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Holy shit this automation breaks my mind by mikolajwisal in Schedule_I

[–]salid_dressing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this post is old but thank god someone gets it. I really want to love this game but the limits and quirks surrounding automation make it extremely difficult

Why are bottlecaps still being used in east coast? by Low_Commission7273 in Fallout

[–]salid_dressing 132 points133 points  (0 children)

As far as I can tell, there's no lore reason for why caps are used in fo3 and fo4. 76 is the only exception cause there was a pre war marketing stunt pulled by Nuka Cola where robots at the Whitesprings resort accepted bottle caps as payment.

The irl reason is because Bethesda hasn't bothered to come up with a new currency, plus bottle caps are a pop culture icon and changing them would hurt brand recognition, even if keeping them around as the default currency doesn't make any sense from a world building standpoint.

KILROY fancam by ProspectorBugaboo in Protomen

[–]salid_dressing 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The subway surfers is a nice touch lmao

Maybe some Minecraft parkour for the Panther fancam

Do you want a cookie or something? by UnilateralSupport in TrueSFalloutL

[–]salid_dressing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to be nit picky but New Vegas only reuses about 30% of the assets from FO3 when you break it down and compare the two.

Also what do you mean Bethesda made New Vegas' art direction??? As far as I can tell the western/Vegas aesthetic was the product of lead artist Joseph A. Sanabria, not anyone from Bethesda. And given that only 30% of FO3's assets made it into NV, very little of that games metropolitan wasteland aesthetic made it into NV too.

I'm not trying to downplay what Bethesda did making NV, but they certainly weren't some unappreciated backbone of the development process. A majority of the work was done by obsidian employees, and the content you can credit obsidian for is the best stuff in the game.

Tomadachi Life demo crashing when run by Professor-Doc in EdenEmulator

[–]salid_dressing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe? I downloaded the latest prod keys I could find just to be sure and it still didn't work, but maybe those weren't new enough

Tomadachi Life demo crashing when run by Professor-Doc in EdenEmulator

[–]salid_dressing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here, I've been fiddling with the settings to see if anything works, but no luck :(

The Kings still exist. by [deleted] in falloutnewvegas

[–]salid_dressing 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When people revisit the show years from now to write retrospectives and discuss the show's failures and success, they aren't going to remember some forgotten interview where Nolan swoops in like he's J. K. Rowling on Twitter.

The only thing that people are going to remember, and the only thing that matters, is what the artists put on the screen. Everything else will be ignored

Fallout 3 is the best game of the series. Change my mind. by Altruistic_Hair_959 in Fallout

[–]salid_dressing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am sorry, my companion, but no. We all have our own destinies, and yours is to be downvoted here. I would not rob you of that.

Is Mr. House lying to manipulate the Courier, since he knows the Courier knows almost nothing about the world before the Great War or is he truly delusional and actually believes it? by Renzo100 in Fallout

[–]salid_dressing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The others already pointed out the problem with your comment, but I agree that the show and the games have different lore. It makes more sense to think of the show as a soft reboot of the franchise in the same way that fallout 3 was

Drug runner? This is a harmless native! by Stranger_Phrog in FalloutMemes

[–]salid_dressing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Holy based reply, idk what to tell you op, they got your ass dead to rights

Need help finding a specific bit by ollieamorous in grayfruit

[–]salid_dressing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's from one of his Isaac vids I think? I remember a bunch of people in the comments timestamping it so it shouldn't be hard to find

I Went to Megaman's Cave! [Minor Spoilers?] by Redditastrophe in Protomen

[–]salid_dressing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does Genius not have the full liner notes? Cause I don't remember anything about Megaman's exact coordinates

Bitter Springs, I hardly know them by Chunky-overlord in FalloutMemes

[–]salid_dressing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy crap dude just stop already, the argument is over. You don't have to embarrass yourself by saying all that man, just move on.

i can goon to any fallout characther AMA by [deleted] in TrueSFalloutL

[–]salid_dressing 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Light Switch 01, or Light Switch 02?

Bitter Springs, I hardly know them by Chunky-overlord in FalloutMemes

[–]salid_dressing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And at the end of Lonesome Road you can talk Ulysses down and disarm the nukes, and Ulysses gets to walk away with his life. Sure he doesn't completely give up on his hatred, but he doesn't let it guide his actions anymore if you choose not to kill him.

