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[...] Ever since the release of New Vegas (and even before it) I've noticed a disturbing trend: instead of examining games and formulating [...]

[...] your inventory (think Jagged Alliance 2 v. 1.13). Robust faction system, just like in Fallout: New Vegas. A wide selection of weapons based on the catalogue available in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout [...]

[...] the Brotherhood failing on the West Coast are well explained in Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, let's focus on Owyn Lyons and his renegades. The trump card of Lyons' Brotherhood, Liberty [...]

[...] , D.C., on the opposite end of the North American continent. The distance between the Capital Wasteland and the Core Region means that it is impossible for the game to continue the storyline and [...]

[...] , let alone create new weapons. The Brotherhood may temporarily become a powerhouse in the Capital Wasteland, but since Owyn Lyons is in charge, they are not going to capitalize on it. Lyons is both [...]

[...] 's defeat is completely ignored. Fallout 3 doesn't even conform to the rules laid out in classic Fallouts, by introducing eg. feral ghouls, nuclear powered cars, the Fat Man and most importantly, [...]

[...] die eventually, if not due to isolationism and xenophobia, then to incompetent leadership, eg. Owyn Lyons. However, given that the reasons for the Brotherhood failing on the West Coast are well [...]

[...] herself with politics. She supported President Kimball wholeheartedly for his approach to the Mojave campaign and handling of the war with the Legion. She was unable to participate in it – she was [...]

[...] into the narrative of the game. The foremost examples are the NCR/Brotherhood war and the Mojave campaign, as well as the birth of the Caesar's Legion. In addition to continuing the storyline, New [...]

[...] organizations that were present in classic Fallouts, for example, the aforementioned original Brotherhood of Steel and the New California Republic, the Followers of the Apocalypse, Crimson [...]

[...] was carving a new kingdom out of the foundations provided by the fascist policies of the original Brotherhood. Gradually, as the Iron Army subjugated rogue units that refused to be absorbed by the new [...]

[...] Vegas. A wide selection of weapons based on the catalogue available in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, omitting real-life weapons. [...]

[...] Welcome to the first in a series of blog posts entitled '''Fallout Critique''', since I'm tired of reposting the same stuff every time someone comes and tries to prove [...]

[...] . Here is where stuff gets dicey. The lack of choice in the story is not excusable in a Fallout RPG. Yes, you can argue that you can choose who inputs the Project Purity code, whether or not to [...]

[...] . They were a footnote. Tactics might very well be the biggest cause of problems in the Fallout franchise, as it remade the Brotherhood from a high tech, reclusive faction of isolationists into a [...]