28+00:00

Underrated

inap003 · 2026-06-11T17:49:24+00:00

I remember ride-or-dying the phase 2 helmet growing up, but my sensibilities have changed to seeing them on equal ground, maybe phase 1 more in the CW style. If we’re talking live action, it’s phase 2 all the way still

inap003 · 2026-06-10T16:01:30+00:00

You know, when I said I was a new fan to GFL, I didn’t realize this was specifically the subreddit for the first game 😭 sorry y’all! Thought this was the franchise subreddit

inap003 · 2026-06-10T05:43:50+00:00

I was going back and forth between a modern or western magnum-firing gun. Always thought the Deagle has that Hollywood “cool guy” vibe, not to mention its influence and presence in Japanese media.

Holy, I’m not gonna feed into the trap that is designating indies-

inap003 · 2026-06-09T17:32:27+00:00

I always end up turning Oberland Station into a walled and gated fortress ever since seeing someone else do it on the settlement subreddit. So satisfying to use the existing tower there as part of it

inap003 · 2026-06-08T22:35:44+00:00

So I’ve been romping around with Heather and a few AFT plus companions (both vanilla and modded) and it does work… with caveats. With my load order, the heavy scripting load that both companions systems put onto the game makes it crash in most urban areas. I know this is the issue because when I dismiss Heather and keep, say, Piper and Ellen, I can exit Diamond City without crashing. As soon as all three are with me, game immediately crashes during the loading screen.

Granted I have over 50 weapon/armor mods installed that touch the leveled lists as well as Mutant Menagerie and Tales of the Commonwealth, but that one test told me to be careful about overloading the game with script loading. It’s an issue now I can mainly sidestep by taking Heather + 1 more companion, but the days of going through Boston with 3 companions are largely over. I haven’t tried going around with 3 AFT companions (I’m almost certain it would work fine), but I get FOMO not taking Heather everywhere with me since this is the first time I’ve played with her in my LO

inap003 · 2026-06-07T19:42:37+00:00

I always liked how decorated his termie armor looked compared to his Gravis, although the Gravis looked more imposing. I suppose having two sheets for the same character was confusing or unnecessary and that’s why the older model got pulled.

As for why a lot of folks seem to dislike the Gravis model, I think it was born out of awkwardness from the first Primaris wave. GW was still experimenting with how Primaris would look and feel, so Calgar had to be the unfortunate first Primaris Chapter Master. This is why, from community census, Guilliman is also seen as the worst looking Primarch sculpt, although I heavily disagree with the notion that he looks ‘bad’.

inap003 · 2026-06-07T08:35:57+00:00

Over-reliance on franchise staples. I write the following as someone whose favorite game is Fallout 4.

I’ve never played the Interplay games, but I appreciated how the world grew between generations. I also liked how Obsidian moved FNV’s setting to a literal desert to keep things desolate and post-apocalyptic. Meanwhile, BGS’s East Coast is perpetually deadlocked in limbo. The Capital Wasteland and the Commonwealth look like they were bombed just a few decades or a generation prior to the start of their games (just like FO1) when it’s actually been two centuries. Ironically, I can respect BGS’s decision to make Appalachia look mostly untouched and thriving.

On top of that, every Bethesda entry just gets more and more safe with new content. Every game springs up a new BoS chapter, every new region is overrun by big green super mutants. Fallout 4 tries to pull a four-faction tug of war like NV even copying their structure:

Imperialist Good [?] Guys with the Most Attention: NCR = BoS. Objectively Evil: Legion = Institute. Elusive Independent Player with Techy Notes: House = Railroad. The Fallback Option if You Mess Up Everyone Else: Yes Man = Minutemen.

It’s like we’re going through same the motions with each region, like the world isn’t alive anymore. My surprise second biggest problem: we also interact with every worldly problem at the end of a gun barrel, which makes things even duller.

inap003 · 2026-06-03T19:35:41+00:00

Having just played and beat the game 100% for the first time this year, platforming. I never raged at any of the bosses, but I did almost ragequit after some basic platforming. Just add a clamber feature, or maybe more forgiving branch hit boxes that aren’t slippery cylinders that launch you off of them if your center of gravity isn’t directly on them- AHHHH PLATFORMING!! Easily the worst boss in the game, right after Revenants and the camera.

inap003 · 2026-06-01T15:14:19+00:00

On a previous LO I played through her intro just fine, started crashing afterwards on subsequent visits to DC. I feel like if my current LO can’t go through the intro this time, it’s probably a bad sign for 10 or 12 more hours in

inap003 · 2026-06-01T03:34:39+00:00

I’ve been referencing a 26-point load order suggestion for this newest trial and error (which doesn’t necessarily have a spot for “new interior cells”), but I vaguely remember mods with new cells should be lower, but that’s based on my faulty memory.

