New California Dreamin'

"Patrolling the Mojave makes you wish for a nuclear winter."
Clips from:
Operation Sunburst by SODAZ: / @sodaz
Fallout New Vegas : Human Nature (machinima) by Couch Patrol: / @couchpatroll
Just wanted to do a small project right in the middle of my recent New Vegas playthrough.

[@Halfgaygremlin5112]

Parents: oh he’s so cute playing with his toys The lore of the kid’s toys:

[@DeathoftheWest]

For real. My brother and I had some deep lore when it came to our toy soldier and robot wars.

[@Halfgaygremlin5112]

@@DeathoftheWest you and me both man :)

[@Heokleis]

Our Lego lore when we were kids💀

[@levanitamani9262]

I had this soccer Lego set and there were seats and I used them as artillery

[@spacecat76]

I would regularly have battles with my stuffed animals between the dog and cat kingdoms. The teddy bear kingdom had a civil war over who they should support, and ended up becoming two nations, the cat bears and the dog bears (lore was deep, naming conventions were not so). Much stuffing was shed, many lives were lost.

[@arnelio357]

We wont go quietly, the legion can count on that.

[@CirnoFan04]

You're right, running away screaming like a girl is not exactly "go quietly"

[@arnelio357]

@@CirnoFan04 Says furry, average legionary detected?

[@theguiinzkeg5200]

Realistically the ncr wipes the floor with the legion considering the legion uses football gear as armor.

[@KingCARROT19]

​@theguiinzkeg5200 or you know, the fact that the NCR has an operational Airforce that can drop mini nukes.

[@DEFC0NZER0]

​@@theguiinzkeg5200 The Legion are just a bunch of degenerate, glorified alliance of raiders.

[@Gaarkukan21]

People call the NCR "boring" but I honestly think they're amazing. Imagine being the closest thing to a sane faction standing against all the madness this wasteland brings. They dealt with craziest rad infested monsters, drug addicted cults, Power Armored Super Soldiers, and Roman larpers and are still standing in spite of it all.

[@nikolaybelousov1070]

I mean, neo-feudal dieselpunk state ruled by Rich Texan type cattle ranchers protected by knights in salvaged no-longer-motor-assisted armor and 200 yo immortal "undead" badasses, is anything but boring or mundane.

[@skullyinc.]

Pay taxes

[@j.manuelp.vicens3888]

They pay taxes. Case closed.

[@themajesticspider-man6116]

@@j.manuelp.vicens3888 Idk if this just a meme at this point because it's so incapbable of being taken seriously, but if not and y'all are serious, Mr. House's "no taxation" way is r-slur-ed. Good luck keeping infrastructure and prosperity in society a thing without mutual benefiting of taxation. Not to mention the fact that he's not actually a libertarian type either. The House ending literally states that he becomes an authoritarian despot, so life in NV would be objectively more dogshit than if the NCR was around. People who aren't memeing and unironically simp for either House or the Legion because "muh taxation" are insane lol.

[@metatron803]

​@@themajesticspider-man6116 no major faction in nv was meant to be just good, imo ncr needed to be pushed back to defeat kimballs war machine, but simping legion or house is fumble no cap

[@gregtestagent]

Most of this was Operation: Sunburst or The Battle of Helios One, where the NCR made a decisive victory over The Brotherhood of Steel. The power plant was a sensitive target that would require infantry advance rather than artillery bombardment. The NCR outnumbered the Brotherhood with a factor of 15 to 1. Their seemingly foolish charge into the Brotherhood’s fortified position was one of many, draining the Brotherhood's resources. This was a tactical maneuver that allowed the NCR sniper regiment to advance on the enemy's flanks forcing the knights to break defensive formation.

[@tomashoekstra8011]

Ah yes victory! The kind where you loose so many troops it's almost a masacre. The well known pyrrhic victory Just so people stop answering: I do not care, I wasn't making a valid argument here, I just wanted to laugh at the NCR because I do not like them

[@aidanevano.7443]

@@tomashoekstra8011 I mean they did deny the Brotherhood the use of a literal space laser that's gotta count for a pretty important victory

[@TheVa6enius]

@@tomashoekstra8011 Like the brits with bunker hill, or any conflict we(Americans) have been in for a while unfortunately😔

[@tomashoekstra8011]

@@TheVa6enius Man that was, yeah. We're talking fiction war here don't worry too much

[@TheVa6enius]

@@tomashoekstra8011 true true! That’s why I love these games, the mirror between reality and blending their own world in😊

[@inurokuwarz]

The insane thing about seeing the bodies pile up at Helios One is... The NCR won. One Paladin can tear through dozens of troops, but they had thousands to spare. The scale is... painful. The reality of it, when they aren't just numbers.

