Fallout: The Frontier - The Grand Finale

[@ArawnNox]

"I've gathered what allies you've made." Zach does a slow turn in a mostly empty room. Oh man that killed me XD

[@Batdude36]

All we need is the Beetle Bot and Mike

[@bogusbilliam79]

curious who could show up

[@demi-doll-animege-sama]

that was funny

[@ArckAngel75]

@@bogusbilliam79 pretty much anyone who was "major" would but Zach killed a bunch of em

[@mikeburnfire]

@Bogus Billiam fallout-the-frontier.fandom.com/wiki/Dolus_Eventualis

[@ponysrule101]

It finally happened, The Frontier killed Mikes enthusiasm. At least the gamblers bus revived it.

[@theorangegremlin334]

The simulation will now collapse because of it

[@Okil_Atlas]

AJ: "I trust you'll know what to do with the C-Finder, Courier." Courier: "Yep. :)" (throws it out the vertibird.) AJ: "did you just...Goddammit."

[@juanara6969]

2 days later Scav: oh a toy maybe my son will love it.

[@hungcuong606]

@@juanara6969 scav: here you go son scav son : thanks dad ( holding down the trigger and see a weird light coming down from the sky) Archimedes II: target lock And that is how Portland become a giant crater

[@theluftwaffle1]

@@hungcuong606 The GOOD ending.

[@kamenrideraquarius]

Tbf I would of just destroyed the stupid laser even if it meant destroying the powergrid

[@Ribbons0121R121]

@@theluftwaffle1 GOOD.

[@atreides213]

The fact that you have to pay all the 2 thousand caps you 'earned' just to get out of the Frontier is fucking art.

[@Ribbons0121R121]

its poetic perfection a cherry ontop this turd

[@theorangegremlin334]

That was a fucking funny

[@lsargent0751]

Let go

[@ashwolf2006]

Pfft that's nothing since you can easily earn/get more caps by selling the loot you find on npc's and doing some sidequests.

[@vincegalila7211]

It's a genuinely good brick joke

[@junkyardjoe1419]

Destroying major canon NCR cities is one of the biggest mistakes this mod made. Its stupid for so many reasons.

[@metronicmagician1816]

Honestly yeah. Like pretty much everything is excusable with the fact that it’s a mod, this stuff can just exists in this area, and doesn’t need to be acknowledged, but the active fucking with canonical areas is inexcusable.

[@agentfuse6416]

To be fair, Sac-Town is only ever actually mentioned once, in Honest Hearts. It definitely would've been better if no NCR city was destroyed, but of all ones to choose, Sac-Town is the safest bet since it's the one with the least info about it, thus the least impact if it's destroyed.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

@@agentfuse6416 But then after the Rancor fight the game gives you the option to DESTROY THE ENTIRE NCR AND LEGION WITH A BUTTON

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

that is the issue with big story mods. Either they are breaking the main plot of the game, or they feel insignificant. there is a reason most mods tend to be more focused on side quest material or go for total conversions or a separate location with separate factions. avoiding issues with the main game.

[@Pathfinder118]

I know its a bit late, but I did some digging, and it looks like Sac-Town is independent and not yet a part of the NCR, or some kind of like frontier protectorate of the NCR. Also supposedly Sacramento actually got hit by a nuke during the war so the town never had a large population. I know its still kinda dumb they nuked a whole canon town for the plot, so grain of salt.

[@Ribbons0121R121]

how it started: "go to the frontier, youll get some quick 2000 caps" how ti ended: "everything sucks, mostly everyones dead or wants to be dead, and the ticket to leave is 2000 caps"

[@vellinghem2187]

You know, The real 2000 caps were the friends we made along the way.

[@ashwolf2006]

@@vellinghem2187 BOO!

[@therandomdickhead5744]

Art

[@LabMatt]

It's like the 50 caps bit, but painful

[@izzy8934]

This campaign was rough as hell but Private John getting a fucking Titan for the final fight after being the butt of the entire mod was absolutely fantastic.

[@Zach_Hazard]

Honestly, I thought that was pretty great

[@SlicesLemons]

praise the Omnissiah!

[@dr.bright6272]

@@Zach_Hazard your reaction was hilarious

[@therandomdickhead5744]

John was fun. I’m glad he got his time to shine. Expected Zach to leave him for dead

[@CPTBlarg117]

@@Zach_Hazard I don't know if you've been told this but the story I've heard about why the NCR campaign was such a shitshow was because it was the sole work of one of the mod developers. The story goes that the reason that he went unchallenged was that he did a huge amount of the coding, including the all of the work on functional vehicles and cutscenes, and threatened to pull all of his work from the project if they didn't give him free reign on the NCR campaign.

