An Evaluation of Fallout New Vegas' DLC

Finally finished this game off once and for all... I think.
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Songs:
A lot of the New Vegas OST
Sax Quartet by The Seatbelts
Funky Dealer off of the Jet Set Radio OST
Viva Namida from Space Dandy
Sleepy Head by The Pillows
Fallin' Love (Final Edit) by asser- / fallin-love
Mamama Lap Pillow by Kurosai- / mamama-lap-pillow-kurosai
Flight by tsundere twintails- / flight
Timestamps:
00:00- Intro
03:07- Dead Money
29:52- Honest Hearts
45:08- Crunchyroll ad
46:53- Old World Blues
01:05:36- Lonesome Road
01:24:20- Final thoughts
01:26:03- Outro
No idea if the Crunchyroll thing still works, but the link is crunchyroll.com/salt
Thanks for watching!

[@shimmerback]

Timestamps: Intro - 0:00 Dead Money - 3:06 Honest Hearts - 29:56 Ad - (Crunchyroll) - 45:09 Old World Blues - 46:53 Lonesome Road - 1:05:35 Summary/Conclusion - 1:24:21

[@arsenii_yavorskyi]

you're doing god's work, sir.

[@Virgil-Arcanum]

@@arsenii_yavorskyi better than Dogs work.

[@VixdadKeyhart]

Deez Nuts - 69:420

[@TheSaltFactory]

Knew I forgot to do something, thanks for the timestamps man

[@jpvielleux]

Forgot 14:45

[@Templas100]

The voice actor behind father Elijah, Richard Herd, Jr. unfortunately passed away on 26th of may 2020 at the age of 87. RIP

[@plushieoctopusonhead8415]

This year carried it too far

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

the voice actor for doc mitchell also has some kind of cancer, i believe? or maybe got into some kind of accident? whatever it was, some fans set up a fundraiser for him to help him out, if youre interested

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

@@skycrafter2042 yeah, thats it, thank you

[@Matt_10203]

@@skycrafter2042 good to see that so many people are donating to him.

[@skycrafter2042]

@@Matt_10203 happy to see he might get better

[@erdervv]

The coolest character in honest hearts is not even alive by the time the player gets there. The surivalist's story is something else.

[@nonywoods8362]

his rifle is one of my favorite

[@christophercrowe8321]

Our Lord and Savior Randall Clark blessed be his name

[@tedtheodorelogan8618]

That man suffered like no other total legend

[@k26b81]

Can u elaborate, I must of missed it during my play through.

[@damianwaga6357]

@@k26b81 When you enter the caves of HH, there will be find beds, weapons, and terminals depicting the life story of a man who survived the bombs dropping and lived in Zion, struggling to survive and watching a group of survivors get killed. Pretty depressing fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Randall_Clark

[@sedftnio]

The best part of Honest Hearts was easily the Father in the Caves: A military veteran turned survivalist after the bombs fell. His story is probably one of the best written in any fallout game. Doesn’t hurt that the survivalist’s rifle is awesome too. It’s unfortunate you never got around to his story. Great vid regardless!

[@whodatninja439]

how do you get this quest

[@sedftnio]

@@whodatninja439 I wouldn’t even call it a quest. You get the story from all the terminals in the caves where the “Father” resided during his time in Zion. Or just use the wiki to read them all.

[@thinefaithfulcrusader2829]

It isn't a quest as it is a check in Lockpick skill and your Exploration. You go into Six different caves and find a duffle bag near the actual beginning of the DLC when Chalk talks to you.

[@TheSchultinator]

I just wish that you could take the story to the Sorrows after you find all of it. Use it to beat Daniel over the head with, show him how cowardly and shameful his plan is, and show the Sorrows there is a way between Daniel's run away and Graham's obliteration

[@mrdaym]

You just made me realize why I liked HH so much. Everything he went through, and did while being out of sight.

[@SorakuFett]

I liked Dead Money especially for how it actually *punished* you for passing a check. The first conversation you have with Dean, there's a Barter Check and if you *pass* it, Dean absolutely hates you for the rest of the story and there's no way to avoid his boss fight.

[@alexkurtdark]

At first I wanted to make peace with him, until I learned that he was the one who pushed Christine, which filled me with anger. My least favourite DLC tbh, even though I didn't necessarily dislike it, but I loved Christine so much and just wanted to protect her and help her.

[@kreevisful]

@@alexkurtdark same f Dean Domino

[@Based_Witch_Hunter]

Really fits the theme about needing to let go

[@201hastings]

Killing dean isn’t a punishment though. I was looking forward to it the whole dlc

[@alexcrowder1673]

Theres actually only 1 way NOT to avoid the fight. Passing the check wasnt the problem, it was because you didnt blindly agree with everything he says. If you dont agree with him right off the bat about him being in charge then he will hate you no matter what.

[@crossbones116]

It's funny how the Think Tank are played for comedy for 99% of their screentime yet are still far more threatening and competent than the Institute.

[@joshuakim5240]

To be fair, the Think Tank are comedic on the outside but genuinely sinister monsters on the inside. The Institute is the reverse, being wannabe mad scientists who are too stupid, incompetent, and slow to pull it off believably.

[@ManaMastery]

@The Nova renaissance Right? Like, the whole disappearing people and replacing them with synths plot. That was left completely unresolved

[@swozzlesticks3068]

THE COLLECTIVE GENIUSES OF..... WE quaking in my very boots

[@lysytoszef]

@@joshuakim5240 This exactly! Institute is like a villian from a cartoon aimed at 8 year-olds. Think Tank, if you can suspend your disbelieve and cut through the comedy for a second, if bloody terryfing.

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

@@ManaMastery what do you mean? They gave a perfectly good answer: duuuh iT's ToO cUmPleCaTeDD, yOu WoUlDn'T UnDooRsTaaaaaaand 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@kaptainkrispy7839]

Fallout: Thirsty Boi Fallout 2: Ogga Bogga man Fallout 3: Daddys Boy Fallout 4: Bad Father Fallout New Vegas: A N G R Y M A I L M A N

[@trungcaothemagnificent2777]

Hunting it

[@ratboythin8870]

Local Mailman Literally Too Angry To Die

[@monsoon7034]

angy mail boi

[@cheesegod1340]

Angy mailman

[@xiaohuagu1717]

Wait a minute? All this time I thought I was playing a Fallout game. When, in fact, I was playing a Postal game!

[@Rawkwilder]

Fun fact: two-bears-high-fiving is a nod by the developers to a mod that simply gives you a reply option during, during the psychological test by doc Mitchell. Because one of the Rorschach splotches looks like two bears highfiving.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Honestly the NCR should have a combat formation that uses patches of 2 bears high fiving.

[@ColinGeiger0]

It should be mentioned that you only see Two-Bears-High-Fiving if you have the wild wasteland trait activated Another funny one from Honest Hearts is in the video, when the Shaman says "Take drugs! Kill a bear!"

[@Glassandcandy]

I always saw it as a gnome wistfully touching his own reflection

[@bcfb21]

You know what I love most about new vegas’ dlc? They all come together to tell a story as one massive collective so long as you’re paying attention and doing everything you realize you’re following Ulysses footsteps before finally confronting him.

[@brysonkuervers2570]

This is an underrated comment. One of my favourite things is how not only the main story but all the DLC’s are connected and mentioned to each other in some way, to finally like you said, finish at Lonesome Road and end it with the one that came before you, the final confrontation with Ulysses. And the added history aspect of it is just the perfect addition.

[@OroApostropheUnderscore]

Yes this is very true, and it's also why I love those DLC. This is also why Honest Hearts is my least favorite, even tho it's not that bad, this one just isn't as much connected to the others

[@keshonhend2047]

I can't help but notice that Randall Clark ("The Father in the Caves") didn't even get a passing mention during the Honest Hearts section. His story is incredible and adds to the main story of Honest Hearts in a brilliant way.