[@duncanharrell5009]

Makes me wish Bethesda would dump the Creation Engine so we could actually participate or see such battles in either Fallout or The Elder Scrolls.

[@samithonjames370]

Only reason the NCR won was because the chapter ran out of ammo. The ncr was getting butchered at the start of the fight, only won through attrition.

[@valance10]

@@samithonjames370..... Yeah, that's what OP said

[@LunamrathP]

@@samithonjames370 That has plenty of historical precedent.

[@diveblock2058]

@@samithonjames370 classic bloodletting strategy. war is a meat grinder and whoever can push the most meat through wins dosnt matter the quality

[@thebighurt2495]

Fans before the show: "I don't care who they send, I'm not paying Taxes!" Fans after the show: "One head has fallen, another shall rise!"

[@timewarpdrive77]

Is that a dan vs reference

[@thebighurt2495]

@@timewarpdrive77 Indeed

[@timewarpdrive77]

@@thebighurt2495 Excellent

[@guilhermehank4938]

Even NCR haters are horrified at how the NCR "went down".

[@imjustaquestion9922]

Kinda crazy how one dude made a better battle scene than a multi million dollar production Jesus Christ i started a war in the comments

[@enderfire3379]

which one?

[@charles2703]

One isolated scene with copied animations, no dialogue, no sound, most of which is people moving poker chips around a map at seeming random.

[@kurbiskuchenliebhaber]

@@charles2703it has sound watch the original

[@TheReconSpecialist]

@@charles2703 You know the source of those clips does have dialogue, sound and custom animations, SODAZ is making a full animation, he just uploads WIP clips (SODAZ is linked in the description)

[@imjustaquestion9922]

@@charles2703 Go look up Sodaz then come back

[@jameshsu8303]

FOR THE REPUBLIC

[@dr5428]

Nice to see Sunburst getting some attention, Sodaz worked hard on it.

[@Butter_Warrior99]

Hope Sodaz finishes it.

[@shahar_3411]

@@Butter_Warrior99 He uploads his progress monthly. He'll finish this, probably soon.

[@Butter_Warrior99]

@@shahar_3411 Were it so easy.

[@thegaminglevi130]

I love sunburst,I can't wait for the next part SODAZ does a great job I wonder what's next Veteran Rangers or the Sentry Bots in Action 🤔

[@MrAnt-sf2sk]

@@Butter_Warrior99given the positive reviews of his last short film, he should have more than enough motivation to finish

[@VlRGlL]

Todd killed this because he literally can’t imagine new societies after the apocalypse

[@chrisbj5251]

Like a toddler watching the same movie over and over again.

[@AFCAUltra]

Well nah, the Minutemen are very comparable to the NCR.

[@thebighurt2495]

@@AFCAUltra and, notably, they're not only the least developed faction in their own game, they're even irrelevant to the plot and can only rebuild because the Survivor does literally everything for them

[@AFCAUltra]

@@thebighurt2495 True, but with the help of the Sole Survivor they can end up being the strongest. But I do admit i always wondered when the sole survivor passes away (old age whatever) if they will just end up in fighting again.

[@brysonkuervers2570]

@@AFCAUltra Are you kidding? The NCR is literally a nation of hundreds of thousands with working infrastructure and everything else a burgeoning nation is supposed to have, not to mention one of the largest militaries in the Wasteland. The Minutemen literally had 6 people by the time you find them and only ONE of which is a soldier. Sure you recruit settlements along the way, but it is still a far, far cry away from the levels of the NCR. But I suppose if you base it on what grounds? The ideals they establish? Then yes the Minutemen and NCR are very comparable when it comes to their ideals for post-war America

[@javierescuella4084]

That ideological purity and shiny power armor dont count for much when youre out numbered 15:1

[@agentsus9681]

I think the Lt at Helios One said 21 to 1.

