Well he is recording this so if he is playing on easy he is doing it because he does not want to die alot that would be a lot more editing resulting in late video uploads
Never trust brains in jars, never wrong ghouls in suits, always hug mute scarred women, don't be racist, and if given the chance, screw both sides if they wanna use you/kill you/call you savage
"Is the guy who is abrasive, but doesn't turn on you the right one to chose, or do I pick the one who's 'nice' but immediately turns on me? Choices, choices."
What if Mr.House, Frederick Sinclair(Dead Money DLC) and the brains from Old World Blues are also apart of this "Big Game". I mean they all were from before the war, they found mixed success in trying to stay alive, and some tried to bring back their empire. More players = More fun right?
Mr House certainly. He has the money and influence that it would be hard to imagine him not a part of this. Jack Cabot is a strong possibility, though he seems more the type to be interested in his research and not international power plays. He's the only one in the Commonwealth that would fit the bill.
Honestly l went with Desmond because at least he doesn't betray you and also because the dum brain killed his PUPS who would ever do such a thing to some gooood boi
Not to mention the brain-in-a-jar Professor guy keeps openly bragging about mind-controlling innocent people and using them as his soldiers and doesn't give a shit if they're killed. Desmond may be a sarcastic, abrasive, bossy old ghoul, and he admits to manipulating public opinion against political bigwigs by less than savory methods in pre-war days, but at least he doesn't mindcontrol people or do sick experiments on prisoners. He is at least HONEST and doesn't backstab you. Heck, I like Desmond... he's just exasperated of being surrounded by idiots. And you have to admire his dress style, keeping his white suit clean for 200 years.
You know you're in a crapsack world where the 8-Bit Theater observation of: "Would you rather trust a conman who is honest about his con or one who isn't?" is the legit good point.
@@TF2CrunchyFrog It's like how in LOTR Frodo tells Sam that a servant of the enemy would seem fairer. Desmond may seem like an abrasive jerk, but he's also honest and upfront about what's happening. The Professor comes to you as a "friend" but is actually evil and will do away with you in a heartbeat. Basically the most evil people will pretend to be friends until your use expires. Desmond still has his own moral code and has loyalty to his friends. Plus he has dogs. Dogs are usually good judges of character because how someone treats a perceived lower life form says volumes about him. He loves and cares about those dogs. I always choose Desmond when I do this quest.
You could say the Lighthouse Really is Haunted. Calvert's Brain, the Robobrains, Desmond being a ghoul... They're all ghosts of a war long past (just like the north and south war IRL).
According to some of the other comments, this may have something to do with mods. In my two play throughs I have never seen something like that before with any enemy.
The great game is such an amazing concept for an entire story. Several unique and crazed survivors of the nuclear holocaust hunting eachother down to be the last survivor. Kinda like Highlander.
Funny thing about Desmond. When you kill calvert he noticably get's a lot less vulgar and he is a bit kinder to you. I think this guy is suffering. Ghouls are in constant pain and in some cases they learn to dull down the pain as a natural reaction. But Desmond is Old, and he's in pain. And pain sometimes makes people lash out even towards those they like or even love and foul mouth is one part of handling the pain. There are even studies that show that exclaiming and profanities lessen the pain on the suffering subjects. When you kill Calvert, Desmond is so overjoyed that his system is flooded and he doesn't feel that much pain at that time.
and this is why i always take the no mercy each time i play new vegas... there is something... poetic about blowing things up :D besides that blowing things is much more appealing for lazy people like me who have no patience to target everyone in vats :D
yeah... and this is why with the invation of artillery people don't tend to zerg rush anymore ... i mean it's like in gate where 1000 modern soldiers can hold out against 100.000 medieval soldiers + dragons and wizzards... turns out they are not so good against artillery fire :D
I played this DLC so long ago and man, I forgot how much I love that miserable old coot Desmond. Everything he says just kills me. Too bad he couldn't be a companion. I'd heartily enjoy his dialogue.
@@FinrodFelagundTheFair Exactly. And if you have high enough Intelligence, you can get him to open up about it as you're smarter than the average bear.
I have a few ideas about who Desmond may have been looking for Residents at vault 118, who where rich VIPS wanting to preserve themselves in robobrains (maybe they would want to play The Game) Or Bradburton, who helped the US Army, and preserved himself as a frozen head. My bet is that someone in vault 118 was in the game and died years before the sole survivor years before the sole survivor wakes up.
Honestly when I 1st played the DLC content I sided with Desmond. I had sooooooooo many momments when I was aiming my plasma gun at his face...he was annoying me so much. But...I played along...and damn it was after all a really good experience.
Definitely the Cabot's, Desmond may have even been behind the raiders attacking the asylum until the SS intervenes. As someone else said too, Desmond probably knew some of the residents of the Robot Hotel from Far Harbor.
You said that key players in ‘The Great Game’ might’ve downloaded their consciousness into computers to preserve themselves; do you think Mr. House could be a participant in the coming of the apocalypse?
@ Christopher Martinez Because Desmond is an absolute prick and I quite enjoy betraying his dumb, rude arse(I'd like to think he'd have the realization in those last few seconds that I played both of them for fools and am better at their stupid game than they are despite having joined it less than 48 hours before that moment), but at the same time I get more XP and loot if I fight Calvert first. Plus, with me initially siding with Desmond, it gives me a blank check to plan out my assassination on my terms. Which is usually a pulse grenade to the back pocket. Minus the pin.
