@@80swhattheheck82 I think its going from story world transition, maybe from California (Fallout 1 and 2) To Nevada (Fallout New Vegas) And maybe Fallout 3 and 4 later. Thats just my guess :P
Caravan is fairly easy to understand when you know how. To elaborate on what Warlockracy said, it's like blackjack except you're both making 3 sets instead of 1 and instead of seeing who gets the highest when closest to 21, the objective is purely to get a number between the range of 21-26. Also, you can put your cards in your opponent's set instead of your own in order to make them bust. What's different is the royal cards because they have a function instead of just acting as a substitute for 10 >Jack takes a card off the field, good for when you're trying to fuck up your opponent's combo or remove a card he inserted in your sets >Queen is garbage, never use them. What Queen does is flip the value of the card you attach it to and this NEVER is worth talking up a deck slot. >King doubles the value of the card you attach it to So I just load my deck with 6s, 8s, 9s, 10s, Kings, and Jacks. Apply a King to a 10 and then throw down a 6 and it's an automatic 26. Apply a King to a 6 and throw down a 10 and it's an automatic 22. Either way it's a winning hand. The 8s and 9s are there in case I'm not drawing any Kings. Jacks are there to fuck up my opponent or if he tries to fuck up me. There, you know how to play Caravan now and you will beat any opponents that aren't in the Caravan Tournament mod.
If you look closely, you can see the back of the hood through the gaps in the skull. Guess cosmetic surgery has advanced by leaps and bounds even in the post apocalypse.
True. That bloodstain on the knife is awesome. Gives it that used and terrifying appearance. Imagine seeing a random person walking besides you with a bloodstained combat knife bet that would be at least uneasy to see even for a raider.
I didn't realise until about two years ago that "Confirmed Bachelor" was a euphemism for a gay man, so literally all of my runs of Fallout New Vegas were played as a gay cowboy. I accidentally made all of my characters from Ram Ranch.
I've been to New Vegas's starting location, and I met some of the people that the characters were based on. Doc Mitchell is based on a local dentist, Easy Pete is based on an elderly former miner that now does odd jobs around town, and Trudy is based on the former owner of the Pioneer Saloon, the actual saloon the prospector saloon is based on, just to name a few. Oh, and if you ever get the chance to go there, order their pulled pork sandwich, it's best I've ever eaten.
@@LAHFaust It's always incredibly crowded on anniversary day. I went with my dad this last spring, when there weren't too many people there. I'm not too great with crowds, and I've heard it'll be even more packed this november. I doubt I'll go, but maybe I'll show up, I haven't decided. Edit: I'm gonna be there in november! I've finally figured that out. See y'all there if you're going!
Finally a Warlockcracy video I can fully enjoy without ever being worried about being spoiled since I've already played thousands of hours of this game hahaha
same, but i've never seen vault 19 i think it's fucking wild how there's still content i haven't seen in this game despite having played it for over a decade
@@janefkrbttHis breakdown isn't just a retelling of the story. He also talked about the moral implications of the scenes as he went and added historical content
Probably would be worse overall. Obsidian is blessed to make games people love, but only when they're on a tight deadline like New Vegas or KOTOR2. Seems to focus them on what's important. Restrictions breed creativity. Give someone that blank check to do whatever with however much time and you get some of the rambling, bad products in history from the Studebaker to Duke Nukem Forever.
@@sanchovy actually this is the fallout with the least speech checks, since they use all other skills, I remember a luck check, you are confusing with Fallout 4
It took me a few hours as a teenager to realize Fallout New Vegas was a yee-haw atomic cowboy adventure, plus a few more years later on a replay to really appreciate it as a whole. Looking forward to a series of my favorite Russian living in something-stan boomer rpg enjoyer has to say about it.
@@cyberninjazero5659 There's a game called ExeKiller that might scratch your itch. I think there's a decent amount of post-apocalyptic western comic books, maybe movies and books, but I guess you're right, not too many games.
that death claw in the billboard reminded me of the time I was hanging out in goodsprings and a young deathclaw came running down the hill from the cemetary. one of the strangest things I've ever seen in a game period.
Just run TTW without guaranteed wild wasteland for Mothership Zeta, stable with the TTW modpack floating around. You get alien weapons, plenty of ammo for them, and the gauss.
@ravensflockmate There's a glitch that allows you to hotkey ammunition if you have multiple types of it. There's guides on how to do it here, but all you gotta do is hotkey your most abundant ammunition and equip it with the blaster equipped and you'll have a steady ammunition supply for the rest of the game. You can also hotkey rockets and equip them to the laser detonator for lots of fun, ymfah has a cool video on it
Of all the games that I've played over the years, it was New Vegas that made me really appreciate what can be done with an interactive medium. It is genuinely brilliant despite it's myriad flaws, there will probably never be another game like it. I was just fixing up my mod list when this was uploaded, happy to see it but in my opinion the only way to really "understand" the game is to experience it for yourself.
Love that bit with the Modoc reference and "That's not how it happened". Mostly because the reference itself is a fairly obscure one. Referring to the fact you could get the Red Ryder BB Gun in Modoc that was a 1 hit kill against anything if you hit it in the eye (A reference to the movie "A Christmas Story"). But also because it just kind of highlights one of the silliest things Bethesda does with its series that.... an oddly high number of people I find defend. Bethesda, is absolutely terrified, of establishing a canon for their games. Fallout and The Elder Scrolls in particular, beyond "And the main quest was completed in some fashion". And there's interviews I've seen where people who worked there described this culture where they were afraid that players would be upset if they said something like: "Well the Nerevarine was in fact a Female Nord Warrior who favored House Hlalu and was the Grandmaster of the Fighter's Guild and helped out the Imperial Cult on Vvardenfell". Like they think if they established ANYTHING about the main characters and events other than "The main quest was completed and the world was saved" was detailed out on any level... players would get super mad about how their particular runs were "not canon" and that it would somehow harm/kill the series. And there's apparently a lot of people out there who back them up and go "Why yes this was the best possible solution because if ANY canonical details of the main character was established we'd all be super mad and burn down Bethesda's offices" or something. But meanwhile? Fallout 2 actually mentioned a lot of canonical details for Fallout 1. From the overall Good Karma of the Vault Dweller (and that he was male), to Dogmeat dying in Mariposa to a red force field, to Necropolis just getting exterminated by the Super Mutants. How Ian died to a Flamethrower from a Supermutant in Necropolis, how he had a shootout with The Master rather than talking him down or blowing up the LA Vault without ever meeting him, that he didn't get the Psychic Nullifier and was subjected to the Master's psychic powers, to even just Tandi being saved from the Great Khans in a shootout and her having a "Oh what a dashing hero he was" sort of moment. And not like anyone freaked out about that being established as the baseline canon. And Fallout: New Vegas did a similar amount of things about the Chosen One from Fallout 2. He was male. He had unprotected sex with Mrs. Bishop, that he brokered a peace between Vault City and the Gecko power plant going around Lynette's genocidal demands. That he helped broker the deal to have the NCR peacefully annex Redding rather than siding against it with the New Reno Mobsters. The recruitment of Marcus and keeping him alive to the end, that he got chewed out by Sergeant Dornan in Navarro, etc. And... I've never really seen anyone upset at that either. Or things like KOTOR 2 saying: "The canonical path is to play a light side female jedi guardian" or something. But for some reason people (Bethesda and fans) seem to think that the crowd who praises New Vegas as one of the greatest games of all time, which is chock full of references to an established canon in past games... is going to be terrified, upset, and riotous if there is a canonical path and set of options chosen in the games. And it gets kind of awkward with how they have to bend over backwards to make sure not to define anything as well. From Daggerfall's "Warp in the West" to try to say every possible option was both Canon and Not, to them basically just destroying the entirety of Vvardenfell and Cyrodiil after their games and writing off the main characters as MIA and no one knows, just so they can cling to this idea of "Well if your Nereverine was actually an Argonian Slave turned Lord of the Mage's Guild and House Telvanni Vampire Lord... we're not saying it's not possible...". And I wonder how much better little moments of writing like that in Sloan might happen if they allowed a canon to exist for a little nod to long time fans or neat little bit of reactivity. But I won't be surprised if come Elder Scrolls 6 they mention that everything in Skyrim got absolutely destroyed by a massive Ice Storm and magical glacier that froze it over leaving all plot lines and ideas unresolved and the Dragonborn just went off into nowhere never to be heard from again, oh and Soltheim got destroyed again so we don't have to mention if he restored the Ebony Mines or saved them from the Ash Spawn or anything either. Because their commitment to not having a canon usually demands that level of scorched earth tactics as they've done so far. And people praise them for it, for some reason.