[@Augustow09]

NCR Now: "We wont go quietly, the Brotherhood can count on that."

[@wimbusbert1249]

You know, the west most chapter of Brotherhood was supposed to be at war with the NCR. There's a line about it in New Vegas. When I watched the show, I was actually confused that Shady Sands was destroyed by just some random guy. I immediately assumed the Brotherhood did it, which would have been a stronger plot point in my opinion.

[@Augustow09]

@wimbusbert1249 Yeah the ongoing NCR Brotherhood war. Basically the BoS refused to share vital tech that could help the NCR even though they had great relations. The NCR was winning, Lost Hills and Hidden Valley were the only areas the BoS had remaining.

[@nicobenji0248]

@@wimbusbert1249 Noone knows he destroyed. There are only 2 people who know. Most likely the avg person will blame the Brotherhood

[@kalash1167]

Now you make me want to see the Mojave wasteland before 1st battle of Hoover Dam. Maybe we can see character in their younger years, see whats now corporal and major like when still a private, see bitter spring,helios one.

[@mzple]

NCR will be back stronger than ever!

[@pixythegunner]

You can't stop the Bear!

[@Jellydoughnuthole]

I as courier six, can’t stop the Bear on account of me living in Zion for the foreseeable future… couriers seven, eight and nine can tho lol

[@TheVa6enius]

Shhhh, Ulysses will hear!

[@IzanaG1z]

My Fat man can

[@GloriG_C17]

But the Lightning can Scares the Bear!

[@ozymandi8849]

apparently the bear can stop the bear

[@Stupidname909]

Shady Sands is the first town we ever visit in original fallout, and Tandi is one of the first people we meet. NCR Forever

[@freevertibirdrides7437]

The tv show made Fallout 1 and 2 meaningless. I f**ing hate Bethesduh.

[@Rootiga]

@@freevertibirdrides7437 meaningless? if anything the show validates the message of the original fallout games... the NCR was destroyed just like everything else is destined to

[@RedHairedWarlord]

@@Rootiganot really. The NCR wasn’t destroyed but it’s own greed or ambition it was destroyed because some pre war overseer got mad that his wife left him. I would have been fine if the NCR collapsed because of its own actions not some random dude with a grudge

[@freevertibirdrides7437]

@RedHairedWarlord yes, remember how state of Japan seized to exist after Hiroshima and Nagasaki?🤣 Not that some preachy nonsense like "NCR collapsed because of its greed" is a better explanation. Nations that big do not just magically disappear overnight.

[@freevertibirdrides7437]

@rootigaroot9922 🤣 Yes, destined by Bethesduh, because they're still seething over Obsidian making better Fallout game. Not only F1 and F2 are now meaningless, but also every other entry in a series, as well as all the future ones. Why should I, as a player, feel invested in main quests, if Fallout universe will be permanently stuck in the perpetual 50s flavored Mad Max wasteland limbo, no matter what I do?

[@nathans45]

REMEMBER SHADY SANDS

[@yourboyskeeter]

Look, I'm a House player, but FOR THE REPUBLIC!

[@Puppy_Puppington]

@@yourboyskeeterthen ur not a house player Shame on you. Ignorance. The house always wins foool

[@chrisbj5251]

Don't let the sloppy Bethesda timeline get you. Todd and Emil are not that smart.

[@wilhelmkreuz7637]

For the Republic!

[@mrc7684]

RIP SHADY SANDS 🫡

[@lajaibasalvaje7848]

NCR won't go quietly, Todd can count on that.

[@nightmarexgaming120]

That’s his plan

[@lolasdm6959]

they got nuked they clearly didn't go quietly.

[@Patriarch.Chadimus]

​@@lolasdm6959Yes they did lol. The show is spiteful af

[@lolasdm6959]

@@Patriarch.Chadimus Nope, you are spiteful af. Factions come and go in the wasteland. Enclave remnants are 100 times stronger than the NCR and they get uprooted all the time.

[@commandergreetv753]

​@@lolasdm6959well I mean, they still exist. Im definitely interested for season 2

[@LoneWolf-RedAutumn3]

Patrolling the Mojave wasteland makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[@GregoryHewitson-un9kr]

People seeing this should definitely watch SODAZ's original, most off the parts that people have problems with are solved by parts cut out to fit the song better. Killer vid btw.

