pspman45 said:
think about what you just said
A man in a computer wants you to recover a poker chip that is really a key to an army of one-wheeled robots
Yes exactly, how else is he going to keep control of New Vegas? Mt House is the Fallout version of Howard Hughes, but instead of planes he was obsessed with robots and technology and relied on them for his life and eventually they took over his life and he became dependant on them.
and some genius had the Idea to set up the roman empire again
Caesar was a very smart man, he discovered the Roman Empire while working with the Followers. He saw them as a successful civilisation (which they were) and he thought to rebuild America in a positive way, he would rebuild it into one of the greatest ancient civilisations ever. However, he also learned from their mistakes, one of the reasons for Rome's downfall was the Senate and in-fighting, Caesar knew that so it got rid of the Senate and declared himself supreme dictator of the Legion. This way no one could challenge him and there would be no corruption or political incompetence.
You also have to remember that very few people are aware of the Roman Empire, only a handful in the Legion are aware and pretty much none of the Legionaries are aware. They blindly follow Caesar and do whatever he wants, they dare not go against him and no one would ever dare committing any criminal felonies under the Legion.
the story had so many options for completing it, that all of it was half-baked, you had to do the same quests for each faction.
No, they were different and were mainly from different perspectives. The reasoning for them was also different and it was interesting to see how the faction leaders thought of the various factions around Vegas. Those missions give good insight into the faction of the Mojave and how they have (or have not) been trying to rebuild society. The Boomers are a bunch of ignorant, xenophobic, isolationist, explosive loving people. The BoS have the means to protect people and do a greater service to people but they have become so pre-occupied with their own agendas that they have fallen behind the times and now they don't even know what is happening in the world around them. They can't even help themselves, they were beaten by a bunch of NCR soldiers who had less training, less armour and less advanced technology than the BoS and they still managed to win.
Fallout 3 just didn't have that kind of insight or turmoil into the post-apocalyptic world as New Vegas did. Plus, Fallout 3 had Little Lamplight.
the faction's motives were a bit generic too, there was a clear good and evil group. there was really no choice involved, if you were good you picked NCR,because they are good. if you're evil you pick Legion because they are evil, if you are neutral you pick Mr. House. If you have half a brain and actually want to control the story you pick Yes Man (who has the best dialoge in the game)
No you don't, you pick which one you think will benefit New Vegas the most.
The NCR may seem like the good guys, but they're really imperialistic, money grubbing, tax collecting, power hungry, war mongering, corrupt politicians who have outstretched their armies too far and wide. But they are usually fair, less strict than the Legion, more civilised and democratic.
The Legion may seem like evil guys but they provide protection, no crime, quick action to anything bad that may happen, an intelligent leader with a clear goal, massive armies and effective imperialist tactics (Caesar has taken almost more area than the NCR has in much less time). However, more than likely once Caesar dies the Legion will begin to fall apart with no apparent heir (except for maybe the Courier) and their laws are strict and harsh (but you also need to consider the fact that the NCR kill criminals too sometimes).
Mr House was the man who saved New Vegas, but since then his grip on humanity is dwindling and he has now found himself completely separate from the real world. He will eventually one day begin to lose his mind just like Howard Hughes.
Independent New Vegas? You think that's the best outcome? You do realise Vegas will become anarchist and eventually everyone will start fighting over power and the place will just fall apart without any law or order.
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So what was Fallout 3's story about again? Oh yeah a guy risking people lives to create a giant water purifier while being helped by the morally white knights in shining armour BoS.
But wait, couldn't they just build a well and find water much less radiated or even radiation free?
Couldn't they just set up a simple filtering system using, two buckets, some cloth and some rocks?
Hey wait why are the Enclave here, didn't they get defeated in Fallout 2, located on the other side of America, why did they fly all the way here?
