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Bethesda games community is amazingly insane. For example yesterday I found out that modders managed to "merge Fallout 3 and its DLC into Fallout: New Vegas, a

by hu3 3y ago

Bethesda games community is amazingly insane. For example yesterday I found out that modders managed to "merge Fallout 3 and its DLC into Fallout: New Vegas, allowing both games to be played in a single playthrough". It is called Tale of Two Wastelands and it goes above and beyond modding. This is art. More info: https://taleoftwowastelands.com/faq#What-is-ttw https://taleoftwowastelands.com/faq#What-is-ttw If you like playthroughs, Gopher youtuber is recording an amazing series of it: - Playlist of Chapter 1 (57 videos): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7DlYarj-Dekit0ce4niPaNoRWT2ggi3 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7DlYarj-Dekit0ce4ni... - Playlist of Chapter 2 (4 videos): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7DlYarj-Dfag97E44fFV6xG4yz6O7Su https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7DlYarj-Dfag97E44fF... - Playlist of Chapter 3 (32 videos): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7DlYarj-DcRVZclOtOYd-34dahx8Ktu https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7DlYarj-DcRVZclOtOY... - Playlist of Chapter 4 (10 videos): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7DlYarj-DeLxMTphztmOisaLI2lrhp8 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7DlYarj-DeLxMTphztm... - Playlist of Chapter 5 (9 videos and counting): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7DlYarj-DcDxBImozYsvMQdz-u2LJLr https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE7DlYarj-DcDxBImozYs...