[@thefatherinthecave943]

yeah, he missed a bunch of stuff in most of the DLC's and then complained about daniel not being 100% morally aligned. kinda lame TBH

[@trungcaothemagnificent2777]

@@thefatherinthecave943 2 souls linked

[@goosegaming5171]

He doesn’t actually put any effort into exploration so he doesn’t know about any of the good stuff

[@saltygamer1019]

This video honestly makes no sense he complains about the dlcs not having much content or side stuff but they actually do it's just like a watered down Oxhorn or Many a true gamer shilling on Bethesda and shunning obsidian

[@goosegaming5171]

@@saltygamer1019 agreed

[@schloom]

"This actually felt like the closest thing to a boss fight I've had in this game honestly." Well, now we know who didn't fight the legendary bloatfly.

[@joshuakim5240]

Me: "What? A bloatfly? Man, i've beaten the legendary Cazadore and Deathclaw without too much trouble, how tough can this puny little bug be?" Legendary Bloatfly: "TREMBLE BEFORE MY POWER!" *proceeds to take out 80% of my hp in 1 hit and shrug off rockets like snowflakes* Me: *2 hours later* "Ha! I did it! After a fuckton of cheesing you via abusing the cliff to block most of your projectiles which still required several attempts from copious amounts of ass whoopings, i've finally won! Time to loot you for some phat loot." Legendary Bloatfly: "Say, are you aware of the Call of Duty perk, Martyrdom?" And that's how that fucker still managed to kill me from beyond the grave, and required me to kill it yet again to win. All for a shitload of bloatfly meat and no actually good loot. Damn i loved the trolliness of this thing's existence.

[@AWESOME2715]

Is the legendary bloatfly the strongest naturally spawning enemy in the game?

[@DKMZ]

D G kinda, I think the deathclaw in lonesome road is stronger, but the fucking bloatfly has a ranged atack that will one shot you, also is fucking resistant, and mobile fuck that thing

[@courier6960]

DeKami Zen Nope, the legendary bloatfly is the strongest enemy in the entire game, even with the best armor, perks, and loaded with enough drugs to make Kurt Kobain look like the pope this thing can still kill you in three shots, while also having a ton of health

[@SillyPangolin]

Tfw you're almost max level and think you're ready for the challenge but you see the damn thing tank your whole stock of mini-nukes like it's nothin'

[@X-SPONGED]

Pro Tip : When trying to explore Dead Money, visit Lonesome Road first and kill Rawr The Deathclaw. He will drop a key item, Rawr's Claw which you can turn into a fist weapon. Only craft it _AFTER_ entering Dead Money, it is a Key Item and will not be taken from your inventory when accessing the DLC. After the intro, you can now use any workbench available to create Rawr's Fist. It will help you deal with the Ghost People _IMMENSELY_

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Or just use a Clean Cosmic Knife - preferably with a 50+ Melee skill. Or any weapon with a bonus chance to crippling enemies - since any crippled limb is insta-death on Ghost People.

[@t2av159]

Neat that's a good idea and creative, but there's enough weapons In dead money to pass it relatively easy(hardcore+very hard player here)

[@OndrejBargl]

nice

[@ratsmans5644]

Nah when doing dead money just get the pistol bam

[@RedSaint83]

@@LadyDoomsinger Yup. That's what Dead Money taught me to let go off: preconceived notions on how the game should be played. I began using hand loader and melee weapons and all sorts of different playstyles after being taught a lesson by that game.

[@chingunmendbayar3257]

It felt like Ulysses was a main character that came before me. And meeting him and talking to him feels pretty damn awesome.

[@jillydaqueen2282]

Exactly how I think of him.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@jillydaqueen2282 They say every villain is the hero of their own story. He really feels like someone who has gone through all the things before.

[@AshenVictor]

Ulysses was going to be the Legion aligned companion, if the development time had allowed for him to be fleshed out in the main game.

[@omni0414]

he has his own beliefs that is sort of understandable and thats what i think makes him a good antagonist

[@xenaioaks5363]

@@AshenVictor That would be the a sick companion quest if he leaves you to the Divide

[@errantvice7335]

Lonesome road dialogue is dependent on faction REPUTATION, so Ulysses will speak to you as if you are of NCR - NCR rep highest Legion - Legion rep highest House - strip rep highest Independent new Vegas - no rep with NCR & Legion amd/or dead house & negative strip reputation Lonesome Road was not written one single way

[@Lunartic_]

It doesn't make that big of a difference to overall dialogue but it's a cool detail none the less.

[@ceasefire2825]

@@Lunartic_ it kind of does since you get to fucking nuke of the two major factions.

[@sirsalmon9878]

@@ceasefire2825 The dialogue with Ulysses is not related to the matter of the nuke decision.

[@ceasefire2825]

@@sirsalmon9878 ah damn sorry man my fault then

[@jamesjanssen5879]

@@ceasefire2825 yeah I'm generally a guy to always side with NCR but I will always nuke the NCR just for the sweet power armor

[@andrewsmith6776]

Joshua Graham's name being erased and forbidden from being said is actually a thing that the Romans did, called Damnatio Memoriae. By the Romans it was considered a punishment worse than death. I disagree that it makes Caesar seem scared of Graham, its the ultimate power flex as he is literally in control of who gets to be in history.

[@John-doe955]

Ya but you can’t just erase someone of that much of an important and powerful effect on history.

[@nobletom1848]

@@John-doe955 If you din't know about it, it worked.

[@Fishcrazy321]

Yeah -- but what is the reason that they did that in the first place? To destroy the memory of that person, to try to ensure that whatever they did cannot be done again. It's not just the Romans who did this, it was many groups of people, and that's the main denominator. While I agree doing that in and itself doesn't prove the victor is afraid of the other one, considering the context of Graham -- that he knew Edward before, probably knows tons of secrets, all of Caesar's attempts to murder him have been murdered, etc -- definitely lends to that Caesar is nervous about him coming back.

[@Altzar2011]

He never existed. He's not dead, he's just a lie. A passing word. That's brutal.

[@TheEnergeticPanda]

@@John-doe955 You forget the Legion is a fascist dictatorship not the Roman Republic/Empire. Caesar is closer to Stalin or Tojo than Julius in the way he runs his government and the powers of his government. If Caesar wants someone removed from history his population are so scared that they'll never mention him to their children. If all documents are destroyed of Graham, then, those in the future will have literally no record of the guy. Caesar literally wiped him from history

[@ZOMBIESK8TBOARD]

My favorite way to confront Ulysses is to use his own holotapes on him, and tell him "who are you who does not know their own history"

[@ladyalicent705]

I remember when I first met Dean and he INSISTED on going with me back to the fountain, and when you finally agree he just goes “since you have someone with you I’ll just go by myself” after all of that, I nearly shat myself laughing

[@chappo1725]

Fun fact about dead money: The ghost people were meant to have a perception of 0, but due to the game's programming, this resulted in them having a perception of infinity, thus making it near-impossible to stealth past them

[@xJJBiggy]

aaand another mod added to the list, thank you kind stranger o/

[@samedwards8562]

Like the ghandi glitch

[@zant2146]

Ahhhh yes, the good old binary glitch that's been fucking developers since the beginning of times

[@emred4653]

Lmao that's beautiful. Completely ruined what developers wanted to do.

[@no_opinion1065]

Cloakers before cloakers

[@this_is_patrick]

"When the Courier's body finally passed, the brain was saddened. It kept on, remembering the vessel that had once contained it." That's actually pretty sad tbh.

[@courier6960]

This is Patrick >implying that the courier would ever die

[@mr.v8467]

but is it more or less sad than the brain dying with the body?

[@LaykWr]

@@mr.v8467 yeah. I mean, if i lost the body i've wasted so much time in, i would rather die inside of it than be inside of a jar for good knows how long.