[@DcLegs]

The worst part of the mod is that they call it the courier's fucking magnum opus

[@theluftwaffle1]

More like magnum poopus amirite?

[@creatureman5636]

@@theluftwaffle1 damn you.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

The magnum opus line grates me the most out of all these cards. It reeks of the pretension put by some of these modders into this work, and most especially Devilswish, like that the Frontier's very existence is far better than the game that it relies on to function.

[@DarthHavoc1]

@@gratuitouslurking8610 Devilswish seriously deserves to be downvoted off of the mod nexus he absolutely destroyed the entire mod with his trash rip off of other games and threats to the rest of the team to walk and take all the other stories with him.

[@kamenrideraquarius]

Implying the mod is better than the base game

[@SinnerBeta]

Man, NCR story isn't that great, but I'm a sucker for "I stand with him!" moments like this where helping people pays off by the end of the game and they give you special abilities and resources.

[@Preussensprinz]

Yeah, like in DAO at the Landsmeet

[@ZyroShadowPony]

Sadly to me it has been used alot that its gotten stale. I just enjoy moments where no one is with me, save the day and call them out for believing a traitor over the giy who did all the dirty work

[@metronicmagician1816]

Probably my favorite version of this is in Metro Exodus mainly since it’s less the general idea of it being 2 sides against each other, and is far more the people you’ve helped helping you back.

[@theorangegremlin334]

John suddenly appearing in the titan was a good funny moment

[@codysmith3531]

Same

[@cillianthestupendous6093]

the way mike just kinda appears in places during cutscenes gives him kind of a Gman vibe, if much mire silly. but I absolutely love it

[@lop90ful1]

Lol nice

[@spouwnerring]

If this ends up being forshadowing for something insane than I'm gonna completely loose it!

[@lop90ful1]

@@spouwnerring they should totally cash in on that

[@fluffinsquirrels]

@@spouwnerring "hello Zach, I've been watching you for quite a long time now.

[@freezingjazzy]

"Tell me... Zachary... Have you heard of... The Pancor... Jackhammer?"

[@Batdude36]

"We've seen security footage of you and the Courier leaving the nuclear facility shortly after the nuke launched from there." Yeah and you know who else went to that silo besides those two? You Rancor.

[@sandyv4819]

Oh thank God I'm not the only one who remembered that shit. He was also the first one to leave too! Edit: also those cameras worked?? In the post apocalyptic future? I get the crusaders had it but still

[@foreignfat6009]

@@sandyv4819 What are they? Tape cameras? There are no micro-electronics in FO universe. Kind of important point in that universe....

[@ashwolf2006]

Rancor's entire Character profile is a Complete Genocidal Sociopathic Maniac.

[@therandomdickhead5744]

@@sandyv4819 that was so bad it was funny

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

​@@foreignfat6009Technically the micro stuff was just invented way later

[@DavidSSabb]

*Rancor dies, Zank throws away the C-finder* "Oh thank Christ, it's finally over." *Video:* 26:00 / 42:56. "Dear God..."

[@michaelm.2736]

"There's more."

[@TheRoseReaper]

@@michaelm.2736 "NO!"

[@JWP-56]

“It contains a list of everything *Zank* hated about this mod”

[@TheScopeGlint]

The liberator is our secret, unstoppable weapon. Liberator proceeds to be disarmed by a couple vertibirds

[@foreignfat6009]

To be fair, vertibirds are extremely rare for ncr... IN THE BASE GAME! Also tHe CoUrIeR piloted the one what destroyed it... But mininukes exist and can definitely reach liberator and just fucking tear it apart...

[@xytanvadumee4795]

@@foreignfat6009 mini nukes, rocket launchers, (in this mod) tanks, artillery, vertibirds, Tesla beatons...the fact that its a flying Brick and like no infrastructure exists to land it on and fuel the massive brick.

