A lot of words, but nothing SPOILERIFFIC.
Some observations (besides the obvious WTF in regards to the ending):
1) My radio reception stunk even after I did the thing to boost it. The voices were always clear, but the music did not improve. It was stuttery and crackly always. I assume that is a performance issue with my PC. A shame really. I would have liked to listen to more of that music while out galavanting and murdering. "The owls are the hootiest!" Oh, and the music was fine when playing on radios. But my pipboy had a short in it or something. Is that supposed to be like that? If so, it sucks. And why don't games like this and Need For Speed and others provide a way for the player to replace non-gameplay specific songs with our own? Changing up Three-Dog's playlist would have owned.
2) IMO, the Yao Guais always presented the most spectacular deaths, especially in V.A.T.S.
3) This one time? At band camp? This Deathclaw, the damned thing scared the shit outta me. So I killed it, grabbed one of its legs, and dragged it aside, exposing his naughty bits...and shot him in the taint with a railway spike. He exploded like WHOA. I don't dig getting mauled, see? Myaaaah.
4) This game needed to get more naughty. To be meeting a bunch of whores with all that money on me and never get the chance to XXXXXXXXXXXX is just wrong. That is one business that would be off the charts in post-apocolyptia. It certainly is in the novel I am writing about post-apocalyptia. But that's for another post, assuming I'll never finish the thing.
5) Note to self: Self? Don't forget to figure out how to get up there for a chin wag (assasination) with whatshisface high atop Megaton.
6) I need a job. And voice work has always interested me. So how about not giving one guy like 47 different characters to play in a single game. That wrinkly old guy was everywhere!
7) Nicest Butt in the Game goes to this one particular nameless lady Megaton settler. I've got screencaps of it. hehe
8) I look forward to finding a way to slay the children of the Capital Wasteland. There were a few nice ones, but for the most part, I wanted to kill them in new and interesting ways. Little invincible brats!
9) With 105 days of sobriety under my belt and plans to follow those with thousands more, I found it disturbing that this game was designed so that alcohol provides the player with strength and charisma. I would think that it would cripple a person to some degree. It sure does that to me. lol Yeah, you get -1 Intelligence on the hooch, but come on.
10) Ok, ten seems enough or I'll be up all ni...oh. I
have been up all night. Again. lol Friends, I humbly ask that if another game of such magnificence and wonder and fun comes along again, pleeeeease let us know! I am 2+ years LATE playing and yapping about this thing. Also, thanks for allowing me to do so here. As usual, BBA rules, and that's the bottom line.
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My Good Guy (Kayo) Stats:
Karma: Maxed out at +1000 (to see your current Karma value, go to the console (~) and type player.getav karma)
Quests Completed: 30 - Man, this took me like what, 5 weeks? 6? 8?? I've lost all track of time and space. I haven't drempt about anything real worldly in almost two weeks. 0_0
Locations Discovered: 151 - Not sure of the total of locations there are, but 151 was plenty for one game!
People Killed: 537 - Sorry!
Creatures Killed: 1501 - Not Sorry!
Locks Picked: 266 - I'd rather know how many bobby pins I broke.
Computers Hacked: 88 - 1001010010110!
Stimpaks Taken: 641 - Hey, I like to stay fit. Electronically.
Rad-X Taken: 48 - Hey, I'd like to have kids some day!
RadAway Taken: 97 - That's the stuff right there.
Chems Taken: 105 - Please don't tell my probation officer.
Times Addicted: 13 - Please don't tell my sponsor.
Mines Disarmed: 100 - "Mines cleared!"
Speech Successes: 26 - Do you understand the words that are comin' outta my mouth?
Pockets Picked: 1 - I can't remember whose pocket I picked.
Pants Exploded: 0 - I guess they aren't counting MY pants. I exploded in them like a hundred times this game was so awesome.
Books Read: 153 - Moran? What is a ass-mastuh?
Bobbleheads Collected: 18 - Missed two!
Weapons Created: 47 - The Rock-It Launcher was the first. And the first to get tossed aside as clumsy and useless.
People Mezzed: 3 - Sorry! In my defense, I saved one of you later.
Captives Rescued: 6 - Iguana on a stick? Gee, thanks. Ungrateful scum.
Sandman Kills: 0 - Didn't get that perk as a good guy. Looking forward to being eeeeeee-ville.
Paralyzing Punches: 0 - Hand-to-hand combat? With all these guns? As an ET Veteran, I just couldn't fathom it.
Robots Disabled: 0 Pfffft. I blew up hundreds of them! WHERE'S MY ROBOT DESTRUCTION COUNT???
Contracts Completed: 0 - Only came across one "contract" thing, wasn't interested.
Corpses Eaten: 0 - Two cannibals are sitting at a table, eating a clown, and one cannibal says to the other, "Does this taste funny to you?"
Mysterious Stranger Visits: 73 - Bogie is DEADLY!
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A special thanks to Fawkes. We hit some rough patches, but you were invaluable to me, brother. And good for several laughs. :D Now take a shower already before I kill myself.
I hope this post didn't spoil anything for anyone. I just wanted to put it up as a comparison for others when they finish. I'll be revisiting this thread with more pics and tales as I replay it as the biggest a-hole the Capital Wasteland has ever seen.
I loved the artwork in this game. I grabbed this and did some wallpaperin' with it. I leave it here for anyone else who would likey.
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