I actually suspect that if they write off the Dragonborn in TES:6 like they did the Nerevarine, most people will hate it. Most people don't care about the Nerevarine because they never played Morrowind, but when it happens to the character that THEY spent thousands of hours playing as, they'll feel much different.
@@WowLookatThat-xu5ebDunno that logic holds. I mean keep in mind Morrowind was stupidly successful at the time it came out. Topping most "Game of the Year" lists or in contention for it. It was wildly financially successful enough to make Bethesda into their own publisher, etc. And they still basically nuked the province and scorched earth the story to maintain that idea of not having to establish a canon. Because Morrowind was in its time as popular as Skyrim was in its (Just the audience of RPGers in general was larger). And most I knew at the time at least didn't like how they handled it when Oblivion came around with the mentions of the Nereverine lost at sea and Vvardenfell nuked. Oblivion's Champion of Cyrodiil didn't get the negative reaction so much though. But I kind of chalk that up to the fact that most people really like Sheogorath in Oblivion/Skyrim (Doesn't work for me, I don't care for his "Laughing at my own farts" level personality and performance, but I get most do), and the only mention about it comes from a single blink and you'll miss it reference in Sheogorath's quest instead of it being a common rumor every NPC rubs in your face.
Bethesda lives for the present. Every game they make is only there for the now. Past and future be damned. Each faction and settlement's fate is a bridge they'll burn when they arrive at it, because they can't spare a moment of 7 years taken up making Starfield to think about worldbuilding continuity. This is fundamentally at odds with every Fallout game that wasn't made by them, because it is a franchise which is about the world and how it changes. There's a reason why the endings include parts about what happens to all the towns you visit (or didn't visit). This is also why the "canon run" of each game's main character is ultimately not all that important, outside of which ending slides the canon MC got.
@@CrizzyEyes I think like a lot of Bethesda things it's a focus on not necessarily a bad idea but the wrong dynamic for it. Like Bethesda really likes the past and making references and nostalgia baiting for it. From the Dragonborn DLC for Skyrim, to Creation Club stuff in Skyrim like being able to find old artifacts from Morrowind or homages to the Oblivion Crisis, to Fallout 4 sticking the Enclave and NCR references in it, to basically everything in the cash shops for Fallout 76... But it's... loud. Something like the "Are you a REAL NCR Citizen?" test in Freeside during Hard Luck Blues? It's a big reference to Fallout 2. But it's not screaming at you "This is a Fallout 2 Reference!!!" over and over. Just if you played Fallout 2 you'd easily answer the questions. If you never played Fallout 2 (like one of my friends, so I know this was a thing) you'd have no chance at hell other than blind guessing and repetition. People in New Vegas when making a reference talk about it like it's just a normal part of their world, history, and lore and treat it like such. Bethesda knows enough to cash in on Nostalgia but does it in this ham fisted and money grubbing way of trying to sell DLC at you "Pay 10 USD to get NCR Ranger Armor and Sniper Rifle in Fallout 4!!!" or something. Though the funny thing is with their scorched earth tactics to avoid mentioning anything about a Main Character other than "And the Main Quest was accomplished..." is that it shows how much they care (because the reaction is in their own words built up around this idea that they're terrified of lore nerds reacting poorly to finding out their runs were 'non-canon')... but again about the wrong things. As I doubt most people really picked up Oblivion saying "Oh boy I can't wait to find out what happened to the Nerevarine after I killed 4 Gods, Cockpunched another God, and took over 4 factions and wiped out 2 others!". But someone felt they had to address that... by dodging it in the worst possible way to say "Oh he went off on an expedition and was lost at sea... and the province he was in got nuked so nothing mattered".
@@hitomisalazar4073 That's what I mean. These references to past characters come off like last-minute writing assignments completed by a lazy student. And in the process the worldbuilding is effectively destroyed, as you stated. Their creative process seems to be "What gameplay systems do we want to add that are fun," and then they spend the minimum amount of time possible crafting a narrative to accommodate those systems. Whereas other games seem to have taken an opposite approach, i.e. "What does our world look like after the end of the last game," then designing fun gameplay systems that fit inside of that world narrative.
Whoa, freaky - I had never heard of Blood Meridian until just a couple weeks ago and suddenly it seems to be floating in the aether all over. Anyway, great video as always!
From my understanding the UA-camr Wendigoon made a several hour summary and analysis of the book a while back, which went trending which massively shot up Blood Meridian’s sales.
Cormac Mc Carthy recently bit the dust, its led to a renewed interest in his work. He also wrote No Country For Old Men which is another all time American Western classic
Shout out to Alex who made the intro. Greatly made. What a great coincidence that I finished my umpteenth run of FNV a few days ago and now get to see this in my feed. Likely my favorite game of all time. Awesome seeing how variable the beginning of the game can be. Quests you do now are some that I don't even attempt until deep mid game. I hope you get around to the dlc.
@@jugularwhalegaming4499 Good luck lol. It's definitely not from New Vegas. But you can find that style of music by looking for New Orleans jazz music.
Wdym keeping it alife? There's a bunch of these. Noah caldwell-Gervais, the goth gamer nation guy whose name I keep forgetting, mandalore, ragnarox, so many people about vidya games alone. Let's not speak of other content. Most UA-camrs I am subbed to do longform content.
@@zambler12 I've only seen one video. It's not entirely up my alley, but hell, one can't deny the effort he's putting in them. His style is very unique.
17:15 - there is actually a disguise mechanic in both Fallout 1 and 2. In 1, wearing the Children of the Cathedral robes and having no companions with you will let you walk around Unity bases safely, and Unity-aligned NPCs will treat you as if you are one of their own. In Fallout 2, Advanced Power armor does the same thing for the Enclave. New Vegas merely expanded it into the faction system.
@@The-jy3yq the Enclave in 2 is so hilariously easy to infiltrate that it barely makes a difference whether you show up in T-51b armor or any other gear, other than to be rewarded with different dialogue
Really liked New Vegas. Was fairly lucky regarding bugs on release. Except by the end. Climbed a rock and fell trough it, couldnt get out. Luckily i hade a older save file. Will never forget how you keep hearing the same voice actor constantly in this game. Yuri Lowenthal must have had a field day.
I just love the way u structure these videos, they feel like a condensed playthrough with dry humor. There should be more 'narrative review' type channels.
