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captpackrat posted...

You know, I've always wondered if "chopping that meat" was a euphemism for sex.

I didn't realize that there was anyone who didn't think that.



Cruddy_horse posted...

It's really incredible that Obsidian had entirely different songs that fit thematically with the setting, some even recorded by the director that didn't make it onto the radio, meanwhile Bethesda just used 90% of Fallout 3's songs most of which amount to "funny old song."

Ehh, there's always a thematic link, you just have to think about it sometimes. Like how "Civilization" is basically alluding to people becoming tribal and how "civilization" is flawed (which it was, because it led to an apocalyptic war), or how a lot of the songs sort of become an ironic contrast to just how shitty the world is. Or kind of hint at nostalgia for the happier times of the past, before everything went to shit.

The Wanderer is a reference to the fact that you're essentially wandering the world (and are similar to the Lone Wanderer of Fallout 3). Pistol Packin' Mama takes on an entirely new context in a world where literally every character is packing a pistol (and if you're playing as a female, you basically ARE the pistol packing mama). End of the World recontextualizes the original song (which is just a woman saying how it feels like the end of the world because of losing her love) because you're playing as a character who has lost their love and literally went through the end of the world. And so on.

And they did record 4 new songs for Magnolia (though you'll admittedly only hear them on the radio if you talk to her in Goodneighbor). And they did a pretty good job, because if you don't listen to the lyrics (or recognize Lynda Carter's voice), you might assume they were real songs from the 40s/50s. On top of which, you've got songs like Uranium Fever, Crawl Out Through the Fallout, or Atom Bomb Baby which feel like they should be fake songs they made up for the game, but which were actually real songs from the era (which is kind of crazy when you think about it).

There are a LOT of things to criticize Fallout 4 for, but I wouldn't necessarily say there's a major problem with the music (other than the fact that you lose the classical music station if you blow up the Institute). Reusing some of the songs from Fallout 3 is fine, since they also added a bunch of new ones as well (there's almost twice as many songs in Fallout 4 total as there are in Fallout 3).