[@mr.v8467]

@@LaykWr but being alive (even trapped) has so many possibilities. Death is so final, so boring. I think I'd choose to continue on given the option

[@LaykWr]

@@mr.v8467 That's an really interesting way to think about that, but personally, would prefer to die, there were so many moments in my life were i felt like i had done everything i needed to do, i continued living but if i died i wouldn't have minded it, i felt that way not because i was depressed or hated the world, but mainly because i just felt like there was nothing for me here anymore, as i continued my life, naturally i had more things to do, but time and time again, i just felt like there wasn't anything here for me, and wouldn't mind death, if anything i'd be interested in knowing what it feels like. I just know that if my body decayed, but my mind stayed, that feeling of having done everything i could and there not being anything else in the world for me will come back again. What happens after death? Something i have wondered so many times by now, i guess i don't mind death as much mainly because i'm just really curious about it. But maybe if my brain stayed in a jar somewhere, eventually i would have something to do again, and that feeling wouldn't come back. So in a way, whether dying with your body or leaving it behind to live longer is sadder, really depends on how you view death, i'm just naturally curious about it so wouldn't mind having that curiosity sated, even if the truth would be ultimately unrewarding. Sorry for the wall of text lol, i just really like writing, helps me refine my english a bit more since it's not my mother tongue.

[@northboundw5248]

Completely missing out on Randal Clark's (The survivalist) story, judging Graham's character arc based solely on his bad ending option, and boiling down the downfall of new Caanan to "a raid lol" and not a legion coordinated massacre (Ullyses' fault btw) in honest hearts was borderline criminal of you lol

[@chitoryu12]

I think the big reason Christine couldn't actually do animated sign language is because the engine is clunky enough, but they only had about 11 months after the pre-production phase to make the entire main game. The version of Gamebryo Obsidian had to use was just iterative improvements on what was used in Morrowind.

[@calebbarnhouse496]

The problem wasn't technology, maybe there could be an issue for how many animations could play in dialogue, but the real roadblock would have been the animation cost, each animation would have been very expensive, and it would have required a lot of animations, look at Joshua Graham later clearing 1911s, the animation is super high quality, while you can do that for an animation that will be repeated a hundred times, it's not realistic to do for a dialogue that will be said once, but if they just reused a few annotations of good quality then reading her dialogue would have been even harder, unless they wanted to make it so that her lack of voice just meant that you have to read rather then listen

[@secondBAR]

Did you know that Skyrim’s engine (I think creation) was heavily built off of fallout 3?

[@Elenrai]

​@@secondBARImagine skyrim with VATS😂

[@ncrveteranranger3559]

“Old world blues is truly unique in that it’s almost as if the DLC was constructed around a shitpost. But a well crafted Shitpost” Probably my favorite quote ever

[@SythDracous]

@@Spootprime Wild Wasteland was the tone of the Black Isle Fallout games turned into a trait. OWB was just a return to form that could got even further beyond.

[@trungcaothemagnificent2777]

Hidden truth

[@joshuakim5240]

Honest Hearts: "I was hoping for something more anime." Old World Blues: "Got you covered, bro!" *gives a literal waifu suit*

[@supremetarantulasorcerer165]

Did anyone else give her an actual name?I named her Sammy.

[@henry-tk4ex]

@@supremetarantulasorcerer165 are u ok

[@supremetarantulasorcerer165]

@@henry-tk4ex yes...what was it just me?

[@bgggsht]

@@supremetarantulasorcerer165 Hello there ! I need you to help me with a certain GRA challenge. Let me introduce you to my friend - MEDICINE STICK !

[@supremetarantulasorcerer165]

@@bgggsht RETRIBUTION!!! *pulls out fat man* DIDN'T SUSPECT ME TO BE AN EXSPLOSIVES BUILD!?!?!?

[@spudkin564]

Old World Blues was genuinely one of the funniest experiences I've ever had in a video game. It had me putting down my controller to laugh multiple times.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Try talking to your own Brain with an INT 1 character.

[@Smokeyourselfstraighttohell]

I HEAR THE THROMPING OF PENIS-TIPPED FEET

[@ANSwer_this_nerd]

DLCs in a nutshell Dead Money: You get robbed, so you recruit people to rob the robber. Honest Hearts: You go to an alien place that gets you high so that you can kill another tribe and a bear. Old World Blues: You get stripped naked and your brain, spine, and heart gets thrown in the trash, so you kill a giant dog and get materials to meet with the person that found your brain. Lonesome Road: You bomb a huge area so this other person that you don't know decides to kill you.

[@DuffBassGNR2]

I was gonna complain how much Salt missed in these DLC's, like the Survivalist in Honest Hearts and the different reactions of Ulysses depending on your reputation with factions. But the fact that my boy made a 1.5 hour video and still missed shit just tells us how awesome New Vegas and its DLC is.

[@juliusaureo9740]

@Wet Eyes Ocean Machine I think the Perk your talking about is Sneering Imperialist, there's a Perk that's the exact opposite of it called Fight The Power or something like that, where you do more damage against Factions like the NCR or the Legion, not sure if it opens up any dialogue choices or anything like that though as i've never used either of them myself

[@TheHustlingFox]

The Survivalist's story is my favorite story in *ALL* of Fallout, hurts to see him miss such a good story but props to the devs for leaving it as optional and making *YOU* have to go find it... The Valut 22 expedition holotape claims that the Survivalist was a vengeful spirit and having to uncover that "spirit's" true history and legacy was a cool thing!

[@milimachathestrange]

Yeah he completely missed the legendary bloatfly too

[@Y-all-mofos-need-Talos]

Yeah, Salt said that Daniel's path makes no sense but he didn't understand that Daniel wants to flee not because he is a pacifist or because the tribe are weak but he want to mantain the purity of the tribe, taking weapons and fighting like Joshua wants will turn the tribe into any other savage tribe that Ceasar conquered

[@jakestavinsky3480]

I hate how he missed the subtle thing where all the Think Tank has some sort of a loop in their name-0, 8 being literally loops, (Man) Dala being a circular design, etc.

[@WyoCoyote]

What bothers me is he didn’t cover the survivalist, one of the greatest stories told in the series but only thru holotapes

[@557deadpool]

So it's garbage

[@danielchera9214]

@@557deadpool you get to see the effects of someone who lived long ago on the situation of Utah and it provides the back story behind the Sorrows and their beliefs. Also it's really wholesome and a true bright spot in this terrible world you're put in.

[@mixererunio1757]

@@557deadpool You're garbage

[@557deadpool]

@@mixererunio1757 oof ow, my soul, how can I ever recover from such a deep burn

[@toby1061]

557deadpool Mah dude but actually it’s a great story. It tells the story of a man who lived long ago and helped create the rivals also you get a sick rifle and armor for finishing it.

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

In the Lonesome road DLC you aren't setting off the warheads with the laser detonator so much as you're disposing of them by only partially detonating them. You get to see what a real detonation looks like when you launch one of the missiles at either the NCR or the legion at the end, you basically create a Metagon town sized crater with serious amount of radiation.

[@patrickblackwell777]

Dead Money was one of the most memorable fallout experiences for me. It flipped everything I thought I had a handle on upside down, reinvigorating my love of the game. I hadn't done any research into it before exploring the dlc, so the whole thing was raw. It was like being inadvertently plunged into a survival horror and I loved it. New Vegas is one of my all time favorites. Hopefully it gets a well deserved remastering one day.

[@andrewjack5755]

The characters and atmosphere was very substantial but the gameplay was just to annoying

[@naf8787]

@@andrewjack5755 if u run a melee build or energy this dlc is laughably easy

[@KommissarBanx]

I hated Dead Money as a kid. As an adult I’ve come to believe it’s probably the best next to Lonesome Road. Old World Blues is in a category all its own for being fun and campy. Honest Hearts has an incredible story but Zion SUCKS to walk around in.

[@DiscordOfDave]

I actually loved Dead Money. If you do things just right, you can get out of the vault with every gold bar and be set for life, thus completely destroying Dead Money’s ultimate moral lesson.