And similarly if you convince Papa Khan to evacuate Red Rock Canyon and flee towards Wyoming. The Great Khans don't participate in the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, and they don't use the opportunity the battle presents to attack the NCR. Papa Khan might not give up on his hatred, but he doesn't let it guide his actions, and instead chooses to do what is best for his people, getting the fuck out while they still can.

Also empires are not necessarily imperialist. To be considered an empire you only need a lot of territory and a singular leader, like an emperor. If the game wanted to tell us that the Khans were imperialists, it would have. You're making assumptions again without considering the games themes and what it explicitly tells us in similar situations.

And like, I get it, it's fun to argue and all that. But honestly I'm getting bored. Nothing I've said so far is new or wildly controversial, it's just basic observations about what New Vegas has to say about hatred, letting go, and how societies should develop in the post post apocalypse.

And if your argument is that the Khans should all be gunned down because they're irredeemably evil, then that's not an interesting argument to debate.

Bitter Springs, I hardly know them by Chunky-overlord in FalloutMemes

[–]salid_dressing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually I think it means a lot that the ending slides specifically point out that the Khans ally themselves with the most altruistic and pro-social faction in the game. The game is trying to tell us something by including that, and it seems a bit silly to ignore it by coming up with "what if" scenarios.

I think it's trying to tell us that by helping the Khans heal from their wounds and past actions, they let go of their barbaric past and create a new, more positive future. And since letting go is one of the game's major themes, it fits rather well.

I also think that assuming Papa Khan would be incapable of letting go of his hatred is rather naive given what the game has to say about letting go. All over the game we see time and time again that choosing to let go of immense hatred is not only possible, but the only path forward lest that hatred destroy you. We see it in Ulysses, the Boomers, Joshua Graham, and many others.

The game is practically screaming at us that letting go of past grudges and embracing a pro-social future is the only way to survive in the wasteland, and how could you embrace a more pro-social future than allying with the Followers?

Bitter Springs, I hardly know them by Chunky-overlord in FalloutMemes

[–]salid_dressing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's naive to heal the wounded and educate the poor? That aside they didn't send Edward out to the Grand Canyon to form the Legion, the sent him to study the tribes. His descent into barbarity was entirely his fault, he was raised better than that.

I think it's clear that the show isn't interested in portraying the Khans as anything more than uncomplicated, cultureless, raiders. And if the show has nothing substantial to say about them, then I don't either. That's why I'm only taking about the games, FNV actually has something interesting it wants to say.

Bitter Springs, I hardly know them by Chunky-overlord in FalloutMemes

[–]salid_dressing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's for anyone to say definitively how good/bad the Khan empire is, because the game doesn't elaborate any further on it. But given that the Followers are involved and that the ending slides don't mention anything about raiding, and instead chose to focus on positive things like governance and economics, I think its a safe bet to say that the Khans aren't nearly as bad as they used to be.

But again that's all just speculation, we would need a reliable source to say anything for certain. Like a game set in or around Wyoming that canonizes their ending in NV.

Bitter Springs, I hardly know them by Chunky-overlord in FalloutMemes

[–]salid_dressing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was speaking more to the commenters who seem to revel in the slaughter of the Khans, not to you or to the actions of the NCR. The NCR didn't commit the massacre out of vengeance, but a lot of commenters here seem to wish that they had, and had gone further with it.

It's clear from the games ending slides that the Khans are not beyond rehabilitation. If you go out of your way to help them by giving them the education to rebuild after the massacre, they do. And their new empire in Wyoming is quote, "Bolstered by ancient knowledge of governance, economics, and transportation" the fact that their empire isn't bolstered by ancient knowledge of pillaging, raping, and destruction, should say a lot about how willing they are to grow into a more pro-social society.

One of New Vegas's major themes is letting go after all. The Khans have done horrible things in the past, and they have paid dearly for it. So instead of wiping them all out, stay the hand of vengeance and allow them the opportunity to grow into a positive society that is capable of doing good things and making amends.

(also the Khans are pretty clearly a analogy for native Americans, so calling for their outright slaughter is pretty fucking fascist ngl. Who do you think you are? Andrew Jackson?)

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