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Boomers vs Videogames
Companion article with links & notations:
www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=54092
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Відео

Mass Effect 2 Broke the Franchise
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Mass Effect 2 is full of brilliant stories, but it does a terrible job of setting things up for the third game. Companion article: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=52293 00:00 Intro 02:41 Space Mystery! 05:18 Cosmic Horror 06:55 The Plan 15:34 And then Mass Effect 2 Happened 20:28 Shilling my Book 21:47 Ending My "personal setback": www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=52249 My Mass Eff...
Cyberpunk 2077: What if the Heist Worked?
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I love thinking about this game more than I love playing it. Companion blog article: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=51795 0:00 Intro 01:49 The Setup 07:50 A Job Gone Wrong 09:05 What if it Had Worked? 14:00 What if Jackie Kept the Chip? 15:45 What if Dexter Didn't Betray You? 18:17 Great Storytelling
Executive Pay is Not the Problem
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Companion article with links: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=51031 My Patreon: www.patreon.com/shamusyoung My Dot-Com Adventures: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=35194 Falling money animation: www.pexels.com/video/us-dollars-856668/
Epic is Not the Hero
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You think I'm going to talking about the Apple lawsuit, but then I talk about some Twitter drama from 2019. Welcome to the channel! Here's the IGN article I mentioned at the end: www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/07/report-steams-30-cut-is-actually-the-industry-standard
Skylines of the Future
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Some suggestions for the upcoming sequel to the greatest city simulator of all time. Read the companion article here: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=50088
Please Help I can't Stop Playing Cities: Skylines
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Companion article with links and notations: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=49886
Silver Sable Sucks
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Here is the accompanying article with links and footnotes: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=49631 Featuring Footage from: Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) Wrestling Revolution 3D (2014) Shout-out to Wrestling isn't Wrestling: ua-cam.com/video/VYvMOf3hsGA/v-deo.html
Gameplay is the Story
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Companion Article with Links and footnotes: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=49468 Video sources: Batman: Arkham Origins footage courtesy Hard Fame Game - Used under Creative Commons ua-cam.com/channels/jdjsCT5T68r0o4agwB8p8A.html Mass Effect 3 footage courtesy GameQubes - Used under Creative Commons ua-cam.com/channels/YopzJ-vmxbppyJnbVkTMIA.html
This Scene Breaks a Character
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For those of you who'd rather read than watch, here is the full essay in text form, complete with links and footnotes: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=49265 My 25 part retrospective on Spider-Man: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=44629
Bethesda NEVER Understood Fallout
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Want to read this as an article with footnotes, sources, and links? See it on my blog: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=49123
Domino Worldbuilding and the Brilliance of Mass Effect
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The setting of Mass Effect is an absolute masterwork of worldbuilding. It's one of my favorite games, just because of the backstory. If you'd rather read this essay, here is the companion article with links and footnotes: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=48983
Gamers Aren't Toxic
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Companion article with links and footnotes: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=48701 I know this video will make some people angry. Please try to keep a cool head and be nice to each other in the comments.
Who Broke the In-Game Economy?
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Why are in-game economies so broken, and how can designers make them better? Companion blog post for this video: www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=48598
The Dumbest Cutscene
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The Dumbest Cutscene
What's Inside Skinner's Box?
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What's Inside Skinner's Box?
Blizzard's Folly
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Blizzard's Folly
I Was Wrong About Borderlands 3
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I Was Wrong About Borderlands 3
What's the Deal With Raytracing?
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What's the Deal With Raytracing?
What is Vulkan?
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What is Vulkan?
This Dumb Introduction
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This Dumb Introduction
Getting Closer
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Getting Closer
Shamecast: Mass Effect Andromeda
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Shamecast: Mass Effect Andromeda
Shamecast: Destiny 2
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Shamecast: Destiny 2
Shamecast: Left 4 Dead
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Shamecast: Left 4 Dead
Shamecast: Nier Crashed so We're Playing GTA V again.
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Shamecast: Nier Crashed so We're Playing GTA V again.
The Shamecast: Are We STILL Stuck in GTA V?!
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The Shamecast: Are We STILL Stuck in GTA V?!
The Shamecast: Batman Arkham City
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The Shamecast: Batman Arkham City
Shamecast #3: Still More Grand Theft Auto V
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Shamecast #3: Still More Grand Theft Auto V
Shamecast #2: More Grand Theft Auto V
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Shamecast #2: More Grand Theft Auto V

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @johnp1806
    @johnp1806 9 годин тому

    Only just found out about this after following a DM of the Rings link. Heartbreaking and tragic, i loved his stuff so much, and followed him for years. RIP Shamus

  • @buddiegaming9355
    @buddiegaming9355 2 дні тому

    This video is still relevant today!