[@Liam-jy7yi]

Thats the only reason I play this dlc, its because of the gold bars, I don't hate this dlc as much as other people do but this dlc is so scary >_< . Which is like the whole point but its too scary for me to enjoy. It sounds so childish but I don't like scary things...

[@fungustheturd4004]

Felt like a speedrunner doing cheeky exploits to have the gold bars, but it was worth it. Thanks Elijah for giving me more money than Mr House ever will and fuck letting go

[@Billy-TL]

But taking money good. No gold no more death of people.

[@bosnianbeggar]

i think you misunderstood the moral of the DLC, its not about letting go its about lifting with your back, not your legs

[@WolfHreda]

@@bosnianbeggar lol

[@darraghconron7998]

I personally love how the divide and Ulysses is hinted and foreshadowed through the other dlc's and even parts of the base game. Gives me a much larger sense of scale and continuous story telling rather than dlc that's just "heres an island, go explore that then come back to the base game."

[@milgos5269]

I agree but i still hate the fact that fucking everyone has met ulysses

[@darraghconron7998]

I mean he is a courier, they tend to get around

[@pdragon619]

@@milgos5269 Yeah but everyone has meet YOU too, it's not that weird when the player character is the exact same.

[@Metalgearfox2000]

It's kinda useless to play the dlc by order though. You could very well start with lonesome Road and end with dead money since the last dlc sets better the other 3 than the other way around.

[@jadonking5404]

@@Spootprime "The Slaves are talking about the burned man again." Pretty sure that line of Legion dialog wasn't added when you get the DLC.

[@connoriquada5429]

Ulysses reminds me of Miraak in an odd way. He seems like the protagonist that came before you. Almost like meeting a previous playable character. I know both Miraak and Ulysses aren’t playable in any game in their respective franchises but they still give off that vibe to me.

[@fireboy3413]

too bad miraak barely had any dialogue options with the player, typical Bethesda writing

[@fourthmatchflame]

@@fireboy3413 such a shame, he was cool as shit.

[@ItsSilverPride]

Honest Hearts was incredible because, as someone from Utah, there is TONS of Fan service. It’s insane how much they are able to add in.

[@lolbuster01]

I always wanted to go to Ogden. I missed out on the 150th.

[@alilweeb7684]

i thought about that. those scenery details were too good to not be real

[@lolbuster01]

@@alilweeb7684 I'd love a golden spike quest.

[@sylvananas7923]

About the Honest Heart tribal woman speaking german, they are supposedly descendents of various groups, one of them being german tourists who survived the bombs and eventually arrived in Zion to hide

[@Glassandcandy]

Now that’s world building

[@poffzihavenoidea531]

... Ironic

[@wilhelmrk]

Soooo Zion is their new Lebensraum?

[@antimonycup7066]

@O5 The Countess I thought it was bc they're Jewish (hence: Zion) and Yiddisch has elements of German in it.

[@Glassandcandy]

@@antimonycup7066 they’re not Jewish. It’s called Zion because it takes place in Zion National park which is a real place in Utah. It’s also J Sawyers fav vacation spot, which is why he wanted it in game.

[@billyferal5558]

This dude must have been level 50 when he played dead money. I went in at level 25 and those ghosts were a serious pain in the ass and pretty terrifying. Either that or hes playing on easy.

[@Squidward558]

I just recently played it on hardcore and it was crazy. Kinda like a survival horror game. Actually a lot of fun though in the end because of how different of an experience it is than the rest of the game.

[@Freaky1347]

Fr, I remember getting destroyed pretty fast by them. Especially at that part when they’re all alerted by the Bell Tower.

[@coreyfarmer7517]

@@Freaky1347 it was like pure torture for me I died so many times during dead money

[@pinheadlarry2761]

Honestly if your unarmed skill is 75, and you hit them with a cross with a bear trap fist, they turn into little bitches.

[@slyfrailzz]

I’ve beaten Vegas as fresh avatar multiple times. Gotta say, headed straight for dead money is tough.

[@Maria_Erias]

Man, Honest Hearts is my favorite DLC. And it's not because of the DLC story. It's because of the Survivalist, and his story. Which you never even come across unless you just explore.

[@VaniFoxOfficial]

Yeah, a bunch of holologs (not even audio). That's so awesome ... 🙄

[@russian_knight]

@@VaniFoxOfficial yeah reading sure is scary isn't it

[@NostalgicOccultist]

@@VaniFoxOfficialGamers when the story is in words and not colorful pictures and guns

[@SalesmanWave]

​@@VaniFoxOfficial Grow up you fucking child, and read a book.

[@sugma3475]

@@VaniFoxOfficialBugthestards when the entire plot and story can’t be summarized on the back of the hard copy box 😡😡😡

[@Emma-rn7bl]

I know it's a somewhat minor point, but the "popping audio filter" you refer to at 20:55 is not a vanilla issue. It's caused by JIP LN NVSE Plugin's "bVoiceModulationFix" module, which is on by default but can be turned off in it's .ini file. (It's supposed to add a subtle distortion effect to holotapes and the likes, but also screws up father elijah in dead money, not sure why exactly)

[@garfield8811]

I was gonna say! I've played both on PC and console and never heard it before

[@lolbuster01]

Its doubly worse for me, my headset has a damaged speaker in one side that buzzes and rattles when there's a ton of layering or really bassy audio. This is both. Rip my right ear. XD

[@hayato1886]

Oh that's why it was like that for me lmao. I was so confused as to why he was so loud

[@tdtv2855]

The reason why Ulysses talks about house is probably because you did quests for him before entering. I sides with the NCR and he talked about how I bore the mark of the bear and talked mostly about the NCR.

[@thesilverblueman]

its because he had rep with the strip which the developers stupidly tied to house

[@The_JPhantom]

Yeah, I was doing house quests but boosted my rep with NCR enough by when I entered Vegas, like siding with House was my plan and at that point I feel I should've had more strip fame than NCR fame since well again, doing tasks for house. THat is one of the biggest problems with that DLC I agree

[@Altzar2011]

Oh yes I remember this. About the Legion, he mentions the Bull, Immortality and other stuff

[@kikrinman1450]

@@The_JPhantom Yeah, i had a similar thing happen. Was playing a western tribal who's entire family were merked by ncr troopers. So it was a surprise when at the end, I got the speech check for ncr, even though I let their president get domed. Must be a glitch.

[@completelyroundoak]

Yeah, when replaying on pc was literally on For the Republic part 2 ending but despite my idolized ncr rating, he mentioned house because of my "accepted" strip fame. Idek why so I just loaded a save or two earkier and used console commands to remove all fame from the strip and I got the ncr dialogue

[@radishlordrak]

The Futuristic DLCs of Fallout Mothership Zeta: essentially a prison breakout but with lasers and aliens Nuka-World: Disney but full of raiders Old World Blues: WHERE'S MY BRAIN

[@aquapb893]

Automatron?

[@radishlordrak]

@@aquapb893 is hot garbage and doesn't deserve to be spoken in the same breath as OWB

[@TheAlienGangster]

I actually hated Zeta and Nuka World. Stories were too short and they were too repetitive. I also think introducing aliens should’ve been left as the Easter eggs they were in previous game, instead of being the main enemies of a DLC. I wanted something more like Point Lookout or Far Harbor.

[@radishlordrak]

@@TheAlienGangster i agree, but i would also like to point out just how much of the basic premise for Far Harbor was ripped from Point Lookout: Sent on a search and rescue mission to go after a teenage daughter ✓ A feud between a super advanced faction and a more Wastelander-type one ✓ A group of religious fanatics ✓ (but Far Harbor does get credit for making theirs' one you can work with) Copious amounts of the bipedal Lurk creatures ✓ Ambiguity between who is right and wrong ✓ Little to nothing outside of the main quest worth doing ✓

[@TheAlienGangster]

@@radishlordrak I don’t love far harbor, but it’s better than the rest, which mostly feel like cash grabs. They seriously raised the season pass price for junk like Wasteland Workshop, Vault Workshop, and Contraptions Workshop.