[@markmcgehee3864]

The liberator is basically the panzer 1,000 that the Germans thought of making The ratta It looks fucking awesome but the moment you realize it’s technologically just an aircraft carrier that can go anywhere and doesn’t have the speed or armor or firepower to put it above a bunker makes fallout tech trash it

[@vaguely_boring]

"really wish we didn't have to kill ncr first recon" Mike says after killing Boone and laughing about it

[@_Salok]

It's about the choices, and possibilities, not Mike's murderous rampages

[@ScoutTrooperMan]

@@_Salok i feel its probably latter over the former lol

[@raven-jn8yn]

Well Boone Shot Mike first , not backward .

[@ashwolf2006]

To be Frank Mike did it on Self Defense, as Boone Shot at him unprovoked. and this isn't the first time mike had been shot unprovoked.

[@connorbutters8479]

the gold plated revolver rifle is the frontier's christmas gift to zach mainly to make up for the NCR exiles campiagn

[@Ribbons0121R121]

it was

[@therandomdickhead5744]

That thing is a piece of art

[@adenward3266]

You can tell the mod sucks when even Mike isnt having a good time.

[@lop90ful1]

Facts

[@ashwolf2006]

Even Alchestbreach didn't enjoy the main campaign of the mod.

[@lop90ful1]

@@ashwolf2006 ehh he did fine

[@renedog23]

Man, you right. Never thought I'd see the day too

[@therandomdickhead5744]

For real

[@grimreefer9324]

I am so disappointed they didn’t see the Wild Wasteland “We’ll settle this with a game of caravan!” option.

[@Zach_Hazard]

Mike told me about it afterwords. I was just ready to be done

[@grimreefer9324]

@@Zach_Hazard LOOOL, _that_ I understand. Those brief glimmers of good (or at least hilarious) writing in the mod really showed what it could've been... or what it still could be.

[@foreignfat6009]

@@grimreefer9324 Yeah, lot of stupid shit could have been hidden under the Wild Wasteland.

[@therandomdickhead5744]

Rip

[@grinninggoblin]

Adding the 2k leaving fee to the bus is literally just a giant middle finger to the player

[@thegrayowl1557]

Eh, it was funny at least

[@dusty2080]

Not gonna lie, laughed my ass off at that

[@TheBonesMalone]

Thank god I don't have the necessary resources to play this mod, I can barely get over 1k caps in NV so being given 2k caps would have been a dream come true for me. Then, when the leaving fee is that amount of caps, I would have raged so freaking hard. In all honesty if they decided to make it that many caps they should have made it so you can go back to the Mojave at any point in time.

[@Akehiko_Urabaya]

@@TheBonesMalone Dunno man, with max barter at level 50 you usually sit at 60K caps even without gambling at Vegas

[@TooDarnEasy]

@@TheBonesMalone if youre getting less than 1k caps in a playthrough of nv, not even God can help you

[@chancecleavelin4834]

During the 20 questions bit, I figured out when he said "it eats meat I guess" and my mind just went "DO YOU WANT TO SEE MY PRETTY LITTLE OSTRITCH?!

[@hungcuong606]

HAVE YOU SEEN IT DANCING ABOUT?!! HAVE YOU SEEN MY PRETTY LITTLE OSTRICH?!! LIEUTENANT COOPER YOUR SON HAS PASSED

[@eddmario]

NGL I thought it was going to be a shoebill

[@Zach_Hazard]

LIEUTENANT COOPER YOUR SON HAS PASSED

[@elijahjarman2837]

@@Zach_Hazard whaddya want? I'm busy!

[@KumaNoire]

"Goodbye Mike" *robot falls from airship* "OH NO MY ROBOT!" Goddammit I love Zach.

[@therandomdickhead5744]

That was beautiful

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

18:05

[@fnlrpa]

The crusaders actually can have a happy ending if you make allies with the NCR. It's anti-climactic, but at least you get to fuck over Tiberius

[@ashwolf2006]

He gets tag teamed by blackthorn and tasha weaver, the same goes for valerius.

[@julianpourdanesh3339]

Genuinely believe that the ncr campaign did more damage to the ncr at large then the legion campaign ever did. Also why did I feel like more of a hero with them then with the ncr. I would love to see a crusaders campaign though

[@RyuKaguya]

It's the only campaign that you can get a happy ending with

[@crocidile90]

@@RyuKaguya the true ending is the enclave ending

[@walnzell9328]

AJ (specifically AJ after being freed from Ostia), is one of, if not the, best character in this mod. Because she's fed up with everything, which is SOOOOO relatable after playing through this trash.

[@midouban628]

They set the confrontation between Rancor vs C6 up to be all serious and everything; then it pans out and you see (NPC) Mike just running around in the background with the eyes bot thingy as to chasing it.