  • @sergonson2074
    @sergonson2074 2 дні тому

    They should put more references to the Chinese in fallout 5, maybe the Chinese equivalent of liberty prime from that one propaganda poster

  • @slimkt
    @slimkt 3 дні тому

    Instead of pointing out the same ‘Evelyn was selling to Netwatch’ thing, I will say, we don’t know if Jackie would never get along with Johnny. It’s heavily implied that V and Johnny rub off on each other the longer they spend together. So, it’s very possible they’d become chooms, it’d just take a while, same as it was with V and Johnny.

  • @CrossNekoo
    @CrossNekoo 3 дні тому

    Bethesda's Fallout's would make sense if they all were Fallout 76, because otherwise, they make no sense at all

  • @halvarmc671
    @halvarmc671 3 дні тому

    Eh, I have to disagree. The Vaults would most definitely be stuck in a time freeze in terms of culture and social norms. Think uncontacted tribes. The rest of the world, depending on how connected people are, would get pockets of warped culture. This is a whole field in international development. Check out Jared Diamond. The Children of the Atom would be a decent example.

  • @dylancastle4122
    @dylancastle4122 4 дні тому

    Ok to be that guy for a sec 2:21 but people tend to forget that Black Cat actually does have powers, enhanced agility and more specifically the power to bring bad luck everyone around her. Kinda like the reverse of Dominos powers if you want an example. But I think what makes Sable so annoying is that she’s a terrible leader and somehow makes it Spider-Man’s fault. “You let devils breathe get away! you only make things worse!” BITCH YOU WERE DRIVING WEAPONIZED COVOYS THROUGH NEW YORK STREETS AND SHOOTING ROCKETS AT AN TANK WITH A CHEMICAL WEAPON ON BOARD, YOU CANT TALK SH*T! God the comeuppance I wished would’ve happened but never came!

  • @SakuraAkio
    @SakuraAkio 4 дні тому

    Tooooo much explanations and ideas interference to answer a simple question, you got me lost !

  • @Byrvurra
    @Byrvurra 5 днів тому

    Coming back to watch this banger again after being reminded up it. The loose trash and rubble all over the ground in inhabited places 200 years after the bombs fell drives me nuts. It seemed especially egregious in FO4 and took me right out of the game at times. Oh and rest in peace sir.

  • @nahte123456
    @nahte123456 6 днів тому

    (4 years later but here's my 2 cents) Whenever I hear about losing in cutscenes I always think about Xenoblade 2, specifically the...For spoilers sake lets call it the Big Head fight. I literally put down the controller for this fight, just to see what would happen. I won 30 seconds later without any party character taking even 20% damage. Then the cutscene was all "IT'S TOO STRONG! WE CAN'T WIN!!!"...It is the only time in the 3 Xenoblade games(haven't played X) I felt just, I don't have a better word for it, insulted by the devs. This is a silly boss, it's an easy boss, a boss I just beat, but NOPE!!! I don't know what would be worse, if it was hard or this.

  • @plsbesorryjr2
    @plsbesorryjr2 6 днів тому

    yk what’s interesting bethesda understands the concept of changing lore and situations based in where the region is in bc look at elder scrolls region and factions and even who governs is noticeably different between morrowind oblivion and skyrim so todd definitely understands the idea of a world being vastly different depending on location but with fallout it was more so like lets try to make this ip as future proof as positive to have a pop culture game that has similar factions and mobs and imagery all around wich is so stupid to me but alas

  • @streetfighter2471
    @streetfighter2471 6 днів тому

    Fallout 4 is fecal matter, and the fans are probably the same people who eat up marvel slop.

  • @AbdelAziz-vs3qd
    @AbdelAziz-vs3qd 10 днів тому

    I agree tha tthey completely fucked up F4. But F3 is in my opinion still a very very good RPG and that weird 50's vibe in the future haded a lot of charism to the game.

  • @willr3891
    @willr3891 12 днів тому

    In retrospect, New Vegas was like a prototype for first-person RPGs with that turn of the millennium Interplay ethos. I wish this genre could have developed. I’m thinking deep immersive sim, except open world RPG.

