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Well gak, didn't even mod Fallout New Vegas into oblivion and already it's broken on me. So instead played through the OG Fallout, not going with a canon run this time, just playing through it as I saw fit, which saw me ending up with the Followers of the Apocalypse somehow wiped out, the Hub broken and Necropolis still existing, despite killing most of the "zombies" there. Now, am I brave enough to play through F2 as well, a game I never really managed to finish.

Isn't the Followers getting wiped out what usually happens? My vague recollection is that getting an ending in which they survive tends to be the most difficult ending to arrange.

Eumerin wrote:
Isn't the Followers getting wiped out what usually happens? My vague recollection is that getting an ending in which they survive tends to be the most difficult ending to arrange.

Edit: Whoops misread that I think the Followers don't get wiped out in the Independent ending, they are just overwhelmed by all the chaos after the Courier takes over. It was worse apparently if you didn't complete the side quests to help out the Mojave as much as possible.


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 Adrassil wrote:
I downloaded Gladius- Relics of War and just completed a game as Eldar, fighting with Imperial Guard and the new faction, Adeptus Mechanicus vs Orks, Chaos Space Marine and Necrons. It was fun and very addictive, and made sure to wipe out the enemy factions before completing the uhh "campaign". As the last time I won the "campaign" before taking the fight to the enemy, they had top tier units such as Big Stompas that one-shot my level 10 Autarch Raloth Arlyandor I'd been training since the early game. By the end of the game, it's pretty cool having Wraithknights and Scorpions crawling across the map one-shotting Umbras is pretty cool.

Also, what are Umbras in 40k anyway?

Also, also, the new Warlock unit is awesome, OP as hell.

I love Gladius. I usually set up thematic maps. Like space marine vs 7 allied ork players. Or eldars vs two teams of 3 necrons in each. Or guards vs 7 allied ‘nidz. It’s rare that I win theese themed games but it does happen. It’s the only big scale 40k simulator we have. Not counting chapter master, bfg or DoW apoc mod. Umbras are an xeno species that may or may not house (minor) chaos gods. It’s said that the kroot god is asleep in her Umbra. Umbras are what you see in the astartes animation.

Whoa, Umbras sound interesting as frig might look more into them for my Secret War continuity, thanks!

Edit: Whoops misread that I think the Followers don't get wiped out in the Independent ending, they are just overwhelmed by all the chaos after the Courier takes over. It was worse apparently if you didn't complete the side quests to help out the Mojave as much as possible.

I thought you were talking about Fallout 1? The Followers in that game pretty much always get wiped out, so an ending in which that happens is expected.

No comment on their possible fates in New Vegas.

Ahhh, okay. Been ages since I last played through and actually finished the original Fallout, that game is hard in the final stages of the story. But I guess it makes sense that they get wiped out, only to slowly rebuild over time to their current numbers come New Vegas, only to then be screwed over by just about everybody else.

Eumerin wrote:

Edit: Whoops misread that I think the Followers don't get wiped out in the Independent ending, they are just overwhelmed by all the chaos after the Courier takes over. It was worse apparently if you didn't complete the side quests to help out the Mojave as much as possible.

I thought you were talking about Fallout 1? The Followers in that game pretty much always get wiped out, so an ending in which that happens is expected.

No comment on their possible fates in New Vegas.

Damn, yeah, my bad, misread that.

Back on topic, back on Cyberpunk 2077 after the new 1.52 update and been scouring the map with a fine-tooth comb looking for stuff I missed, also managed to complete a quest that was glitched out beforehand. Found a few places that are cordoned off from the map that seem fodder for an expansion or expansions which is pretty cool and stuff. I dunno.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Since its release last week, I've basically been non-stop playing Gran Turismo 7.

It delivers all the hype that I personally had for the game, and then some. I am constantly amazed at the strides in physics these folks have made in the game, and the punishment/reward for how you do things on track is just so satisfying.

How are you getting on with the game?

I had it from release and then stopped when the servers went down the other week, I've switched back to Horizon and waiting for the storm to settle (hopefully it has now?)