[@SterlingCBeard]

I voiced the androids there. Yup, those are supposed to be Officer Parks from the Archimedes II (though I didn't voice Parks -- I assume the original VO was unavailable, so I filled in). Also, Zach making a Homestar Runner reference at 16:35 and 17:48 ("we're gonna have to jump!" from the sbemail about 'Dangeresque 3', which was released in June of *2004*) is an extremely deep cut.

[@LordFerpez]

Want you to know your va work was good in this mod

[@SterlingCBeard]

@@LordFerpez Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the mod!

[@GamingWithHajimemes]

@@SterlingCBeard he said your voice not the mod in general. But it was entertaining to see these two play it anyways

[@Rex-go6gb]

AJ should have said "On your feet Courier! We are leaving!"

[@scarletrain2818]

No, god no. They tried Call of Duty once with basically a mediocre recreation of Charlie Don't Surf but that'd just be stupid and a slap in the face to Cpt. Price.

[@uberreaktor4836]

Because they didn't crappily rip off CoD enough already

[@clonetrex]

i really thought she was gonna open with that cuz that scene reminded me so much from cod4

[@Rex-go6gb]

@@uberreaktor4836 with what CoD is now there isn't enough ripping off CoD, they massacred my boy Gaz

[@admiral6678]

I love how a bus trip back to the mojave costs them their entire pay from a tour of the frontier.

[@blacktemplarbrotherlucius1935]

I personally didn't care at that point. Just wanted to get the f out.

[@therandomdickhead5744]

It’s poetic

[@marcogenovesi8570]

Amazing, so the mod's "primary" quest ends with a massive disappointment, in case you weren't massively disappointed enough by that quest

[@metronicmagician1816]

Honestly I’m glad this mod has 2 other far superior (that’s not saying much) main quest lines to go down instead of this.

[@pasta1549]

All honesty the only proper way to play this mod while maintains any kind of friendly relations with ncr is the brotherhood and even then you’re probably better off not being sober when doing it

[@CarbonKnights]

AJ's reaction to the C-Finder thing was the best part of this whole mod!

[@kotarldo]

When Mike cannot be "the positive one" you know that they are in pain playing this. Thank you for playing it guys... just to see how angry Zach is worth it a bit. I mean, you worth my little patreon. Give a few mods of guns to Zach and make him happy.

[@Ladle66]

How does one "finds some cover" on a flying vessel from an orbital strike.

[@mouseblackcat5263]

Umbrella? O.o

[@Frank451Martin]

@@mouseblackcat5263 duck and cover?

[@mouseblackcat5263]

@@Frank451Martin Burt the Turtle knows what to do! :D 🧨🐢

[@philthephilosopher9235]

A more appropriate line would be: "Brace for impact!"

[@danieljames1868]

With great difficulty.

[@Clodical]

The vertibird fights were like the batmobile tank battles in arkham knight, first time it was cool because thats the first experience we had of that but it just gets old quickly.

[@kosenkovpeter5702]

2:03 Hat's off to the devs team. They somehow managed to rip off *HIGHFLEET* long before it came out

[@varengrey7221]

I love how at 9:00 you can see Mike and the Robot running for cover

[@nachobiosca4031]

EVERY MAN BY HIMSELF

[@dragonranger8456]

Mike, make a standalone mod that's just the Gold Revolver Rifle from this mod so Zach can keep using it when you go back to normal New Vegas please.

[@TheBonesMalone]

Yeah that's a good idea. That revolver is the best gun

[@chaoschronicler3211]

honestly I would like a stand alone weapons and armore mod from frontier that doesn't reqire it

[@dragonranger8456]

@@chaoschronicler3211 i would love that

[@Ravenia1614]

I’ve played the mod and honestly I can agree with them the mods hell and the side quests are a tad bit better than the main campaigns

[@WhiteManOnCampus]

A little better than terrible still isn't worth it.

[@veilstone290]

I genuinely enjoyed most of the sidequests I ran into in Portland, the only thing really holding those quests back is that they are tied to the 3 main faction quests if you want to return to the base game.

[@DeHerg]

If you're thinking what mod to try next after this, might I recommend "Autumn Leaves"? A mod without any combat and mostly dialog focused is probably a nice change of pace after this.

