Explaining Every Fallout: New Vegas Unique Weapon

[@heavilyarmedhippie75]

Old glory isn't a flagpole, it's actually the staff of the Congress. Long ago it was an actual weapon used against unruly assembly members, but these days it mostly functions as a talking stick on the rare occasion they actually use it. Also, weapons with randoms women's names like Annabelle and Esther are references to the US military tradition of giving your weapon a woman's name (or in more recent times, a man's if you're gay or a female.) The tradition goes back further than our country's history into obscurity and is most prevalent in the Marines and army

[@weenis2876]

thanks for sharing my friend

[@MrAntiexistancerifle34157]

I think he meant that originaly this weapon was much weaker and was called a flagpole back when Ulysses was supposed to be a companion in the base game but sadly that idea was cut. However if this idea had made it into the game the Lonesome Road dlc probobly wouldn't exist. Interesting fact though.

[@truedarkness4052]

Given how some of those hearings go, they should break out the staff again. Give Bobo the Clown or Butthead Gaetz a thump on the head

[@Badluck-is5nl]

@@truedarkness4052 agreed

[@CaptainAwsome]

it is a flagpole, you're þinking of Þe Mace of þe House of Representatives. generally when you have a floor stand version of þe flag of Þe United States it sits on a short flag pole ~6' tall with a golden eagle ontop of þe pole.

[@fireblast133]

The holorifle is technically a heavily modified grenade rifle. That ‘useless’ durability upgrade, when applied at max durability, actually makes it so much more durable it’s actually Unbreakable The Q-35 also has a detail you didn’t mention. It consumes less ammo per shot than the standard plasma rifle, meaning it’s lower base damage is also offset by its ammo efficiency

[@TheGlaabFather]

Unarmed Weapons 0:37 Cram Opener 1:44 Dr. Klein’s Glove 2:52 Dr. Mobius’ Glove 3:47 Embrace of the Mantis King 5:04 Fist of Rawr 6:19 Golden Gloves 7:22 Greased Lightning 8:41 Love and Hate 9:40 Paladin Toaster 10:58 Pushy 11:46 Recompense of the Fallen 12:49 Salt Upon Wound’s Power Fist 14:00 She’s Embrace 15:51 Two-Step Goodbye Melee Weapons 16:59 Blade of the East 18:15 Blood Nap 19:20 Broad Machete 20:19 Chance’s Knife 22:07 Chopper 22:59 Figaro 24:02 Gehenna 25:30 Knock Knock 26:35 Liberator 27:55 Nephi’s Driver 28:53 Nuka-Breaker 30:46 Oh, Baby! 31:40 Old Glory 32:54 The Humble Cudgel 34:10 X-2 Antenna Guns 35:21 A Light Shining in Darkness 37:10 Abilene Kid BB Gun 39:14 All-American 40:44 Big Boomer 42:06 Bozar 43:12 Christine’s CoS Silencer Rifle 44:25 CZ57 Avenger 46:04 Dinner Bell 47:13 Gobi Campaign Sniper Rifle 48:31 La Longue Carabine 49:25 Li’l Devil 50:22 Lucky 51:17 Maria 52:22 Medicine Stick 53:46 Mysterious Magnum 55:01 Pacienca 56:00 Ratslayer 57:07 Sleepytyme 58:34 Sturdy Caravan Shotgun 59:21 Survivalist’s Rifle 1:01:09 That Gun 1:02:09 This Machine 1:03:27 Vance’s 9MM SMG 1:04:54 Weathered 10MM Pistol Energy Weapons 1:05:57 AER14 Prototype 1:08:01 Alien Blaster 1:08:53 Cleansing Flamer 1:10:02 Compliance Regulator 1:11:17 Elijah’s Tesla Cannon 1:12:33 Euclid’s C-Finder 1:13:51 Holorifle 1:15:21 MF Hyperbreeder Alpha 1:16:39 Missing Laser Pistol 1:17:53 Pew Pew 1:19:00 Pulse Gun 1:19:55 Q-35 Matter Modulator 1:21:08 Sprtel-Wood 9700 1:22:19 Tesla Beaton Prototype 1:23:14 The Smitty Special 1:24:44 Van Graff Plasma/Laser Rifle 1:25:40 YCS/186 Explosives 1:27:04 Esther 1:28:17 Great Bear Grenade Rifle 1:29:01 Red Victory Grenade Rifle 1:30:02 Mercenary Grenade Rifle 1:30:41 Thump Thump 1:31:24 Mercy 1:32:25 Annabelle 1:33:17 Holy Frag Grenade Even though there is technically a chance for more than one in the Mojave to spawn… I still think the Ranger Sequoia should be considered unique. I only recently found one for the first time in my current play-through Edit: Just remembered that the Codac R9000 is also technically a unique weapon despite only being a functional camera

[@paladingigachad8858]

Based for timing everything 👍👍👍

[@villings]

doin' the gods' work

[@STOPSYPHER]

I love doctor Morbius

[@STOPSYPHER]

@@TheGlaabFather i don’t think tank, I just morbius. I went up in there and morbed all over the place

[@STOPSYPHER]

@@TheGlaabFather I love Mr Morbius

[@mikekz4489]

That Gun not being in Fallout 4 is a damned shame. It could have been a legendary weapon that does 30% more damage to synths. My number is a bit arbitrary, but it should be a great weapon to have, but not overpowered either.

