My ideal Fallout sequel location would be the Pacific Northwest. Partially because I live there, but also because I think it would be nice to see some dense forests and huge rivers instead of "giant open blasted cityscape" or "giant open desert".
I figure you could start the map in the redwood forests of Northern California and end it somewhere around the border between Oregon and Washington. You would have some really gorgeous scenery, plus you could have a The Postman vibe (the book, not the Costner movie). To the west you'd have the Pacific Ocean as a natural map boundary, and to the east there's the Rocky Mountains if you're willing to fudge their location a little bit. The location is close enough to the California settings of Fallout and Fallout 2 so you could have some thematic carryover (stories, trade routes, equipment, animal enemies, etc) but still be far enough away that you wouldn't be restricted much by events from earlier games.
Then there are the DLC options - I would gladly pay $20 for an expansion that let me travel to and lovingly gaze upon a giant radioactive crater that used to be Seattle.
I definitely would like to see another Obsidian made Fallout title. I loved New Vegas!
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Well yeah, I realise 80's Fallout would have to be a whole new universe/continuity. I just think the mid-century style is starting to wear thin a little.
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Can anyone confirm whether or not Mass Effect 1 works with a Steam Controller?
I don't have a good KBAM setup so I really need to be able to play it with a controller. I have ME1 via Amazon (not Steam) but I can't seem to get it to work with my Steam Controller
With steam controller you would have to get it to emulate and correspond to keyboard presses, because ME1 has no controller support. At all.
Yeah. Which still bugs me (but we don't need to go back down that rabbit hole again). But there are community-based Steam Controller configurations which I would assume work. I just couldn't get them to.
There is a mod that kludges in controller support that may be useful.
I had heard some things about the PC versions of the ME games and their lack of controller support, especially this part from the mod page
The Mass Effect game shipped with all the original XBOX controller interfaces but in a very broken state with some functionality removed. This mod corrects these issues and re-implements features where necessary. The MOD switches over to use all the xbox user interfaces, with the exception of mini games/loadsave and settings. These exceptions have been adjusted to work with the controller.
I remember hearing one issue was that the hacking minigames are harder on the PC due to having better control with the mouse.
Yeah, the PC and console minigames for ME1 were completely different, the latter is basically simon-says with the face buttons while the PC is basically high-tech frogger controlled with the mouse.
The mid-century inspiration for Fallout goes a lot deeper than just the clothing and design of things. It's in the very science of the world. Why does a nuclear exchange turn the entire setting into a desert wasteland despite modern science being pretty darn sure that wouldn't happen? Because 50s science fiction writers thought it would. Why are computers that actually compute all huge still despite having capabilities far beyond any modern systems? Because the tech was extrapolated from 50s era design where microprocessors weren't a thing yet. All the "chips" and computer innards you find in Fallout 2 were breadboards with vacuum tubes. The designers have described the setting as one where the laws of physics work based on what people imagined they would in the middle of the 20th century, not how they actually work. The 50s thing isn't just an aesthetic layer, it's part of the underpinnings of fabric of reality for the setting and a big part of why it's different from other more realistic post-apocalyptic settings.
Yeah, the simplest way to describe Fallout's universe is "The 2000s, as envisioned by the 1950s" (similar to how Blood Dragon is "The 2000s, as envisioned by the 80s").
Their timeline and ours diverged sometime either during or shortly after World War II, with their universe focusing on atomic research and ours focusing on integrated circuits that lead to microprocessors that led to the Information Age. This is why they have tiny nuclear generators that power their cars and plasma guns but still use CRT displays and have vacuum tubes in their robots. Basically this is because sci-fi authors and "futurists" in the 40s and 50s thought that atomic power was going to be the driving force over the decades to come. Golden Age sci-fi is filled with depictions of atomic powered spaceships and miniature nuclear power plants for the home.
Watching/reading old sci-fi stuff is always fun. Seeing what they thought we would be capable of in modern times and how off the mark they were (and sometimes how on the mark they were) is like adding an entirely new layer to the experience.
My ideal Fallout sequel location would be the Pacific Northwest. Partially because I live there, but also because I think it would be nice to see some dense forests and huge rivers instead of "giant open blasted cityscape" or "giant open desert".