[@pasta1549]

All honesty I think they might just stop playing NV on the channel altogether. Lack of quality mods or at least big ones that don’t immediately give Zach higher blood pressure or kill mikes enthusiasm altogether is really taking their toll when watching the twitch stream. Not to mention the fact they have also said a very few amount of times that anything else is more fun than current nv mods is what really drives it home for me

[@laurenwoods4199]

I'm forever grateful this mod is finally over.

[@aubreyhuff46]

I hear they are redoing the mod. Sounds like the guy who did the NCR story was a total prick.

[@laurenwoods4199]

@@aubreyhuff46 well hopefully the redo is a vast improvement

[@aubreyhuff46]

@@laurenwoods4199 They basically will be redoing the entire NCR exile campaign and make it less cod like

[@ashwolf2006]

@@aubreyhuff46 they are also removing every single thing that the community hated in the mod. such as the forced recruitment segment in which in your Obligated to join the exiles in order to go to the frontier. getting locked out in quest and factions which was really bad.

[@aubreyhuff46]

@@ashwolf2006 Really? Didn't know that. I did find it strange at how dumb Legate Valerius was. In fact, just for his treatment of the Frumentari serving Caesar he deserves at least a demotion or some other punishment

[@chad8045]

I never throughout the entire adventure of mikeburnfire in fallout, seen mike so unethused about a mod XD

[@seanpfister993]

Damn we need more badass mail people. John has his day.

[@exudeku]

Its Christmas now here in Asia, and Thank God its finished. Thanks mr Gun Guy and the Marine guy

[@PobortzaPl]

And now I see a G.I.Joe cheap knock off action figures named Gun Guy and Marine Guy... Goods, the 1980s in Eastern Europe were kind of crazy.

[@ashwolf2006]

@@PobortzaPl you made mike and zach looks like characters from DooM there, but im not complaining i mean Zach is already too angry to die in this mod.

[@m-xvi7871]

The 2,000 caps were a final slap in the face lmao.

[@ashwolf2006]

Merry Christmas to everyone in the comments section! and also to both mike and zach. also the liberator part kinda reminds me of the mission on the first Iron Man movie games for the psp,Pc and ps3,xbox360. in where you have to stop a flying fortress before it reaches the nearby city, only that was more enjoyable despite being hard. since the airship is constantly moving and trying to land near it's engines is really hard due to getting constantly shot at.

[@richardmarois4203]

Finally, this mod has finish and Zach and Mike’s suffering has come to an end… so about the New California mod

[@auramaster8763]

Friend. I have good(?) news.

[@tandyo]

Jeez, honestly The Frontier could be waaaay better without the cheesy Call of Duty action package and cutscenes. Nevertheless, THANK YOU for bearing yourselves through this mod!

[@DarthHavoc1]

You can blame the entire exiles campaign on devilswish being and absolute trash writer

[@joejo956]

Well at least Zack and Mike can finally go back home to the Mojave and forget what they did in the frontier, I’m sure Zach is happy about that :)

[@mikesworld6064]

Just in time for the holidays, Conglaturation ! ! ! You have completed a great game. And prooved the justice of our culture. Now go and rest out heroes !

[@J_A_Niss]

This whole campaign feels like a bad Dungeon Master who put himself as the final boss and couldn't accept losing. _"yea you win but when I die teh bomb inside my heart go boom and kill the whole continent because you killed me"_

[@jare3459]

John now my favorite person in this mod now

[@derekmensch3601]

"Internminator John" thats the best fucking part of this mod.

[@StarBurstRastaman]

You did it! We did it! The pain and suffering is over! Ya know, it's all pretty incredible. Especially when you consider that playing *Fallout the Frontier™* is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural

[@PobortzaPl]

The least we spek about Tro-kil-ly the better...

[@TheRandomNightLord]

Zach is going to cry himself to sleep or scream into his pillow that it’s finally over the frontier is finished

[@cw9058]

11 Months for that ending? I can’t believe I’ve been watching them play this mod for almost a year now, feels unreal

[@xanethestrange7659]

Private John is one of the few good things in this mod

[@elijahjarman2837]

I love pvt john

[@clevernamehere2812]

To everyone who wants to hateplay this mod or play the mod that Mike suggested in the other video and feel like playing this since you're already there. I highly suggest downloading "Tgspy Changes" which makes the vertibird missions more balanced as well as removing several of the things Mike and Zach suffered through the most. I also suggest you optionally download "Frontier Add-Ons" which tweaks and adds-content that genuinely should have been in the main mod. I especially recommend this mod if you're one of those who are doing a New California, New Vegas, Frontier playthrough as New California made references to the Frontier mod while it was still in development. It also adds notes and terminal entries in the Mojave written by important NCR and Legion characters acknowledging that they are aware of the conflict and vice versa it makes it that the Frontier is aware of the tensions with the Hoover Dam. I have no affiliation with any of the mentioned mods. I'm simply sharing things that will make the NCR campaign more tolerable as even Mike and Zach acknowledge that despite the shit story, the scripting and effort put into some of the segments are impressive. It really sucks that so many talented modders and voice actors suffered because of one dude demanding the NCR's route be Call of WolfenSpace: The Line Solid.

