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Hello!! Just made this account. Figured it might be nice to have yet another space to meld between personal and fandom material, not that there's much separation there. However, this place is not currently known by anyone that I know in real life and would fret about scrutiny from, so this is safe. For now.
If you're reading this, you likely also have an interest in Fallout: New Vegas and Have Played It Many Times, too. Or, at least, Absorbed what you played if you've only played it a few times. Needless, it's likely had an impact on you, enough for you to go looking for other accounts that share the same common interest. Don't worry, because you'll find that here.
After I finished my fourth run of FNV, one when I had all the dlcs for, I immediately started another save.
In all my runs, I've always done the Independent New Vegas route. I wanted to, yknow, not for my last one but it wasn't quite where I would want it to be-- playing as close to what I can only imagine is realism as possible for my OC, Calder Bearskin. (BEFORE YOU ASK: Bearskin is a Wyandotte family name that my grandma's grandma had. While it's not the last name that came down, I like it, and decided to snag it for Calder, who's my self-insert. It's a bit safer than using my close family names.)
Needless, I'm currently attempting a Legion run on Hard mode. I'm doing an unarmed run, but still find myself carrying my fair share of ammunition with me. However, due to my cultural and moral background, I'm having difficulty tolerating playing a shithead. I'm putting myself in his shoes-- he's a no nothing kind of man who does what he's told without hesitation. He sucks. He doesn't stop to talk to people, stop to help people, or anything else of that nature. He's not very enjoyable to play, but I feel like before I can truly love this game I must play all endings to completion.
My question now is: Do I start a new run? Do I abandon my fifth run to the wayside, forever lost in the sea of time and old data? I usually wipe out all of my prior saves after completing one. Should I simply leave it, let it sit eternal in the data my computer holds?
While I write this out, I find myself coming to a conclusion. Yes, I should start a new run, playing as a character I feel close to. Yes, I want to do all the DLCs again on that character, even if I'm taking the same paths. I'll need to rely more heavily (regularly) on my companions and will need to therefore be far more strategic about the ammo I keep to use, or simply discard.
One thing I do know: I'm excited to return back to my wife, my beloved hunting rifle, whose beauty rivals all else. I've missed her dearly and would love a playthrough where I am not a stranger, but a friend.
My final thoughts through this journal entry are simply about logistics, now, especially around DLCs where you don't consistently have a companion. I have over 200 hours on FNV, and most of those were spent using a hunting rifle. But can I really scrape by on whatever amount of ammo I can bear to carry? We'll see.
I'll watch a youtube dissertation about the Legion ending or something. I have more important sentiments about the game, ones that are quite strong that I will leave for another day, another post, another thing for me to fight on the internet over.
If you're reading this, you likely also have an interest in Fallout: New Vegas and Have Played It Many Times, too. Or, at least, Absorbed what you played if you've only played it a few times. Needless, it's likely had an impact on you, enough for you to go looking for other accounts that share the same common interest. Don't worry, because you'll find that here.
After I finished my fourth run of FNV, one when I had all the dlcs for, I immediately started another save.
In all my runs, I've always done the Independent New Vegas route. I wanted to, yknow, not for my last one but it wasn't quite where I would want it to be-- playing as close to what I can only imagine is realism as possible for my OC, Calder Bearskin. (BEFORE YOU ASK: Bearskin is a Wyandotte family name that my grandma's grandma had. While it's not the last name that came down, I like it, and decided to snag it for Calder, who's my self-insert. It's a bit safer than using my close family names.)
Needless, I'm currently attempting a Legion run on Hard mode. I'm doing an unarmed run, but still find myself carrying my fair share of ammunition with me. However, due to my cultural and moral background, I'm having difficulty tolerating playing a shithead. I'm putting myself in his shoes-- he's a no nothing kind of man who does what he's told without hesitation. He sucks. He doesn't stop to talk to people, stop to help people, or anything else of that nature. He's not very enjoyable to play, but I feel like before I can truly love this game I must play all endings to completion.
My question now is: Do I start a new run? Do I abandon my fifth run to the wayside, forever lost in the sea of time and old data? I usually wipe out all of my prior saves after completing one. Should I simply leave it, let it sit eternal in the data my computer holds?
While I write this out, I find myself coming to a conclusion. Yes, I should start a new run, playing as a character I feel close to. Yes, I want to do all the DLCs again on that character, even if I'm taking the same paths. I'll need to rely more heavily (regularly) on my companions and will need to therefore be far more strategic about the ammo I keep to use, or simply discard.
One thing I do know: I'm excited to return back to my wife, my beloved hunting rifle, whose beauty rivals all else. I've missed her dearly and would love a playthrough where I am not a stranger, but a friend.
My final thoughts through this journal entry are simply about logistics, now, especially around DLCs where you don't consistently have a companion. I have over 200 hours on FNV, and most of those were spent using a hunting rifle. But can I really scrape by on whatever amount of ammo I can bear to carry? We'll see.
I'll watch a youtube dissertation about the Legion ending or something. I have more important sentiments about the game, ones that are quite strong that I will leave for another day, another post, another thing for me to fight on the internet over.