Absolutely stunning game though, am really enjoying it. The sheer variety of cars, the tracks, the handling (with the PS5 controllers - just incredible). Even had some fun races online that weren't twatfests, people actually racing properly!

I'm not massively impacted by the rewards changes as I don't intend to try and platinum and get every car, just want to play through the game, although I can understand why people are upset by it. And it's now ruining the games critical user reviews, so I hope whichever marketing or DLC department within Polyphony decided on that change think that it was worth it.

I reinstalled Cyberpunk 2077 to goof around with the update.
I think the gigs are actually worse now. Instead of having access to all at once, they're strangely staggered which only serves to increase time in game via increased travel time.
Great, the fixers now give rewards for doing 100% of their gigs. Didn't need it at launch, don't need it now.
I can't say that the game is better. It's still a situation where the main quest is incredibly linear and annoying to play through until Act 2 and the best content in game are side quests/gigs.
I also still can't stand Jackie. I really don't understand how that character got approved. He's a weird combination of naive, stupid, and obnoxious.

This also led me to reinstall The Witcher 3, but only to play Blood and Wine. I like the setting, I like vampires, and I think the Conjuction of the Spheres is a fascinating concept. As soon as I started playing it I remembered. The Witcher 3 might be the single worst game I've completed. As a story, it ranges from fine to very good, but as a video game, it is truly mediocre. The UI is atrocious. It's a combination of too much crap and poor design. Do we really need the Witcher emblem taking up that damn much of the screen? Witcher "senses" is a point and click adventure game. Cyberpunk 2077's Brain Dances are a massive improvement over that, if only because they require more than look for red and press E, while also not occurring constantly throughout the game. The actual melee combat is an abomination. Yes, I love to hit fast attack and have no idea what animation is going to fire.
Again, I really like the story and the setting, I hate playing the actual game. Meanwhile, I hate, and I don't use that word lightly, Cyberpunk 2077's main questline, but the actual gameplay is great, despite being relatively simplistic and easy.

It just baffles me that the same company built both these games. If you actually play both you can clearly see how systems are reused in Cyberpunk 2077, but the end result is vastly different.

Edit:
I take back "the worst" connotation.
I finished Borderlands 3 MQ and two DLCS, but despite having access to two other DLCS, I will never play them. The gameplay is okay aside from the fact boss fights are just bullet sponges and the story is nothing notable.
Also, Jedi: Fallen Order is absolutely worse. The combat is moderately better (still not FromSoft level), but the unskippable cutscenes, janky exploration, and overall lack of replayability kill it for me.
I'd also absolutely put it over DA:2.

For comparison. I think AC:Odyssey, if not Valhalla, is absolutely better as a video game than The Witcher 3. The combat is tighter and responsive. The open world content is essentially the same, if not better. Verticality is incorporated in a decent fashion (a lesson clearly learned by CDPR for CP2077). Yes, the story is inferior, but if I want a great story, I can read a book. I don't think a video game can stand strong on story alone.

In my latest Amazing Cultivation Simulator start, I sent my awakened puppy to clear the demon beast that starts on the map. In this case, the beast was a demon rabbit. Fortunately, no Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch was needed, and the puppy was able to defeat the beast with support from my sect leader. With the demon beast dead, I butchered it for materials, and one of the items that I received was (demon) beast blood. Which is very hot. And this was done on a hot summer day, on grass, which then caught fire. This started a conflagration that quickly grew immense. My outer disciples were't fighting the fire (probably because no buildings were involved) so I set them to start clearing the surrounding grass. But they weren't fast enough to cut it off, and it kept spreading. Just before the spreading flames made their way to one of the two giant ginko trees on the map, I finally admitted defeat, and loaded up a save I'd made shortly before I'd attacked the beast. This time I made sure to haul the body to a cleared spot of ground before I cut it up.

Back on RimWorld, pretty damn fun and addictive, and now that I have both expansions, there are way more things to do in the game.