[@dinosaur6106]

Zachs reaction to john in the Titan was probably the funnyiest thing out of this series

[@SirToastyIII]

I’m a little upset Zack killed Rancor straight away, and never got to see the option where you can play Caravan with him

[@couriersix8294]

What rly?

[@sarminder4357]

That would be an interesting boss fight

[@SirToastyIII]

@@couriersix8294 yeah. If you have the wild wasteland perk, one of the dialogue options is to face him off in a game of Caravan to-the-death

[@princeofddr]

But nobody knows how to play Caravan!

[@benjaminbomber5702]

@@sarminder4357 except Zach was done with this entire 'Drug fueled, reference filled, piece of crap' mod

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Wasn't expecting you to push through it all in one episode. Good on ya to just rip the bandaid off. 3:57 Ok geebus you guys weren't lying about how BAD the Vertibird section taking on the Liberator was, just... YIKES. 7:59 Also I'm Sparticu- wait. Ok credit where it's due, using the vehicle fighting assets for ground combat's pretty neat for a big ol final battle, with the aid of the various people you've met and kept alive. 16:20 We'll stop doing that when they're not so blatantly obvious, Mike. Y'know with the amount of times you guys have had to fire at Rancor as he runs away, all I'm reminded of is the cut scene where you had to chase Benny through the underground tunnels beneath Vegas as he's trying to escape to the Fort to use the chip, but it was cut because you could easily have him escape with the many ways it happens in the game... 18:07 And so Mike, who prevented Silus from being interrogated, escapes the Liberator, and the Frontier was forever changed. 18:54 Aw crap, yeah, I forgot there was a SECOND vertibird fight here. Now I see why you cut it down to one section and got it over with. Also poor Mike, even he's lost it. :< 22:58 OK THAT'S NEW. He didn't even let ya get to the monologue, just straight to Titanfall. Well ok! When I saw Four Decent Friends I guess this was either cut or because of the Wild Wasteland stuff they could talk to him, leading to the ONE GOOD JOKE of this entire mod: Playing Caravan to see who lives or dies. 25:08 Ok, now that is the second best payoff for this scene. Glad to see you didn't let your inner Ulyssus wipe the slate clean despite how utterly stupid they turned a once-a-day superlaser into something that can CLEAR OUT ENTIRE STATES WORTH OF POPULATION WHILE STILL LEAVING THE MOJAVE INTACT 27:45 You're right Gray, Blackthorne didn't deserve to die like that. He deserved to be turned Feral so WE had to kill him! That would have pissed Rancor off even more! 34:45 The magnum opus line grates me the most out of all these cards. It reeks of the pretension put by some of these modders into this work, and most especially Devilswish, like that the Frontier's very existence is far better than the game that it relies on to function. 36:11 ...Wow that's a final insult and a half there. "Here's all the caps us Exiles could scrounge up as a final reward. I guess it'll cover your bus fair." I dunno if Zach and Mike's planning to take on the rest of the sidequests or the Crusaders any time soon, but either way, been a hell of a ride watching a slightly less abridged version of the Frontier and some of the junk I missed in other playthroughs. Till the next road you walk, literal Space Cowboys. And for the love of god take a nap or something, this much dosage of Frontier can't be healthy.

[@vendetta543]

Oh lordy, a nearly hour long video! Just the perfect christmas present! Also, I know its debatable but I did actually like what they tried to do for Rancor’s boss fight where you have no weapons so you have to scavenge for gear while being attacked. Has a real Dead Rising vibe.

[@aeven13]

Mike did mention briefly at the beginning of the fight, that it could be awesome, but he is too tired of this whole thing to care.