Truth is, the chance was rigged from the start. Replaying the game again, this time on very hard, hardcore and Vicious Wastes, so I'm glad you're covering one of my favorite games of all time. Godspeed funny Russian man.
i wish more rpgs were like this, the writing and world/aesthetics are so good. this and vampire the masquerade-bloodlines are my favorite rpgs of all time
24:21 Cigarettes leave a trail you can track for miles. I've just realized how amazing that line is due to the cigarettes you can pick up at your grave that Benny smokes in the opening. You can give them to Swank as evidence to kill Benny. Swank Was Right In The End
You touch on two of the most subtle points of writing in the game in this video, both of which got a little botched by the condensed development timeline. There are five key details about Caesar’s society that are meant to shock and horrify the player into immediately identifying the Legion as evil: The crucifixions, the slavery, the total subservience of women, the fact that they booby trap dead bodies (some of this content was patched out because it was buggy, it was more prominent on release), and the way they massacre tribes and mould their children into Legionnaires. The arc of the game’s story is encountering this conflict between the “good” NCR and “evil” Legion, and gradually peeling back the layers, finding out that neither faction is what it seems. This is expertly done by revealing the noble NCR are, in fact, similar to Caesar’s Legion in many ways, guilty of similar crimes. Where women have no rights in Caesar’s Legion, it’s implied that the NCR tolerates homophobia in the Mojave (Major Knight’s dialogue - much of this thread seems to have been cut from the final game). Where Caesar crucifies, the NCR beheads (3 Card Bounty) and massacres (Goodsprings, NCRCF in I Fought The Law) to instill terror. While the Legion traps bodies with explosives, the NCR blew up ALL OF BOULDER CITY as a trap for the legion. And then you have Bitter Root. Bitter Root isn’t just an interesting character - he’s the foil to Lucius, the head of Caesar’s Praetorian guard. If you talk to Lucius about his past, he tells you when he was a boy, his tribe was conquered, the women were all enslaved, the men were mostly killed, and boys and young men like him were inducted as legionnaires. Over time, he earned glory in combat, until he became a trusted confidant of Caesar himself. He feels nothing but grateful for the murder of his tribe, says it made him strong and set him free from the animalistic ways of his people. Lucius is a shocking character - and Bitter Root’s story is nearly identical, only Bitter Root is NCR. And then there’s the Powder Gangers! Tragically neglected due to time constraints. The Powder gangers are meant to be the foil to Caesar’s practice of slavery. While Caesar’s Legion are literal slavers, the NCR uses penal gang labor to rebuild the railroads. While folks like Joe Cobb and Eddie and Dawes, as well as the Primm thugs, are meant to show you that NCRCF was home to some rough characters, all the other Powder Gangers are much more sympathetic - petty drug dealers and smugglers (Hannigan), sheriffs who took the law into their own hands (Meyers), and dudes who were in the wrong place at the wrong time (Carter). The Nipton crowd is portrayed as corrupt but less than evil (excepting the mayor), and the folks trying to rob the Vikki and Vance are just desperate draft dodgers who know the punishment for desertion. If you ask these guys why they still run with the Powder Gangers, they’ll tell you the NCR isn’t going to welcome them back and it’s safer for them inside NCRCF than it is outside it. These are the NCR’s equivalent of slaves, and for their Attica moment, they are met with a harsher punishment than Attica - a death sentence, conferred with only one exception (Meyers). Vault 19 is a referendum on this NCR practice of penal labor, with a fun Vault-Tec twist of a paranoia inducing layout. Samuel Cooke, you learn, isn’t a criminal at all - he’s a revolutionary who views the NCR as an imperialist war machine (which, yes, it is). In a way, he’s lookingto remake himself as an NCR Spartacus, forming a unified resistance to tyranny through an alliance with the Great Khans. The player can choose to side with him, acknowledging the righteousness of his cause, or work with Lem to negotiate a surrender, deciding whether or not they agree NCR’s vision of crime and punishment, of order and authority. Or, of course, you can always dispense your own NCR justice - Bitter Springs style. It’s all so good! But unfortunately it’s easy to miss because, well, the Powder Gangers kind of suck and are split into two factions (“Powder Gangers” and Vault 19), both of which has barely any content at all. And Bitter Root - there’s just no reason to talk to him other than curiosity. Great little writing subtleties, easily missed. The story of New Vegas is just so good - you peel back the layers to learn the conflict between good and evil isn’t as clean as you think at first (although the Legion is still MUCH worse than the NCR), all while marching towards the symbol of a beyond-good-and-evil Randian ubermensch in Mr. House, who exercises many of the same tools of control himself. The details of how the NCR is in some ways like the Legion are fed to you as a drip, almost perfectly paced. If only it had been a little more fleshed out!
To me this comment serves as an important critical thinking test about the spin and narratives people can place on certain actions. I dont know if i would place tolerating homophobia on the same level as total subjugation of women. Wartime tactics are debate able so ill leave that alone. Taking prisoners at their word of why they are there (while ignoring that criminals often downplay and justify their crimes) is not smart. Cooke is by definition a terrorist. Blowing up supply convoys to achieve political goals is not cool or based and cookes alliance with the khans (who represent the endgame of imperialism , forcing their will upon others by forcefully taking from traders and caravans) speaks to the integrity of his morals
@@globalelite3042 Thank you. I fucking had to do a spit take and reread the sentence when he compared total subjugation of a sex to TOLERATING homophobia (not even enforcing it!).
@@globalelite3042 additionally they just completely misinterpret Bitter Root, Bitter Root is a huge foil, but not to Lucius, but to every Khan you meet who (justifiably) hates the NCR for Bitter Springs. Bitter Root exists to provide the perspective that the Khans were, at the end of the day, far from innocent, (his dad teaching him to shoot at civilian caravans, mom trying to sell son into slavery, literal beatdowns to earn the privilege of a name). while this doesn't make the player approve of bitter springs seeing him so angry about growing up with the Khans is really interesting
read blood meridian for the first time recently and quickly became obsessed with it, one of the best pieces of literature ive ever read. so excited for this series, warlockracy.
I subbed for the Deus Ex hilarity a while back, one of my favourite gaming experiences, and now we've made it to New Vegas which is yet another. I've laughed out loud several times already. Keep it up dude, you're always entertaining and funny as hell.
ALWAYS take the Wild Wasteland Trait. Also this is one of my all time fsvourite games. I loved Dead Money DLC a little too much and i also loved Old World Blues. Just chefs kiss.
Wow, I've played New Vegas so many times and only just now realized the robots don't actually take your 2000 caps. They are just making sure you're not some bum with like 2 caps and a beer bottle that won't make the Strip any money. I guess I'm just so used to games going "You need 2000 (moneys) to get in" and having that mean they'll take it from you. Also Warlock, and I mean this as a compliment, your voice puts me right to sleep. I have a computer set up to my TV in my living room and if I'm watching one of your videos I fall asleep on the couch. Your soothing tones talking to me about Morrowind quest design and environmental details is like a lullaby. Great video as always!
There's also a few ways into Vegas besides the credit check. My fave was learning that you could grab Boone and pass through the monorail. It's a magical moment.
Had to subscribe after you quoted the Judge. That is probably my favorite line in all of literature and its different forms. "Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge, exists without my consent."
I still love the voice cast in this game. Like Fallout 1 and 2, they got some really good TV actors to voice a lot of the major characters. Chandler from Friends voices Benny, Odo from DS9 voices Mr. House, Felicia Day voices someone else, and I forget some of the other TV actors. And then Wayne Newton, irl Vegas personality, voices Mr. New Vegas.
I was practically married to this game at one point. On my first playthrough, I didn't want to kill Benny. He was a weasel, but was so likable. I would've let him go if I could. Even when I was using console commands and had no need to grind for xp or cash, I still did every quest, because the game made me care. After that, I started going through the whole obsidian catalogue, stopped playing shooters altogether and got into isometric crpgs, found your arcanum video, and finally ended up using your character save in baldurs gate 😁
I realize this is an old video now but if you make a second part then the R in sarsparilla is silent pronounced more like sassparilla, but ill admit hearing you put the emphasis on the R made me laugh a few times. Keep up the great work these videos are fantastic!
Actually the only channel I eagerly anticipate videos from, since trying to cut down on social media. This isn't "content", feels more like a hangout. Thanks Warlock, this is a niche (and a space in my heart) you filled perfectly.
I think this is your best yet. The production and pacing of your explanations, your use of quotes and aphorisms and Mr New Vegas's interjections were brilliant. Bloody well done, mate!
Absolutely love how this vid went off the beaten path. Goes to show how you can have a memorable and narratively rich experience no matter what you do in this game.
