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[Marc v4.0]

Originally Posted by Krylo

Those are in/to/through the quarry, though. They're tracks for quarry carts.

I was just considering them the deathclaw quarry mentioned before.

There are tracks past that point as well, down towards a small station, and running along the road but not going into the quarry

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Krylo

Slytherin for life.

I'd Slytherin to that is all i'm sayin eh wot

[BitVyper]

Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

I'd Slytherin to that is all i'm sayin eh wot

....I'm a Hufflepuff!

[Osterbaum]

There are tracks past that point as well, down towards a small station, and running along the road but not going into the quarry

I'm propably thinking of the area around that small station.

[BloodyMage]

The point is, there's deathclaws there. I was going where I thought I wouldn't find deathclaws and found deathclaws. It put a damper on my experience since it was relatively early on.

Considering J.K. Rowling wrote a whole series about a devious, manipulative creep who stalked and preyed on a teenage boy, I don't think we're her type.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by BloodyMage

The point is, there's deathclaws there. I was going where I thought I wouldn't find deathclaws and found deathclaws. It put a damper on my experience since it was relatively early on.

Considering J.K. Rowling wrote a whole series about a devious, manipulative creep who stalked and preyed on a teenage boy, I don't think we're her type.

I'm 16, I'm totally her type!

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Originally Posted by BloodyMage

The point is, there's deathclaws there. I was going where I thought I wouldn't find deathclaws and found deathclaws. It put a damper on my experience since it was relatively early on.

Considering J.K. Rowling wrote a whole series about a devious, manipulative creep who stalked and preyed on a teenage boy, I don't think we're her type.

But the game told you there'd be Deathclaws there.
Reminds me of an RPG where you see a sign that says "DO NOT JUMP DOWN THIS HOLE" and you jump down it anyway to see what happens and the message "YOU JUMPED IN THE HOLE AND DIED, YOU MORON" pops up.
To me the only logical response is to have a bit of a chuckle and then move on, because no matter what you might have expected with all the subversion of cliches and tropes around, and no matter how you spin the story, the end all be all message is: "The game told me that what I was about to do was pretty suicidal and I did it anyway."

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by Myself

I'm 16, I'm totally her type!

Holy shit. I'm a hypocrite.

[BloodyMage]

Originally Posted by Karesh

But the game told you there'd be Deathclaws there.
Reminds me of an RPG where you see a sign that says "DO NOT JUMP DOWN THIS HOLE" and you jump down it anyway to see what happens and the message "YOU JUMPED IN THE HOLE AND DIED, YOU MORON" pops up.
To me the only logical response is to have a bit of a chuckle and then move on, because no matter what you might have expected with all the subversion of cliches and tropes around, and no matter how you spin the story, the end all be all message is: "The game told me that what I was about to do was pretty suicidal and I did it anyway."

Except it's more like finding a sign that says 'DON'T JUMP DOWN THIS HOLE', avoiding that hole and jumping down the next one and dying anyway, because actually the game made it difficult to go north, told me one area was pretty suicidal, and even by avoiding that area it still turned out to be suicidal.

Which is pretty much a symptom of a larger problem. As I've said before, it felt like the game was telling me to go back, and follow the pre-set path of Goodsprings - Primm - Nipton - Novac. From there it opens up, but that's not really a good role playing game. I should have the freedom to go where where I want in a roleplaying sand box game, which is why I prefer Fallout 3. After you left the vault you were encouraged to go Megaton but the game never really tried to stop you if you felt inclined to walk all the way to the Republic of Dave. You were specifically told there were Death Claws at Old Olney which you could avoid without any trouble at all. I'm not saying it's too hard, I'm saying it was intentionally harder than it should have been just to force you, the player, on to the path the game designers wanted you on. That's what made it less enjoyable for me.

[pochercoaster]

Inception sucks.