[@TheSchultinator]

My biggest complaint about Honest Hearts is that you can't talk to the Sorrows about Randall Clark. You go through all the caves, find all his logs, even find his body, but you can never bring it up

[@giuseppe9653]

I mean, you would just tell them "You know your god? It was just some guy, and now he's dead"

[@TheSchultinator]

@@giuseppe9653 No.

[@punch6515]

any form of dialogue or plot point and such that people view is missing, is missing because of hardware limitations at the time, this is why many things were cut in the main game as DLCs came out. adding the plot point of the courier bring the truth of the father to the sorrows can have the effect of either denial or dismissal, to a complete change of the entire tribe's identity, change in dialogue, change in belief, who knows how far you can take this. it was better to keep things as is to focus on more important things in the DLC.

[@goodolnonamee]

Lmao I'd have loved for that to be an evil dialogue option where you tell them their religion is a sham and you undo Clark's last wish of them not realizing their savior was just a depressed old man. Diabolical.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

I don't really see any way you could convince them that is true; even if you held up the logs, showed his caches in each cave, even took them to personally see his body, they likely wouldn't believe you anyway - religious belief doesn't tend to be easily dispelled by facts and evidence. Just look at what happened when Daniel tried teaching them about his religion.

[@samkornfeld5580]

I still can’t believe you never mention the survivalist in this! Some of the best writing in the game…truly heart breaking stuff.

[@thomasweeden2683]

Fredrick Sinclair: breathes Dean Domino: “So I took it personally.”

[@trungcaothemagnificent2777]

Speech choice

[@KingRumar]

Dean: if I couldn't take the air he breathed then it was surely an offense worth destroying his life over.

[@meemeleem]

[INTELLIGENCE 10] So you’re saying you don’t like this Sinclair guy?

[@hongodongo9053]

It works, dean is vain and greedy, dog seeks a master, christine wants revenge, elijah wants power, youre too curious, sinclair wanted a woman he couldnt have. And you all had to let go, begin again or fall to those vices. Theres a very clear theme to it, and I think that resonates with a lot of people, altough many get filtered by the villa section being a bit of a drag.

[@JaggedMastermind]

Sinclair: *is a nice guy* Dean: "I'm about to end this man's whole career"

[@Pit_Wizard]

"Take drugs. Kill a bear!" remains one of my favorite quotes to this day.

[@RealShrimpu]

I sir, am you're 30th like

[@Richter-89]

My favorite is from Old World Blues "It looks like two giant fuckbots tag teamed this crater.

[@zicyzacbonanza]

A good follow up to it is in Outer Worlds. On one quest a side character is about to do a vision quest and when he says he's committed you can reply, "I'm committed to taking as many drugs as I can!"

[@dallaszzz]

i grew a third glowing nut

[@shadysam7161]

My fav Fallout quote is from either 1 or 2; *That must be your IQ on your suit, not your Vault Number.*

[@kubekzpiciem]

Having all the dlcs connected to each other, and characters persisting through them on a journey, makes them so much better as a package.

[@bchin4005]

Personally, Honest Hearts is my favorite dlc. The environment is amazing in relation to the others, a breath of fresh air and the rewards and lore from simple exploration that isn't quest driven makes it tons of fun.

[@maiden5427]

Me too. Its the only dlc that wouldn't look out of place in the mojave. Then Old world blues is second. Dead money was trash it took me a week to finish that and had it not been for the gold I would have been pissed.

[@davidcardinal3654]

@@maiden5427 dead money sucks. I stopped playing the game because of it. Maybe one day I’ll boot it up and finish it off.

[@bunnylovingbastard]

Also take drugs. Kill a bear.

[@unfortunatecircumstances8870]

@@davidcardinal3654 You're entitled to your wrong opinion.

[@o_ver2.094]

@@davidcardinal3654 skill issue lmao

[@pokemaster123ism]

I do like the progression of how much freedom you have with the DLCs Dead Money: you can’t take anything with you, you can’t leave until you finish and you can never return. Honest Hearts: you can only take up to 100 lbs of equipment, you can’t leave until you finish, but you can return. Old World Blues: you can take as much stuff as you want, you can’t leave until you finish, but you can return. Lonesome Road: you can bring as much stuff as you want, you can leave and come back at your leisure, and you can return after finishing

[@courier6960]

B.J. Blazkowicz I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a metaphor for something.. the writing for FNV is incredible

[@osets2117]

You can't go back to honest hearts

[@courier6960]

osets 2117 Actually you can, all you need to do is return to the northern passage and you can go right back to Zion

[@osets2117]

@@courier6960 huh didn't know that, the more you know

[@TheSamLowry]

I started the game three years ago, bought the DLC, played OWB, HH, then DM, but got so frustrated in the bowels of the casino that I stopped playing, figuring I'd go back... Still haven't. Probably should, though, so I can finish the DLC and then actually finish the game. But if I'd been able to give up on the casino I probably would've finished the game three years ago.

[@MarzaButTube]

Someone probably mentioned this, especially since I watched this when it was uploaded 3 minutes ago and I haven't refreshed in an hour, but Ulysses's dialogue is supposed to be based off faction reputation, but if you have good rep with the strip the game acts like you sided with house.

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

which is the dumbest thing ever, might i add i dont see why they didnt make it to where his dialogue changes based on which faction youve sided with at the time, and if you havent sided with house, ncr, OR caesar, then it defaults to independency easy as pie, cmon

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

i also want to add that its really hard to control your reputation with the factions, especially ncr seeing as how half of the side quests in the base game are tied to them so unless you want to put on faction armor before finishing any quest for the ncr, every single time, which is a chore, then youre basically being punished for doing side quests if you dont want to side with ncr and have ulysses treat you like your main goal in life is supporting them

[@mikehockburns2146]

Yep, I was actually replaying new Vegas recently, and by the time I made it to lonesome road I was sided with yes man and had basically done every side mission on the strip, so I was quite confused when my characters dialogue options were defending house when I had already merked him about as soon as I'd met him

[@eighthmanstanding566]

I've never had this problem. My last playthrough I was idolized by everyone but the powder gangers and legion, and was on the final stages of For The Republic Part 2, and Ulysses dialogue reflected that. Also he said he couldn't retrieve ED-E which is just plain inaccurate. You can easily retrieve ED-E before confronting Ulysses.

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

@@eighthmanstanding566 you mean salt said he couldnt retrieve ed-e?

[@crayonmythos]

Storywise you should do: 1. Honest Hearts, 2. Old World Blues, 3. Dead Money, 4. Lonesome Road. The reason why I picked this is because each story bleeds in to the next leading to Lonesome Road (Honest Hearts doesn't bleed in to the other stories as much). In Old World Blues we discover that two people came before you (Father Elijah and Ulysses (Courier 6)) Father Elijah traveled went to the Big MT to look for the radio frequency to the Sierra Madre and was followed by Christine who you also meet at the Sierra Madre. Ulysses is also there though I can't remember why and afterwards he travels to the Divide. If you play them in this sequence it makes them even better.

[@rainygamedays5873]

I'm honestly really surprised and upset that having a peaceful team up with Ulysses doesn't lead to you gaining him as a follower and then even a follow-up quest line as every follower gets too

[@oke5403]

Originally he was planned to be a companion in the base game but he had too much dialogue and wouldn't fit within the memory constraints, sad we didn't get to have him as one yeah.

[@chandllerburse737]

@@oke5403 i mean he and joshua were both companions i think in the original van buren game too it seems like obsidian always hoped to have these guys in a fallout game

[@jackfenning5668]

I love how Utah is supposed to be "untamed" but when I got there the "savages" where using anti-material rifles

[@WhiterThanAginger]

It’s mentioned in passing that the White Legs looted an old world military armoury, which explains the high powered guns.