[@Aerowarrier]

Gray says Blackthorne didn’t deserve to die like that, then literally says he plans to do the complete opposite of Blackthorne because everything that lunatic did was wanton and useless

[@Krojester]

AJ's voice actor is Savy Des-Etages, she's English (British)

[@EDuarteVillanueva]

In Heavy Weapons Guy's inmortal words: EVERYONE IS DED NOT BIG SOUPRICE

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Another phrase worth it once they reach the Mojave again: IT IS A GOOD DAY TO BE NOT DEAD

[@zacharybartolo5111]

I'm glad you fellas are done with this. The fact Mike had drained all of his optimism speaks volumes of this mod's sheer stupidity. We're all tired of the Frontier, time to do something fun now. Merry Christmas Mike and Zach! Can't wait to see what you do next!

[@ZyroShadowPony]

I wonder if they will try new california

[@ashwolf2006]

@@ZyroShadowPony Doubt it since it means that they'll have to start a new game, but then theres the fact that new california could be Zach's origin story.

[@jeffreylord882]

the crusader playthrough with a ncr alliance has the best ending plus you get to recruit AJ as a companion at the end

[@tephlar4450]

My favorite thing is watching the pillbug zoom around

[@miadaorerk1681]

honestly i love the ending where everyone joins together to stand with the courier and the one guy reawaking in the tech. it's so cliche and over the top and dumb but considering how the mod went it's like the final burst of energy to make it to the end

[@daskommandantkrieger2503]

Entry fee of 2000 caps (uproarious laughter) Zach: ....it doesn't matter.

[@grumpycato8314]

Zach is right on the lenght: many section are far too long; Also I feel like the Enclave section should have come after, not before the war with the Legion, because after you go to space to fight genocidal-super-computer with cyborg-nazi servants you've already peaked on the bombastic scale and there's not much else to top that

[@bigbrotheriswatching1190]

There are few things I really like about this mod... but I fucking lost it at Private John hopping into a call of duty exosuit and whipping out a proton axe.

[@zhongxiuhe4052]

Thanks for soldiering through this campaign so I could see what it was. My game saved me from this because the quest broke at the crucifixion rescue scene at the beginning, and instead I had a fun time doing side quests and eventually Crusaders campaign.

[@toastysalmen4642]

Every video is a nice mix of game play and Zach just being happy when his girlfriend texts him and it makes me happy that even though he hates this mod, he's still got something to bring him happiness while Mike just laughs at the failure of the mod

[@theorangegremlin334]

“Set a course for shady sands” OH SO WE’RE DOUNG FALLOUT 1998 NOW IM LOSING IT ALREADY

[@barthvader95]

No, Shady Sands just remained the capital throughout NCR's expansion and even though F2 calls it "NCR", it kept its original name.

[@DarthHavoc1]

Thank goodness the exiles quest is done and over with. I honestly would’ve preferred to see Zach and Mike do the crusaders just so they wouldn’t have had to suffer through the Exiles garbage. Honestly I think it’d be so funny if they return to the Mojave and Zach still has that gold plated rifle

[@jasonthomas7909]

Proud of you guys for giving this a fair shake despite all the frustration. Can't have been easy. Still you guys gave very clear and well thought out criticisms! And you held eachother up through the annoyances instead of fighting. You guys are examplary friend and a great comedic duo.

[@philiphunn194]

The fact that the developers had the balls to describe this catastrophe of a mod as "the Courier's magnum opus" is the funniest thing I've heard in years.

[@Freshmaker69]

Now that this nightmare is over you guys should try beyond Boulder dome. I've always heard that ones pretty decent.

[@RyuKaguya]

In my experience it's way more buggy

[@theluftwaffle1]

It’s also not finished. They just quickly tied up the end because their development team was scattering.

[@ashwolf2006]

@@theluftwaffle1 if i remember al didnt enjoy that mod. due to it being more buggy than the vanilla game.

[@t3hf1gm3nt9]

yeah i remember trying to play through Beyond Boulder Dome myself and never finishing it because it was riddled with bugs, and not the fun kind

[@ashwolf2006]

No that'll probably infuriate zach again due to that mod is a buggy And an incomplete. And installing the mod is really tedious and cumbersome due to how many parts of the mod you need to download

[@robertjohn4221]

"I've gathered what allies you've made." Allies!? Zach doesn’t make allies he only has people he has killed yet oh and Mike

[@diegomarquez4340]

Arguably the best part about the fight with Rancor is that you can challenge him to a game of caravan.