In Vanilla New Vegas, I found that maybe 2 hours of sleep/day was sufficient to avoid sleep deprivation. If you consider that a regular sleep cycle, I’m worried for your health
I played this game for hundreds of hours back in the day. I love your cinematic work and editing on this. Keep it up! I stumbled upon your channel and binged all of it because Fallout 2 was my all time favourite game growing up. Keep up the great work, Im looking forward to this series!!
12:50 Jocker removes any OTHER cards similiar to the attached one . For example you are attach it to your or opponent's 7. Every other 7 will be removed from the table.
This is the first time I've gotten to see one of your videos about a game I've played to death and get to see each part not as an introduction to something new but a reminder of something fondly cherished. It's an interesting experience.
20:02 "The women of New Vegas ask me a lot if there's a Mrs. New Vegas. Of course there is. You're her. And you're still as perfect as the day we met." Goddamn, I don't think our AI has advanced to that level of smooth-talkin'.
man it feels like ive been waiting on this vid from you for a while. i love what you did with the inclusion of the mr new vegas script and caravan cards. i was elated to notice that the vid was nearing its end and that you barely scratched the surface of the game, insuring at least a new vegas part 2 video from you. phenomenal work as always, thank you so much for all you do!
The Powder Gangers was one of my favorite factions. They have a lot of content if you explore the whole map. If New Vegas gets remastered I hope they're turned into a real faction
I did not know you could stealth boy past the death-claws. When I tried to stealth boy past them a unique, blind death-claw would just start running at me and kill me before I could get to Fiend territory.
Wonderful video. It's very interesting how everyone always seems to play this game differently, whether it be slight differences or just skipping entire main quests for the hell of it. Good video.
It's hard to remain neutral with the powder gangers while also keeping the folk of Goodsprings alive. But not impossible 😏 And you can attack the powder gangers during the fight. But you need to do sneak attacks and probably use some save scumming.
I've been watching since the Morrowind mod videos, just trying to see if they were worth my time or not, and you found a place in my heart as my favorite video essayist. Keep it up!!
Bro idk where all this New Vegas content is coming from all over youtube, but i'm loving it, just started a new lightly modded playthrough last week. Also, loved that intro. ♥️ Keep it up G.
Every single time I watch a lengthy video essay on the best game ever made I hope to learn something new or see something I have never done in game. Didnt happened. I swear I played this game way to much. With and without the Sawyer mod.
looking forward to all your fallout related content, especially anything new Vegas. but love all the mods you cover for fallout! keep up the warlockracy brother!
I've said it once and I'll said it again: In my experience, regardless whether, as a nerd, you get bullied or not, you're bound to spiral out of control upon reaching adulthood either way. The difference is that the bullied, like me, come to embrace despair while the unbullied, like maybe Todd, gets their hopes too high up. So it's practically a lose-lose situation.
Fallout New Vegas is like meeting a girl you are trying to romance. You think you know how her very well but then she tells you something you’ve never knew about her, interesting details that makes her more attractive. Love this video and how I learn new quest and things I could do in the game.
I don't know how well the FNV DLCs would work with your video format but are you interested in covering them as well? Old World Blues would be a fun watch
Kid, you're never going to go very far, but you're going to make a whole lotta people come up short.
sounds like something from hotline miami
@@HellishSpoon More like an old mafia saying from the 1950s
sounds like something azazel would say to remiel.
Where fallout 3
@@80swhattheheck82 I think its going from story world transition, maybe from California (Fallout 1 and 2) To Nevada (Fallout New Vegas) And maybe Fallout 3 and 4 later. Thats just my guess :P
"Why did Chance attack a horde of Fiends with only a knife? Is he stupid?"
-Benny, circa 2281
The madness spreads...
Meanwhile me who killed a deathclaw with a kitchen knife just because.
Why didn't Walt just sell meth to the fiends? Is he stupid?
@@MrAntiexistancerifle34157 THE WASTELAND SWORDSMAN
@@MrAntiexistancerifle34157musta been nipon steel
Caravan is fairly easy to understand when you know how. To elaborate on what Warlockracy said, it's like blackjack except you're both making 3 sets instead of 1 and instead of seeing who gets the highest when closest to 21, the objective is purely to get a number between the range of 21-26. Also, you can put your cards in your opponent's set instead of your own in order to make them bust.
What's different is the royal cards because they have a function instead of just acting as a substitute for 10
>Jack takes a card off the field, good for when you're trying to fuck up your opponent's combo or remove a card he inserted in your sets
>Queen is garbage, never use them. What Queen does is flip the value of the card you attach it to and this NEVER is worth talking up a deck slot.
>King doubles the value of the card you attach it to
So I just load my deck with 6s, 8s, 9s, 10s, Kings, and Jacks. Apply a King to a 10 and then throw down a 6 and it's an automatic 26. Apply a King to a 6 and throw down a 10 and it's an automatic 22. Either way it's a winning hand. The 8s and 9s are there in case I'm not drawing any Kings. Jacks are there to fuck up my opponent or if he tries to fuck up me.
There, you know how to play Caravan now and you will beat any opponents that aren't in the Caravan Tournament mod.
When I finally started to bother learning Caravan, I found it to be a lot of fun. I love gambling now.
In the game that is. 🗿
I remember it actually understanding by the second playthrough but months later I forgot again and never relearned lol
Once upon a time I was actually good at caravan. It amazes me that I've completely forgotten how to play it XD.
have you maybe watched jabo do caravan achievement it looked boring as hell but as you get the grip it gets better
I dont even know how to play blackjack
“I prefer wearing realistic clothing in this game”
While wearing pants, t-shirt, and a dead dear on his head 😂😂
Any problem with my drip?
If you look closely, you can see the back of the hood through the gaps in the skull. Guess cosmetic surgery has advanced by leaps and bounds even in the post apocalypse.
Dead deers are realistic
his true form
@@jeremytitus9519False. Deer can't die.
At least he has a pretty cool knife
And Jacket.
True, Chance's Knife + Grunt = Time to Go Balls Deep
and map
True. That bloodstain on the knife is awesome. Gives it that used and terrifying appearance. Imagine seeing a random person walking besides you with a bloodstained combat knife bet that would be at least uneasy to see even for a raider.
I didn't realise until about two years ago that "Confirmed Bachelor" was a euphemism for a gay man, so literally all of my runs of Fallout New Vegas were played as a gay cowboy. I accidentally made all of my characters from Ram Ranch.
18 naked mailmen in doc Mitchell's
😂😂😂😂😂
@@GG_Nowabig HARD throbbing packages waiting to be opened
I've been to New Vegas's starting location, and I met some of the people that the characters were based on. Doc Mitchell is based on a local dentist, Easy Pete is based on an elderly former miner that now does odd jobs around town, and Trudy is based on the former owner of the Pioneer Saloon, the actual saloon the prospector saloon is based on, just to name a few. Oh, and if you ever get the chance to go there, order their pulled pork sandwich, it's best I've ever eaten.
The Pioneer is easily the best bar I've ever been to. Did you go for the anniversary event they have every year for New Vegas?
Kinda wish they had an in-game food item based on a pulled pork sandwich now.
@@CB0Otztheres probably a mod for that tbh
@@LAHFaust It's always incredibly crowded on anniversary day. I went with my dad this last spring, when there weren't too many people there. I'm not too great with crowds, and I've heard it'll be even more packed this november. I doubt I'll go, but maybe I'll show up, I haven't decided.
Edit: I'm gonna be there in november! I've finally figured that out. See y'all there if you're going!
Ah I was trying to plan out a visit there as well. It's usually in November right?
Finally a Warlockcracy video I can fully enjoy without ever being worried about being spoiled since I've already played thousands of hours of this game hahaha
He might surprise you still!
P
Problem is I haven’t finished Blood Meridian yet 😂
same, but i've never seen vault 19
i think it's fucking wild how there's still content i haven't seen in this game despite having played it for over a decade
"What ever in creation exists without my knowledge, exists without my consent." Has to be the greatest Villain quote ever spoken.