[@jonwrankiz]

Sodaz definitely underrated artist. They perfectly portrayed many in game lores with their animation

[@LordVader1094]

I can't wait for Operation Sunburst to be released. I can already tell it'll be just as important of a fanwork as his Halo "Remember" animation.

[@hayden.8057]

All of this California dreamin/NCR content has given me a whole new perspective on the NCR. Time to start my first ncr run after like 20 non-ncr runs

[@jffry890]

Caught this video a couple days ago and immediately booted up New Vegas for a replay. I always go NCR.

[@GalacticExplorer83]

Same

[@johnclay2716]

Get ready for a boring lifeless map

[@alesnaumovich2509]

@@johnclay2716 "tell me you haven't played New Vegas without telling me you haven't played New Vegas"

[@lepcu4034]

@@alesnaumovich2509 This guy propably played only Fallout 4 or maybe 76

[@hubanimations]

Somehow Fallout made Californians badass.

[@laf1993]

Took 300 years, a nuclear war and the complete destruction of civilization, but they did it.

[@andrewamell4965]

Never forget that the bear is only peaceful until you poke it too much.

[@bbaydogdu]

This video kinda wants to prove otherwise I guess

[@scrimshaw7470]

​@andrewamell4965 bears usually declaw themselves 😆

[@froglegstastebestsalted]

California has potential tbf

[@ilovebatata19]

This animation has a Star Wars Clone Wars thing in it

[@JohnnyDoh]

What?

[@arturzimplayerpro2573]

Yoo I see it

[@bloodytemplar6999]

W show

[@graham5716]

Where

[@whatsup5914]

​@graham5716 art is differnt but the animation style is similar in the way troops fight and die

[@Rossko_0]

The immersion of New Vegas is so fundamentally good that you can imagine the battles like this. Bitter Springs, First Battle of Hoover Dam, Helios One. It's fantastic.

[@darklordsauron3415]

Not with anhedonic depression you wont, trust me I tried.

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

@@darklordsauron3415 Okay Debbie Downer.

[@GreenStrokeHillbilly]

-Deep Sigh- Starts up NV

[@thecjwolfpack]

Woah, easy there, easy. You've been out cold for a couple of days now. Why don't you just relax a second, get your bearings?

[@GreenStrokeHillbilly]

@@thecjwolfpack procedes to be nice to the doctor...then *take* not *steal* some stimpacks and all the equipment to make my own doctor bags

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

"Damn it, I was five days sober. Guess it's back to New Vegas again."

[@Ryan-pw9uy]

Really awesome how "you know the preacher liked the cold" synced up with the NCR getting absolutely flame-grilled at 0:58

[@mitchellbarton7915]

I clicked because of the song, stayed because of the animation. It's REALLY good! Love the shots of them going into the war room in between the chaotic battle.

[@elijahmutter7394]

You should go watch the origins animation by SODAZ, it's phenomenal

[@mitchellbarton7915]

@@WhenSheIsSick I'll definitely check it out, thanks!

[@NCRVeteranRanger113]

Fallout New Vegas Gameplay: Please deliver my package!!! Fallout New Vegas Lore:

[@dialectiks]

This goes super hard!

[@joebro2670]

All those who dislike the NCR dont understand the power of the indomitable human spirit

[@Rootiga]

no, we just understand that they arent much better than the legion

[@joebro2670]

@@Rootiga bruh, the legion crucifies innocent people and burn entire towns, the NCR is a governmental faction whose job is to restore pre war peace and order

[@vamperjr1376]

@@Rootiga nuh uh

[@kommi7658]

​@rootigaroot9922 you have actual brainworms if you think a deeply flawed, but comparatively stable democratic government is worse than a glorified raider horde lead by some incel who pretends to understand Hegelian dialectics. A modecum of safety is not worth the slavery, rape, and torture the legion perpetuates against it's victims. The indomitable human spirit prevails

[@Codewordthecerealkiller0]

​@@RootigaMr House is better then botj

[@klauskleinfaust4877]

RANGER AT THE READY! AND THE SKY IS GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYY

[@redclayscholar620]

Been here for a while in the Mohaveeeeeeeeee!

[@klauskleinfaust4877]

@@redclayscholar620 NEW CALIFORNIA DREAAAAAAAMMMMIN'

[@kalash1167]

​@@klauskleinfaust4877 NEW CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' OF A NUCLEAR WINTER DAY!!