    • @willr3891
      @willr3891 12 днів тому

      Also, the platinum chip isn’t a macgufin. MacGuffins are objects whose function within a text is /reduced to/ being a plot device. The Platinum Chip is a plot device, AND it is a device for setting and character development too. The Platinum Chip contributes to the NV’s broader themes, can’t forget that. FEV in fallout 3? MacGuffin… in Fallout OG? Much more more.

  • @Anima_Lecter
    @Anima_Lecter 14 днів тому

    That was pure comedy, thanks!

  • @2handedswordenjoyer
    @2handedswordenjoyer 15 днів тому

    bethtards not gonna like this one…

  • @cttommy73
    @cttommy73 16 днів тому

    Back here to say this after 4 years. Bethesda HATES Fallout even more than I thought, since they have single handedly ruined it, something they didn't do to Elder Scrolls. Guess it is true that Todd Howard hates anything he didn't create.

    • @bringoni
      @bringoni 10 днів тому

      lmao you think they haven't ruined the elder scrolls too? skyrim is dogshit. morrowind was actually good

  • @tvo_
    @tvo_ 18 днів тому

    Its not retrofuturism, its atompunk 😂

  • @imdefender
    @imdefender 20 днів тому

    Am I the only one who never understood stealth ship aside from the Quarians in ME 3 ?

  • @KashtiraFenrir
    @KashtiraFenrir 21 день тому

    I've been playing Fallout 76 lately, and I feel like they did a better job adding new enemies to fit the location. With the cryptics, mole men, ect. It's a shame it took this game of all games to do it. Praying they learned their lesson and do better with Fallout 5 or whatever they do next.

  • @robrick9361
    @robrick9361 21 день тому

    TL;DR Phil Spector is too powerful and must be overthrown.

  • @Julian___299
    @Julian___299 23 дні тому

    Dude literally Tim Cain said that 3 and new Vegas (Which 3 was made by Bethesda) are overall successors to the OG fallout games. What are you on about

    • @Living_ina_world_fullof_shit
      @Living_ina_world_fullof_shit 23 дні тому

      New vegas wasn't made by bethesda, he is speaking about 3 and 4 (and to a certain degree 76), the last time Tim cain worked in fallout was more that 20 years ago, if we are talking about the modern fallout games his word has no relevance

    • @Julian___299
      @Julian___299 19 днів тому

      @@Living_ina_world_fullof_shit I never said new Vegas was made by Bethesda. I said 3 was.

    • @Living_ina_world_fullof_shit
      @Living_ina_world_fullof_shit 18 днів тому

      @@Julian___299 didn't you edit the comment?

    • @DigitalApex
      @DigitalApex 15 днів тому

      The guy made one Fallout game and Bethtards use him as the be-all-end-all of what is and isn’t canon despite the fact that he was mostly a coder/programmer for it. He's being nice to Bethesda because the man doesn't want to burn potential bridges. It's a professionalism thing.

    • @bringoni
      @bringoni 10 днів тому

      appeal to authority doesn't mean shit

  • @kiwicami287
    @kiwicami287 28 днів тому

    So much wasted potential on introducing new mutated enemies, and i guess they did to an extent with the mirelurk queen, mirelurk king, yao guai and others i forgot, probably also others in the fallout 4 dlcs i completely skipped due to how disappointing fallout 4 was. Like come on bethesda make it more interesting, there's no way there's not more mutated enemy types after a nuclear winter and after so much time has passed for organism to actually mutate, but instead they make reskins of enemies like glowing ones and stuff like that that don't really add anything new, instead of putting in actual effort to make new interesting enemy designs that could be terrifying, creepy, etc. I'm not saying i prefer quantity over quality but it just seems lazy to me.

  • @Pakotugudugudugudugudugudugu
    @Pakotugudugudugudugudugudugu 29 днів тому

    I just learned this man has been dead for 2 years. Damn rip

  • @TheTopOfTheWorld
    @TheTopOfTheWorld Місяць тому

    Hey, a great video. I liked the point about people being strange and not recultivating soil and just being strange. But here's what made me wonder. I haven't played fallout enough so feel free to correct me. In this video the mutants from Fallout 1 and 2 are said to have migrated from the West to the East as well as Nuka Cola caps. And there is this weird 50's style and all of these look out of place. Don't you think that despite having number 3 in the game's title, Bethesda actually...rebooted the series rather than made a canon sequel? I think they just discarded and left the previous 2 titles in history and created their own world that basically is absolutely new with its own set of rules but with similar background

    • @TheBreakingBenny
      @TheBreakingBenny 26 днів тому

      Shamus Young's passed away, but yeah Bethesda basically rebooted the franchise and are doing whatever the hell they want with it now. They'll pump out idiotic stories that make mature people fall asleep, and maybe only appeal to whoever fetishes going back under their parents' thumbs or the "Capitalism bad m'kay?" bullcrap.