Played through HROT and DUSK, liked HROT a lot, DUSK less so, but overall both were pretty solid rides.

Also, more New Vegas, clean install, no mods, just a slow trawl through the story, 30 mins here, 30 mins there.

Back on Cyberpunk 2077 again to collect all the cars. Just did now, so maybe my V can begin his own car rental company (if only lol) I got my crafting up so made a lot of a particular pistol over and over to sell so much so I would've saturated the market and driven down its cost by a huge margin lol, made me a lot of money. Can't remember if I mentioned it but I did the ending where

Now I want to do the Aldecaldos ending when V keeps his body. That'll be interesting. Also with my new OP as hell equipment and mods I'll curbstomp Adam Smasher even worse lol

Main games recently are Tiny Tina Wonderland (always like Boarderlands, add in DND feel and yeah its good), Planetside 2 (long lost love of mine), and tabletop RPGS such as Vampire the Masquerade, Traveler, and a DND 5E

Still on Fallout New Vegas, not sure what ending I'm going for just yet, but at the point right now where I'll need to throw my lot in with one of the big players, just need to wipe out the Khans first. Bit annoyed that I can't get Veronica to trigger her personal quest, also missed out on one dialogue option for Raul, but did manage to get Arcade ready for his one, whilst having already done Boone and Cass.

Also did a complete reinstall of CoD and the launcher, which finally got Warzone to work for me again, let's see how awful the modded WWII guns are. Also, more Cold War Zombies on the side, but that's almost stress relief at this point for me.

With Veronica you simply need to go in a few places with her. I don't remember the locations but in all my three careers in FNV I've always triggered her quest without even looking for the solutions. Never heard of possible bugs in that quest.

I did this on the three locations (McCarran terminal, Vault 3 and Nelson / Cottonwood Cove), I even sat through the Boomer museum speech twice (SAVAGES!) but she wouldn't trigger, not even when I did the "sit down and stand up again" fix or via console commands, which usually works. But screw it, the Brotherhood are a bunch of donkey-caves anyway at this point, might as well wipe them out alongside the Khans, if only to have Mr. House go on an amazing motive rant.

Spent a little time on Amazing Cultivation Simulator. I suspect that this will be the first playthrough that goes to end-game. I added a second inner disciple, but both of my inners are the same law, which limits my abilities somewhat. I'm doing a few things for the first time that are very important. I've collected dragon feces for my metal element cultivation room. I've managed to start gathering clues for the plot mystery. And I've established a branch office in a city so that I can start gathering more recruits. When I signed off, I was about to send my alchemist to investigate a mysterious hall that required alchemical knowledge to safely navigate. I'll find out how it went the next time I start up the game. Hopefully I'll get some valuable potion manuals out of it.

Did the Aldecaldos ending. It was nice but not as resonating as .

In the end, RPing as Attelus Kaltos sorta as a Corpo as the 1st Secret War is actually sorta a Cyberpunk story in 40k. Attelus is a Corporate Samurai in Secret War. But now my V sprints in and slaughters several enemies in a split second before any can react, but he wields a katana, unlike Attelus with a power long sword.

Combat is so fun in 2077.

I actually just finished subnautica below zero. Had a few nights shifts at work so decided to play something chill. Subnautica below zero fit the bill. Fired up my old save file and finished the last few hours I had left of the game. I stand by my earlier impression of this game. The original subnautica was a 10/10 game. This is a 8/10. It’s still a very good game but not quite on the level of it’s predecessor. The ending was certainly good but so was the originals. Overall I’m glad I fired it up again and finished it.

So then I moved onto six ages: ride like the wind and some sunless skies. Six ages is more or less king of dragon pass. It’s not as good as kings of dragon pass but it’s definetly a good game. The big difference is that you play a different people with different gods and you have more options on things to do each season. Also it’s a bit more streamlined. For instance you don’t get “bushels of food” anymore but rather seasons of food, which to me make things harder to calculate. Probably easier for a general audience though.