[@Cali_Fed]

"War, war never changes"

[@CKDD83245]

Hardest NV edit to date Long live the NCR

[@oneStrangerGuy]

1:00 bro, imagine if that one soldier who hide its boone and thats why we found him close to the helios one

[@oneStrangerGuy]

i mean, it is a good teory, right?

[@GalacticExplorer83]

Maybe

[@wadespencer3623]

Didn't the battle happen over a decade ago? Boone's only in his mid 20s.

[@oneStrangerGuy]

@@wadespencer3623 very solid point ig

[@oneStrangerGuy]

@@wadespencer3623 idk man, just a theory

[@calicracks3926]

The detail put into this is IMMACULATE. The infantry charge at 0:34 is amazing - I love how the soldiers acctually duck, crouch, and do everything else to try and avoid the hell of bullets approaching them. It gives the fictional troopers an ounce of humanity. I love how hopeless it feels with the Power-Armoured Brotherhood equipped with all kinds of strong weapons while the NCR have 20th century firearms. It feels truely desperate. Glory to the NCR!

[@riothead1240]

This scene is 100x better than the show

[@TheWaStarYt]

???

[@riothead1240]

@@TheWaStarYt the shows ncr brotherhood battle scene was lame

[@GlenONeill-sr2me]

Dear old friends, we remember Shady Sands.

[@Xenotaris]

Technically that was Boneyard, the real/Fallout 1&2 Shady Sands was in Death Valley, not within LA

[@minikilla3568]

NCR lore in game: We wont go quietly, legion can count on that! NCR in Game: I'm saving one bullet if they break through the dam

[@MrCairo283]

Imagine fighting over federal property as illegitimate governments. This post is sponsored by The Enclave.

[@YTSECURE]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes me wish for a nuclear winter

[@woollygoat8921]

At this point, California Dreamin' is the anthem of the NCR.

[@thelradame5508]

Sunburst is really good but I’d like to imagine the NCR is above human wave tactics. Even the most incompetent of their leadership seems to be above that.

[@yourmum256]

That was literally their whole strategy at helios

[@valance10]

Yeah like the animation is good but even NCR knows that human wave tactics are a waste of valuable human bodies and resources

[@mojowwwav4357]

against the brotherhood and their tech it's basically the only option, what the NCR has is the option to recruit more, the brotherhood on the other hand relies on close knit families that they can't afford to lose. If I remember correctly that the only reason they started letting outsiders in in the form of squires, they just kept getting swamped by the NCR. The NCR can afford the losses, their ideals appeal to all wastelanders, the brotherhood are greedy hording thieves that most wastelanders rather avoid, especially if they have anything valuable.

[@thelradame5508]

@@mojowwwav4357 Typically the NCR would probably use artillery or fight defensively but I guess that wasn’t really an option here. The NCR also has tanks in the now non-canon fallout bible and technicals in the show.

[@valance10]

@@thelradame5508 Yeah the NCR had working artillery and armour units, they'd absolutely use them to soften up brotherhood positions rather than dipshit human wave tactics. Seriously, the NCR is populous but not that populous that they could think that it was a good tactic to send men into a meat grinder

[@The_fallout_guy4109]

Girls in Las Vegas: I can't wait to see the slot machines! Boys in Las Vegas:

[@noahhamilton5974]

It will be a winner's day, for the 2 survivors

[@liamdafilo]

when I first got this assignment i was hoping thered be more gambling

[@PAllen74]

This goes unreasonably hard.

[@drlukas4242]

Just because of the TV show in the next game set on the west coast I'm almost definitely helping the NCR and destroying the Brotherhood. Only way that I wouldn't help the NCR is if there is a Yes man/Minutemen/Institute option where I can lead my own faction to victory.

[@Nakeethus_Hunter]

Based. Glad to see the show is uniting people against the flanderisation of the IP that now seem to appeal to MCU levels of consumerists

[@Andrewbaysura1]

SPOILERS! Honestly, though, most likely, the Brotherhood (who completely wiped out the settlement Filly in show) will follow the protagonist into New Vegas. I REALLY hope the NCR throws everything they have at the Brotherhood. And not some rag tag NCR wannabes, but actual professionally trained, fatigue wearing, service rifle toting soldiers.