I actually do the opposite, side with Calvert and destroy the device, then, when Desmond confronts you in the lab under the Lighthouse, explain that it was just to put Calvert into a false sense of security, then go on to fight through the lab and kill Calvert. This way, the Tribals stay friendly.
I think Bradberton is the other person Desmond is off to find in the Commonwealth. He was heavily involved in secretive military things and had a team of unparalleled scientists, and gave himself immortality the same way Calvert did. Kinda.
I would add John-Caleb Bradberton to the list of possible "Great Game" players in the Commonwealth, since Nuka-World is only a monorail ride away from Boston. If your conjecture that they all sought some way to live forever is accurate, Bradberton and LEAP-X/Project Cobalt fit in to that. Though not a member of the international intelligence community--at least, not in an official capacity--he was highly influential in the US, to the point of being able to bargain with a general for participation in LEAP-X, so I think he fits that bill as well.
It's likely that Desmond sought-out Jack Cabot to get within striking distance of Lorenzo, only to spare Jack after being informed of the danger Lorenzo posed to the world. Maybe the Sole Survivor of Vault 111 became an unknowing pawn in the Great Game, with Jack using them to do what Desmond couldn't, in exchange for copies of Calvert's data. Or maybe the Cabots' Ghoul bodyguard fed him to Mirelurks. We'll likely never know.
I never played any of the DLC back in the day. Finally picked up the GOTY edition over the holidays and made it to point lookout the day you started covering it. These videos have made my play through all the better. May you NEVER run out of content to cover lol.
¿What if doctor Stanislaus Braun is one of the "players"? Before the war he was a renowed german scientist, and he got himself willingly into the Tranquility Lane simulation.
I think that the plot of Fallout 4 having to do with The Great Game would have been much more interesting than what we got. Think about it; instead of being some rando you're instead a spy that got put in cryo-stasis. The plot could have revolved around getting factions to ally themselves with you instead of enemy agents, the Institute could have still existed, putting synths out into the Commonwealth and The Brotherhood would be still be involved, just in a less direct way (more akin to Fallout 3 Brotherhood rather than the proto-fashy brotherhood). I think this would have been much better than wake up - chase someone - kill them - get into the institute - pick a faction - kill everyone else.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake. And the science gets done. And you make a neat gun for the people who are still alive.
The Intro for this DLC Is probably best. It's calm, But in the same time it has an edgy feeling, Like death, or stress. P.S I also loved how you struggled to get that last Tribal Sniper.
Love the video. The whole idea of The Great Game is fascinating. So many questions. But the outro with trying to get the ammo from the bucket is absolutely priceless. Thank you so much Mr Oxhorn.
The "Great Game" sorta seems like post apocalyptic version of the Highlander. Immortals are drawn to places in order to combat each other, and if they kill the other they gain all their knowledge.
33:52 "I'm gonna have to bring this one home to Charon." And then the next clip his Gatling Laser's condition has increased. C'mon Oxhorn, Charon is very tired of using the same weapon, and the chance he got of have a new one was taken away because you don't to use that many caps.
CountClebula who knows, ox may give it to him anyway. His character is an energy user and the gatling laser proficiency is determined by big gun skill, not energy. (I do think it should be energy though.)
I believe the best ending is siding with Desmond, he doesn’t use mind control to manipulate a peaceful tribe, which leads to a mass slaughter of them. Yeah he’s mentally unstable but not as dangerous as Calvert. Or you could just murder him as well, he does have it coming for him.
I like to imagine that Desmond found Bradberton, laughed at his plight, and chose to let him continue to suffer, a trophy of the great game, with his only worth being the holder of the recipe of Nuka Cola.
Love the work you put into each vid man. I know editing aint easy, even if it is cut & paste so editing the hours worth of gameplay you have into a video 6 days a week is impressive & well respected. Keep it up Ox
If you decide to side with anyone I think you should decide to side with Desmond, if for no other reason than Calvert Decided to try and kill you once he was done with you, Desmond at least honors your agreement with him.
This is why I truly love to watch your videos, you take the extra time and effort to explore every single option. It not only makes it wonderful to watch, but you never leave a stone unturned! It leaves me completely satisfied. For that I completely thank you!
I killed everyone but the punga guy because he amused me and reminded me of myself. Everyone else was flawed in some way, but not him. No. He is perfect.
The great game is certainly the best idea/concept Bethesda has put forth into the Fallout Universe. It's sad that we got Automatron or Nuka World instead of something centered around another quest with Desmond. Such potential. Here's hoping that he appears in 5.
This quest chain is basically the one you can rely on your own personal interest, both of the characters see their rivalry as a game, they predicted that the bombs will drop and had something to do with it, just to end each other, meaning that they both aren't beacons of morality to say the least, the only thing that sepparates them two is that one of them doesn't choose to get rid of you when the use of you is expired
Cory T he was talking about the bouey. Someone said it was pronounced differently and he basically says it is pronounced differently deepending on the region you come from, but his pronunciation is technically accepted as accurate, as is the pronunciation from more British dialects.
Oxhorn, maybe we already met another great game player: Robert House. In Fallout New Vegas, he transferred his conciousness into a computer, allowing him to live longer. Meanwhile, he preserved Vegas to create an infinite supply of caps and resources to maintain his position of power and a large army of securitrons.
