The BIG Fallout: New Vegas Retrospective

Something's gotta give

If I got anything wrong or there are any errors, PLEASE check the pinned comment first to see if I already corrected it, thank you! I also apologize for some of the scuffed audio and plosives.

Timestamps:

Intro - 0:00
Preface - 11:39
Opening Scene - 13:49
Character Creation - 21:20
Goodsprings - 31:12
On The Road - 46:36
NCRCF - 51:14
Primm - 1:01:31
Sunset Star Caps - 1:05:00
Mojave Outpost - 1:07:53
Nipton - 1:10:06
Camp Searchlight - 1:16:59
NOVAC - 1:20:45
Camp Forlorn Hope - 1:35:59
Helios One - 1:42:19
Boulder City - 1:46:18
188 Aerotech Cottonwood Cove - 1:51:03
Sunset Sarsaparilla Plant - 2:01:32
Westside - 2:04:03
Camp McCarran - 2:08:33
Bitter Springs - 2:19:57
Vault 22 - 2:33:20
BOS (Vault 3 & Vault 11) - 2:39:07
Black Mountain - 2:57:35
Camp Golf (Hanlon) - 3:02:02
Boomers - 3:08:06
Crimson Caravan (Cass) - 3:11:23
Freeside - 3:14:57
Jacobstown - 3:38:45
The Strip & House - 3:53:15
Benny - 4:03:47
Yes Man - 4:08:57
Great Khans - 4:22:12
The Remnants - 4:27:31
The Omertas - 4:30:50
The White Glove Society - 4:34:02
Pre DLC - 4:43:07
Dead Money - 4:43:57
Honest Hearts - 5:16:30
Old World Blues - 5:40:32
Lonesome Road - 6:16:10
Caesar - 6:40:30
Finishing Up - 6:48:26
Epilogue - 6:58:20
Conclusion - 7:06:50
Patreon - 7:11:18

A large portion of the ideas and themes I express are based off of the literary work done by Yuval Noah Harari. Things like the critiques of capitalism, or the ideas of happiness and how we perceive it.

In particular, I would highly recommend reading "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind".

[SuperRADLemon]

Longest video I ever made. Please consider liking, commenting, and subscribing! Any corrections will be posted here and in the description so check there before commenting!

Corrections:

1. "Split personality" is a dated term I used for dog/god. Dissociative Identity Disorder is more accurate and the multiple personalities are called alters.

2. I used the term "cabal", which I have been informed is used in anti-Semitic rhetoric and will be refraining from using it in the future. I believe this was used in discussing the American government, corporations, and military.

3. Not a correction: The courier is NOT an amnesiac. Please stop bringing this up to me. JESawyer is on record saying the courier does not have amnesia.

4. The Thorn egg quest also rewards you with a unique shotgun

5. Gamergate being mentioned: I brought it up to frame how the progressiveness of New Vegas is often misinterpreted by people (usually right-wing). I used GamerGate because it was an example I saw first-hand, where people were praising Arcade specifically for weird reasons and I saw this during the GG era. The section isn't about GG, it's about New Vegas' progressiveness and strong left-leaning ideology that individuals misconstrue as right-wing.

It's not a discussion on tokenization, it's about people angry when a character deviates from the viewers perceived norm. If Arcade or Veronica were more open and loud about their sexuality this would rub the people I described the wrong way. Some commenters think this means I'm talking about them when I say this. Do you dislike characters simply because they are loud about their sexuality? No? Then I'm not talking about you. Yes? You should probably go outside.


6. Daniel was originally meant to be Asian, but a glitch caused his character to be Caucasian instead.

7. Prison labor is slave labor.

8. I get it. You didn't love or hate it. You only liked it.

9. I will not debate in my comments. if you disagree with me that's fine, but I'm not taking part in the "marketplace of ideas" in my free time.

10. gamergate nerds stay gone

11. The legion doesn't attack you because they identify you as a courier. Couriers are often used by the legion as disguises for their spies.

12. I missed one ending with Chief Hanlon if you kill Caesar.

[JustSomeMemes]

My fondest memory of this game is being told not to go somewhere, saying "You can't tell me what to do.", and then getting absolutely shredded by deathclaws.