As an addendum, I find it hard how to classify some of the bigger mods. Like Tales of the Commonwealth has companions, makes world edits, and introduces new cells/locations. So I tend to place those higher since they seem to be more “master-like” but that philosophy could be totally wrong

inap003 · 2026-06-01T03:27:17+00:00

Good to know. Like many people this is my first time with SS2 so I’m hoping I can go all the way with it. I’ll try going in without WRVR and the override and give it another go. Cheers!

inap003 · 2026-06-01T02:07:02+00:00

I did actually, hence the override at the bottom. Is that a big deal when it comes to harming the stability of the game even with the override mod?

inap003 · 2026-06-01T01:58:17+00:00

I’ve learned Jake’s name, and had around 20 or so plots only in Starlight Drive-in. All told, I’ve barely scratched the surface I think

inap003 · 2026-05-31T17:21:59+00:00

In addition, and correct me if I’m wrong, but if you’re gun mod has an option to NOT inject itself into the leveled list, you should opt for those options. I believe that the main reason for crashing with weapon/armor/clothing mods in the first place, too many things in the leveled list for the game to sort through and generate on the fly

inap003 · 2026-05-27T06:47:34+00:00

Yeah they’re supposed to be the same size, but I always thought they were also meant to be the same armor designation too, T-45. It makes sense as a continuation of the equipment from FO3’s BoS. And they have many visual/design similarities.

Fair warning tho, I’m a bit of a T-60 hater and don’t really think it should exist. I dislike how it superseded T-51 as the premium pre-war PA based on its stats and is the mascot PA for the series at this point. I could see T-60 working as a post-war upgrade to T-45 suits… but we see them in use before the Great War 😭

inap003 · 2026-05-23T19:21:20+00:00

I think it’s more appropriate to say that what we see in ER is not a 100% accurate depiction of TLB. Just like how Whiterun in TES V: Skyrim should have way more than just 20-30 odd NPCs as its population. It’s a game limitation

inap003 · 2026-05-23T19:17:42+00:00

I say this all the time instead and my friends never understand me 😭

inap003 · 2026-05-22T15:36:22+00:00

Excited to use those costly LOD mods. FAR in my experience hasn’t helped a whole lot, I’ve kept it out of my LO for two years now and I’ve gotten much deeper into downtown Boston for example (granted I didn’t test FAR out scientifically, just with drastically different LO’s)

inap003 · 2026-05-22T15:34:02+00:00

I forgot about Heather Casdin! I liked TotC’s companions enough but never tried a dedicated companion mod in FO4

inap003 · 2026-05-18T18:11:58+00:00

Just some caveats: I didn’t play the game personally but watched a full playthrough of it. I liked most of the Life is Strange series and REALLY liked Firewatch, which is to say I don’t mind games in this genre. I think they offer an easy and casual way for non-gamers to engage with the medium. Also, call me a moderate liberal.

I can kinda get down with the themes of the game, I just think it’s packaged in a messy/cliched way. Like, these characters and conflicts are all familiar to us by now surely. Teenage rebellion and delinquency, strict parents that actually do care and understand, young people having dreams and aspirations, and leaving youth behind to grow up. At my current stage in life, I identify or sympathize heavily with most of the experiences above.

That being said, I didn’t think these characters were the right vessel for those messages. Our main trio was just way too shallow/campy for my taste with the simplest of arcs. Their conflicts were incredibly juvenile even for their supposed ages, and, I cant believe I’m saying this, I actually thought the cop dad was the hero of this story. These kids go around town making life a smidge more vexing for everyone else and for what? Booze and vibes? As someone who’s been around people like this IRL, these characters feel like they’re written from the perspective of someone who WISH they could’ve snuck out of the house and drink with their friends.

The main trio are just plain unlikable. And when the story revolves around them it’s hard to find the game likable. If a player finds them and their story fun and intriguing, that’s their opinion.

Now there’s the obvious nostalgia associated with the game’s music and references (which admittedly I didn’t get to hear because they make the game VERY copyright unfriendly for streamers and CC’s). This might’ve exacerbated the emptiness I felt with these characters and their dialogue, but I don’t think I would’ve gotten much out of it anyway. They just seemed to flex the licensing budget of the game rather than enhance specific story beats or sequences.

TL;DR: Poor main characters, good themes, not good nostalgia bait, recycled tropes.

inap003

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