Hot Damn! The Light house Looks like the The light house in Bioshock Infinite, Which Booker is left on. The stairs look like the Same and the Light bulb Place Looks like that scene from Where Booker Unlocks the door and climbs in the Little Rocket room, Just moments before being taking into The Flying City of Columbia!(I think that's what it is called.). I can't believe that Oxhorn Did not mention that when he reached to the top of the light house.
I really like the idea of The Great Game being a piece of content in later Fallout games. It is such a cool piece of lore that leaving it in a DLC would be a waste. Like, the Replicated Man in 3 being turned into a huge plot point in 4. I'd be curious to see what else Oxhorn thinks could be used in a similar fashion in future games. :O
I think it's possible that Desmond is heading to Point Lookout to the robot Hotel for someone living there and or somebody that was in the vault in cryostasis with you that they don't show you leave somehow
12:30 This scene is even more haunting when you realize that the nukes never directly hit Point Lookout, and it took quite some time for the fallout to arrive. My theory is that these were tourists who, upon seeing mushroom clouds hitting the coast in the distance, rushed to leave the lighthouse, but slipped and fell down the stairs, bashing their skulls in the wall and steps. This would explain the splatters of blood on the walls despite the lack of a gun used to commit suicide.
Desmond was a case of huge, and I mean HUGE wasted potential. As a companion in either 3 or 4, and hell, another DLC could revolve around him and the Great game alone, if not several DLCs. Damn, Bethesda. What a waste.
The great game really feels like it is something that'll show up in a later game. Sort of like the replicated man quest, it seems like there could be future Fallout games where we encounter NPCs from pre-war America who are all in some sort of great conflict with each other that's been going on for centuries.
I'm from Connecticut and have never heard anyone pronounce it "boy", we pronounce it "boo-e", and I've take a boating course and even the instructor pronounced it "boo-e"
Yeah, of all the things ox mispronounces people complained about one got right? I mean, even if the 'boy' pronunciation is technically correct, boo'e is much more common.
One important caveat about the microwave emitter: it actually ignores damage resistance and, if you have TTW, damage threshold. This is the only energy weapon in the game to do so, and it's very useful against deathclaws, albeit cumbersome.
OXHORN Do you think there were any ghouls before the war? I mean This version of the world used so much nuclear power there had to be an instance of someone accidentally being exposed to radiation or even forcibly through experiments. It would be amazing to meet a ghoul that was created before the bombs dropped.
In FO4 nick’s nemesis turned himself into a ghoul on purpose to live forever before the bombs dropped. His girl found him, threw up, and left so it had to be before the bombs. If he did it on purpose expecting those results then at some point before the war someone figured it out.
Linda If you have the chance, I strongly recommend at least trying the previous games. Just keep in mind the lack of running, slower vats and occasional game freeze. Other than that, they are a lot of fun. Well, Bethesda era at least, can't say for the originals or side games.
I tried NV at one point but it just didn't appeal to me, Not a bad game but just didn't feel like it wasn't for me. Would consider that as having played it. - Aren't all the fallout games a bit glitchy in one way or another?
Oxhorn I just discovered your channel a couple of days before Christmas and I'm HOOKED! I've been binge watching old episodes every day. They are so good, so in depth, you can see the hard work you pour into each one. Keep up the great work, you sir are an inspiration! 😄
I'm not sure if you know, but in fallout 3 the Gatling Laser is a "big gun" not an energy weapon. It can be confusing because in New Vegas it is an energy weapon, as there is no big guns category.
Nice shootin', Tex! I respect the heck out of the fact that you never seem to fall back on VATS. It helps keep us feeling immersed in the story. That's not counting the weapon demonstration at the end, where the VATS use was a necessity. I wrote this while i was watching the tribal snipers getting pegged.
34:20 that crazy looking bendie man glitch you have in you're game Oxhorn is soooo funny, lol Desmond doesn't even need to look up with his head just bend his back backwards at a 90 degree angle to shoot up at his targets XD
what a line Desmond "after two hundred and fifty years you think I'm gonna go down like that. Ha. Try it!" then immediately shot in the chest by a Gauss rifle. Oxhorn he wasn't ready 😂😂😂😂
The version of the Gamebryo engine they used for FO3 really isn't made for shooter games. So shooting, throwing nades, and other shooter mechanics and physics just don't work as they should. In any other game it would've landed on the roof. He probably would've even killed that sniper with his gauss rifle, if not for the invisible walls along the edge of that wavy roof.
So a thought is Mr House part of the great game I mean it would make sense he knew that the war was going to happen he was a major figure in the pre war he had a plan on how to survive the bombs I imagine it’s pretty likely
I wouldn't be surprised if Desmond's next target was Daisy, from Goodneighbour. Ghoul, so immortal. Had a husband in the military, nothing to say she also didn't work for the government. Has a dark side which frightened Irma, who stated " there's a reason she's lived to be such a ripe, old age." I think Daisy also mentioned that she used to travel before settling down in Goodneighbour. Maybe she eliminated a few rivals, then stayed in one place, waiting for them to come to her, giving her the home-turf advantage.
Ox, if you want the best Gatling laser in FO3, goto the Deathclaw Sanctuary on the west side of the map, and there next to a dead body by a pool in the cave, you will find Vengeance. The best Laser gat.