  • @sacredxgeometry
    @sacredxgeometry Місяць тому

    How the hell didn't I know this???

  • @chickenpurple6704
    @chickenpurple6704 Місяць тому

    This is shown ever more with the show. They didn't even recognize the theme of "war never changes". It's literally the most popular phrase.

    • @ngominh259
      @ngominh259 Місяць тому

      It's supposed to be cautionary and allegorical. Instead Bethesda let the BBEG say it like it's the hero's comeback.

  • @craigunshallach4951
    @craigunshallach4951 Місяць тому

    It is a cool concept, that the world, or at least the USA kept stucked culturally in the 50ies. They concentrated on other things in that "timestream", so this is nothing to whine about. But, that there is trash everywhere, when at the same time whole nations are rebuilt is really weird 😄

  • @sixx2683
    @sixx2683 Місяць тому

    Fo4 is a piece of garbage.. But with mods is playable

  • @60sSam
    @60sSam Місяць тому

    10:52 This is kind of why I feel that it hasn't actually been two hundred years since the bombs fell in FO3 and FO4 (FO4 in particular). Everything is just way too..new. Of course what it really is is that bethsoft is lazy. They got so used to TES where everything can be hand waved away with the excuse of "magic" that they forgot that radiation isn't the same as magic and can't just make their decisions make sense. And we've had two bethesda fallout games now where the plot is "find your missing family member." Not something that makes me hopeful for fallout 5.

    • @TheBreakingBenny
      @TheBreakingBenny 26 днів тому

      I think we'll be screamed at because quality Fallout games and stories are to dread... and because Bethesda fans sink too much of their personality into this franchise that they believe criticizing it, turns it into a personal attack on those dipshits.

  • @seanwalkerfilm
    @seanwalkerfilm Місяць тому

    Because something isn’t like the original doesn’t mean it isn’t good. The 50s carry over aesthetic makes fallout what it is. It’s the idea to stick with what you know because everything else is gone. Bethesda took their own spin on that idea and it works great, especially in these newer games where some vault dwellers has be already started to populate the earth.

    • @jacque2874
      @jacque2874 Місяць тому

      So what do you think fallout is about?

  • @mad3things
    @mad3things Місяць тому

    There's a part of me that's relieved you never saw the show!! You'd have been very upset indeed.😅

  • @BarelloSmith
    @BarelloSmith Місяць тому

    What??? Mass Effect is the most popular installment of the franchise??? I always thought it was by far the worst one and the most frustrating to play through. Not only is the story stupid, doesn't make sense and doesn't connect at all with the story of ME1 and ME2, the gameplay is outright broken. Combat commands to both Shepard and crew are unresponsive half the time, you constantly and unintentionally stick to cover and the game crashes during combat every one to two minutes...

  • @tHeWasTeDYouTh
    @tHeWasTeDYouTh Місяць тому

    12:12 this is what the video gets wrong. being a GEN X means nothing. I am a millennial and I have a lot of friends that have never played games and don't care about games. My own gf has no idea what gaming is even about or even cares what makes the industry work. My girlfriend literally works for Ubisoft as a producer making sure timelines are met each week. She can't even handle a controller correctly so I started playing old stuff like Crash Bandicoot on the PS1 to get her up to speed..

  • @tHeWasTeDYouTh
    @tHeWasTeDYouTh Місяць тому

    3:44 sss

  • @King011Productions
    @King011Productions Місяць тому

    This is why I hate fo4 and fo3.

  • @Sadbukket1800
    @Sadbukket1800 Місяць тому

    Im frozen looking at the ceiling.... rip

  • @temaboom23
    @temaboom23 Місяць тому

    Кто после котокраба?

  • @elgwninja
    @elgwninja Місяць тому

    In fallout 3 you can talk to butch when escaping the vault but can’t even talk officer mack out of a shoot out

  • @JuanMorales-ju6je
    @JuanMorales-ju6je Місяць тому

    Im just finished 3, currently playing 1 and 2. And watching gameplay of Tactits. Its the comparison that makes anyone thattalks abkut fallout sound like an annoying jackass.

  • @JuanMorales-ju6je
    @JuanMorales-ju6je Місяць тому

    Dude. Just say you didnt like the game.