Its a good book!
Wendigoon did a good break down of the book if you're unfamiliar and want to know more.
That breakdown is five hours long.
@@barrag3463might as well just read the book
@@barrag3463 I thank you for this knowledge.
@@janefkrbttHis breakdown isn't just a retelling of the story. He also talked about the moral implications of the scenes as he went and added historical content
Hell yeah, Blood Meridian quotes over fallout is the sickest shit. Literal goosebumps.
As cool and memorable as New Vegas was, I can’t help but wonder what it would be if the devs had more time to go about building the game world
Same. Nice grand by the way. :D
Probably would be worse overall. Obsidian is blessed to make games people love, but only when they're on a tight deadline like New Vegas or KOTOR2. Seems to focus them on what's important. Restrictions breed creativity. Give someone that blank check to do whatever with however much time and you get some of the rambling, bad products in history from the Studebaker to Duke Nukem Forever.
Just 9999999 more quest with muh Charisma and Speech checks. They can't do anything else
Could have been worse. Could have been better. Glad we got good stuff anyhow.
@@sanchovy actually this is the fallout with the least speech checks, since they use all other skills, I remember a luck check, you are confusing with Fallout 4
It took me a few hours as a teenager to realize Fallout New Vegas was a yee-haw atomic cowboy adventure, plus a few more years later on a replay to really appreciate it as a whole. Looking forward to a series of my favorite Russian living in something-stan boomer rpg enjoyer has to say about it.
Post Apocalyptic Western is such a cool genre I wish there were more games in it
@@cyberninjazero5659 There's a game called ExeKiller that might scratch your itch. I think there's a decent amount of post-apocalyptic western comic books, maybe movies and books, but I guess you're right, not too many games.
@@cyberninjazero5659Sandbox game set in Trigun reality.
@@nakenmil rimworld is kind of a cyberwestern imo
that death claw in the billboard reminded me of the time I was hanging out in goodsprings and a young deathclaw came running down the hill from the cemetary. one of the strangest things I've ever seen in a game period.
Was it a random spawn? A bug? A quirk of the Wild Wasteland perk? Who knows, and who cares; frankly, it's all part of the magic~
That happened to me the first time I was showing my friend FONV, he died and quit the game never to play again. Pussy.
As a Vegas local, your opinion on freeside is 100% factual and based 💪
West Vegas Citizens STAND UP
Based on what?
@@justinayers3589 Based on the hardware inside it. Please assume the position.
5:00 Wild Wasteland is actually also a trade off in terms of the equipment you can get.
The Alien event replaces the unique Gauss Rifle event.
the alien blaster is stronger anyway just be conservative with the ammo
@@ravensflockmate😏no
Just run TTW without guaranteed wild wasteland for Mothership Zeta, stable with the TTW modpack floating around. You get alien weapons, plenty of ammo for them, and the gauss.
@ravensflockmate There's a glitch that allows you to hotkey ammunition if you have multiple types of it. There's guides on how to do it here, but all you gotta do is hotkey your most abundant ammunition and equip it with the blaster equipped and you'll have a steady ammunition supply for the rest of the game. You can also hotkey rockets and equip them to the laser detonator for lots of fun, ymfah has a cool video on it
@@slabbulkhead6875 i don't really like abusing glitces like that
New Vegas, the last video game ever made
Last, best, only.
Yeh crashed all the other games after being installed
I do love that you made comparisons with Blood Meridian.
Similar themes in both that book and this game.
Go into the Honest heart DLC while roleplaying as an paid eradicator of its "tribals" (and their allies).
@@Stahlvanten After all, Blood Meridian's theme was that colonial violence and the evil of men is really cool
@@coolguyjkii guess if you wanted to do that you'd need sneering imperialist
Of all the games that I've played over the years, it was New Vegas that made me really appreciate what can be done with an interactive medium. It is genuinely brilliant despite it's myriad flaws, there will probably never be another game like it. I was just fixing up my mod list when this was uploaded, happy to see it but in my opinion the only way to really "understand" the game is to experience it for yourself.
Side note, one day I'm going to get my hands on a deck of those pre order cards, they're the perfect compliment for the game.
please please PLEASE continue this series, sir.
Love that bit with the Modoc reference and "That's not how it happened". Mostly because the reference itself is a fairly obscure one. Referring to the fact you could get the Red Ryder BB Gun in Modoc that was a 1 hit kill against anything if you hit it in the eye (A reference to the movie "A Christmas Story"). But also because it just kind of highlights one of the silliest things Bethesda does with its series that.... an oddly high number of people I find defend.
Bethesda, is absolutely terrified, of establishing a canon for their games. Fallout and The Elder Scrolls in particular, beyond "And the main quest was completed in some fashion". And there's interviews I've seen where people who worked there described this culture where they were afraid that players would be upset if they said something like: "Well the Nerevarine was in fact a Female Nord Warrior who favored House Hlalu and was the Grandmaster of the Fighter's Guild and helped out the Imperial Cult on Vvardenfell". Like they think if they established ANYTHING about the main characters and events other than "The main quest was completed and the world was saved" was detailed out on any level... players would get super mad about how their particular runs were "not canon" and that it would somehow harm/kill the series.
And there's apparently a lot of people out there who back them up and go "Why yes this was the best possible solution because if ANY canonical details of the main character was established we'd all be super mad and burn down Bethesda's offices" or something.
But meanwhile? Fallout 2 actually mentioned a lot of canonical details for Fallout 1. From the overall Good Karma of the Vault Dweller (and that he was male), to Dogmeat dying in Mariposa to a red force field, to Necropolis just getting exterminated by the Super Mutants. How Ian died to a Flamethrower from a Supermutant in Necropolis, how he had a shootout with The Master rather than talking him down or blowing up the LA Vault without ever meeting him, that he didn't get the Psychic Nullifier and was subjected to the Master's psychic powers, to even just Tandi being saved from the Great Khans in a shootout and her having a "Oh what a dashing hero he was" sort of moment.
And not like anyone freaked out about that being established as the baseline canon.
And Fallout: New Vegas did a similar amount of things about the Chosen One from Fallout 2. He was male. He had unprotected sex with Mrs. Bishop, that he brokered a peace between Vault City and the Gecko power plant going around Lynette's genocidal demands. That he helped broker the deal to have the NCR peacefully annex Redding rather than siding against it with the New Reno Mobsters. The recruitment of Marcus and keeping him alive to the end, that he got chewed out by Sergeant Dornan in Navarro, etc.
And... I've never really seen anyone upset at that either.
Or things like KOTOR 2 saying: "The canonical path is to play a light side female jedi guardian" or something.
But for some reason people (Bethesda and fans) seem to think that the crowd who praises New Vegas as one of the greatest games of all time, which is chock full of references to an established canon in past games... is going to be terrified, upset, and riotous if there is a canonical path and set of options chosen in the games.
And it gets kind of awkward with how they have to bend over backwards to make sure not to define anything as well. From Daggerfall's "Warp in the West" to try to say every possible option was both Canon and Not, to them basically just destroying the entirety of Vvardenfell and Cyrodiil after their games and writing off the main characters as MIA and no one knows, just so they can cling to this idea of "Well if your Nereverine was actually an Argonian Slave turned Lord of the Mage's Guild and House Telvanni Vampire Lord... we're not saying it's not possible...".
And I wonder how much better little moments of writing like that in Sloan might happen if they allowed a canon to exist for a little nod to long time fans or neat little bit of reactivity.
But I won't be surprised if come Elder Scrolls 6 they mention that everything in Skyrim got absolutely destroyed by a massive Ice Storm and magical glacier that froze it over leaving all plot lines and ideas unresolved and the Dragonborn just went off into nowhere never to be heard from again, oh and Soltheim got destroyed again so we don't have to mention if he restored the Ebony Mines or saved them from the Ash Spawn or anything either. Because their commitment to not having a canon usually demands that level of scorched earth tactics as they've done so far. And people praise them for it, for some reason.