The scenery in the Honest Hearts DLC for NV was some of my favorite. The relative pristine state of Zion national park compared to the more densely populated areas in the rest of the game that people had messed up set up a good contrast. And the points of interest you could come across where people had tried and failed to survive had their tragedy magnified by the relative peace of the area.
Well yeah, I realise 80's Fallout would have to be a whole new universe/continuity. I just think the mid-century style is starting to wear thin a little.
I prefer Black Isle's/Obsidian's approach where it's not as overt as it was in Fallout 3. I think Bethesda dived a bit too far into it when they had people still wearing 50s fashions and hair styles instead of it being more akin to artifacts from the old world. But I think Obsidian showed there was still more that could be done with it. Old World Blues exploring the science!!! angle more deeply was both a change of pace from the rest of New Vegas while still being faithful to the pillars of the setting.
That said, Smokestacks reminded me of how Far Cry: Blood Dragon is a great 80s style apocalypse game. You're not dealing with civilians so you don't really see the fashion of the era but the design for the robot enemies is based on what items a low budget 80s sci-fi action movie would be able to get its hands on for inexpensive costuming.
My ideal Fallout sequel location would be the Pacific Northwest. Partially because I live there, but also because I think it would be nice to see some dense forests and huge rivers instead of "giant open blasted cityscape" or "giant open desert".
The scenery in the Honest Hearts DLC for NV was some of my favorite. The relative pristine state of Zion national park compared to the more densely populated areas in the rest of the game that people had messed up set up a good contrast. And the points of interest you could come across where people had tried and failed to survive had their tragedy magnified by the relative peace of the area.
Well yeah, I realise 80's Fallout would have to be a whole new universe/continuity. I just think the mid-century style is starting to wear thin a little.
I prefer Black Isle's/Obsidian's approach where it's not as overt as it was in Fallout 3. I think Bethesda dived a bit too far into it when they had people still wearing 50s fashions and hair styles instead of it being more akin to artifacts from the old world. But I think Obsidian showed there was still more that could be done with it. Old World Blues exploring the science!!! angle more deeply was both a change of pace from the rest of New Vegas while still being faithful to the pillars of the setting.
That said, Smokestacks reminded me of how Far Cry: Blood Dragon is a great 80s style apocalypse game. You're not dealing with civilians so you don't really see the fashion of the era but the design for the robot enemies is based on what items a low budget 80s sci-fi action movie would be able to get its hands on for inexpensive costuming.
And the awesome story of the survivalist. That's one of the more memorable experiences in gaming for me.
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Oh Zesteria for 15 bucks. I have recently been trying to get back into the Tales games being such a huge fan in the past. Especially because Berseria sounds super legit. I don't care much for the rest of those games though. But Zesteria alone is worth 15.
Speaking of the Conan Dongiles, I hope someone copied what happened in chat yesterday. The ~45 minutes of inserting dong into game titles had me laughing nearly the whole time.
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Knocked Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 off the backlog--but mostly because I rage quit when I was a few hours from beating it.
Thanks @EvmaAlsar for gifting this a few years back, sorry it took so long to finish.
I do enjoy the Lords of Shadow series but the first was definitely stronger IMO. There were some nice combat changes in 2 but the poor stealth sections put a damper on quite a bit. Still it was an overall fun God of War with a Castelvania coating on it for those who have been looking to scratch that itch.
Speaking of the Conan Dongiles, I hope someone copied what happened in chat yesterday. The ~45 minutes of inserting dong into game titles had me laughing nearly the whole time.
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So, new announcement for the backlog Steam group, shared here for thoroughness:
So, you know those really long games, the ones that take several days of play to beat? That's the Player of the Week Challenge for February. You're task, should you choose to accept it, is to play just one game per week, but this is about the length of the game as well as beating it. We're looking for games that normally take upwards of 20 hours (per HLTB) to beat!
So, go find a JRPG, RPG, Open World game, etc. Play it, beat it, then submit the screenshot of the ending along with the HLTB page showing that the default time for the game is 20+ hours (the Main Story box). The winner for Player of the week is whoever's game is the longest play time after subtracting the base HLTB Main Story time from it. Basically, I really want you to go and pick a nice, long game and just play the hell out of it!
Good luck!
I am not limiting this to games you've not started, so if you happen to be in the middle or near the end of a nice 80 hour game, now would be the time to finish it?