[@theblondesiouxsiesioux]

Foreal doe. I thought the same thing. That gun was one of my favorites cause it always made me n my friends lol.

[@tms1305]

Honestly disappointed by the lack of blade runner Easter eggs in fallout 4

[@DoctorProph3t]

They finally have a fallout with androids and they forget That Gun? Pathetic.

[@theblondesiouxsiesioux]

@@DoctorProph3t Sounds like Bethesda.

[@BIadelores]

Fallout 4's weapon selection in general is shameful. Awful toy looking guns and very few that feel any satisfying. There's a reason weapon mods are the most popular mods by a lot.

[@knunk5476]

The big boomer is a reference to Mel Gibsons character Mad Max, as it is carried by Old lady Gibson, and Mad Max carried the sawed off shotgun, and big boomer is a common phrase and mountain in Australia

[@temxasred3086]

26:53 Also if you do the ncr version of the quest, you can just loot Liberator from Dead Sea's corpse

[@MrAntiexistancerifle34157]

Or go the easy way by simply killing him anytime during the game.

[@mothgirlxo]

Im so glad you went this in depth with all of the weapons, not even just the guns but ALL weapons!

[@UberNuber]

The depth is great but he missed the GABAGOOL! WHERES ALL THE GABAGOOL?! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GABBAGOOL?!

[@Tulipses]

A little extra detail about the engravings on the Survivalists Carbine, the fact that it is chambered in 12.7mm (which is .50cal) and is called a "Checkpoint Carbine" suggests it was used mainly to stop vehicles at border crossings/checkpoints, similar to how .50cal rifles are used in the real world. Just a nice little detail to explain why it is chambered in such an unusual caliber, I guess :D

[@ye7625]

To be exact it's chambered in 50 Beowulf not BMG it's closer in shape with a pistol round.

[@jackpfefferkorn3734]

Is that because that round is better for disabling vehicles? Like if somebody tries to drive straight through the blockade?

[@Tulipses]

@@jackpfefferkorn3734 Yes, it's a very large and very heavy bullet, especially compared to the standard 5.56mm used by the Service Rifle of FNV! It is, quite literally, over twice as big in diameter. In the real world soldiers will shoot the engine block of moving vehicles to instantly stop them.

[@Tulipses]

@@ye7625 Yes indeed! Otherwise the magazine would be quite something! :D

[@MrAntiexistancerifle34157]

@@ye7625 True.

[@Eboreg2]

"Oh, Baby!" is a reference to the fact that you're now carrying the best melee weapon in the game.

[@danteinpuro319]

OH BABY

[@themanwithnoname1839]

Greased lightning lmfao

[@taintify8297]

@@themanwithnoname1839 not a melee weapon doofus

[@brandonadam1665]

I coukd only think about that one kid who got a tripple colat on modern warfare 3

[@Skullhawk13]

Best 2hander anyway. Chance’s knife with Grunt+Cowboy is higher dps, and if you mod grunt to work on dlc weapons you got bloodnap that is higher than chance. Oh Baby!’s primary advantage is perk economy, as it’s much stronger without those two perks

[@johnnyk617]

Hands down one of the best FO lore channels on earth you should be proud as hell of these vids bro. We appreciate the hell out of them

[@RubbleRamp]

This here is a true statement.

[@Shiftysnow]

All he does is just copy and paste what is written on the Fallout wiki...

[@dragonborn4405]

@@Shiftysnow if you actually look at the wiki, youd realise you are wrong theres summerisatiob, paraohrasing, even his OWN theories to the significance or easter egg the weapons appearance or name cope

[@delsin1126]

A Light Shining in Darkness is the reason why I always go high in the gun skills in NV. There’s so many unique and fun ballistic weapons in the game

[@MrAntiexistancerifle34157]

Agreed. A Light Shining in Darkness is one of the best pistols in the game.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

eh. its good but boring. I prefer This Machine because it looks and sounds satisfying while being slightly reminiscent of one of the coolest rifles ever made (M1 Garand) and when it hits you really feel it. well. you don't, but the target sure does.

[@MrAntiexistancerifle34157]

@@AnAverageGoblin Good choice.

[@Ameritard]

@@AnAverageGoblinSlightly reminiscent? Dawg that’s literally what it is lmao

[@thesquirrel914]

I have the scripture engraved on A Light Shining In Darkness's slide tattooed on my right arm. It was my first tattoo.