[@ployfrase]

@@henrycrabs3497 America hell ye

[@eggsandtomatoeswithcolesla5669]

Ulysses, under Caesar's command, showed the White Legs some armories and taught them how to use guns and fight. They in turn imitated his dreadlocks to pay homage (which turned out to piss him off, scare him a bit and remind him of his old trauma since his tribe makes knots in their hair to tell stories and the like and the White Legs did not know the meaning of it) If you can, look for Ulysses' tapes in the Divide after finishing the other DLCs, it really ties everything together and gives exposure to both the Courier and Ulysses.

[@Zach.C1]

Ulysses by the command of the Caesar, trained the white legs to use firearms

[@jdplaystuba]

@@henrycrabs3497 mean there were riots across the country during the resource war due to shortages. They used power armor for crowed control and even killed civilians so not surprised the National guard has that weaponry.

[@Evelyn-qt3hi]

I've played through Dead Money twice, and I can tell you Elijah's audio is not supposed to be popping like that. I've never heard it before, so something in your game went wrong and the audio was having issues. it's not supposed to pop.

[@Mrdevs96]

I agree

[@twZera413]

My bet is that it's some issue with Windows, for some reason windows 10 has some weird issues if you lack certain codecs, if you have the wrong ones, or if it just feels like it.

[@nikolauscitiridis2561]

I had the exact same problem a few days ago, I used this mod and it fixed it on my part. www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/65922

[@TeddyParker]

Only had the issue occur once Windows forced a 10 upgrade when my hard drive crashed. There is a mod to remove audio distortion for PC users :/

[@hamstersplural4334]

Yeah it’s an issue with the game’s audio adapter. Obsidian changed FO3’s power armor helmet noise to a muffled overlay in order to add audio overlay to other things like NCR face wrap armor and legion masks. But the overlay completely distorts audio on some PCs. Luckily there’s a mod that removes the overlay all together.

[@riddell26]

Doctor 0 is Dr. Rusty Venture from the Venture Bros show. The walking eyes you find if you have the "weird and wild wasteland" perk and announcements are in reference to Season 2 Episode 8 Fallen Arches.

[@Macapta]

The hardest part of Dead Money isn’t getting to the treasure, it’s getting the treasure out. My carry weight was way over 1300 when I had picked up all the gold.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

I believe it's supposed to teach you a lesson about "letting go" and not being greedy... Although there are a number of exploits to get everything out. I've always just accepted that I can't carry everything... Not like you'd ever need that much money anyway. Personally, I consider Vera's Dress a more interesting reward than anything in the vault.

[@botep5529]

The voice actors for the sink just nailed it. My favorite has to be the toaster. "Hey..I got a super rare Mojave snow globe down here...you just gotta reach in and grab it!"

[@LadyDoomsinger]

I played an INT 1 character on my most recent playthrough, and kinda wished I could have actually done it.

[@firedrake372]

I think my favorite is muggy "WHO'S THE FLATWARE BITCH NOW O?"

[@PoptartParasol]

Lmao, I loved the part where you can flirt with the two light switches without their knowledge. I absolutely loved my time in the big MT just for that

[@withalittlehelpfrom3]

@@firedrake372 Definitely the most relatable: guy’s programmed to think about one thing, but self-aware enough to know better.

[@thinefaithfulcrusader2829]

Fun fact! (If i remember corrctly) Ulysses has the same VA as the Seed Thing in Old World Blues!

[@cappuccino6516]

The story of the Survivalist in Honest Hearts, is some of my favroutie content in any game, nevermind just FalloutNV. I really hope you decided to not mention it because its not a quest or even any kind of essential part of the DLC, and not that you missed it. If you did miss it, I highly recomend going back and seeing it.

[@narxes]

Just wanted to write the same thing...If any piece of lore from the Fallout universe deserves to be made into a movie, the story of the Survivalist is definitely the one.

[@TenthSgtSnipes]

The fact he is basically regarded as a god and essentially founded one of the tribes is just so great

[@eighthmanstanding566]

Ya I'm a little disappointed he never mentioned it because the story of Randall Dean Clark is both touching and heartbreaking. I always fight the whitelegs because Clark gave the valley to the sorrows and told them in a letter before he died to strike back at those who would harm them with righteous vengeance.

[@macedindu829]

Yeah, I commented in the last video that he should make a point of seeking it out. Was a bit disappointed that he didn't bring it up. I basically agree that Honest Hearts is somewhat weak, but I think the Survivalist storyline is arguably the best written content in all of Fallout. It's really a testament to this game that that story was tucked away as an unmarked quest in a relatively weak DLC.

[@tv_tim]

Gotta agree, dude was an absolute legend. Everything you have to do and put up with the the DLC is worth it to read those logs and get his story again.

[@P-C-Principle]

When you don’t pick a faction before starting lonesome road you will get the default dialogue about house because the game assumes you killed all factions or sided with house. You can get a lot of different unique dialogues from Ulysses depending on your actions in the Mojave

[@junpeil33t]

Elijah is not just crazy. His problem is an unwavering faith in technology, a belief that everything and everyone can be fixed with the right device. That is why the Sierra Madre was so captivating to him, because it was the one place that proved his ideas correct with the vending machines.

[@direkitsune]

I feel like mentioning, This guy (im going with salt, first time ive seen his stuff) seemed confused on why anyone would want couriers on an expedition. In the Fallout universe, couriers generally are really good survivalists and explorers. Its a dangerous job that if your good at, has high demand for getting things done in non controlled territory

[@gsogaming5783]

Great point, well done on clearing that up for some. Cheers!

[@nubworthycigars6682]

The Mojave is supposedly NCR territory.. that’s the real irony.

[@kinagrill]

And both major factions (NCR and Legion) respects the neutrality of a Courier.

[@direkitsune]

@@kinagrill actually, the Legion had alot of spies among couriers to take advantage of the NCR's over reliance on them

[@cookies23z]

also to be a courier you need to know where things are (either a pipboy, or some general knowledge of the land/maps) and that is super useful, you want someone to stop your group from getting lost, Jed even mentions he wants ricky along just for his map (despite him being a mess) and gladly doubles down and takes 2 people along with maps just in case

[@topgoose4818]

I find it a shame you didn't dig into the story of Randall Clark, the survivalist, the cave father, etc. in honest hearts. It's a more intriguing story than the main quests.

[@RealShrimpu]

Randal clark is the best character in NV change my mind

[@gibberconfirm166]

It's the best terminal/book storytelling in any game like this, ever.

[@user-tk4yz1ei4g]

Dead money was the hardest part of the game for me, playing on hardcore and max difficulty. It was HELL No heal, no ammo, always on low HP and with broken legs. Love it

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Yeah - I feel like complaining about a game not being difficult enough is kind of pointless, if you're not playing on max difficulty... That's literally what difficulty settings exist for.

[@nylelienhard7171]

A good video, I was a little sad there was no mention of the Survivalist in Honest Hearts(that side story was my favorite part of that dlc). Thanks for taking the time to make this, and I hope you enjoyed it.

[@lloyd7183]

I love how Mobius is technically the sanest of all the think tanks in Big MT.

[@trungcaothemagnificent2777]

Destroying a blueb

[@cjdziesiuta1995]

I really hate that on my first play through, was a brain dead 9 year old, so I was hit shit, ask questions fucking never, so I had no choice but to kill him. I loved him

[@MrKaiyooo]

Just your body. Your brain and Mobius doing drugs in a happy circle seems like a great time.

[@homebrewinstrumentals7700]

What is big Mt?