[beansfebreeze]

New Vegas singlehandedly got me through my parent's divorce back in the day and was still somehow less stable than their relationship

[jonklier]

Fallout New Vegas is one of those games that you either love or you're wrong.

[DangerIncFilms]

The Legion’s neutrality towards you is simple. If one is playing normally, your first interaction with the Legion will be at Nipton. If I’m remembering correctly, Vulpes Inculta (a spymaster within the Legion) will deduce you to be a courier. Couriers in legion-occupied territory are highly respected and the Legion will usually leave them alone, and even reward them in exchange for being their eyes and ears in places outside their borders. That’s why they don’t attack you from the onset.

[starflight]

"Can I have some FO:NV confirmation bias?"
"Only a spoonful."

Pulls out comedically sized 7 hour video on FO:NV

[zanmaru]

My first playthrough, I was so disgusted by what I saw in Nipton that I walked up behind the line of Legion soldiers and executed them point blank in vats with a caravan shotgun, one after the other, somehow winning the resulting shoot out with Vulpes Inculta. I kept his hood, which conveniently counted as glasses for my four-eyes trait.

Afterwards during the raid on Nelson, the local Legion leader mistook me for Vulpes as I entered his barracks, complaining about me wandering into his turf but remaining non hostile while littered the room with explosives and holed up in the bathroom.

Later on I was able to buy Frank's family for a mere 300 caps, freeing them in the process. Soon after I was approached by a Legion npc who basically informed me that the jig was up, leading to a shootout with the entirety of cottonwood cove.

It was around this point I realized I was playing one of the best games ever made.

[TheDavignGuy]

5:13:53 The hardest part is letting go” as we all casually carry all 27 gold bars and use the “Long Haul” perk to fast travel to become richer than House in his pre war days. Of course on top of the cleaning all the casinos out too.

The hardest part is people letting go of “MY” money that is not yet in my inventory.

[LSB]

My favorite part of FO:NV is 100% the atmosphere. The weird foreign distant metallic noises heard far away, sounds of gunshots, wolves, and the eerie OST. It's amazing!

[MrIbot]

One of the things you missed, or where unaware of, (thought this might not be clear at the start of the game) is that the Legion is under standing orders to not harass couriers, as many of them are Legion agents. This is probably why the Legion doesn't attack you without infamy, as you are a courier.

[SussySpeedrunner]

Patrolling a 7 hour retrospective almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[mistermaxie]

Something to note is that Marcus is actually a character from Fallout 2. He's the canonical companion who assisted the Chosen One in blowing up the oil rig of the Enclave's final base of operations, which ultimately led to the Chosen One splitting off from Marcus to go their separate ways amidst the wasteland. He mentions this in dialogue trees, and I just think that's a really awesome tidbit about someone who seemed to be just some minor character, only to turn out to be the companion that assisted in eradicating the Enclave.

[Enkay]

I had actually never considered using the stealth boy to pass Trudy's speech check, until I saw you hover over it and remember that it does in fact add 100 sneak.

[marcelluslondon]

I am a time traveller from 7 hours in the future and I can confirm that this video is a certified hood classic

[primateprime]

Fun fact: This is the shortest Fallout: New Vegas retrospective on Youtube

[Lee-dmxm]

You’re not gonna convince me that Bright’s flock didn’t make it to The Far Beyond. They played Ride of the Valkyries, god damn it.

[maniacmania]

Fun fact about Daniel from honest hearts. He was meant to be Asian, but literally right before the dlc went out someone accidentally changed him to white an no one knows who did it.

[DonutSwordsman]

No way. I'm absolutely in love with how popular long form critiques have become. Thanks for taking a massive swing I'm excited to chill with this all day

[malcolmholmes]

My favorite line in FNV is when The Courier say’s “It’s New Vegas time”
And he absolutely Vegas’s all over the place.

[wowliker]

In the Honest Hearts DLC Violence isn't the answer. Violence is a question, and the answer is "YES". The Dead Horses and The Sorrows have every right to defend themselves and their territory.