[@MuskCow]

Woah I never knew wolf horn ranch used to be Ulysses’s home. There is always something to learn about this game

[@STOPSYPHER]

Deez nuts used to be your mommas home

[@STOPSYPHER]

Nigga

[@STOPSYPHER]

Bitch Nigga

[@robertmagill6005]

There's quite a few things I've never known about FO3, FONV and FO4 I've learned from great videos like this that I can't believe I missed.

[@michaellaube3340]

It would be cool for recompense of the fallen stats to change if it’s used to kill Aurelius

[@stinkybuttrat]

That's a really cool idea actually, I really like the idea of some unique conditions changing the stats of some of these unique guns. Killing named leaders of Caesars Legion making Recompense stronger is a great example of how that would work. Headshotting named all named Fiends with la longue carabine could boost the DAM of la longue carabine (tradeoff for not getting full bounties for the related quest)

[@bigjimmy884]

I think the regular machetes are actually modified lawn mower blades

[@MrAntiexistancerifle34157]

True. Regular and few of the uniques which are liberator, Boone's version and the one used in the legion's arena (I think this one can't be dropped could be wrong about that tho). I really like its homemade aesthetic.

[@mikeziter501]

Agreed, I was about to post this myself but I wanted to scroll and see if someone had mentioned it already. Props for your observation!

[@ValdrethZav]

Cleansing flame does refer to purifying something with fire, but that on itself it's a reference to cleansing a wound with a hot/burning object in order to cauterize the wound to prevent infection. Also, Bloodnap sounds better than Dirtnap for a knife/dagger as you won't be sleeping in the dirt but rather in a pool of your own blood. Stab stab.

[@mmmapplesauce1673]

It always reminded me of Set from fo1

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

1:04:37 As far as Thompson-esque weapons in the game we have the honorable mention of the .45 Auto SMG which was in Honest Hearts, _but_ in the base game we have the absolutely-a-Thompson-copy Laser RWC, the Silenced .22 SMG (an AM180 which was styled after the Thompson), and we have the Automatic Rifle which is a BAR _which Clyde used_ and would've been fitting as knock-off Bonnie and Clyde's weapon.

[@dragonborn4405]

automatic rifle isnt in the base game, its from dead money

[@AtomicBananaPress]

Pushy might be a reference to Fallout 2, which introduced a mechanic to push neutral NPCs out of your way if their random idle pathing managed to stick you in a corner. In the first game you had to either load a previous save or start making dead bodies.

[@CodexQuinn]

Ill never forget my faithful companion Ian, who trapped me in the vault 13 entrance with dogmeat and Katja locking me from walking into the vault. He will me missed... Oh my mistake, he will be *mist.*

[@taeraresh2115]

The Gobi Campaign rifle is probably also the one Boone used to kill his wife, given its location.

[@stinkybuttrat]

I assumed he used the gun he always has with him, but that's a really cool thought

[@kekils7722]

@@stinkybuttrathonestly I don’t think he would tote around the gun he used to kill her, he already has a hard enough time talking about it, constantly having a reminder doesn’t sound like him

[@melissafreed5903]

@@kekils7722maybe he wants to have a reminder around as a way to repent

[@magicman4673]

I keep thinking it's a dumb idea, but then again why would a sniper's nest be this high above Cottonwood Cove? No sign of an NCR ranger who might have been perched there. Now I feel bad about giving it to Boone.

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

There is a note in Camp McCarran about setting up that sniper nest. Boone might have used it, but I don't think he built it or the Gobi was his. Why would Boone have or be given a rifle from the Gobi Desert campaign?

[@arjnarersn01]

The amount of detail and time it takes to make a video like this is insane! Awesome job

[@jeffdroog]

...Not really,when you consider that dozens of other youtubers have already done this exact thing,and weirdly enough,presented in the EXACT SAME order as other channels,and all of the stats info is availableto snyone with google...Would have taken about 40 minutes to collect the in-game footage,and about an hour and half to record the audio...But sure :)

[@jeffdroog]

@kevinmad0959 I hope you recieve treatment for that brain stroke.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

@@jeffdroog God how hard did your dad beat and neglect you for you to come out of your mom's cooch as a redditor?

[@874dan4]

@@jeffdroogyou are getting a dislike

[@jeffdroog]

@874dan4 That's fine.When you can't refute truth,the unintelligent just deny it,and complain lol.

[@Obama_sin_Laden]

I always thought that Two Step Goodbye was a reference to the 2 step viper. In which that was as far as you were expected to get before you die👀 But nonetheless, great video as always N_orte👍

[@LowTierAutist]

When i heard the reference, i instantly thought of the 5 finger palm exploding heart technique from kill bill 2. But Bill took 5 steps before his heart exploded from the attack, so it wasn't a reference to that.

[@hobbstactv2571]

Im pretty sure the standard "Machete" is made out of an old lawnmower blade instead of a paper cutter, but yeah, great breakdown. Knock-knock ftw!