[@MrKaiyooo]

@@homebrewinstrumentals7700 the area in the dlc is called big mt

[@triplel40]

Towards the end you refer to Ulysses as “Courier 6”. “Courier 6” is actually what Ulysses calls the player. When talking to Johnson Nash in Primm about the packages he says Ulysses was supposed to take the platinum chip, but then saw your name on the list and said “No, let ‘Courier Six’ carry the package”

[@trungcaothemagnificent2777]

Such a galk

[@jebalitabb8228]

It seemed like an odd mistake to make as I thought it was common knowledge that you play as courier 6 lol

[@jamesmcpherson8599]

Well Ulysses is "Courier 6" and referred to himself as such in your introduction to him but he declined to actually take the job of delivering the platinum chip

[@mgloucao]

@@phoenixshadow4631 That was really heplful, thanks bro

[@vahnthemannraseru1810]

People's immense knowledge in game lore makes me feel bad cause all I know when I played fallout new Vegas was I did stuff

[@enderfire3379]

43:22 with a speech skill of 90 you can convince Joshua to spare Salt upon wounds thus getting the best ending

[@wruxiz6104]

The best ending for honest hearts IMO is to have the dead horses fight the white legs, but show mercy to Salt Upon Wounds when he’s quivering. It shows them that fighting for what they love and their home is important, but teaches mercy and not killing a defenseless man after you’ve already won.

[@SupremeToafu]

Minor complaint regarding Honest Hearts. You snarked off about them needing a Courier but considering the entire job of one is to deliver packages sometimes through harsh terrain, it actually makes good enough sense. Somebody like that would be good at seeing alternative routes around wildlife and keeping a good record of where they've been.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

He often shoots himself in the foot with his snark.

[@nomadikoslykos3386]

if you take a look at New Vegas as a whole everyone makes use of the fact that you're a Courier rather flawlessly actually, delivering and fetch quests actually make sense considering you're basically just Doing your job And this Courier had basically navigated that whole side of the US by that point

[@primuspilusfellatus6501]

@Metsarebuff 22 You can even tell ricky that his pipboy does not seem to work and yours does with a speech check, and that they need someone who has maps of the area. Then you can blackmail him into carrying an extra 50 pounds of weight for you, or tell him to go fuck off and turn around. Very usefull :)

[@_skud]

I think he was just being snarky to lead up to the joke about it being extremely perfect for the courier as a carrier, but I thought the same as you before I heard it

[@DrCooch]

@Pelinal Whitestrake I don't understand your analogy, going to the middle east isn't a game.

[@nabbed13]

That crackling by Elijah wasn't intended by the devs. The FNV just has shitty compatibilites with certain audio codecs that make it shit itself when the game tries to use voice modulation. So, it is modulating his voice, making it sound like it's through a speaker, it's just shitting itself trying to do it. Fantastic work! Really enjoyed watching!

[@ITZKappaKAP]

Interesting was wondering about this as it didn't happen when I played. Maybe one of the mods I had changed that?

[@SoulwaxHD]

I was gonna say, I've never run into that ever and I've played through Dead Money like 30 times at least

[@tincano-beans2114]

@@ITZKappaKAP it's his mods, not the base game...

[@Walamonga1313]

Nah he just ruined his game by getting bad mods or installing them incorrectly

[@benceelias1849]

My favorite was easily Dead Money. The atmosphere, the horror and the story were so well written it was ridiculous!

[@missingindy]

Fun fact: there’s a Survival skill perk that increases move speed when using light armor

[@sortedevaras]

Having each DLC tying together by a few lines here, plus throw away mentions during the main quest like Elijah or Grahm made me way more invested. We are following Ulysses the entire time, and it made actually meeting him feel so special.

[@Whereyoubennett]

I skipped right into lonesome road and sniped him in the back of the head with an explosive amr round and blew up the legion. Went back to the mojave and sided with yes man for an independent Vegas.

[@kurtcocaine8358]

@@Whereyoubennett the duality of man

[@eggsandtomatoeswithcolesla5669]

The tapes he made along with Graham, Christine, Elijah and the Think Tank's subtle referencing to him really make him as one of the best characters I have seen in an RPG game.

[@Trapsarentgay133]

@@Whereyoubennett based

[@ChronoTango]

Meh, the set up for Ulysses overall is pretty weak. Old World Blues does an alright job, but they don’t really explain any of his motive other than “you did something that only I seem to be aware of” and “the old world sucked”

[@benthebamboozler8953]

The character Two-Bears-High-Fiving (the guy who waves excitedly at you outside of Joshua Graham’s cave) in Honest Hearts is a reference to a specific inkblot in the Rorschach test you take in the beginning of NV that the community said looks like, well, two bears high fiving. Neat, huh?

[@JDG-hq8gy]

Rorschach test? Hahaha

[@nathen4171]

@@JDG-hq8gy Yeah, that’s what it’s called...

[@LordSerion]

Only with the Wild Wasteland perk, no?

[@shawnkessler7257]

@@LordSerion yep

[@nouh3053]

Yea it's based off a mod, players modded in their own answers to the ink blotch/rorschach test and the most popular was 2 bears high fiving so Obsidian named a DLC character after him

[@Tbt19-110]

Congrats you got a new subscriber! These reviews are so well constructed and awesome to listen to while doing work!

[@psyche_1297]

Uhh, I would normally agree with you but this video has a lot of oversights and mistakes.

[@Leavemealone670]

@@psyche_1297fanboy

[@ihazotherchannel]

Words cannot describe how much i love love love EDE in lonesome road

[@ChristesII]

With the Wild Wasteland perk, the skeletons in suits will say "Hey, who turned off the lights?", which is a reference to the Doctor Who episode "Silence in the Library."

[@LunaKai01]

Was looking for this comment before I made it myself, I was sure the moment I saw the skeletons they were another doctor who reference, pretty sure the moving mannequins in fallout 4 are a doctor who reference too, as well as the classic T.A.R.D.I.S appearance in fallout 2

[@agent-xqj3733]

In Dead Money, you can find writing on the wall in the cellar basement on your way to the Gala tower that says "Are you my mummy?"

[@ast3rickk31]

@@agent-xqj3733 Jesus Christ I remember that ducking episode

[@ast3rickk31]

@@LunaKai01 hold the fucking phone, there’s moving mannequins in F4? StephenPlays was right to shoot those

[@trungcaothemagnificent2777]

@@ast3rickk31 collars

[@Ammuze11]

"All men are couriers; carrying a message for this world." -Ulysses

[@LegendaryMercDC]

First time I played thru to me he made it sound like the Mojave Express couriers were the illuminati of fallout

[@dabtican4953]

@@AbyssalElegy prove it

[@AbyssalElegy]

Da Bætican prove what?

[@dabtican4953]

@@AbyssalElegy it

[@AbyssalElegy]

Da Bætican Again prove what? i’m confused

[@tim6454]

I love these long videos. Perfect for getting me through my overnight job

[@Glxdiatorr]

I really liked the foreshadowing in the game, they did it right

[@Nacalal]

"Take drugs, kill a bear." These guys know how to party

[@loyalwestbriton5410]

They're degenerate

[@quillzey1186]

@@loyalwestbriton5410 youre literally british

[@trungcaothemagnificent2777]

@@quillzey1186 rep

[@realhumanbean7915]

@@quillzey1186 Chill, he’s got the sneering imperialist perk, it’s normal for him to say that

[@quillzey1186]

@@realhumanbean7915 maybe you should take fight the power on your next even level then

[@rileyraccoon9673]

"In a world filled with misery and uncertainty, it is a great comfort to know that, in the end, there is light in the darkness." And that's how I found my favorite character in the Fallout franchise.

[@trungcaothemagnificent2777]

Ricky

[@jordanmccabe3848]

@Mryeast 5999 V2 yeah

[@NerfZombieHunter]

Wasn't that also the name of his 45

[@jordanmccabe3848]

@@NerfZombieHunter yeah

[@adaptorperish1322]

That’s so basic, though.

[@sirkorbendallas]

Mr. Factory, I love your videos and I can't wait to see what you've got coming up next. Thank you for the great YT content.

[@fearlessfosdick160]

I'll never forget the first time I ever played Old World Blues. The first half hour made for the funniest DLC I ever played.

[@Elenrai]

Remember the first time the suit lied about getting into combat 😂 the attitude!

[@majklk2057]

Toaster is and will be my most favorite side "NPC" in whole Fallout NW.

[@robertharris6092]

My favorite NPC. Period.

