Okay, I’m a total fanboi for pretty much anything set in a post-apocalyptic world and by all accounts (ie. mine), the Fallout franchise can officially be called “the shit” when it comes to games set in a world gone bananas.
Fallout was a winner with me from the moment my water-chip hunting self rolled into Junktown, struck a deal with McGyver and squeezed off a couple of rounds into that lardass, Gizmo. And when I strolled into New Reno’s Golden Globes in Fallout 2 being offered the opportunity to become a big, bright, shining star, I said, “aww, hell yeah!” To be honest, I was a little skeptical when Bethesda purchased the rights to make a sequel, but a few annoyances aside, Fallout 3 has delivered and both of the downloadable add-ons have only made me belly up to our new RPG overlords at Bethesda, bowl-in-hand, begging Oliver-style for more.
Bethesda: “More, you say? Vegas good for you?”
Me (channeling my inner Liz Lemon): “I want to go to there.”
While we can apparently expect more of the same, Bethesda itself isn’t going to package this newest addition itself. It’s being farmed out to Obsidian, the folks that seem to make sequels not suck. Of course, there’s not a whole lot to chew on at the moment other than “Fallout”, “Obsidian” and “Vegas”, but I’m looking forward to this new installment becasue I think that Obsidian has enough talent and experience to tease a good story out of a setting that doesn’t wrap itself up in all kinds of awesomeness only to leave you saying, “Huh…” at the end. Forum warriors are already proclaiming its “success” or “fail” status. I love teh internets.
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On the EQ2 front, void shard harvesting is in full swing and paying off in spades both for my character and myself. Getting the upgraded gear is sweet, but the best part was a marathon session this weekend where I cobbled together the most awesome pick-up-group ever and did a whirlwind tour of most of the instances from The Shadow Odyssey expansion. The tanking was groovy, the heals were spot on and the DPS was high. From Deep Forge to the Anchor of Bazzul to the Caverns of the Afflicted, we had a ball and I had almost 20 void shards to show for it, almost enough to buy my tier 2 chest piece, before we all collapsed for the night.
In fact, I’ve had a lot of success with pick-ups lately who were both competent players and quite nice to have a chin wag with in voice chat. Here’s to hoping that this week is as successful as the last.