[@iceydicey77]

And with the victory of helios one the IRS could tax nearby settlements more

[@BjorntheBeard]

I live for this kinda Fallout love and I appreciate your crediting the immensely talented creator

[@neves5083]

Fallout fans crave for the tales of an rebuilt wasteland

[@realkingofantarctica]

The Fallout show could have been a six-season chronology detailing the factions, communities and conflicts of the American post-post-nuclear wasteland, interpreting events from the games while also expanding on the continuity in untouched regions. It would have had a story and characters to rival HBO's Rome and Game of Thrones at its peak. Instead, we got another Vault Dweller story.

[@user-wo8yx6hq2f]

I think SODAZ managed to make the Fallout Power Armor Folks act like WH 40K Space Marines. And honestly, I can stand by that.

[@BlasterYT559]

Without a doubt, if Caesar's legion faced the brotherhood of steel in Helios One instead of the NCR, they would have had more casualties since they mostly use melee weapons.

[@lv1543]

Power armor makes even someone like maximus able to 1v1 the legate

[@BlasterYT559]

@@lv1543 yeah

[@matteob386]

no way the legion would be dumb enough to challenge BOS paladins in a one on one. Seems like a better job for the frumentari

[@BlasterYT559]

@@matteob386 Oh really? 1 Brotherhood Soldier will surely fall for every 20 Legion Soldiers fallen.

[@Codewordthecerealkiller0]

Legion also had the man power but NCR had the tactics

[@Bayerischer_bua]

“When I got this assignment I thought there’d be more gambling.”

[@Ainomato]

NCR AND PROUD

[@Shogunofthewaffles]

I love how the world went to absoulte shit, the earth is barely habitable, and there are cannibals everywhere yet humanity still finds some bullshit reason to tear eachother apart

[@ytj17thjuggalo12]

Glad you gave Sodaz credit. Some of the best animation on KZbin.

[@Vinsedesign]

More classics coming right up for you, so stay tuned.

[@Fleiszer]

“Patrollin the Mojave almost mkaes you wish for a beautifully made animation of the NCR”

[@Amanitaland]

I like how it looks like the way I imagine a HD cutscene from Fallout 1 and 2 looks.

[@Hans140]

Dude, that has got to be the best representation of the Battle of Helios One I have ever seen

[@lionheartfilms793]

A gritty show following a traumatic service record of an ncr trooper done in a boderlands esque comic book style animation would go so damn hard.

[@mercurius_5962]

Everything about the NCR trooper's experience is captured here with a certain haunting beauty -- being moved around like pawns by leaders who don't give a shit about them, going up against heavily armed and seemingly invincible enemy knights, holding back the tide of the Legion This video has a spot on my all-time classics list, right up there with "Obi-Wan Has PTSD"

[@kozakage]

that first half was BADASS we need more of THAT. What an amazing video though

[@kozakage]

im going to need I want a Wasteland version of all of this lmao

[@randomguy-kq4qy]

the full animation is by SODAZ

[@youtuvi7452]

Bro I can't stop watching, so fucking good

[@geofff.3343]

Everybody wants to save the world, they just disagree on how to do it.

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

If I didn't already own New Vegas, this would make me want to buy it. This would serve as damn fine marketing.

[@martinvanderwalt7324]

The two-headed Bear is only hibernating

[@zarko9857]

The Legion has been really silence since this dropped

[@ThatEffinMonke]

The Legion knows they can't win against the NCR.

[@thebighurt2495]

That's cause they're dead because they fell apart the split second Caesar keeled over

[@Onearmedgaming]

Dude the ending was so perfect

[@thataintfalco7106]

It's so cool to see the rivalry of the NCR and Brotherhood like this. We didn't see enough of it in the original.

[@GasPoweredProductions]

YES! Just so much coolness in this one video! the song California Dreamin' has always been a go-to song I'd associate with NCR. I even used it in my Fallout fan film a few years ago!

[@yeahalright8965]

One must fight for taxes.

[@clockworkking777]

underated comment

[@AISWITZ]

​@@clockworkking777 yet overused joke.

