I would explain about the super monster cold front that went through Tuesday at noon. Gave us our first HIGH risk of severe weather of the 21st century. But what’s important is it didn’t actually do anything but look deadly, and cause the tornado sirens to go off twice.
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Passing that, I’ve been playing Fallout: New Vegas as I said I would in my previous blog post due to a friend streaming it.
So far, I can see why they made this “DLC” a game. It’s like a full game, but masked as a DLC. The reason why I believe it was never made a DLC is probably because of two reasons;
1. The size and complexity of what you can do. It’s like playing Fallout 3 but in another location.
2. Bethesda is becoming like EA and charging double for a DLC.
Whatever’s the case, it’s time to talk about the gameplay. Going by the title it’s pretty obvious it’s based in Las Vegas, 200 post-apocalyptic years in the future. According to the Fallout Timeline, the events of New Vegas started approximately three years after the events of Fallout 3 (main questline only), and has nothing to do of what the Lone Wanderer did over in Washington, DC.
Key landmarks in this game are Las Vegas, now known as New Vegas, resurrected by a “Mr House”. There is also to the southwest of New Vegas, one of the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century. The Hoover Dam! Yes, it still lives! It’s under control by what I think is some police force called the New California Republic, or “NCR”.
They’re defending the dam from some evil gang called the “Legion”. Caesar’s Legion. They can easily wipe out the NCR and take over the dam if they wanted to, but haven’t yet. No one knows why they’re waiting. What they would want with the dam is anyone’s guess. Maybe it’s up to the Player (you) to find that out.
Could be to claim the power (and the Colorado River) for themselves and make everyone pay out the ass, or make everyone suffer by destroying it.
And you, you’re a Courier. The story goes as you’re trying to complete your job by delivering a package that has a Platinum Chip in it to the strip. But due to shady deals, you get shot in the head. But resurrected in a town called Goodsprings (a town that actually exists IRL).
So, the story seems to be split into two parts, and I’m confused in which is the final main story quest. Getting the chip back from the guy that shot you, and another battle of the Hoover Dam.
Why am I concerned which is which? Two words. NO FREEPLAY! D: This is why I’m desperately going everywhere I can and seeing everything I can without continuing the story until I’m ready to. I want to know the final quest so I know which quest to avoid ’till I complete all side-quests.
Well anyway, you can gamble in this game by heading to The Strip anytime you want (yes, the famous stretch of road still exists). You got four ways to gamble;
1. Slots. (requires chips purchased from that casino to work)
2. Roulette. (requires chips purchased from that casino to work)
3. Blackjack. (requires cards from that casino to work)
4. A card game called “Caravan“, which can be played outside of The Strip. (requires cards to work)
There’s also these strange-looking robots that have a TV screen for a face. Some have a cop face. Others have a cowboy face. They’re all controlled by Mr House, who lives in Lucky 38. A casino shut down and no one is allowed to enter it.
And then there’s the poor choice of music. You got of course 50’s music, but you also got country (due to being in the southwest US). As I mentioned about the town you were resurrected in, there’s other towns that look like western towns.
Other than that, Fallout: New Vegas is a pretty good game, and I like the western theme. Some say it’s “the way Fallout 3 should had been”, but I disagree to that claim.