The great game is a reference to the battle between spies in India between imperial Russia and England in the 1800s. It was from the boom Kim by kipling
14:46
"After 250 years you think I'll go down to *YOU* ?"
*Immediately gets ROCKED right into the wall*
MrYamato97 maybe, but playing on easy is better than shooting a raider 12 times in the head with a pistol at close range to be able to kill him
Well he is recording this so if he is playing on easy he is doing it because he does not want to die alot that would be a lot more editing resulting in late video uploads
MrYamato97 this game is easy no matter what difficult you play it at have you never fought Desmond?
MrYamato97 also it's obvious he's playing this in normal difficulty by the damage being dealt
Pancham Pangoro
*_KAPOW!_*
after Big Mt. ill trust a ghoul over a brain anyday
Knightikhan same
This is before Big Mt so what you said make no sense.
Shaun Carver chronological order doesn't matter
Shaun Carver I think he means after playing The Big MT dlc in New Vegas he doesn’t trust brains in the fallout universe.
Never trust brains in jars, never wrong ghouls in suits, always hug mute scarred women, don't be racist, and if given the chance, screw both sides if they wanna use you/kill you/call you savage
I like how every time Desmond raises his gun his body freaks the fuck out and he furiously goes back and forth
Christian Thompson *insert promise meme here*
Christian Thompson Whatca talkin bout'?
*THATS JUST RECOIL*
Parkinson’s is not a joke.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
im getting TF2 Bot Flashbacks seeing it too
"Is the guy who is abrasive, but doesn't turn on you the right one to chose, or do I pick the one who's 'nice' but immediately turns on me? Choices, choices."
I'd take the brain over another few minutes of the ghoul's shitty attitude any day.
@@tjk117Nah, he's endearing.
What if Mr.House, Frederick Sinclair(Dead Money DLC) and the brains from Old World Blues are also apart of this "Big Game". I mean they all were from before the war, they found mixed success in trying to stay alive, and some tried to bring back their empire. More players = More fun right?
Good hypothesis
I find this interesting
Sinclair doesn't make much sense, but Mr.House sure does and the think tank was a mistake. We learn that Mobius did that without their permission.
Scuba Gamer Yeah... Nope.
Mr House certainly. He has the money and influence that it would be hard to imagine him not a part of this. Jack Cabot is a strong possibility, though he seems more the type to be interested in his research and not international power plays. He's the only one in the Commonwealth that would fit the bill.
"gonna bring this home to charon" then uses it to repair his gatling laser.. poor charon
Charon isn't getting a present for Christmas...
Yeah I always felt bad for Charon, hes my fave ghoul in Fallout 3!
I couldn't keep Charon alive
I doubt Charon would have wanted it anyway. He always preferred his combat shotgun.
*Sad grumbling*
Honestly l went with Desmond because at least he doesn't betray you and also because the dum brain killed his PUPS who would ever do such a thing to some gooood boi
Not to mention the brain-in-a-jar Professor guy keeps openly bragging about mind-controlling innocent people and using them as his soldiers and doesn't give a shit if they're killed. Desmond may be a sarcastic, abrasive, bossy old ghoul, and he admits to manipulating public opinion against political bigwigs by less than savory methods in pre-war days, but at least he doesn't mindcontrol people or do sick experiments on prisoners. He is at least HONEST and doesn't backstab you. Heck, I like Desmond... he's just exasperated of being surrounded by idiots. And you have to admire his dress style, keeping his white suit clean for 200 years.
@@TF2CrunchyFrog and the hair, never forget that hair; may not have the pipes like Dean Domino but the man still has the doo baby
You know you're in a crapsack world where the 8-Bit Theater observation of: "Would you rather trust a conman who is honest about his con or one who isn't?" is the legit good point.
@@TF2CrunchyFrog It's like how in LOTR Frodo tells Sam that a servant of the enemy would seem fairer. Desmond may seem like an abrasive jerk, but he's also honest and upfront about what's happening. The Professor comes to you as a "friend" but is actually evil and will do away with you in a heartbeat. Basically the most evil people will pretend to be friends until your use expires. Desmond still has his own moral code and has loyalty to his friends. Plus he has dogs. Dogs are usually good judges of character because how someone treats a perceived lower life form says volumes about him. He loves and cares about those dogs. I always choose Desmond when I do this quest.
R.I.P Desmonds pups you will be remembered
You could say the Lighthouse Really is Haunted. Calvert's Brain, the Robobrains, Desmond being a ghoul... They're all ghosts of a war long past (just like the north and south war IRL).
Desmond is extremely flexible
Aaron Coldren It's common knowledge that radiation makes the calcium in bones extremely flexible.
Aaron Coldren another excellent feature added to the game by Bethesda
According to some of the other comments, this may have something to do with mods. In my two play throughs I have never seen something like that before with any enemy.
He has a case of 200+ year old back.
The great game is such an amazing concept for an entire story. Several unique and crazed survivors of the nuclear holocaust hunting eachother down to be the last survivor. Kinda like Highlander.
Whelp great news, the Fallout TV show showcased the corporate great game
Funny thing about Desmond. When you kill calvert he noticably get's a lot less vulgar and he is a bit kinder to you.