[@twistedbetrayal7234]

yeah thats how you make a shiskebab so it's probably the same

[@brianwilson8268]

thank you

[@abrahamwashington8579]

If you listen closely which none of you did he was referring to the broad machete not the regular one. Great job guys

[@hobbstactv2571]

@@abrahamwashington8579 No, he wasn't. He was talking about the unique Machete "Liberator", which shares a model with the standard machete, and he compared Broad Machete to Standard Machete, in which he said the standard looks like it was made from the blade of a paper cutter. Good job guy.

[@brianwilson8268]

@@abrahamwashington8579 maybe you should listen closely 🤷‍♂️

[@Hilter420]

No Super Mutant Masters were harmed in the making of this video

[@mikeziter501]

I just realized the Nephi's iron is a left handed golf club. I imagine that would be a rare post apocalyptic weapon indeed. Also, its weird that he is called driver Nephi when he carries an iron instead of a driver.

[@Chloeprettyoccasionally]

It is a driver he was wrong

[@dragonborn4405]

the weapon itself is a gold driver, so wht are you on about?

[@mikeziter501]

​@@dragonborn4405 The person who uploaded the video refers to it as an iron. I took them at their word instead of verifying it for myself.

[@dragonborn4405]

@@mikeziter501 i saw that but thats becayse of weapon classification aside from this unique there are no other drivers in new vegas, the only alternative is the 9 iron so the gold driver is a unique 9 iron, simar to how the broad machete is a unique machete or how the holprifle is a unique grenade launcher

[@IkeFanBoy64]

The Cleansing Flame makes me think of the Purifying Flame upgrade from Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wraith. It upgrades all flame weapons with a more powerful blue flame. It could be a reference to that?

[@kellsmen1186]

The straight razor called "Figaro" does not have metallic grip panels, but pearl. Thus was a common upgrade to the visual esthetics of many different tools and weapons with revolvers being a primary example.

[@MortCrim]

The unique weapon list from Fallout 3 is my favorite of yours. This right here is just icing on the cake. The little footnotes about all the weapons are much appreciated. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into this.

[@Jaymic]

I remember playing Day Z with a dude back in the day (like 2010 oof) He always called the Shotgun the "Dinner Bell" because you shoot it once and all the zombies in the area come around for a meal. I always assumed it was from something but I never looked into it, especially because the FNV shotgun had the same name. Hopefully that can maybe help your search.

[@DannyBeans]

Given the game's habit of naming quests after songs, Two-Step Goodbye could also be a reference to dancing. The Texas Two-Step is a simple partner dance that's well-suited to most of the country-western music in the game. In the same vein, Little Devil could be named for Neil Sedaka's song by the same name. "There'll be no more running around, you've met your Waterloo, hey little devil, I'm gonna make an angel out of you.:

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

That's what I always assumed for the 2-Step as well. I've also heard "Texas two-step" as fighter slang for a kind of knockout punch.

[@okonkwojones]

The “Two-step” in 2step goodbye is probably a reference to line dancing. The two-step is a dance.

[@samuellewis7141]

My understanding was that only the “driver” part of Nephis name came from his weapon, the Driver part from the fact that it’s a golf club

[@Noranek0451]

I think Lucky might be a reference to the Lucky 38, since .38 special can be loaded into 357. Great video btw!

[@heavilyarmedhippie75]

It's actually visually identical to Elmer Keith's revolver number 5, as he is a noted western figure and responsible for the 357 and 44 magnum cartridges

[@Noranek0451]

@@heavilyarmedhippie75 oh neat

[@tristangoss6177]

​@@heavilyarmedhippie75they look nothing alike apart from both being custom single action army models

[@heavilyarmedhippie75]

@@tristangoss6177 fantastically engraved blued single action army with pearl grips?

[@tristangoss6177]

@heavilyarmedhippie75 completely different engraving styles, and lucky is covered in gambling motifs.

[@alasdairmackintosh]

You're wrong about Dinner Bell, with Shotgun Surgeon as a perk it's a great weapon to take advantage of since it probably has the highest effective range for a shotgun other than the single shot one. Some weapons really shine in conjunction with certain perks

[@obamnaprismus]

The Avenger might also be a reference to the GAU-8 rotary cannon found on the A-10. The GAU-8 is also called the Avenger Though the caliber doesn't match, it's still a fun thing to consider Edit: that's not how you say "paciencia" lol

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

There were several mispronounced words in this video. I'm guessing N_orte is not a native English speaker?

[@obamnaprismus]

@@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself the thing about "paciencia" is that it's a spanish name, so I don't blame him. And I wasn't mocking him, I just noticed it kind of looks like it

[@landonmel3070]

It's great you post this while I'm doing a run I can only use unique weapons and armor and have to find every single unique item

[@Basarius]

I think the Two-Step is in reference to country two step dance. Being a western-esq game it fits.