jakkos 3y ago
While this mod is great, I'd recommend playing Fallout NV on it's own first. TTW can ruin pacing and when i played it (admittedly close to a decade ago) I had quite a few near playthrough-ruining bugs.
- zerocrates 3y ago
  > I had quite a few near playthrough-ruining bugs. Sounds like it preserved the core authentic experience then.
  - BookPage 3y ago
    I tried to play NV vanilla a few months ago and ran into multiple of these within the first couple hours. Never went back
    - ChoGGi 3y ago
      I forget the name, but there's a mod fix pack for every fallout game.
- AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
  The mod does its job beautifully: it allows players to play The Capitol Beltway with their Fallout: NV crew and mechanics. F:NV was the better game, but even as a huge NV fan, exploring post-apocalyptic DC and its suburbs was way more enjoyable a locale than exploring the nuked desert. This gives the best of both worlds.
  - LegitShady 3y ago
    I agree that the capitol area was amazing, but the design of the game, characters, and experience in NV felt far more fallout-like than 3, which makes sense given who made it.
- LegitShady 3y ago
  Fallout NV is an amazing game but its largely composed of bugs.
  - t0bia_s 3y ago
    That's, why modders exits and are active even today. Bigfixes for FNV are complex and makes game absolute solid piece of game.
rurban 3y ago
> It is called Tale of Two Wastelands and it goes above and beyond modding. This is art. Glad to hear, because I invented this art genre with ArsDoom. Still striving
- Octopodes 3y ago
  I'm guessing this is your work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9r_f8un3NE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9r_f8un3NE
  - gorgonical 3y ago
    The description of that video credits one of the creators as Reini Urban, which I'm gonna infer means yes in this case
  - rurban 3y ago
    The game mod yes, the video not.
Kiro 3y ago
I don't understand how there can be so many people putting in so much time and talent into projects like these. I've tried getting into modding many times but it's always overwhelming. I don't even know where to start, so that there are enough people pushing through the obvious hurdles and produce things like this is mind-blowing.
- BowBun 3y ago
  These aren't massive communities, these big modders often know each other and work together. I'd say it depends on your background and availability. Most people in any of these intense tech scenes are a combination of a)young/low-commitments - in school, summer, no kids, etc. so they have the time and energy to dedicate b) grew up in these scenes so that the barrier to entry to start creating is much lower than someone like you or me trying to figure out how to mod a game for the first time and c) members of a strong community. I used to be in the fansub scene and there's something about being celebrated by your peers for achieving something that only they recognize. Same with the crack scene. I'm sure modders in these communities feel the same way when they can release something and receive so much positive feedback. It's great!
  - hungryforcodes 3y ago
    Which just shows -- having kids leads to a massive productivity drop / personal advancement opportunity failure. Consider wisely...
    - thebigwinning 3y ago
      Alternatively, I think if you just compared accomplishments of population with families vs without you would not be impressed. Its a tiny population that would turn less responsibility into more productive output. (I for one would probably not consider making fallout mods a great tradeoff, and that's probably better use of time than most)
    - thrashh 3y ago
      Some people have kids Some people don’t Some people get into art Some people get into monster trucks And because everyone is doing their own thing without worrying about conforming to one pattern, you literally get a billion slices of life to choose from.
psadauskas 3y ago
Many a True Nerd is also in the middle of a playthough: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwH1xJhcXG0dR6Ue5o39yaoIAeTD7HKRj https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwH1xJhcXG0dR6Ue5o39y...
- KennyBlanken 3y ago
  Is there anyone who doesn't have an excruciatingly painful and annoying commentary over almost every second of the gameplay?
  - ttctciyf 3y ago
    I realise your question is more of a commentary on MaTN's voiceover, but can't resist answering.. CouchWarrior on youtube has a vast oeuvre[1] of Bethesda letsplays with varying degrees of in-character narration and meta commentary which I find highly non-excruciating. Most of it is (variously modded) Skyrim - here's one where a high level assassin mage gratifyingly takes out the Black-Briar household by commission which contains both a "silent" and a separate commented version: [2] (skip to 18:30 if you want the commentary). There's also a partial Fallout 4 playthrough, mostly done with engaging in-character narration as "Saint Billy" [3] It may not be for everyone, but the thoughtful, relaxed and character-based roleplay-centric approach beats out the squeaky-voiced minmaxing of standard letsplays every time as far as I'm concerned. 1: https://www.youtube.com/@couchwarriortv/playlists?view=1&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 https://www.youtube.com/@couchwarriortv/playlists?view=1&sor... 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OADtS8yAsCk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OADtS8yAsCk 3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq3QdWvJDnh024UmnWHvKNCexW25vCTnU https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq3QdWvJDnh024UmnWHvK...
antisthenes 3y ago
Damnit! Reinstalling...
- hu3 3y ago
  I apologize. Have fun!
gymbeaux 3y ago
Get some!
KennyBlanken 3y ago
Is there anyone who did playthroughs who doesn't swamp it in extremely-irritating-neckbeard "commentary"? I didn't make it past 15 seconds of the second video (ie where the game starts, in the OB/GYN room.) I've never heard someone so excruciating.
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by hu3 3y ago

jakkos 3y ago

While this mod is great, I'd recommend playing Fallout NV on it's own first. TTW can ruin pacing and when i played it (admittedly close to a decade ago) I had quite a few near playthrough-ruining bugs.

zerocrates 3y ago
> I had quite a few near playthrough-ruining bugs. Sounds like it preserved the core authentic experience then.
- BookPage 3y ago
  I tried to play NV vanilla a few months ago and ran into multiple of these within the first couple hours. Never went back
  - ChoGGi 3y ago
    I forget the name, but there's a mod fix pack for every fallout game.
AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
The mod does its job beautifully: it allows players to play The Capitol Beltway with their Fallout: NV crew and mechanics. F:NV was the better game, but even as a huge NV fan, exploring post-apocalyptic DC and its suburbs was way more enjoyable a locale than exploring the nuked desert. This gives the best of both worlds.
- LegitShady 3y ago
  I agree that the capitol area was amazing, but the design of the game, characters, and experience in NV felt far more fallout-like than 3, which makes sense given who made it.
LegitShady 3y ago
Fallout NV is an amazing game but its largely composed of bugs.
- t0bia_s 3y ago
  That's, why modders exits and are active even today. Bigfixes for FNV are complex and makes game absolute solid piece of game.

rurban 3y ago

> It is called Tale of Two Wastelands and it goes above and beyond modding. This is art. Glad to hear, because I invented this art genre with ArsDoom. Still striving

Octopodes 3y ago
I'm guessing this is your work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9r_f8un3NE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9r_f8un3NE
- gorgonical 3y ago
  The description of that video credits one of the creators as Reini Urban, which I'm gonna infer means yes in this case
- rurban 3y ago
  The game mod yes, the video not.