I think this guy is suffering. Ghouls are in constant pain and in some cases they learn to dull down the pain as a natural reaction. But Desmond is Old, and he's in pain. And pain sometimes makes people lash out even towards those they like or even love and foul mouth is one part of handling the pain. There are even studies that show that exclaiming and profanities lessen the pain on the suffering subjects.
When you kill Calvert, Desmond is so overjoyed that his system is flooded and he doesn't feel that much pain at that time.
Calvert comments that Desmond has always been foul mouthed. I don't think it's the pain; he clearly thinks he's better than everyone else.
I have Stockholm syndrome so i was loyal to Desmond
@@pingus9934 LMAO
Awe that is a good theory
We made Poor Old Desmond feel better
If ghouls constantly feel pain. I would never want to be a ghoul
Oxhorn:
"GRENADES FOR DAYS"
*throws grenades all over the place*
Belisarius The Historian
"A HANDFUL OF SHRAPNEL MAKES THE MEDICINE GO DOWN!" - Gordon Freeman.
and this is why i always take the no mercy each time i play new vegas... there is something... poetic about blowing things up :D besides that blowing things is much more appealing for lazy people like me who have no patience to target everyone in vats :D
See - that's the reason I served at the artillery: 50 metres astray still counts as bulls eye.
yeah... and this is why with the invation of artillery people don't tend to zerg rush anymore ... i mean it's like in gate where 1000 modern soldiers can hold out against 100.000 medieval soldiers + dragons and wizzards... turns out they are not so good against artillery fire :D
I always have like 20 frag grenades but I always forget about them and just shoot things in the face with my .44 pistol instead.
I played this DLC so long ago and man, I forgot how much I love that miserable old coot Desmond. Everything he says just kills me. Too bad he couldn't be a companion. I'd heartily enjoy his dialogue.
It's too bad that Desmond wasn't available as a companion in Fallout 4 in the Commonwealth. That would have been awesome.
@@mish375With his loyalty quest being the Soul Survivor helping him take out another player in The Big Game
@@FinrodFelagundTheFair Exactly. And if you have high enough Intelligence, you can get him to open up about it as you're smarter than the average bear.
The thing I love most about these little mini series is the intros
GrommitTK Gameing nothing can top the old world blues intro tho
Anonymous 1 I know it was amazing
Jihad
@@batman6621 Nuka-world was my favourite.
I have a few ideas about who Desmond may have been looking for
Residents at vault 118, who where rich VIPS wanting to preserve themselves in robobrains (maybe they would want to play The Game)
Or Bradburton, who helped the US Army, and preserved himself as a frozen head.
My bet is that someone in vault 118 was in the game and died years before the sole survivor years before the sole survivor wakes up.
Oxhorn did you break your animations? Swear i saw desmond bend over backwards when he shot you lol thats some pretty intense recoil
noticed this too. the guys he was sniping on the roof were flying all over as well with their animations
Selina Hays and not to mention in the bunker under the lighthouse
That's a common thing with modded FO3/NV installs. I get it in TTW.
TestECull realize that i use to mod my f3 and nv too just thought it was funny
Zackary Mondor It started happening to me in FO3 after I installed the iron sights mod, never had it in TTW though.
Honestly when I 1st played the DLC content I sided with Desmond. I had sooooooooo many momments when I was aiming my plasma gun at his face...he was annoying me so much. But...I played along...and damn it was after all a really good experience.
well you'll get used to annoying people when you play for long enough i know i am
The confrontation between Desmond and The Brain is like a high school fight, yeah?
That's actually kind of the point; these are very old people killing each other over petty grudges so old most wouldn't remember them at all.
Before you actually attack either of them they’re just insulting each other, so it’s also like an internet fight.
Definitely the Cabot's, Desmond may have even been behind the raiders attacking the asylum until the SS intervenes. As someone else said too, Desmond probably knew some of the residents of the Robot Hotel from Far Harbor.
The thing I noted about Calvert is that he comes form an influential prewar family, who has a Chinese spy bunker in his garden
"After 250 years you think I'd go down to you?" *proceeds to get shot and knocked down instantly *
Watching oxhorn is more entertaining than playing the game myself.
That's what you think
If you bored playing the game you playing the game wrong
You said that key players in ‘The Great Game’ might’ve downloaded their consciousness into computers to preserve themselves; do you think Mr. House could be a participant in the coming of the apocalypse?
I usually side with Desmond, then after Calvert's dead, I blow Desmond's rude ass away.
Why?
i do that to . but i kill Desmond first .
@ Christopher Martinez Because Desmond is an absolute prick and I quite enjoy betraying his dumb, rude arse(I'd like to think he'd have the realization in those last few seconds that I played both of them for fools and am better at their stupid game than they are despite having joined it less than 48 hours before that moment), but at the same time I get more XP and loot if I fight Calvert first. Plus, with me initially siding with Desmond, it gives me a blank check to plan out my assassination on my terms.
Which is usually a pulse grenade to the back pocket. Minus the pin.
TestECull C'mon, at least he gave a damn about his dogs.
I actually do the opposite, side with Calvert and destroy the device, then, when Desmond confronts you in the lab under the Lighthouse, explain that it was just to put Calvert into a false sense of security, then go on to fight through the lab and kill Calvert. This way, the Tribals stay friendly.
An Ox video before I gotta go to work
If anything, this will keep me going today
Thanks Ox!!