I actually suspect that if they write off the Dragonborn in TES:6 like they did the Nerevarine, most people will hate it. Most people don't care about the Nerevarine because they never played Morrowind, but when it happens to the character that THEY spent thousands of hours playing as, they'll feel much different.
@@WowLookatThat-xu5ebDunno that logic holds. I mean keep in mind Morrowind was stupidly successful at the time it came out. Topping most "Game of the Year" lists or in contention for it. It was wildly financially successful enough to make Bethesda into their own publisher, etc. And they still basically nuked the province and scorched earth the story to maintain that idea of not having to establish a canon. Because Morrowind was in its time as popular as Skyrim was in its (Just the audience of RPGers in general was larger).
And most I knew at the time at least didn't like how they handled it when Oblivion came around with the mentions of the Nereverine lost at sea and Vvardenfell nuked.
Oblivion's Champion of Cyrodiil didn't get the negative reaction so much though. But I kind of chalk that up to the fact that most people really like Sheogorath in Oblivion/Skyrim (Doesn't work for me, I don't care for his "Laughing at my own farts" level personality and performance, but I get most do), and the only mention about it comes from a single blink and you'll miss it reference in Sheogorath's quest instead of it being a common rumor every NPC rubs in your face.
Bethesda lives for the present. Every game they make is only there for the now. Past and future be damned. Each faction and settlement's fate is a bridge they'll burn when they arrive at it, because they can't spare a moment of 7 years taken up making Starfield to think about worldbuilding continuity.
This is fundamentally at odds with every Fallout game that wasn't made by them, because it is a franchise which is about the world and how it changes. There's a reason why the endings include parts about what happens to all the towns you visit (or didn't visit). This is also why the "canon run" of each game's main character is ultimately not all that important, outside of which ending slides the canon MC got.
@@CrizzyEyes I think like a lot of Bethesda things it's a focus on not necessarily a bad idea but the wrong dynamic for it.
Like Bethesda really likes the past and making references and nostalgia baiting for it. From the Dragonborn DLC for Skyrim, to Creation Club stuff in Skyrim like being able to find old artifacts from Morrowind or homages to the Oblivion Crisis, to Fallout 4 sticking the Enclave and NCR references in it, to basically everything in the cash shops for Fallout 76...
But it's... loud. Something like the "Are you a REAL NCR Citizen?" test in Freeside during Hard Luck Blues? It's a big reference to Fallout 2. But it's not screaming at you "This is a Fallout 2 Reference!!!" over and over. Just if you played Fallout 2 you'd easily answer the questions. If you never played Fallout 2 (like one of my friends, so I know this was a thing) you'd have no chance at hell other than blind guessing and repetition.
People in New Vegas when making a reference talk about it like it's just a normal part of their world, history, and lore and treat it like such.
Bethesda knows enough to cash in on Nostalgia but does it in this ham fisted and money grubbing way of trying to sell DLC at you "Pay 10 USD to get NCR Ranger Armor and Sniper Rifle in Fallout 4!!!" or something.
Though the funny thing is with their scorched earth tactics to avoid mentioning anything about a Main Character other than "And the Main Quest was accomplished..." is that it shows how much they care (because the reaction is in their own words built up around this idea that they're terrified of lore nerds reacting poorly to finding out their runs were 'non-canon')... but again about the wrong things.
As I doubt most people really picked up Oblivion saying "Oh boy I can't wait to find out what happened to the Nerevarine after I killed 4 Gods, Cockpunched another God, and took over 4 factions and wiped out 2 others!".
But someone felt they had to address that... by dodging it in the worst possible way to say "Oh he went off on an expedition and was lost at sea... and the province he was in got nuked so nothing mattered".
@@hitomisalazar4073 That's what I mean. These references to past characters come off like last-minute writing assignments completed by a lazy student. And in the process the worldbuilding is effectively destroyed, as you stated. Their creative process seems to be "What gameplay systems do we want to add that are fun," and then they spend the minimum amount of time possible crafting a narrative to accommodate those systems.
Whereas other games seem to have taken an opposite approach, i.e. "What does our world look like after the end of the last game," then designing fun gameplay systems that fit inside of that world narrative.
Whoa, freaky - I had never heard of Blood Meridian until just a couple weeks ago and suddenly it seems to be floating in the aether all over. Anyway, great video as always!
From my understanding the UA-camr Wendigoon made a several hour summary and analysis of the book a while back, which went trending which massively shot up Blood Meridian’s sales.
Cormac Mc Carthy recently bit the dust, its led to a renewed interest in his work. He also wrote No Country For Old Men which is another all time American Western classic
@@InquisitorThomasGood video. Made me wanna read the book. Don’t have the time to commit to it though.
blood meridian is probably the greatest american novel
@@libenhagos9335highly debatable
"i was afraid i was going to die. and then, i was afraid i wasn't." - this was like a zoidberg line delivery. i love it
Shout out to Alex who made the intro. Greatly made.
What a great coincidence that I finished my umpteenth run of FNV a few days ago and now get to see this in my feed. Likely my favorite game of all time. Awesome seeing how variable the beginning of the game can be. Quests you do now are some that I don't even attempt until deep mid game. I hope you get around to the dlc.
Who is Alex? I'm trying to find out what song plays in the intro.
Dang. I'm looking for the song in the into too. Ha ha. Looks like nobody found it yet.
@@jugularwhalegaming4499 Good luck lol. It's definitely not from New Vegas. But you can find that style of music by looking for New Orleans jazz music.
@@jugularwhalegaming4499the song is ‘Jubilee Stomp - Tuba Skinny’
@@luca.4856 you're hardcore.
Thank you for keeping this kind of long form content alive on youtube. I apriciate how much effort goes into these videos, ty
Long form content has been growing on YT for years lol, in the beginning it was just minute long skits and clips. 20 min was a long video.
Wdym keeping it alife?
There's a bunch of these.
Noah caldwell-Gervais, the goth gamer nation guy whose name I keep forgetting, mandalore, ragnarox, so many people about vidya games alone.
Let's not speak of other content.
Most UA-camrs I am subbed to do longform content.
@@michimatsch5862goth gamer nation rep. On behalf of Grimbeard, staying goth and staying gaming.
long form video essays have been favored by the algorithm for years now bro, this is something you would say if he was doing 60 part let's plays
@@zambler12 I've only seen one video. It's not entirely up my alley, but hell, one can't deny the effort he's putting in them. His style is very unique.
17:15 - there is actually a disguise mechanic in both Fallout 1 and 2. In 1, wearing the Children of the Cathedral robes and having no companions with you will let you walk around Unity bases safely, and Unity-aligned NPCs will treat you as if you are one of their own. In Fallout 2, Advanced Power armor does the same thing for the Enclave. New Vegas merely expanded it into the faction system.
The T-51b also acts as a disguise for the Enclave
@@The-jy3yq the Enclave in 2 is so hilariously easy to infiltrate that it barely makes a difference whether you show up in T-51b armor or any other gear, other than to be rewarded with different dialogue
The quality of this video floored me. As in, I fell through the floor into the great Toddlands.
Same
Really liked New Vegas.
Was fairly lucky regarding bugs on release. Except by the end. Climbed a rock and fell trough it, couldnt get out.
Luckily i hade a older save file.
Will never forget how you keep hearing the same voice actor constantly in this game. Yuri Lowenthal must have had a field day.
Brave New World did a great job with new voice actors
You mean Liam O'Brien?
R.I.P. Matthew Perry. The world lost another gamer. 💔
I just love the way u structure these videos, they feel like a condensed playthrough with dry humor. There should be more 'narrative review' type channels.
Truth is, the chance was rigged from the start. Replaying the game again, this time on very hard, hardcore and Vicious Wastes, so I'm glad you're covering one of my favorite games of all time. Godspeed funny Russian man.