[@angusmcnay5449]

*Esque

[@angusmcnay5449]

There is no word in the English language where a q is not immune followed by a u then an a, e, i, or o

[@Basarius]

@@angusmcnay5449 you must be very fun at parties. Haha I'm taking the piss. Nah I just couldn't remember how to spell it so winged it a wee bit.

[@MrAntiexistancerifle34157]

Also Obsidian devs called it fittingly since the frag grenade like explosive it causes on crit hit kill.

[@wozaow]

​@@angusmcnay5449Tranq.

[@Chrono-and-Co]

Big boomer itself isn't a reference but how you get it is. You loot it off of old lady gibson who is named after mel Gibson who famously played max in the mad max movies,and max's signature weapon in the movies is a sawed off shotgun. Hope you enjoyed the fact👍

[@Deathstroke1394]

I love medicine stick! Great iron sights compared to its normal variant

[@pyro3446]

the use of energy cells and shot gun shells on fist weapons works fine, the game supports it, energy cells will count down and give you the effect of the fired rounds, the only thing that doesn't work about it is you can apply a mini nuke to fists as well. It is a glitch but it works with in the games code flawlessly

[@Cadette4448]

also consider the insane amount of shit they had to do in development, and it's pretty easy to see they didn't have the time to implement it properly

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

I love knocking out deathclaws with boxing tape loaded with mini nukes.

[@chloewebb5526]

Damn, b-roll of each weapon being found or the parts of the surrounding quest being completed would've made this video the greatest FONV unique weapon video in existence. I get that it would've made the editing and recording process so much more time consuming though lol, so I get it. It's still a great video with a plethora of info!

[@ramshacklealex7772]

"It's kind of a weird effect" describes basically everything in the Big MT

[@chrisriley2321]

Fun fact about Ratslayer: If you have the Wild Wasteland perk the Giant Rats in the cave you get the gun will become Rodents of Unusual Size a funny reference

[@NobodyDungeons]

There is actually a death claw gauntlet, however, it can only be acquired through the use of console commands. The death claw gauntlet is notable for having a 5 time critical hit multiplier making it the one of two weapons with said critical hit multiplier with the other being the the rat slayer. Edit: Made some spelling and grammar corrections.

[@technobeagle9598]

1:14:52 the durability mod is actually bugged and incredibly useful as if at 100% condition with the upgrade it will not loose condition from regular microfusion cells

[@ruthlesace]

So bear thing about the Gobi campaign sniper is that it is most likely the gun Boone used to kill his wife. It's found in a snipers nest above the slave trader in cottonwood cove where Boone says he shot his wife.

[@Cadette4448]

not really the confirmed place, just circumstancial evidence from the geography and boone's line about "...been here before", but i see where you're getting at

[@YoutubeCommenterYo]

Here's the thing about Fallout. I hate this whole "I want better graphics" type gaming now. The beautiful gritty feel FNV graphics gave us was the best. Example of FNV deathclaws vs F4 deathclaws. FNV deathclaws gave me jumpscares. F4 Deathclaws looked too polished. It would be nice to have a Fallout New Vegas 2 with the option of old and new graphics. This game can't be beat imo. Great video btw

[@MintyLime703]

People have been saying this well before New Vegas came out, let alone today. They were even arguing the same thing comparing Fallout 3 to the original games claiming that the graphics had too much focus put on them. Graphical fidelity isn't mutually exclusive with other qualities found in a game. Especially with AAA games considering larger budgets and huge dev teams. Don't forget that these games were considered good looking at one point. Off the top of my head the Battlefield games are another one that people used to say they focused too much on the graphics. That was back when we thought games couldn't look much better than BF4; it was new and so took a lot of player focus. Today you can easily tell it came out in 2013 as it doesn't look as good as we all thought and is pretty easy to run on a modern PC. It's the gameplay that players have stuck around for and it's unhindered by all those who wanted the cutting edge in graphics back in 2013. For some reason people act like AAA dev teams don't have specialized workers organized into departments and are instead this equally skilled monolithic group that can only work on one thing at a time. It doesn't help that so many AAA games today release in a poor state but still usually look good. It has a lot more to do with the business side of things and stuff like micro transactions than it does resource management. That really only comes into play with indie games, or at least it should.

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

When I first started playing video games, graphics didn't exist. I laugh at all the whiny children today talking about "bad graphics" from any games made after 1990. I played fucking Cave and Hack that were text-based only, and I still think 8-bit graphics from the '80s are amazing compared to basically ASCII art graphics of games like Castle Adventure or Y-Fighter.

[@a.monach7602]

50:08 For the name of Li'l Devil, I'd guess it comes from the iron sights on the top, resembling little horns.

[@erso5172]

Great video, I applaud all the work that went into this! Mild nitpick is there are a bunch of words you mispronounced like "nanometer", "picometer", "paciencia", etc..

