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CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’ve always loved this game and been surprised by the negativity most users have towards it. The writing is excellent, the world is well realized, and it’s the only game I’ve played in a long time that actually lets me kill whoever I want, and continues the story around those decisions. New Vegas did it, and Baldurs Gate 3 recently, but it’s sadly an exceedingly rare thing.
I also loved how all skills could impact dialogue, again similarly to New Vegas. It made every skill worthwhile, and made exchanges with npc’s feel more unique to your character. It’s once again one of the only games where a skill like speech actually feels worth investing in, and is the only game outside of New Vegas where you can simply talk your way through the final boss fight.
I get that it’s not for everyone, especially not if you’re looking for a Bethesda open world game, but it’s a great linear RPG that imo is very underrated.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I think the Fallout games doing it still makes it “one of the only games”.
Damn I wish modern Fallout took more inspiration from the originals.
crackajack@reddthat.com 1 year ago
I also chat my way through the Outer Worlds. You could easily beat the game with just high speech checks. Although with the final boss, my speech check want high enough.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Honestly I found beating Rockwell with speech to be underwhelming.
No.
Ok.
It was a big step down from the Master in Fallout 1 which could be beaten with dialog, but only if the player had prepared with enough evidence to convince the Master of the argument the player was making.
I did find the battle against the RAM to be one of the best of the game, only because it was the only battle with a shield equipped enemy. That made me mildly have to think about what I was doing. Not the most inventive factor ever, but compared to the rest of the enemies it stood out.