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Fallout 4. Quite surprisingly, the next-gen patch actually did wonders for the game's stability on XB, and it's playable for the first time in almost five years. Almost 50 hours in and I've only had a single crash, and that was from trying to reload a quicksave made in the single-most crash-prone spot on the map; by this point on my attempted playthrough a few months ago I would've crashed literally two dozen times already.

Been having a ball exploring DT Boston with confidence for the first time in years, and am looking forward to building some half-decent elaborate settlements for a change.

I never really cared for it, tbh. "Sanctuary" was a banger, though.

ZaruenKosai posted...

Emperor Palpatine - Ian McDiarmid

holy crap I didnt know it was Alan Rickman playing Snape.
and he was Hans Gruber from DieHard?!
That dude was a legend.

I wish more people also remembered Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the Kevin Costner Robin Hood. Dude was second only to Kilmer's Doc Holliday in terms of committed grand theft cinema on 90's-era flicks.

Pleasing taste...some monsterism.

Mad Max: Fur Road

Doc Holliday - Val Kilmer

I still need to watch the first Beetlejuice before Beetlejuice Beetlejuice...oh, now I get it.

Deadpool - God's Perfect Idiot

Things that will happen before we get Winds of Winter:

• Elder Scrolls 6
• Fallout 5
• Half-Life 3
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• a new season of Venture Bros.
• Jimmy Hoffa's gravesite confirmed
• Al Capone's actual vault uncovered
• The very concept of 'winter' as we know it ceasing to exist due to global warming

My Big Fat Geek Wedding

Pup Fiction

The Bi Lebowski

The Bullitt '68 Mustang Fastback. Specifically THE last remaining Mustang that was used in the movie, which even McQueen himself couldn't convince the owner to sell to him.

HighSeraph posted...

I did the Pitt and sided with Ashur, it was a tough choice for Bob. I honestly don't recall Point Lookout being all that memorable so I just finally went to the Mojave will probably do NCR or Independent since none of the other choices really mesh well with a morally good character. I have a mod that's supposed to make the post-ending playable but we'll see

PL was lauded mostly for its exploration, and for being a vacation of sorts from the dead industrial Capital Wasteland. The main quest was nonsensical and forgettable. It has one of best sidequests in the game (The Velvet Curtain), which unfortunately can only be truly enjoyed once, because prior knowledge allows you to easily skip the majority of the quest.

Unless you're really nuts for shooting mutant hillbillies, Fallout 4's Far Harbor did PL's vibe way better.

King Dice kinda nuked my motivation to go back to Cuphead. I suck at parrying and he trounced me within seconds every time I fought him, but the greater part of the de-motivator is the gauntlet of sub-bosses you have to slog through every time just to get to him, depending on your gambling skills (which I feel qualifies him for 'level' status and not merely a boss).

Because he fuckin' died. Bowser just falls in a pit or shakes off a lava bath when you defeat him; Wart choked to death on his veggies and the Subcons paraded his cold grey corpse in front of the victory podium.

UnfairRepresent posted...

So just like the Think Tank then

You're right, that's my fault, making a good faith post in a UR Fallout topic and all.

Eh, I'll go to certain lengths to defend Fallout 4, but it's hard to paint the Institute as anything more than a pack of cloistered nerds who have no goal / collective thought process beyond maintaining a perpetual loop of making shit and fucking shit up on the surface; basically an unfunny, underdeveloped Think Tank than takes themselves way too seriously.

Damn shame too, because there was a lot of potential there with some even half-decent writing. Even something as relatively simple as having the option to bring Curie before Father and morally convince him that synths are capable of feeling / inspiration would've made a huge difference.

Definitely 200 Lightning Dodges. I only ever beat it once, and that was after stumbling home from the bar one night drunk off my ass, which gave me the necessary anti-neurotic focus to power through it in one take. I don't drink anymore, so I don't think I'll ever be unlocking the Onion Knight again.

"What's wrong with this country? Can't a man walk down the street without being offered a job?!"

I do so love the chuds' new tact of "no, you define 'woke!'" Tickles me every time.

Vaermina's quest in Dawnstar is a dreaded slog on every Skyrim playthrough - tedious walk-and-talk that has a chance of bugging out every step of the way, and the Skull of Corruption is such an insulting downgrade from Oblivion's godly version that I will always let Erandur banish the fucking thing even on an 'evil' playthrough.

The Forsworn Conspiracy is another major pain in the ass.

Shotgunnova posted...

FO3 seems way uglier than I remember.

FO4's colorful aesthetic was a hard pivot from 3's snot green and industrial gray, and on the whole it's one I appreciate.

Southernfatman posted...

"But what if I become a millionaire? I'm obviously going to join that club someday and I don't want my money going to the taxman to give to liberals! Rich people say taxes are bad so taxes are bad!"

Or something else stupid like that.

"I'd rather be poor and have the government give me a few thousand dollars than be a millionaire and have the government take a few thousand dollars!"