[@DawsonEngler-x8j]

Me and my brother have been re playing this game since it first came OUT ❤ WE HAD THE COMIC BOOK AND CARAVAN Cards and i will never stop playing this game

[@keiser1188]

nice video, i love the new vegas uniques, i have a suggestion for a video idea, can you make a lore video explaining how bad pre-war america was? robots taking over jobs, food shortages, nationalism and propaganda etc.., i think it honestly would be nice to see a video talking specifically about the state the country was in pre-war and how it would be like for a normal citizen to live in such a place.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

honestly it wasn't far off from where we are now lmao.

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

@@AnAverageGoblin Hence why we need a lore video since people really need to put things in perspective. We don't have shortages and rationing and mass labour protests. We have a senile man and a government stacked with people who hate us, which is almost normal.

[@tobediv]

Dirt nap refers to a nap in the dirt - a person being dead underground. blood nap therefore means a nap in blood - a person laying stabbed dead in a pool of their own blood

[@kenetmendoza2157]

Recompense of the fallen seems more like a sarcastic name, given how it is found by, and probably made and named by the Legion. It's like a double down on the NCR's sacrifice. The buy dog tags of dead NCR soldiers, and probably made the weapon to humilliate more NCR by killing them with the names of their past-tense members. It makes more sense that it gains power by killing NCR, not the other way around.

[@Boone69]

Weathered doesn't mean worn in this case. Weathering refers to the chemical composition of these steels, allowing them to exhibit increased resistance to atmospheric corrosion compared to other steels. (wikipedia)

[@thesquirrel914]

Everybody knows you dont complete "Bleed Me Dry" for the Dinner Bell, its just an added bonus.

[@LAM1895]

I like to think the Medecine Stick is also an euphemism for "permanently anesthetizing a patient"

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

It cures every ailment!

[@alexsheperd2060]

Recompense of the fallen also seems to be a bit of a joke at the expense of the dead. You find it in a legion headquarters tossed into a desk. It seems like the legion mocking the NCR

[@PatrollerMojave22]

Esther is named like that because of military tradition. Like the landmine that bounces up "Bouncing Betty".

[@ArmyGrunt1986]

39:00 Or maybe the Red Ryder BB gun is a reference to the actual Red Ryder Carbine BB gun, since the Red Ryder BB gun came out almost 50years before A Christmas Story was released. And because basically every kid from the 1940s to 2000s will never forget seeing that long thin box in wrapping paper under the Christmas tree. As a kid most of my best friends were girls and they also got a Red Ryder, no doll houses for those badass little girls, 20+ years later most of them are either Soldiers or Marines now and still my closest friends. There's a reason why A Christmas Story used the Red Ryder, I don't know anyone who didn't get a Red Ryder BB gun and yes, everyone who had a Red Ryder at least once got hit with a ricocheting BB, usually to the face or neck but the Red Ryder shot BB's at a very low velocity so it wasn't dangerous is just stung. Hell, we used run around the woods playing war shooting each other but we always wore safety glasses.

[@tadferd4340]

The Rat Slayer is quite good due to its availability. You can acquire it for free at the start of the game if you know it exists. Early on, you are likely going to have a Varmint Rifle and maybe a Cowboy Repeater as the rifles available to you. The Rat Slayer not only provides a significant upgrade to the standard Varmint Rifle, but it's also scoped and suppressed, which is uncommon among rifles in the game in general. This allows you to acquire an excellent early to mid game Sneak weapon, which is when a long range suppressed weapon is extremely useful in compensating for lower Sneak and no Sneak perks. Others have mentioned the much better options in the base game for a gun that could be used to reference Bonnie and Clyde, instead of the 9mm SMG. I want to point out further that the M3 Grease Gun that the 9mm SMG is based on should actually fire .45 ACP, like the M1 Thompson, but they didn't add that ammunition until Honest Hearts when they added a gun based on the M1 Thompson. The Vicky and Vance gun is just a mess of a reference. The Q35 Modulator is most useful early, because it only consumes 1 MF cell per shot instead of the 2 a standard Plasma Rifle consumes. MF cells are rather hard to accumulate early on and Laser Rifles don't pack enough punch without perks and stats to boost them.

[@estaveler3288]

Actually the machetes in nv are not paper cutters but lawnmower blades

[@yungsagegaming8577]

I’ve always thought of the Humble Cudgel as a nod to Dead Island. One of the legendary Cudgels is known as the Humble Cudgel. The Cudgels in Dead Island aren’t pipes however

[@bryanthomas1382]

Might be the other way around, New Vegas came out before Dead Island if I remember correctly.

[@yungsagegaming8577]

@@bryanthomas1382 Might be unrelated then, because legendaries in Dead Island aren’t as special as unique variants in Fallout

[@samael4550]

The story of Randall Clark genuinely made me tear up the first time I really paid attention to it. The writing is done incredibly well, and finding it all out thru terminals throughout Zion was satisfying. The Survivalist Rifle is a cherry on top of a great, incredibly sorrowful story.