[@thebighurt2495]

It's that or slavery

[@niklasw.1297]

This video has no business going as HARD as it does. The bayonet charge at the beginning makes literally no sense tho. Edit: they don't even have bayonets wtf

[@FoxholeNorman]

im just going to paste what I said to another commenter: SODAZ, the creator of the animation has to condense an assumedly, months long siege into a 10-15 minute animation that won't bore the viewer. An animation of the NCR just shelling Helios, wouldn't be as engaging as the NCR assaulting it. Besides, artillery will decimate Helios', potentially making the buildings facilities inoperable beyond repair. There is specifically a line in the original animation where NCR Rocketeers say "don't hit the building." Additionally, the full animation still isn't out. The bayonet charge was a distraction to allow NCR snipers to flank the BOS and get their heavy ordinance closer. We don't know if SODAZ would bring out any more NCR reinforcements in future previews of his animations.

[@niklasw.1297]

@@FoxholeNorman holy dayum. I retract my comment. Watched a few of the original animations and I must say they're pretty amazing. The California Dreamin edit is a nice touch

[@justinhubbard552]

Now I want a helldivers type game where we play as the NCR taking California until we hit Hoover dam.

[@PenumbranWolf]

Could you imagine being at Helios 1 and being told by your CO to charge a full Brotherhood battle line like that? Just a wall of metal so thick even large caliber armor pierces just bounce off armed with weapons that turn people to ash and glowing puddles.

[@unkowntcg6219]

Don't forget that there is a weak spot under the chest plate because of the wielding.

[@lharless105]

Man or bear: me as fuck

[@WastedMailman]

This shit goes so damn hard, dude.

[@parytheplatipus]

That one Brotherhood "Assault Marine" with the flamethrower and goggles does have a real orkish energy about him

[@chaosXP3RT]

Badass!

[@heer3379]

The community has more love for the franchise than Bethesda ever did.

[@goochencore4128]

Like it or not, without Bethesda the Fallout series would be completely dead in the water

[@mcfeddle]

​@@goochencore4128 truly a bittersweet duality,

[@namelessking4146]

@@goochencore4128only good thing they did was make the 3d engine.

[@moe5020]

@@goochencore4128 doubt it. also I'd rather it be dead then the state it is now tbh

[@dboygamer8184]

​​@@moe5020Fallout 76 killed it, the show resurrected the interest Without Fallout 3 the franchise would've died along time ago.

[@Dycentrixx]

Its the most complet and awsome content about fallout new vegas that i never see in the past 10 years

[@themetroidprime]

RIP, good lore.

[@jonathancunningham8739]

I am a Minuteman but I have to say for NCR fan this quote should work "WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER!!!".

[@tirany2914]

I find it kinda sad how this video has more views than some of the original content it uses, both Sodaz and Couch must have put countless hours into their videos and now somehow this gets just as if not even more popular? And on top of that the people in the comments for the most part seem to think this is the original source. Nothing against the video or you, but we have to be honest you put a fraction of the work in, compared to them.

[@fancy-payne]

At least the credits are in the description.

[@AgentDanielCross]

This would definitely be a great for a intro movie of a Tactics sequel. Mad respect for SODAZ for this

[@Dubinitout]

This goes absurdly hard

[@Chaosdogg47]

This is painful. We have so many great content creators that LOVE OG Fallout and New Vegas, and yet, we have to sit here and watch our beloved series beind disrespected by Bethesda and Amazon's untalented writers. Can you imagine all of the NCR being wiped out by a single nuke? That's the new canon according to Bethesda.

[@johnkonig865]

First of all, I haven't seen anything official that claims the NCR got completely wiped out, but honestly, yeah, I can imagine it, have you actually considered the position of the NCR? They were in a two front war with both the Brotherhood and the Legion, the former of which destroyed their economy, then they lost the Dam, and then their capital got deleted. This is as weak as they will ever get, so anyone that doesn't like them, both on the inside and outside, would strike now while they're down, that's not something you just shrug off.

[@AidenManoj-zm4kr]

They might still be out there...just far away...the bear is still in the woods

[@breadjesus6873]

Tax california dreamin

[@Rootiga]

"theres gonna be a tax for that"

[@alexadamson9959]

Fallout TV show. What we expectations ... vs what we got.

[@chrisbj5251]

Far better than the show for sure.