Meanwhile, I think I've nearly beat the first Eschalon. It very much feels as if the game is meant to be player a certain way, that being a default warrior class who can take the hits and clear a room of enemies by going toe-to-toe. Really wish more games would be made with a default mage/red mage-esque build in mind . . .
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I figure you could start the map in the redwood forests of Northern California and end it somewhere around the border between Oregon and Washington. You would have some really gorgeous scenery, plus you could have a The Postman vibe (the book, not the Costner movie). To the west you'd have the Pacific Ocean as a natural map boundary, and to the east there's the Rocky Mountains if you're willing to fudge their location a little bit. The location is close enough to the California settings of Fallout and Fallout 2 so you could have some thematic carryover (stories, trade routes, equipment, animal enemies, etc) but still be far enough away that you wouldn't be restricted much by events from earlier games.
Then there are the DLC options - I would gladly pay $20 for an expansion that let me travel to and lovingly gaze upon a giant radioactive crater that used to be Seattle.
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Yeah, the simplest way to describe Fallout's universe is "The 2000s, as envisioned by the 1950s" (similar to how Blood Dragon is "The 2000s, as envisioned by the 80s").
Their timeline and ours diverged sometime either during or shortly after World War II, with their universe focusing on atomic research and ours focusing on integrated circuits that lead to microprocessors that led to the Information Age. This is why they have tiny nuclear generators that power their cars and plasma guns but still use CRT displays and have vacuum tubes in their robots. Basically this is because sci-fi authors and "futurists" in the 40s and 50s thought that atomic power was going to be the driving force over the decades to come. Golden Age sci-fi is filled with depictions of atomic powered spaceships and miniature nuclear power plants for the home.
Watching/reading old sci-fi stuff is always fun. Seeing what they thought we would be capable of in modern times and how off the mark they were (and sometimes how on the mark they were) is like adding an entirely new layer to the experience.
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The scenery in the Honest Hearts DLC for NV was some of my favorite. The relative pristine state of Zion national park compared to the more densely populated areas in the rest of the game that people had messed up set up a good contrast. And the points of interest you could come across where people had tried and failed to survive had their tragedy magnified by the relative peace of the area.
I prefer Black Isle's/Obsidian's approach where it's not as overt as it was in Fallout 3. I think Bethesda dived a bit too far into it when they had people still wearing 50s fashions and hair styles instead of it being more akin to artifacts from the old world. But I think Obsidian showed there was still more that could be done with it. Old World Blues exploring the science!!! angle more deeply was both a change of pace from the rest of New Vegas while still being faithful to the pillars of the setting.
That said, Smokestacks reminded me of how Far Cry: Blood Dragon is a great 80s style apocalypse game. You're not dealing with civilians so you don't really see the fashion of the era but the design for the robot enemies is based on what items a low budget 80s sci-fi action movie would be able to get its hands on for inexpensive costuming.
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And the awesome story of the survivalist. That's one of the more memorable experiences in gaming for me.
You can just say that you want to play it for the dong slider, no one here is going to judge you.
Thank God. It was becoming hard to hide my true reasoning. 8-)
That's a natural reaction when it comes to dong sliders. 8-)
We've been waiting for one to come for a long time.
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Thanks @EvmaAlsar for gifting this a few years back, sorry it took so long to finish.
I do enjoy the Lords of Shadow series but the first was definitely stronger IMO. There were some nice combat changes in 2 but the poor stealth sections put a damper on quite a bit. Still it was an overall fun God of War with a Castelvania coating on it for those who have been looking to scratch that itch.
You may now return to dong talk.
I totally did... with a couple edits and additions maybe.
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EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
I am not limiting this to games you've not started, so if you happen to be in the middle or near the end of a nice 80 hour game, now would be the time to finish it?
Meanwhile, I think I've nearly beat the first Eschalon. It very much feels as if the game is meant to be player a certain way, that being a default warrior class who can take the hits and clear a room of enemies by going toe-to-toe. Really wish more games would be made with a default mage/red mage-esque build in mind . . .
We have radically differing ideas on the meaning of "really long games."
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Trimming your backlog by purchasing everything over the holiday sale doesn't count as winning. :P
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I trimmed it by just removing! I only bought for other people during the sale, so there. :P
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A bold strategy, Cotton, let's see how that works for him.