Mindy Auron no it won't. Lollll
heyman supman it did. Thank you though
Mindy Auron ez
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17:44 Desmond went to the Monty Python School of Firearms I see.
*Swamp Adventures: Brain in a jar is apperantly more powerful than a guy with a rifle*
I think Bradberton is the other person Desmond is off to find in the Commonwealth. He was heavily involved in secretive military things and had a team of unparalleled scientists, and gave himself immortality the same way Calvert did. Kinda.
I would add John-Caleb Bradberton to the list of possible "Great Game" players in the Commonwealth, since Nuka-World is only a monorail ride away from Boston. If your conjecture that they all sought some way to live forever is accurate, Bradberton and LEAP-X/Project Cobalt fit in to that. Though not a member of the international intelligence community--at least, not in an official capacity--he was highly influential in the US, to the point of being able to bargain with a general for participation in LEAP-X, so I think he fits that bill as well.
It's likely that Desmond sought-out Jack Cabot to get within striking distance of Lorenzo, only to spare Jack after being informed of the danger Lorenzo posed to the world. Maybe the Sole Survivor of Vault 111 became an unknowing pawn in the Great Game, with Jack using them to do what Desmond couldn't, in exchange for copies of Calvert's data.
Or maybe the Cabots' Ghoul bodyguard fed him to Mirelurks. We'll likely never know.
I never played any of the DLC back in the day. Finally picked up the GOTY edition over the holidays and made it to point lookout the day you started covering it. These videos have made my play through all the better. May you NEVER run out of content to cover lol.
¿What if doctor Stanislaus Braun is one of the "players"? Before the war he was a renowed german scientist, and he got himself willingly into the Tranquility Lane simulation.
WhoAH
He thinks too small. Braun just wants to torture the residents of tranquility lane
Good point
Braun was never about surviving the apocalypse, he was all about escaping it.
I’ve been waiting forever for him to return
The Nerd Cage its only been 2 days.
I think that the plot of Fallout 4 having to do with The Great Game would have been much more interesting than what we got. Think about it; instead of being some rando you're instead a spy that got put in cryo-stasis. The plot could have revolved around getting factions to ally themselves with you instead of enemy agents, the Institute could have still existed, putting synths out into the Commonwealth and The Brotherhood would be still be involved, just in a less direct way (more akin to Fallout 3 Brotherhood rather than the proto-fashy brotherhood).
I think this would have been much better than wake up - chase someone - kill them - get into the institute - pick a faction - kill everyone else.
I'm from New England, literally live one street over from the ocean and I've never heard it pronounced as "boy"
What I find weird, is of all the words ox mispronounces, people complained about one he had correct?
@@Lockpickingblacksmith also, in french, it's bouée (boo-hey).
Oxhorn gets right every french words. With an accent, but this is not a surprise.
The Great Game sounds intriguing....Oh, plus the BIG MT guys were over 200 years old, maybe they could be considered part of the Game too
But there's no sense crying
over every mistake.
You just keep on trying
'til you run out of cake.
And the science gets done.
And you make a neat gun
for the people who are
still alive.
Hi GLADOS. XD
And believe me I am still alive
Nice.😀👌👌
The Intro for this DLC Is probably best. It's calm, But in the same time it has an edgy feeling, Like death, or stress. P.S I also loved how you struggled to get that last Tribal Sniper.
That swampfolk ominously off in the distance really sets things.
Imagine being one of these "Great Game" participants and next thing on your to do list is: "Become immortal" or "survive the nuclear apocalypse".
Love the video. The whole idea of The Great Game is fascinating. So many questions. But the outro with trying to get the ammo from the bucket is absolutely priceless. Thank you so much Mr Oxhorn.
The "Great Game" sorta seems like post apocalyptic version of the Highlander. Immortals are drawn to places in order to combat each other, and if they kill the other they gain all their knowledge.
Ox, the Microwave Emitter ignores enemy armor. It’s actually a great weapon to use against Mirelurks and Power Armor.
the longer you hold the grenade button in fallout 3, the further it goes.
Well fuck me thanks!
sometimes, in console 😐
33:52 "I'm gonna have to bring this one home to Charon." And then the next clip his Gatling Laser's condition has increased. C'mon Oxhorn, Charon is very tired of using the same weapon, and the chance he got of have a new one was taken away because you don't to use that many caps.
CountClebula who knows, ox may give it to him anyway. His character is an energy user and the gatling laser proficiency is determined by big gun skill, not energy. (I do think it should be energy though.)
"I can certainly do one thing that you cant..... I CAN F***ING WELL WALK"
I laughed so hard here for some reason XD
This man goes into to details about everything, he even gave us a lesson on the pronunciation of the word "buoy". Oxhorn, you're freaking awesome.
I believe the best ending is siding with Desmond, he doesn’t use mind control to manipulate a peaceful tribe, which leads to a mass slaughter of them. Yeah he’s mentally unstable but not as dangerous as Calvert. Or you could just murder him as well, he does have it coming for him.
What mind control? Calvert only talks to him.
4:18. "Dat shit hurted" LMFAO
34:28
"Bring it around town, bring it arooound town"
37:14
"TECHNIIQUE! TECHNIIQUE!
SQUIDWAAARD!"
I like to imagine that Desmond found Bradberton, laughed at his plight, and chose to let him continue to suffer, a trophy of the great game, with his only worth being the holder of the recipe of Nuka Cola.