[@emolovetree]

Fun fact, the toaster it's boxed voiced by Jace hall

[@jaymoney91951]

Nah I like muggy alot

[@jonasciliento336]

funny thing about ed-e getting shot on the way to Navarro, that's actually the trailer for fallout new vegas

[@vibes_4225]

the dlc for this game is good, like really good, like genuinely superb, each one feels different enough from the base game but still similar enough that you know it's the same game at heart, but they each feel different enough that you don't feel like you are just getting a few extra hours of content for the base game of new vegas, and i genuinely think that it has some of the best dlc out of any game

[@sstankfish]

One of the greatest parts of FNV, and any good RPG, is the discussions afterward. Sure you can save/play out nearly any ending you want, but so many people will experience missions/DLCs once and formulate their opinion. It's up to them to discuss with others and listen to their experiences to alter their opinion or come to some sort of understanding. Obsidian did such a great job, as well as the voice actors.

[@GaraichuYT]

A minor nitpick on your reaction to the statues still standing at the end of Lonesome Road; You have the Wild Wasteland trait which causes several small scenarios to pop up here and there, a massive amount of which is a reference to something else. They are also non-canon, and the slideshow was a reference to Planet of the Apes. I can only assume the original slideshow would not show the destroyed statue.

[@eden4279]

Without Wild Wasteland the slide doesn't even appear at all.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Yeah, I noticed several times during his video that he forgets or just doesn't mention that certain events are triggered by Wild Wasteland. The tribal dude coming out to wave at you in Honest Hearts, named Two-Bears-High-Fiving is a reference to a mod for the base game that added the answer: "Two Bears high-fiving" to one of the pictures in Doc Mitchell's Rorschach test at the start of the game.

[@wisdomnada3069]

Think you totally missed on Honest Hearts. Joshua Graham’s story is a story of him letting go of his anger, the bloodlust he once felt when he was in Caesar’s legion. He says himself he wants nothing more than revenge on Caesar, and that shows with the White Legs. The best ending to that DLC was easily talking Joshua out of killing the leader of the White Legs. It shows him that he cannot rely on the violence that he once held in his heart.

[@Andykin47]

Joshua Graham never actually developed as a person. He just channeled his self-righteousness into helping one group of people instead of a different group of people. His bloodthirsty, holier than thou nature never went away.

[@Mskaylove1]

Not to mention the story of The Survivalist. Having the "Father in the Caves" explained also does a lot for the DLC. Especially when the whole time it seems they're just talking about God or something. Randall Clark's story was heartbreaking and super intriguing. I loved that it tied a lot of unanswered things together.

[@logancutler6267]

@@Mskaylove1 Reaching the end of the Survivalist’s story genuinely brought be to tears the first time I experienced it. And it’s even more impressive to me because it’s a story told almost entirely through text on terminal screens and the environment.

[@zal7782]

When he said “why don’t they just slit his throat.” They tried… many people have tried and it doesn’t fucking work. He’s too angry to die

[@Sines314]

@@logancutler6267 His story is one of my favorite in the series. In terms of small tales, I think it's even better than Vault 11. I absolutely love the stories about the survivors of the Great War who didn't just hide in a Vault. Heck, it's why I had such a good first impression of Fallout 76, because the starting town was full of stories about the survivors of the Great War. Going through Honest Hearts and missing out on the story of the Survivalist is a tragedy. It's the only really well done part of the DLC, but it's REALLY well done.

[@luke4010]

Old world blues is my favorite video game story. It's just so fun and charming and doesn't take its self too serious. It also has a cool theme which I love, with all the talking robots and brains with their distinct cliche over the top personalities

[@thecodeson99]

Couldn't help but notice the pillows song. Love them so much.

[@fritzkier]

"Also I forgot my brain" Allright, I lost it. This is probably the funniest storyline that I've play.

[@trungcaothemagnificent2777]

Kill the bear

[@EVEMASTER99]

@@trungcaothemagnificent2777 Take drugs! Kill a bear!

[@worlds3061]

A fellow Va-ll Hall-A Player i see

[@LadyDoomsinger]

Try talking to your own brain with an INT 1 character. There are some pretty funny lines.

[@TheR3verse57]

ED-E after seeing me fall unconscious entering dead money: Understandable, have a nice day **dips**

[@scraminqbanchy7162]

I remember being pissed because Cass left after I passed out on my first playthrough so when I got back to the Mojave I knocked her unconscious lmao

[@RedSaint83]

21:03 That popping sound is (obviously) a bug. You can correct it using the "bVoiceModulationFix" setting with the mod "JIP LN NVSE Plugin". I can't remember if it needs to be set to 0 or 1 though, but it fixed the bug for me last I played Dead Money.

[@user-nb8yt2il2r]

That popping filter on elijah is on your end. Ive never had the spikes like that in any of my playthroughs

[@exocakes4587]

Fun fact: Even siding with Daniel still gives him regrets.

[@exocakes4587]

@@henrycrabs3497 he keeps thinking if he did the right thing of, you know, taking a bunch of natives off their homeland.

[@bigman-152]

and that is why I always side with my man Joshua

[@Phi_Lix]

This is why you should always side with Graham and not that a little bitch Daniel

[@myballsgetlikt1313]

I honestly just kill Daniel and take the map before the final battle. I don't like him. Then I kill all the Sorrows and Joshua Graham cause why not. And then all the Dead Horses cause I want the XP.

[@themoshpit8341]

@@myballsgetlikt1313 killing everyone in Zion is literally the funnest thing ever. I do it all the time with all my evil playthroughs

[@animeproblem1070]

couriers are basically the most badass mailmen ever in fallout they literally fight through raider tribes and beasts cross scorching deserts and other treacherous terrain and they’re expected to do it solo just to deliver a package that’s why the caravan wanted a courier

[@animeproblem1070]

Tl2aV instead or crayons he eats cloud dust

[@animeproblem1070]

Nagger ulysses and the player character were both couriers who traveled everywhere and ulysses speaks for himself

[@animeproblem1070]

Nagger i also never said they were special i said they were badass because anyone who can cross the wasteland and doesn’t need to rely on the protection of a town will undoubtedly be a hard to kill i mean seriously the route benny took to ambush courier 6 was the most dangerous one that means the route courier 6 was on was through the deathclaw and cazador infested strip of land otherwise if the courier headed towards primm they would have missed him

[@therealpizzagirl]

@Nagger He didn't make anything up. Even before NV starts, your courier is almost impossible to kill. You get shot in the head twice and live and you only get stronger from there.

[@hbcdhapamzmdfnsdiufnsduifhsopa]

@@therealpizzagirl wait when did you get shot other than with benny?

[@garrettsmith4760]

I love that I keep hearing The Pillows in your vids lol. These are great

[@kasuraga]

8:25 nice, The Pillows playing in the background. don't hear that very often.

[@RjGoombes]

"You may recognize him as the local population of GTA V" What, no Lee Everett?

[@applemauzel]

He died within a season, so we forget about him immediately.

[@RjGoombes]

@@applemauzel *no*

[@benjaf1058]

@@applemauzel Literally nobody asked stfu

[@dinosdaniel3508]

Also Vol'Jin

[@Frostbite3024]

The footage afterward kills me.

[@matthewpopow6647]

I freaking love how Old World Blues is basically wizard of Oz

[@aywudx8132]

Same 😂😂

[@perryborn2777]

Never thought of it like that, but that's definitely a solid way to look at it

[@thatguybehindtheglass]

Never even noticed, but now I see it. You have to recover your brain, heart, and backbone (courage).

[@matthewpopow6647]

@@thatguybehindtheglass funny thing, a TON of people miss this... even though Modius literally says almost that EXACT line. "You got you self a Brain, heart and courage... I mean spine."

[@lukasbailey6866]

Modius has the best dialogue in the game 😂

[@andrewjack5755]

When the courier did datura I thought the end screen was gonna play. You don’t take datura, datura takes you