[@deez9460]

Bro the show isn’t bad lmao

[@frandacz9005]

@@deez9460Fr

[@chrisbj5251]

Sure and the T-60 is so thick that protects its user from bullets but not from a rock to the head.

[@deez9460]

@@chrisbj5251 Womp Womp

[@chrisbj5251]

@@deez9460 Can't argue back uh? it's ok. You need to turn your brain off to enjoy it so I'll give you that.

[@enclave7125]

I always see people saying that : if the courier didn't interfere NCR would have lost Hoover Dam. NCR is the true winner against the Legion, in lore NCR operates Main Battle Tanks, aircraft, they have the veteran rangers which are compared to a tatical nuke, power armors an well organized army. Legion don't have any power armors, they don't have motorized units, not even industrialized they are, most weapons they use are scavenged

[@hayro252]

Blame consoles that won't be able to handle all those cool stuff at that time. But yeah, NCR were also stretched thin due to Kimball's expansionist policies, so that could explain they weren't able to muster enough force for the battle.

[@enclave7125]

@@hayro252 Kimball is a dumb, instead of securing the land he already got he tried to rush in as much territory as he could. Typical 1600s-1800s general

[@johnkonig865]

@@enclave7125 The NCR's weak position in the Mojave has very little to do with Kimball, they were at war with the Brotherhood during New Vegas, they were literally fighting a two front war. And while one of their enemies has a modern military sitting on their doorstep with a bunch of powerarmour, the other is just a big ass tribe that's smashing its head against a fortified position, which threat do you think they took more seriously?

[@enclave7125]

@@johnkonig865 The thing is that BoS can produce complicated equipment (veterbirds, power armors) while NCR is only capable of simple equipment. So its an race between who will crack first: NCR because of the logistical nightmare that is the mojave desert or the BoS because of big firepower but not enough to manpower to compare against the gargantuan size of the NCR

[@charliemcmillan4561]

is that a younger elijah i love it

[@YourLocal14YearOld]

“Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter”

[@pimiento3428]

the community wont go quietly bethesda can count on that

[@righteousham]

The video was great, the NCR's battle strategy however was pretty stupid. Where's their artillery or air support? Nope just gonna blindly charge a fixed defensive position. More than a little dumb.

[@theslavbeing335]

It's lore friendly. They don't know artillery or aviation, in the lore NCR only won battle for Hellios One because they outnumbered the brotherhood 15 to 1.

[@FoxholeNorman]

SODAZ, the creator of the animation has to condense an assumedly, months long siege into a 10-15 minute animation that won't bore the viewer. An animation of the NCR just shelling Helios, wouldn't be as engaging as the NCR assaulting it. Besides, artillery will decimate Helios', potentially making the buildings facilities inoperable beyond repair. There is specifically a line in the original animation where NCR Rocketeers say "don't hit the building." Additionally, the full animation still isn't out. The bayonet charge was a distraction to allow NCR snipers to flank the BOS and get their heavy ordinance closer. We don't know if SODAZ would bring out any more NCR reinforcements in future previews of his animations.

[@pendantblade6361]

People think that the NCR has a WW2 army, that's incorrect. The NCR doesn't even have a WW1 army. This is fine as it fits the lore and setting.

[@GregoryHewitson-un9kr]

In their defence, the only "major" faction which has air support and artillery are the Boomers, and in the lore they only won because of the numbers advantage.

[@cowerdnerddespacito9518]

Why would they shell a position which they are trying to capture?? The only point of taking Helios One is so they can remove the BoS and take the power plant for themselves, the power plant is useless if it’s just a pile of rubble.

[@palojulilopez1574]

long live the ncr

[@OuroborUC420DG]

Well, if it makes you feel any better, it didn't work out.

[@REAPER3382]

that was damn amazing.

[@Chris-mr1it]

Dude...This is awesome!

[@officialodin327]

Those couple frames cutting to Joshua Graham, just staring into the camera gave me chills

[@isaaccastillo6553]

Damn, I love this song, I did not know this edit exist, Now I love it more, beautiful job💖💖💖

[@galaxia64]

You are the man who can change this war, make your decisions well

[@Thefactorychannel646]

I love how you paid attention to the lore of fallout new vegas adding elder elijah and showing how recless the NCR was with attacking helios one.

[@thebighurt2495]

Sunburst was a crap show for everybody. There was no good way to take the building and the NCR knew it