Love the work you put into each vid man. I know editing aint easy, even if it is cut & paste so editing the hours worth of gameplay you have into a video 6 days a week is impressive & well respected. Keep it up Ox
How interesting would a Fall Out game be that took place hours, or days after the bombs fell and it was about how the people survived?
Chrisfragger1 I'm from the fucking future its called 76 and its awful
@@mimegaming3444 lol
@@mimegaming3444 The problem with 76 is because they tried to turn fallout into that piece of shit fortnite
mime gaming I’m from the farther fucking future and the Wastelanders update actually makes up for most of it.
Im from the future and you get an astronaut gamer waifu. Worth it
If you decide to side with anyone I think you should decide to side with Desmond, if for no other reason than Calvert Decided to try and kill you once he was done with you, Desmond at least honors your agreement with him.
I'm 99% sure Robert House was/is a player in "the great game".
Can you talk about the dinosaur skeleton underneath one of the buoys?
I don't know how I made it until today. It was a cold new year literally and figuratively with a 2 day wait in the middle of a dlc series.
This is why I truly love to watch your videos, you take the extra time and effort to explore every single option. It not only makes it wonderful to watch, but you never leave a stone unturned! It leaves me completely satisfied. For that I completely thank you!
The Point Lookout theme is embedded into me so much, that I hum it a lot!
I wish there was dlc for fallout 4 called the game goes on where you have to kill other people part of the game
I killed everyone but the punga guy because he amused me and reminded me of myself. Everyone else was flawed in some way, but not him. No. He is perfect.
2:53-3:09
I love you for leaving this in
The great game is certainly the best idea/concept Bethesda has put forth into the Fallout Universe. It's sad that we got Automatron or Nuka World instead of something centered around another quest with Desmond. Such potential. Here's hoping that he appears in 5.
This quest chain is basically the one you can rely on your own personal interest, both of the characters see their rivalry as a game, they predicted that the bombs will drop and had something to do with it, just to end each other, meaning that they both aren't beacons of morality to say the least, the only thing that sepparates them two is that one of them doesn't choose to get rid of you when the use of you is expired
Unnecessarily correct Oxhorn, get a 2 minute rebuttal in the middle of a video 😂 thats why I keep watching man, hilarious!
Andrew Klan wait which part was the rebuttal?
Cory T he was talking about the bouey. Someone said it was pronounced differently and he basically says it is pronounced differently deepending on the region you come from, but his pronunciation is technically accepted as accurate, as is the pronunciation from more British dialects.
9:32
Oh yeah.
Oxhorn, maybe we already met another great game player: Robert House. In Fallout New Vegas, he transferred his conciousness into a computer, allowing him to live longer. Meanwhile, he preserved Vegas to create an infinite supply of caps and resources to maintain his position of power and a large army of securitrons.
I just wanted to say that the calverts probably owned the lab considering that it's under there house
You know what, thanks to Oxhorn i might get fallout 3. Oxhorn is the reason why i'm playing fallout 4 and fallout new vegas. Thank you Ox.
Hot Damn! The Light house Looks like the The light house in Bioshock Infinite, Which Booker is left on. The stairs look like the Same and the Light bulb Place Looks like that scene from Where Booker Unlocks the door and climbs in the Little Rocket room, Just moments before being taking into The Flying City of Columbia!(I think that's what it is called.). I can't believe that Oxhorn Did not mention that when he reached to the top of the light house.
There's always a man, always a city, always a lighthouse. Would've been funny to see a Bioshock nod in the lighthouse with a note or something.
Because Fallout 3 came out several years before BioShock Infinite
I really like the idea of The Great Game being a piece of content in later Fallout games. It is such a cool piece of lore that leaving it in a DLC would be a waste. Like, the Replicated Man in 3 being turned into a huge plot point in 4. I'd be curious to see what else Oxhorn thinks could be used in a similar fashion in future games. :O
I think it's possible that Desmond is heading to Point Lookout to the robot Hotel for someone living there and or somebody that was in the vault in cryostasis with you that they don't show you leave somehow
You mean he's headed to far harbor, not point lookout, the place he's currently in
Coney Island James yes
i dont think thats it because the person who's a part of the game would likely just build his own vault or thats what i think
Probably not, but yet again, perhaps true.
Dewey Bussell when he mentioned someone using cryogenic's to freeze themselves i immediately thought of Mrhl house, i belive he is part of this "game"
Desmond ability to become a 90 degree angle out in the most important confrontation is great
I quite like Desmond he's unique but so is the brain but I'd go with Desmond
12:30
This scene is even more haunting when you realize that the nukes never directly hit Point Lookout, and it took quite some time for the fallout to arrive. My theory is that these were tourists who, upon seeing mushroom clouds hitting the coast in the distance, rushed to leave the lighthouse, but slipped and fell down the stairs, bashing their skulls in the wall and steps. This would explain the splatters of blood on the walls despite the lack of a gun used to commit suicide.
Desmond was a case of huge, and I mean HUGE wasted potential. As a companion in either 3 or 4, and hell, another DLC could revolve around him and the Great game alone, if not several DLCs. Damn, Bethesda. What a waste.
Myraseth he would have been an AMAZING companion in FO4, at least in a DLC.
Yeah and people would have complained about not having anything new.