Sharty Waffles just flows better (pun intended).

Anything involving Goron Rolling in Majora's Mask. The memory of trying to get through that section of the final dungeon on my first playthrough still makes my blood boil a little. And the last time I tried playing, even the Goron Races were so infuriating that I just plain gave up on the game shortly after winning it, so time has definitely not been kind to this. If there was ever an otherwise-great game that was ruined for me personally by one shitty mechanic, it's that.

And of course Shadows of the Empire - Imperial Sewers deserves a mention (fucking nightmare fuel dianogas).

WingsOfGood posted...

This is old information. They have learned sperm are cooperative and some even kamikaze to allow their "brothers" success.

I had a feeling someone would 'ackshually' this, but I didn't care enough to put a disclaimer in my initial post.

"What're you talking about? You're the sperm that swam the hardest" is the best comeback I've ever heard to this.

Bandersnatch

"Get woke, go broke: 10% of the time it's correct 100% of the time."

That's because Trump, his ilk, and arguably conservatism in general are humanity's default state, and appeal to the most basic instincts of greed, selfishness, and similar dregs of unfettered personal liberty; progressivism on the other hand requires faith, sacrifice, and personal responsibility.

Saying 'Trump has to earn my vote' is like saying 'that greasy heart-stopping double-bacon cheeseburger has a to earn my tastes buds,' or 'cocaine has to earn my addiction.'

trappedunderice posted...

Idk what's the heaviest beatles song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAe2Q_LhY8g

I could never pick one favorite, so here's my top 5:

1) Something
2) While My Guitar Gently Weeps
3) And Your Bird Can Sing
4) Here Comes the Sun
5) What You're Doing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfdl7BNvuw8

Smithers, I'm beginning to think that Homer Simpson was not the brilliant tactician I thought he was.

When I was six or seven years old, a Cincinnati-area local news commercial in the early 90's had a major influence on my fear of tornadoes. It was a five-second ad for the weather team's new Doppler radar called 'Tim's Weather Breakthrough' (pun intended) which had an animated tornado rip through the screen and fly toward the viewer (sound effects and all), and leave behind a gaping black hole in the screen. I had to leave the room or be ready to shut my eyes and cover my ears whenever that station ran commercials in the evenings.

HighSeraph posted...

I can't finish Broken Steel ._.

Every time I try to pick up the orders from the bos the game crashes

Guess it really is Broken Steel, huh? *rimshot*

Have you gotten the Tesla Cannon yet? I don't concede a lot of points in favor of Fallout 3, but FO3's Tesla Cannon >>>> NV's Tesla Cannon and its variants.

Hellfire Armor is the only PA in either FO3 or NV that was cool enough for me to wear for longer than five minutes (though admittedly the classic Enclave Remnant armor in NV is sooooo incredibly campy that I couldn't help but enjoy wearing it for a bit). I have some fond memories of laying waste my enemies in the CW with my HF Armor and Heavy Incinerator.

I was pleased as punch that both of those got brought back in Fallout 4 as Creations (which are both free now).

Marjorie Taylor Greene is the type of person who believes the topic title to be correct.

The ability to say "I am a great magician...your clothes are red!" and have it actually mean something is too good to pass up.

DKBananaSlamma posted...

https://youtu.be/Rtr02bwgnqA?t=157

I always thought they were dopes slightly smarter than Homer, but I guess not

I wanna say it was just a subversive joke they wrote for that ep and built upon later, but the 'Lisa's Wedding' flash-forward a couple seasons earlier did briefly show both of them as members of the board while Homer was still stuck at the same job.

I hear 'Snooze' on the radio all the time, and I remember hearing the dj say recently that it / the album was breaking all kinds of records or something. Nice to put a face / name to the song, since I always have that disconnect when I only hear pop music on the radio.

UltimateWing posted...

CNN was being over dramatic. Probably for ratings. Plus, what Ron Filipkowski said.

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1791635229947404755

Not that we needed any more confirmation that CNN has become a shitrag over the past year or two, but I just checked their homepage and their top story is 'Defense Grills Cohen,' with the frickin' death of the Iranian president via helicopter crash well below that.

I really need a good suggestion for a new base-level news outlet, because the days of 'but did CNN confirm' are long past.

Damn, I didn't know Marvel comics were actually good now.

"How can a hamster write mystery novels?"
"Well, he figures out the ending first and then writes backwards."

Stephen's Root

Cheetaluv posted...

=( Aww sorry if something I said in the past stuck with you for this long and now you're coming here being so upset.

Chuds, without a hint of irony, every damn time lmao:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/292d99d9.jpg

Jack's Black

radical_rhino posted...

Imagine having zero reading comprehension.

It's downright precious that you think your schtick isn't clear as crystal.

specialkid8 posted...

Why are y'all arguing instead of posting funny celebrity names?

Never underestimate CE's ability to ruin what should have been a fun topic, especially when the subject of said topic is women.