Sunless skies have locomotives in space

Back on RimWorld. My colony now has a huge farm with dozens of horses, Muffalo, and many other animals. It's great selling horses is a great way to make money and my colony is rolling in silver. They're on the cusp of building a transport airship to fly to the starship off world just need 250 synthread. Which is super expensive and rare, though. Might request a trade convoy from allies. I've never clocked RimWorld before, buuuut I must admit I've cheated a lot by reloading earlier save files when things went a bit wrong lol one of my pawns got shot in the back and killed by another in an enemy attack which made me growl out and reloaded. The enemy had just begun to retreat as well lol. Fun as frig, yet frustrating game.

Reloading isn't cheating

Have time currently so I'm playing a whole pile of games.

I've got Fallout 4 on the go, I never finished it first time round so I'm hoping to rectify that. I can't remember why at the time. I think I hit a point in the story that I didn't enjoy and I was perhaps a little disappointed in the game. Replaying it now I'm coming into it with a different mindset and I'm actually enjoying it. I forgot I enjoyed a lot of the thing about the game.

I'm also playing the new update to Deep Rock Galactic with a few mates, the new stuff is pretty cool.

Also because it has the same pull as warhammer, I'm playing some WoW classic. Want to try and do one BC raid before wrath comes out..

Revisiting Battletech. Made the jump from a light/medium lance to a heavy/assault lance (still find it odd that the game pacing works out that way, pretty much every time), and picked up a fair amount of Lostech weapons.

Now focused on money making to buy the various Royal versions from the Black Market. Lore-wise, I think that's an abomination, but I enjoy double heat sinks and extra build versatility too much.

Definitely agree on the awesomeness of both subnautica games. The second was much more relaxing purely due to Reapers being the most stressful thing ever

Played through Resident Evil as a refresher and to help a friend out with their playthrough, also did more Aliens: Fireteam, giving the new Lancer class a more thorough tryout.

Must revisit Deep Rock Galactic soon as well, itching to see the new content and to unlock the stuff I didn't manage to get the first time around, now that the first season pass cosmetics has been added to the game itself.

About a week ago I got back into Star Trek Online after a ten year break. I'm already level 65, blew a lot of my premium currency I banked up from my lifetime subscription on stuff and getting the USS Vengeance because it looks cool. I still don't really know what I'm doing, but space lasers go pew-pew and I'm happy.

Few turns into a Yan Baihu playthrough in Total War: Three Kingdoms. Was fiending for some Total War action and Warhams 3 has been a big letdown so far.

Had never really given this faction much attention when I was playing regularly a year or so back. Its pretty fun so far, though it seems like all the serious action is happening up north where all the big players are bumping heads. Going to set my sights on Sun Juan's lands and go to war.

Slowly taking my time and working through the remastered life is strange - just finished the before the storm prequel.

I've played all the games in the series several times over, and it's easily my favourite series so I'm just enjoying an hour here and there with it. Have too much painting to do besides.

 Olthannon wrote:
Have time currently so I'm playing a whole pile of games.

I've got Fallout 4 on the go, I never finished it first time round so I'm hoping to rectify that. I can't remember why at the time. I think I hit a point in the story that I didn't enjoy and I was perhaps a little disappointed in the game. Replaying it now I'm coming into it with a different mindset and I'm actually enjoying it. I forgot I enjoyed a lot of the thing about the game.

I'm also playing the new update to Deep Rock Galactic with a few mates, the new stuff is pretty cool.
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Each time I have played Fallout 4 I end up getting to the point where I am sprinting around trying to protect settlements, and end up not getting to the end of the game(!) I think I did see the BoS ending, but need to get to the others.

Deep Rock Galactic is a great game, so much fun. It's replaced Helldivers as my regular gaming night with buddies (although we seem to end up massing around in the bar almost as much as we spend time actually delving!)

Getting gakfaced before a job is the best way to play Ultimate Squat Simulator. Bonus points if you get blackout drunk, wake up in scrubs and proceed to the do the drop in said scrubs. ROCK AND STONE!