[@vergilthefallen9]

Christmas came early. Thank you guys for getting this done and up in time for Christmas. It is nice that it is over. I am sorry you had to go through this. But this was glorious horrible mess. There were some good parts but too much BS. The nightmares, the Vertibird fights, all too much. The creators of the mod seemed to forget this is an RPG first and and an FPS second. But to Mike and Zach, a merry Christmas, and get you boys some good booze and therapy. You have earned it.

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

That's weird, I DID get an ending for Donovan. The picture showed him holding a knife and kneeling, and the narrator said something about him making amends, leaving the Courier for a while and then returning with a bloody knife.

[@elconvict0]

Merry Christmas guys! Glad to see this slog is finally over.

[@josephvoskuhl878]

I feel like the mod has single-handedly pushed zach to the edge of just doing the yes man ending and just to say screw everyone else.

[@johnpaulson8199]

Merry Christmas Mike, Zach and everyone else down below. I hope everyone else here has a safe and happy Christmas and good holidays

[@BRAVOACTUAL]

Oh boy I can't wait to see the reunion with Hope and Vincent after so much time away.

[@PenOverSword]

You know this playthrough has a real One Punch Man kind of energy. All of this over the top shit that feels pulled from other stories. All of these dramatic monologues and AJ hamming it up at every opportunity. And the immortal, unstoppable courier who couldn't give a shit about any of it.

[@smallebige3310]

Rancor is insane Zach “yeah no shit”

[@Waster_War_Boss]

Honestly would have been cooler if the barriers dropped giving you a chance to shoot rancor before he uses the c-finder

[@eternalemperor2334]

Im glad that you did the NCR playthrough, even though it wasn't that good. It had potential and I was excited when I saw The Frontier Trailers 3 years ago. Im glad you shared your experience.

[@fluffinsquirrels]

So I genuinely wouldn't be opposed to you two doing a cos playthrough. I feel like it's probably the least seen campaign but it's got some good story points.

[@dr.bright6272]

John: Screw the Frontier, I'll take on the Mojave next. *a day later he's asking Zach to come to the Frontier*

[@transdispenser9003]

That ending sting of your caps you just got being taken to ride the bus is probably my favorite end joke I've ever seen

[@henrymartinvo]

ngl, the guy you left in space coming in at the last minute is... kinda cool. of course, if we had cared about him as a character, or had other ways to resolve the space mission, then his sacrifice and return would resonate a loooot better, but credit where it's due; its a neat idea

[@GateCaptain]

37:52 Zach makes a good point, you would think that the writers would have come up with some term to refer to the NCR Exiles to show that they are a different organization to the NCR proper Especially since you also come into contact with the Real NCR. They could do what the Brotherhood Outcasts did and call themselves Outcasts, or they could call themselves Expatriates, Emigres, or Exiles. I know that they see themselves as a part of the NCR and their organization is pretty much a carbon copy of the NCR Army with adjustments made to make up for the equipment they found in the Frontier, but still, they could have used a different term to refer to their own group to prevent confusion.

[@scrings1164]

From one google search it would take, in modern times, 31 hours straight from Portland back to Las Vegas. In a post war environment, im bumping that up to at least a week, maybe longer.

[@maggiesmith2843]

That 2000 caps fee was a final slap in the face.

[@batvdog6129]

1:08 🎶Thunder, rain and lightning Danger, water rising Clamour, sirens wailing It's such a bad sign Shadows of dark creatures Steel clouds floating in the air People run for shelter What's gonna happen to us? All the steps we take, all the moves we make All the pain at stake I see the chaos for everyone Who are we? What can we do? You and I are same in the way that We have our own styles that we won't change Yours is filled with evil and mine's not There is no way I can lose Can't hold on much longer But I will never let go I know it's a one way track Tell me now how long this'll last I'm not gonna think this way Nor will I count on others Close my eyes and feel it burn Now I see what I've gotta do Open your heart, it's gonna be alright etc...

[@acreativename7999]

12:12 The true ending of Halo 3

[@renedog23]

I still remember being super hyped for this giant mod. Hearing that you would be going to space sounded so cool. But I thought that was gonna be a side quest. Just. The main quest isn't fun. Alot of it could have been side quests or endings. But the world and side quests are good. But the bugs and all those many things that happened and the quest just soured it all.

[@hetsuyotester4101]

Ahh...finally the journey ended, now.... time to rewatch from the 1st episode when they got into frontier for the first time, again.

[@brycevo]

I'm with you, Zach and Mike! For the FINISH LINE!