Kiro 3y ago

I don't understand how there can be so many people putting in so much time and talent into projects like these. I've tried getting into modding many times but it's always overwhelming. I don't even know where to start, so that there are enough people pushing through the obvious hurdles and produce things like this is mind-blowing.

BowBun 3y ago
These aren't massive communities, these big modders often know each other and work together. I'd say it depends on your background and availability. Most people in any of these intense tech scenes are a combination of a)young/low-commitments - in school, summer, no kids, etc. so they have the time and energy to dedicate b) grew up in these scenes so that the barrier to entry to start creating is much lower than someone like you or me trying to figure out how to mod a game for the first time and c) members of a strong community. I used to be in the fansub scene and there's something about being celebrated by your peers for achieving something that only they recognize. Same with the crack scene. I'm sure modders in these communities feel the same way when they can release something and receive so much positive feedback. It's great!
- hungryforcodes 3y ago
  Which just shows -- having kids leads to a massive productivity drop / personal advancement opportunity failure. Consider wisely...
  - thebigwinning 3y ago
    Alternatively, I think if you just compared accomplishments of population with families vs without you would not be impressed. Its a tiny population that would turn less responsibility into more productive output. (I for one would probably not consider making fallout mods a great tradeoff, and that's probably better use of time than most)
  - thrashh 3y ago
    Some people have kids Some people don’t Some people get into art Some people get into monster trucks And because everyone is doing their own thing without worrying about conforming to one pattern, you literally get a billion slices of life to choose from.

psadauskas 3y ago

Many a True Nerd is also in the middle of a playthough: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwH1xJhcXG0dR6Ue5o39yaoIAeTD7HKRj https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwH1xJhcXG0dR6Ue5o39y...

KennyBlanken 3y ago
Is there anyone who doesn't have an excruciatingly painful and annoying commentary over almost every second of the gameplay?
- ttctciyf 3y ago
  I realise your question is more of a commentary on MaTN's voiceover, but can't resist answering.. CouchWarrior on youtube has a vast oeuvre[1] of Bethesda letsplays with varying degrees of in-character narration and meta commentary which I find highly non-excruciating. Most of it is (variously modded) Skyrim - here's one where a high level assassin mage gratifyingly takes out the Black-Briar household by commission which contains both a "silent" and a separate commented version: [2] (skip to 18:30 if you want the commentary). There's also a partial Fallout 4 playthrough, mostly done with engaging in-character narration as "Saint Billy" [3] It may not be for everyone, but the thoughtful, relaxed and character-based roleplay-centric approach beats out the squeaky-voiced minmaxing of standard letsplays every time as far as I'm concerned. 1: https://www.youtube.com/@couchwarriortv/playlists?view=1&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 https://www.youtube.com/@couchwarriortv/playlists?view=1&sor... 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OADtS8yAsCk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OADtS8yAsCk 3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq3QdWvJDnh024UmnWHvKNCexW25vCTnU https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq3QdWvJDnh024UmnWHvK...

antisthenes 3y ago

Damnit! Reinstalling...

hu3 3y ago
I apologize. Have fun!

gymbeaux 3y ago

Get some!

KennyBlanken 3y ago

Is there anyone who did playthroughs who doesn't swamp it in extremely-irritating-neckbeard "commentary"? I didn't make it past 15 seconds of the second video (ie where the game starts, in the OB/GYN room.) I've never heard someone so excruciating.

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