Isn't he Ukrainian or somewhere around? 😂😂😂
@@lorenzomizushal3980an ukrainian descent I suppose, as he mentioned Russian officials visiting him after the 2022 for his ukrainian surname
@@wadamp
Ooh so he is a Russian after all
@@lorenzomizushal3980 It'd be really embarrassing if I somehow mistook his nationality
Oh man, I should try a Vicious Wastes run one dayy
i wish more rpgs were like this, the writing and world/aesthetics are so good. this and vampire the masquerade-bloodlines are my favorite rpgs of all time
Same here. Sadly, the VTMB 2 is garbage.
Vtmbl 2 doesn't even exist? They "delayed" project and last update was several years ago.
You should really try out Tyranny.
i fucking love this editing style, as good as the wojack style characters for isometric games
24:21 Cigarettes leave a trail you can track for miles.
I've just realized how amazing that line is due to the cigarettes you can pick up at your grave that Benny smokes in the opening. You can give them to Swank as evidence to kill Benny.
Swank Was Right In The End
Hilariously enough, Fallout 4 copied this plot thread wholesale with Kellogg's cigars
You touch on two of the most subtle points of writing in the game in this video, both of which got a little botched by the condensed development timeline.
There are five key details about Caesar’s society that are meant to shock and horrify the player into immediately identifying the Legion as evil: The crucifixions, the slavery, the total subservience of women, the fact that they booby trap dead bodies (some of this content was patched out because it was buggy, it was more prominent on release), and the way they massacre tribes and mould their children into Legionnaires.
The arc of the game’s story is encountering this conflict between the “good” NCR and “evil” Legion, and gradually peeling back the layers, finding out that neither faction is what it seems. This is expertly done by revealing the noble NCR are, in fact, similar to Caesar’s Legion in many ways, guilty of similar crimes. Where women have no rights in Caesar’s Legion, it’s implied that the NCR tolerates homophobia in the Mojave (Major Knight’s dialogue - much of this thread seems to have been cut from the final game). Where Caesar crucifies, the NCR beheads (3 Card Bounty) and massacres (Goodsprings, NCRCF in I Fought The Law) to instill terror. While the Legion traps bodies with explosives, the NCR blew up ALL OF BOULDER CITY as a trap for the legion.
And then you have Bitter Root. Bitter Root isn’t just an interesting character - he’s the foil to Lucius, the head of Caesar’s Praetorian guard. If you talk to Lucius about his past, he tells you when he was a boy, his tribe was conquered, the women were all enslaved, the men were mostly killed, and boys and young men like him were inducted as legionnaires. Over time, he earned glory in combat, until he became a trusted confidant of Caesar himself. He feels nothing but grateful for the murder of his tribe, says it made him strong and set him free from the animalistic ways of his people.
Lucius is a shocking character - and Bitter Root’s story is nearly identical, only Bitter Root is NCR.
And then there’s the Powder Gangers! Tragically neglected due to time constraints. The Powder gangers are meant to be the foil to Caesar’s practice of slavery. While Caesar’s Legion are literal slavers, the NCR uses penal gang labor to rebuild the railroads. While folks like Joe Cobb and Eddie and Dawes, as well as the Primm thugs, are meant to show you that NCRCF was home to some rough characters, all the other Powder Gangers are much more sympathetic - petty drug dealers and smugglers (Hannigan), sheriffs who took the law into their own hands (Meyers), and dudes who were in the wrong place at the wrong time (Carter). The Nipton crowd is portrayed as corrupt but less than evil (excepting the mayor), and the folks trying to rob the Vikki and Vance are just desperate draft dodgers who know the punishment for desertion.
If you ask these guys why they still run with the Powder Gangers, they’ll tell you the NCR isn’t going to welcome them back and it’s safer for them inside NCRCF than it is outside it. These are the NCR’s equivalent of slaves, and for their Attica moment, they are met with a harsher punishment than Attica - a death sentence, conferred with only one exception (Meyers).
Vault 19 is a referendum on this NCR practice of penal labor, with a fun Vault-Tec twist of a paranoia inducing layout. Samuel Cooke, you learn, isn’t a criminal at all - he’s a revolutionary who views the NCR as an imperialist war machine (which, yes, it is). In a way, he’s lookingto remake himself as an NCR Spartacus, forming a unified resistance to tyranny through an alliance with the Great Khans. The player can choose to side with him, acknowledging the righteousness of his cause, or work with Lem to negotiate a surrender, deciding whether or not they agree NCR’s vision of crime and punishment, of order and authority. Or, of course, you can always dispense your own NCR justice - Bitter Springs style.
It’s all so good! But unfortunately it’s easy to miss because, well, the Powder Gangers kind of suck and are split into two factions (“Powder Gangers” and Vault 19), both of which has barely any content at all. And Bitter Root - there’s just no reason to talk to
him other than curiosity. Great little writing subtleties, easily missed.
The story of New Vegas is just so good - you peel back the layers to learn the conflict between good and evil isn’t as clean as you think at first (although the Legion is still MUCH worse than the NCR), all while marching towards the symbol of a beyond-good-and-evil Randian ubermensch in Mr. House, who exercises many of the same tools of control himself. The details of how the NCR is in some ways like the Legion are fed to you as a drip, almost perfectly paced. If only it had been a little more fleshed out!
Underrated comment.
To me this comment serves as an important critical thinking test about the spin and narratives people can place on certain actions. I dont know if i would place tolerating homophobia on the same level as total subjugation of women. Wartime tactics are debate able so ill leave that alone. Taking prisoners at their word of why they are there (while ignoring that criminals often downplay and justify their crimes) is not smart. Cooke is by definition a terrorist. Blowing up supply convoys to achieve political goals is not cool or based and cookes alliance with the khans (who represent the endgame of imperialism , forcing their will upon others by forcefully taking from traders and caravans) speaks to the integrity of his morals
@@globalelite3042 Thank you. I fucking had to do a spit take and reread the sentence when he compared total subjugation of a sex to TOLERATING homophobia (not even enforcing it!).
@@globalelite3042 additionally they just completely misinterpret Bitter Root, Bitter Root is a huge foil, but not to Lucius, but to every Khan you meet who (justifiably) hates the NCR for Bitter Springs. Bitter Root exists to provide the perspective that the Khans were, at the end of the day, far from innocent, (his dad teaching him to shoot at civilian caravans, mom trying to sell son into slavery, literal beatdowns to earn the privilege of a name). while this doesn't make the player approve of bitter springs seeing him so angry about growing up with the Khans is really interesting
@@skylarm2068 Nah, it's an overrated one.
read blood meridian for the first time recently and quickly became obsessed with it, one of the best pieces of literature ive ever read. so excited for this series, warlockracy.
Was in despair earlier. Saw the Warlock is starting his New Vegas series. Life is good again.
I subbed for the Deus Ex hilarity a while back, one of my favourite gaming experiences, and now we've made it to New Vegas which is yet another. I've laughed out loud several times already. Keep it up dude, you're always entertaining and funny as hell.
Same. By far my favorite UA-cam playthrough of DX.
ALWAYS take the Wild Wasteland Trait. Also this is one of my all time fsvourite games. I loved Dead Money DLC a little too much and i also loved Old World Blues. Just chefs kiss.
What a pleasant stroll through memory lane. You traceing all the references and connections to the older games is quite the treat man.
Wow, I've played New Vegas so many times and only just now realized the robots don't actually take your 2000 caps. They are just making sure you're not some bum with like 2 caps and a beer bottle that won't make the Strip any money. I guess I'm just so used to games going "You need 2000 (moneys) to get in" and having that mean they'll take it from you.
Also Warlock, and I mean this as a compliment, your voice puts me right to sleep. I have a computer set up to my TV in my living room and if I'm watching one of your videos I fall asleep on the couch. Your soothing tones talking to me about Morrowind quest design and environmental details is like a lullaby.
Great video as always!
There's also a few ways into Vegas besides the credit check. My fave was learning that you could grab Boone and pass through the monorail. It's a magical moment.