The great game really feels like it is something that'll show up in a later game. Sort of like the replicated man quest, it seems like there could be future Fallout games where we encounter NPCs from pre-war America who are all in some sort of great conflict with each other that's been going on for centuries.
I'm from Connecticut and have never heard anyone pronounce it "boy", we pronounce it "boo-e", and I've take a boating course and even the instructor pronounced it "boo-e"
Yeah, of all the things ox mispronounces people complained about one got right? I mean, even if the 'boy' pronunciation is technically correct, boo'e is much more common.
A fellow Nutmegger lol. Feels like nobody who isn't from CT ever pays it any mind. Greetings from Fairfield County.
One important caveat about the microwave emitter: it actually ignores damage resistance and, if you have TTW, damage threshold. This is the only energy weapon in the game to do so, and it's very useful against deathclaws, albeit cumbersome.
OXHORN Do you think there were any ghouls before the war? I mean This version of the world used so much nuclear power there had to be an instance of someone accidentally being exposed to radiation or even forcibly through experiments. It would be amazing to meet a ghoul that was created before the bombs dropped.
In FO4 nick’s nemesis turned himself into a ghoul on purpose to live forever before the bombs dropped. His girl found him, threw up, and left so it had to be before the bombs.
If he did it on purpose expecting those results then at some point before the war someone figured it out.
That's basically what Desmond is. He turned himself into a ghoul before the bombs dropped to gain immortality.
I'm just now realizing that this DLC is basically just zombie James Bond vs. The killer transhumanist
Never played any other fallout games other than 4, Still find any Fallout video from Oxhorn very interesting and quite entertaining
Linda
If you have the chance, I strongly recommend at least trying the previous games. Just keep in mind the lack of running, slower vats and occasional game freeze. Other than that, they are a lot of fun. Well, Bethesda era at least, can't say for the originals or side games.
I tried NV at one point but it just didn't appeal to me, Not a bad game but just didn't feel like it wasn't for me. Would consider that as having played it.
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Aren't all the fallout games a bit glitchy in one way or another?
Oxhorn I just discovered your channel a couple of days before Christmas and I'm HOOKED! I've been binge watching old episodes every day. They are so good, so in depth, you can see the hard work you pour into each one. Keep up the great work, you sir are an inspiration! 😄
I'm not sure if you know, but in fallout 3 the Gatling Laser is a "big gun" not an energy weapon. It can be confusing because in New Vegas it is an energy weapon, as there is no big guns category.
Nice shootin', Tex!
I respect the heck out of the fact that you never seem to fall back on VATS. It helps keep us feeling immersed in the story.
That's not counting the weapon demonstration at the end, where the VATS use was a necessity. I wrote this while i was watching the tribal snipers getting pegged.
i have always wondered was House a player in the game.
Seems very likely.
Probably
Oxhorn you really don’t get enough credit for quality like this possibly the best fallout lore story teller
I love oxhorn I have been here since 2016 he is the best guy ever I always watch the vids just as there made it makes me happy inside
Me too YT....me too. I had started watching late 2016 and I love how he has progressed since then.
Flip-flop 3000 Thanks :)
No prob bro any time.
I'm actually watching his new episode right now on ps4.
you think thats long? Ha! I've been here since 2017!
34:20 that crazy looking bendie man glitch you have in you're game Oxhorn is soooo funny, lol Desmond doesn't even need to look up with his head just bend his back backwards at a 90 degree angle to shoot up at his targets XD
what a line Desmond "after two hundred and fifty years you think I'm gonna go down like that. Ha. Try it!" then immediately shot in the chest by a Gauss rifle. Oxhorn he wasn't ready 😂😂😂😂
Am I the only one who absolutely LOVES the music in the intro? Creepy and awesome! Good job Ox!
2:53 Oxhorn's throwing skills
I could’ve sworn it went over the edge...
The version of the Gamebryo engine they used for FO3 really isn't made for shooter games. So shooting, throwing nades, and other shooter mechanics and physics just don't work as they should.
In any other game it would've landed on the roof. He probably would've even killed that sniper with his gauss rifle, if not for the invisible walls along the edge of that wavy roof.
“After 250 year you’ll think I’ll go down to you”,Desmond said before being slumped in a corner by a proto gauss rifle😂
So a thought is Mr House part of the great game I mean it would make sense he knew that the war was going to happen he was a major figure in the pre war he had a plan on how to survive the bombs I imagine it’s pretty likely
This is by far one of the most entertaining and well produced Lore channels out there.
Whats the owner of nuka world who did cryogenics on his head? Maybe part of the great game.
I wouldn't be surprised if Desmond's next target was Daisy, from Goodneighbour. Ghoul, so immortal. Had a husband in the military, nothing to say she also didn't work for the government. Has a dark side which frightened Irma, who stated " there's a reason she's lived to be such a ripe, old age." I think Daisy also mentioned that she used to travel before settling down in Goodneighbour. Maybe she eliminated a few rivals, then stayed in one place, waiting for them to come to her, giving her the home-turf advantage.
Great content as always Ox ! ! !
Ox, if you want the best Gatling laser in FO3, goto the Deathclaw Sanctuary on the west side of the map, and there next to a dead body by a pool in the cave, you will find Vengeance. The best Laser gat.
The great game is a reference to the battle between spies in India between imperial Russia and England in the 1800s. It was from the boom Kim by kipling
Those grenade throws were so funny.