[@jonathanwalters8176]

My favorite unique item has always been Love and Hate. I get it every play through and use it frequently

[@tazone253.theworst2]

radio raheem doesnt have on brass knuckles in do the right thing, its a 4 finger ring

[@that_swole_nerd]

The fist of the North Star being referenced is awsome two of my favorite things essentially shook hands

[@ethanhananel569]

Its crazy because i first watched night of the hunter back in middle school, loved the movie, and then forgot the title! Thank you for the refresher so now i can watch it

[@Deathstroke1394]

N_orte, you are aware that the 45 auto submachine gun is the tommy gun right? They basically just had to re-work the laser rcw and the 45 sub into the tommy

[@C.A.A93]

Love your content and I hate to be “that guy” but New vegas does have a Tommy gun, it’s the .45 sun machine gun from Honest Hearts.

[@miles_da-tractor_man]

The holy hand grenade is also a reference to a fallout2 random encounter where some people are looking for it

[@Eagleboy90210]

You can use the ammo glitch on melee weapons so you can equip mini nuke ammo and do one shot punches

[@Deathstroke1394]

Medicine stick is worth every penny in my eyes, just gotta take a trip to the Madre and it's all yours

[@adamcarykiewicz1126]

I love every time you try to not repeat "he/she dead" xD Great work overall, I like to listen to your Fallout summaries

[@alexanderkreczkevich8100]

Hey Norte have you ever tried steath killing just the Alien captain. If you havent your next playthrough try it. Just remember it has to be a Stealth kill of the captain only.

[@Samuel-wp3be]

The “Abilene kids BB gun’s”unique effect is also a reference to “a Christmas story” with you’ll shoot your eye out kid which is a line from the movie

[@Dalocklear73]

If I could like it twice I would bro, great video! Second watch and still enjoyed it just as much, Thanks for keeping me entertained at work!

[@KazemaruW]

Its awesome that almost every unique weapon has a story to tell

[@berzerkbankie1342]

Its definitely two step goodbye because you take two steps and explode. Like the 5 point palm exploding heart technique

[@kfloyd6310]

This is why new vegas is the goat. Unique weapons everywhere, makes you exolore everywhere.

[@commanderkit-kat9314]

Honestly there may be multiple of it but i think the Blade of the West shouldve been added into this list! After all, its still a unique variant of the Bumper Sword and a good parallel to BoE weapon

[@magicman4673]

Is it really unique when it's simply an upgraded bumper sword that spawns on Marked Men?

[@Boone69]

Its not unique

[@commanderkit-kat9314]

@Boone69 Named Weapon, Spawns on Named Enemy, Unique/Special effect and or Property, Unique Parallel to other Named Sword. It hits most of the necessary parameters, therefore. Unique weapon.

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

​@@commanderkit-kat9314 But it is not unique, though. _Unique_ literally means "one of a kind." If there is more than one, it is not unique. Unique does not mean special or noteworthy. It means uni, uno, "one."

[@Cadette4448]

Regarding 32:29, I think it's safe to say you don't understand the character of Ulysses. The point of his character is that he wants to bring America, or at least his idea of what America is, back to life, but sees the Old World (a term he uses to bash groups like the NCR, Legion and Mr. House to indicate how they're stuck in their ways and can't see the present and future for what they are, similar to Old World Blues) as a limitation to moving forward and creating newer, better societies and wants to eradicate the factions to free the wasteland from the perverted romanticized nostalgia for good. Old Glory is the physical form of that necessity, much like his duster with the US flag on the back, and as others in the comment section have pointed out, it was originally an actual weapon that got used in court, though nowadays it is no more than a decorative piece.

[@Cadette4448]

Also Dinnerbell slander, Mid video 👎

[@gold_leaf0702]

I was not ready to hear you pronounce "chasm" with a soft 'ch'

[@Skull_she_her]

I think you missed Elijah's advanced LAER. Unless its not a unique

[@TheGlaabFather]

There’s at least two that I know of in the Old World Blues DLC… though I would consider it in the same class despite it being considered “rare” like the Ranger Sequoia, Red Glare, Shoulder Mounted LMG, Arc Welder, H&H Tools Nail Gun, Bowie Knife, etc.

[@pencil6193]

@@TheGlaabFatherit’s been awhile since I played lonesome road, but is there more than one red glare?

[@TheGlaabFather]

@@pencil6193 ye… you can buy at least more than one from the automated vendors that ED-E unlocks Edit: I was thinking of the Mods for it being possible to buy more than once. The Red Glare has three spawn locations in total

[@pencil6193]

@@TheGlaabFather I had no idea actually, thanks

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

I think there are only two, so almost unique.

[@CyFiWasTaken]

I know it's not a big deal, but the way you pronounced nanometer and picometer imploded my brain

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

There were several mispronouncians, but those were especially egregious.