One of my absolute favorite games of all time. Thank you for uploading this today. I can’t begin to tell you how much I appreciate it!!! ☮️🤗
R.I.P Mathew Perry, your performance was quite good in this game.
Had to subscribe after you quoted the Judge. That is probably my favorite line in all of literature and its different forms. "Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge, exists without my consent."
I still love the voice cast in this game. Like Fallout 1 and 2, they got some really good TV actors to voice a lot of the major characters. Chandler from Friends voices Benny, Odo from DS9 voices Mr. House, Felicia Day voices someone else, and I forget some of the other TV actors. And then Wayne Newton, irl Vegas personality, voices Mr. New Vegas.
Michael Dorn (Worf) also reprises his role as Marcus.
Danny Trejo as Raul too!
Felicia day as Veronica, Zachary Levi as Arcade
I was practically married to this game at one point. On my first playthrough, I didn't want to kill Benny. He was a weasel, but was so likable. I would've let him go if I could. Even when I was using console commands and had no need to grind for xp or cash, I still did every quest, because the game made me care. After that, I started going through the whole obsidian catalogue, stopped playing shooters altogether and got into isometric crpgs, found your arcanum video, and finally ended up using your character save in baldurs gate 😁
I realize this is an old video now but if you make a second part then the R in sarsparilla is silent pronounced more like sassparilla, but ill admit hearing you put the emphasis on the R made me laugh a few times. Keep up the great work these videos are fantastic!
This is incredible already, loving the content and can't wait to see where this series goes
Finally a New Vegas look back with its own actual spin on it and not just rehashing the story for the 80th time.
Actually the only channel I eagerly anticipate videos from, since trying to cut down on social media. This isn't "content", feels more like a hangout. Thanks Warlock, this is a niche (and a space in my heart) you filled perfectly.
I think this is your best yet. The production and pacing of your explanations, your use of quotes and aphorisms and Mr New Vegas's interjections were brilliant. Bloody well done, mate!
Absolutely love how this vid went off the beaten path. Goes to show how you can have a memorable and narratively rich experience no matter what you do in this game.
A Warlocracy New Vegas video? Been eager for this since your first video covering any of the fallout games.
I've been listening to this on a sunny day while darning a set of socks and it has absolutely made my day. Fantastic video.
In Vanilla New Vegas, I found that maybe 2 hours of sleep/day was sufficient to avoid sleep deprivation. If you consider that a regular sleep cycle, I’m worried for your health
That is technically regular
I played this game for hundreds of hours back in the day. I love your cinematic work and editing on this.
Keep it up!
I stumbled upon your channel and binged all of it because Fallout 2 was my all time favourite game growing up.
Keep up the great work, Im looking forward to this series!!
12:50 Jocker removes any OTHER cards similiar to the attached one . For example you are attach it to your or opponent's 7. Every other 7 will be removed from the table.
The playing card transitions between sections are a nice touch
I really appreciate the editing on this one. It's beautifully done. Thank you.
This is the first time I've gotten to see one of your videos about a game I've played to death and get to see each part not as an introduction to something new but a reminder of something fondly cherished. It's an interesting experience.
It seems I tend to rewatch some of your videos right before new release. Thank you for your hard work, you beautiful person
20:02 "The women of New Vegas ask me a lot if there's a Mrs. New Vegas. Of course there is. You're her. And you're still as perfect as the day we met."
Goddamn, I don't think our AI has advanced to that level of smooth-talkin'.
man it feels like ive been waiting on this vid from you for a while. i love what you did with the inclusion of the mr new vegas script and caravan cards. i was elated to notice that the vid was nearing its end and that you barely scratched the surface of the game, insuring at least a new vegas part 2 video from you. phenomenal work as always, thank you so much for all you do!
just fantastic. i always learn a ton more about new vegas every time i play it or watch a (good) video on it. i can't wait for more
Praise must be given to whomever is responsible for the art in the first 50 seconds of this video, looked great!
It's from the official new Vegas comics!
The Powder Gangers was one of my favorite factions. They have a lot of content if you explore the whole map. If New Vegas gets remastered I hope they're turned into a real faction
Wow thanks so much for making this video. Been a long time coming lol. Plus props for using the comic.
I’ve been blessed today with a warlockracy video thank you dude
I did not know you could stealth boy past the death-claws. When I tried to stealth boy past them a unique, blind death-claw would just start running at me and kill me before I could get to Fiend territory.
Glad to see one of my fav youtubers is back and kicking! Hope ur doing well dude and staying safe. thanks as always for the quality content
Fantastic work, Warlock! The uptick in production quality has not gone unnoticed. Can't wait for part 2!
The more videos i watch, the more i love the channel 💖
Thank you for all the hard work to put these videos together
If you ever get the chance to try sasparilla, you should. Its like rootbeer but not. Has a slight citrus flavor too
I have a watch party for every new upload and man they just keep getting better!! Fantastic work, dude!!
Wonderful video. It's very interesting how everyone always seems to play this game differently, whether it be slight differences or just skipping entire main quests for the hell of it. Good video.
It's hard to remain neutral with the powder gangers while also keeping the folk of Goodsprings alive. But not impossible 😏
And you can attack the powder gangers during the fight. But you need to do sneak attacks and probably use some save scumming.
New Vegas is my favorite game so I am beyond excited to get to see 8+ hours of content from you devoted to it.
You gonna do all of the DLC?
This video is such ideal long form content. I appreciate you creating this thoughtful content
The game that started it all for me. I will never stop playing nor will i stop loving Fallout New Vages.
>Shows up
>Deletes your town with a deathclaw
>Refuses to elaborate
>Leaves
chance's knife?
moar like...
*Stupid's Knife*
Anyone else only just now learn that Mr. Vegas was an AI? Neat to learn a new thing about this game so long after playing it!
Except he's not artificial. How did you get that idea
I've been watching since the Morrowind mod videos, just trying to see if they were worth my time or not, and you found a place in my heart as my favorite video essayist. Keep it up!!
Bro idk where all this New Vegas content is coming from all over youtube, but i'm loving it, just started a new lightly modded playthrough last week. Also, loved that intro. ♥️ Keep it up G.
Every single time I watch a lengthy video essay on the best game ever made I hope to learn something new or see something I have never done in game.
Didnt happened. I swear I played this game way to much. With and without the Sawyer mod.
RIP Cormac McCarthy. love the quotes and intermingling the themes with New Vegas. So cool
looking forward to all your fallout related content, especially anything new Vegas. but love all the mods you cover for fallout! keep up the warlockracy brother!
Always good to see a Warlockracy video show up in my feed. Hope you are doing well.
Most realistic part of the play through was the fact that he never ended the game
"That's what happens when you leave your nerds unbullied" what a quote
I've said it once and I'll said it again: In my experience, regardless whether, as a nerd, you get bullied or not, you're bound to spiral out of control upon reaching adulthood either way. The difference is that the bullied, like me, come to embrace despair while the unbullied, like maybe Todd, gets their hopes too high up. So it's practically a lose-lose situation.
A video (series?!) about my favorite game with a quote from my favorite book from a favorite UA-cam channels. Couldn’t ask for more.
Love the videos, thanks so much for the content and effort.
Fallout New Vegas is like meeting a girl you are trying to romance. You think you know how her very well but then she tells you something you’ve never knew about her, interesting details that makes her more attractive.
Love this video and how I learn new quest and things I could do in the game.
i am pooping while watching this BTW
Champion 💪
Fallout videos are always fun, but your editing is what makes this great.
No clue how this only just popped into my feed. Great job as always bro.
I don't know how well the FNV DLCs would work with your video format
but are you interested in covering them as well?
Old World Blues would be a fun watch
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS time do annoy my wife by having this on 8 hours a day during work from home until she divorces me
looking foward to more of this series, already subscribed
Currently on my first playthrough of NV, this is amazing timing!
Waiting on part 2