    • @jacque2874
      @jacque2874 Місяць тому

      No, as long as people buy and dont complain we will continue to get piece of shit games like 4 and 76

    • @TheBreakingBenny
      @TheBreakingBenny 26 днів тому

      @@jacque2874 And Fallout 5 too, especially if it's even more R-tarded

    • @jacque2874
      @jacque2874 25 днів тому

      @@TheBreakingBenny bro if fallout 5 is gonna be like starfield il game end myself

    • @TheBreakingBenny
      @TheBreakingBenny 25 днів тому

      @@jacque2874 I absolutely do not look forward to seeing even more contrived fuckery, let alone the BOS and super mutants and us searching for a family member.

    • @DigitalApex
      @DigitalApex 15 днів тому

      1. No, constructive criticism is good. 2. The man who made this video has been dead for 2 years. 3. Stop being a Bethesda apologist unless you actually LIKE games like Starfield.

  • @arnijulian6241
    @arnijulian6241 Місяць тому

    I do think fallout 3 was barrable even if it used old creatures, super mutants & brother hood as at least at least settlements looked like they were lived in unlike 4 or 76. Megaton, rivet city, Tenpenny Tower, Arefu among others were good settlement that seemed believable. Mad max like raiders made fallout 3 a lot more bearable then the later Bethesda titles. I would play fallout 3 again unlike 4 that I never finished as frankly it is not a fallout game nor an RPG. 1,2, & New Vegas are S tier games but I would 3 an A- as it ain't perfect but without it we would not have New Vegas. Fallout is C as sure you can play but why? Fallout 76 is F Honestly Fallout shelter was better then 4 & 76. I give that mobile game Shelter a B- as it had something to it at least. I would enjoy a Remake of fallout 3 with the Fallout 4 Engine as that would be a nice quality of life improvement as my the initial engine assets of Bethesda till smoothed out in new Vegas was janky. Fallout 3 was my 1st Fallout game but 2 is my favourite after playing fallout 1. I am looking forward so much to Project Arroyo for fallout 2 mod on fallout 4. Fallout 4 with Mods is a solid experience as honestly the modding community is all that is saving fallout as a franchise these days as Bethesda has no idea what they are doing!

  • @Johnydogood
    @Johnydogood Місяць тому

    Well, i see your point but im enjoying 76, 4 and 3 were nice. 3 could use a next gen upgrade tho, maybe thro the amazing talents of the mod community, a version of fo 1 or 2 can be brought to life .

  • @damonsghost9235
    @damonsghost9235 Місяць тому

    Because the writer doesn't want to allow rhe player to gloss over thier work. Gameplay is also too arcady. Nobody likes simulation style action. Making a game that perfectly marries story and gameplay would put too many restrictions on the player and potentially minimize the writers work. The story taking place in game would allow for dialogue to never happen. People could easily miss a lot and get lost. Conversely imagine uncharted as a series of short scenarios where only a handful of options are really viable to beat the game. If getting shot earlier or too much could make it impossible to win the game.

  • @Cleansquire
    @Cleansquire Місяць тому

    Damn I can’t believe he’s dead. I was also surprised to hear he’s 50 years old I thought he was like 30.

    • @crunchy7722
      @crunchy7722 Місяць тому

      who died?

    • @salciprez9977
      @salciprez9977 Місяць тому

      @@crunchy7722 Shamus Young, the creator of this channel and the maker of this video passed away in 2022. May he rest in peace, much love and respect.

  • @indorr
    @indorr Місяць тому

    Whatever the title and eveything what's been said here ...Bethesda 's games (skyrim,new vegas.,fallout 3, 4. And 76) are the games Ive played the most and always come back to, numerous times.in short-These games have something others don't .something elusive and so unique.no matter what criticism I will always love them from the bottom of my heart.if only they'd rework 3rd person camera character animation it would be perfect.

  • @morewi
    @morewi Місяць тому

    About the garbage. People are nasty and dirty irl and will roll around in their own filth and trash, those settlements being covered in trash is a non issue for me. The skeletons still being around is weird though

  • @alanviniciuswanderleytavar4399
    @alanviniciuswanderleytavar4399 Місяць тому

    Oh shit... ME2 is the last Jedi of games And now The veilguard is using this one as a template 💀

  • @noobarbar
    @noobarbar Місяць тому

    minute 9:11 you said everything I always thought about fallout 4 Why everything is so fucking dirty, i get that bombs dropped, but that was 200 years ago, i just can't imagine people living in the dirt with dead people arround them without fucking caring