[@SABLy-Saul]

"Rawr" being pronounced "roar" when the joke is that it rhymes with "star" for Fist of the North Rawr is what got me. Especially since he said it both ways in the video.

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

"Chhasm" and "mee-lee" were also pretty rough.

[@racko32]

I started playing this game back in middpe school and I still remember almost every unique weapon. Time to start another run!

[@ineptitude]

I always thought the “Humble Cudgel” was an homage to the Humble Bundle store, but maybe the dates don’t quite line up? Both FNV and the first bundle launched in late 2010, but FNV was apparently first…

[@redroC171]

"New Vegas doesn't have any sort of Tommy Gun look-alike" it does tho! just not in the base game, the .45 Auto smg was introduced in Honest Hearts

[@jayl5032]

Makes sense, setting wise. The Tommy was more of an east amd east coast weapon like NY, Chicago, etc. Also used in WWI.

[@heavilyarmedhippie75]

@@jayl5032 the Thompson wasnt available in time for WW1, and instead was used in WW2 until it was deemed too expensive and began to be replaced by the m3, which is technically still in service today but was last confirmed to be used around desert storm

[@jayl5032]

@heavilyarmedhippie75 Was it? Well I'll be damned, I mixed up the two great wars. Thanks for clarifying btw.

[@TheHunter2199]

What about the laser rcw?

[@goose4454]

Everyone needs to say “geeze Louise! at least once a day!

[@timothybackhus824]

Another example of "greased lighting" in common usage is it's use as the name for a b58 hustler that set several speed records. It's at the SAC museum in Ashland NE

[@ocool5716]

I'm pretty sure that the big boomer is a reference to mad max as old lady Gibson shares the same name as Mel Gibson and in the mad max movies max carries a "boomstick" or sawed off shotgun (great vid btw)

[@spencerjohnston5969]

Wonderful video, exactly what I’ve been looking for🙏🏼

[@Red2332]

I always get a kick out of it when people say "mee-lay" for melee 🤣 I get that I'm probably the weird one that says "may-lay" but still funny sounding the way some people pronounce it

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

"May-lay" is correct. (At least in English. It is borrowed from French, so a francophile snob might prefer the original French way.)

[@Namrec_Molai]

Good video, not a robotic explantion of what we know already, find fresh fun things too

[@EVeljko]

Brother, the "Driver" part of Driver Nephi comes from his weapon, the dude is still called Nephi smh

[@enclavehere.2281]

On the point of the "Big Boomer", in the US the National Firearms Act of 1934 considers all firearms under 16 inches a pistol. If the "Big Boomer" is under 16 inches it would therefore be a pistol. As well, the word "Boomer" might be related to "boom stick" which is common slang for a shotgun, particularly a side-by-side double barrel. Also, a quick side note, the 357 in 357 Magnum is always pronounced "three fifty-seven" when referring to the bullet caliber. Really good video, really enjoyed it.

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

Fun fact, no it doesn't. Little known and admittedly sort of useless knowledge the 16" length wasn't done until the 1968 GCA, the NFA uses an 18" requirement on both shotguns and rifles. The 16" came about after the US Govt surplussed a bunch of M1 Carbines which, by either sheer happenstance or a giga-chad at Winchester, have a barrel length of 17-3/4". The US Govt just sold thousands of NFA items like they were normal rifles, and to save face and not attempt to mass arrest a bunch of people they amended the definition of rifle include a 16" barrel when the GCA was passed. Why 16"? Because after 1934 and prior to 1968 a lot of .22 rifles were granted a sort of 'sporting exception' and allowed to have 16" barrels but not qualify as SBRs. Does that really matter? Not really, because the GCA still says 16" so it's 16", but it does help if you needed any more reason to think the government is run by idiots who cant even tyranny properly.

[@nicktripp9147]

You missed that Dinner Bell has a perk attached to the shotgun, "And Stay Back"

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

Really?

[@eggrollwilly1935]

whether intentional or not it's very funny that the last 1/3 of the video is marked as the survivalist's rifle makes it seem like he spent 30 minutes talking about the survivalist lore

[@Tedris4]

The Ratslayer may be a reference to the Crosman Ratcatcher series of bolt-action air rifles, which all come by default dressed in black polymer and scopes. Being air rifles, they're also much quieter than explosive firearms. It's a common first "gun" in the UK, since firearms are much more heavily restricted, and presumably other areas with restrictive gun laws.

[@lawfulaverage]

An additional interpretation of “A Light Shining in the Darkness” is a literal representation of how it might be seen from a distance; flashes of muzzle fire in a dark cave.

[@reiyo2644]

I personally think that Two step goodbye is called what its called cause of how the weapon works. You punch someone and by punching them, the barrel (pressumably shotgun) shoots. Basically two step goodbye.

[@AnonymousC2218]

21:25 It sounds kinda broken to meeee 🎵

[@chudwick8814]

Easiest way to get cram opener is to shoot the truck when he's punching the dummy