Fallout 3 did allow you to sleep with Nova as a female character (if you had the caps, ha), so there’s that. New Vegas has prostitutes who’d sleep with clients regardless of gender (except for Jimmy, but he was a “specialist”). NV also has the perks Confirmed Bachelor and Cherchez La Femme. Those perks impact gameplay…

Yeah, I recognize that’s probably what they’re going for with the family as a story-telling device — that the baby just has to show up as an adult — but it just bugs me as a bit of a restriction. (And also makes me wonder just how much background this protagonist might already have.)

This sort of argument, the “setting made them do this,” is a really poor one to make. What is or isn’t in a work is up to the creators; it doesn’t just happen without input. There’s no “accuracy” here when they’re making up the rules.

It’s set in 2077 and it’s a game, not a history lesson.

If that happened, my god ...

I really like the upgraded customization and character creation. Especially the character creation. Look soooo much better than the last two entries in the series.

Yeah, it is interesting. Not that I’d, uh, do that or anything ... ahem.

I already know I’m going to spend waaaay too much time on that “optional” part of the game.

Pretty sure that

Really dig all the curved aesthetics here. Blows my mind how much detail there is in so-called “background” stuff like this.

Crooked teeth are a thing in Japan for some folks.

So very, very bullshitty:

Eh, I’d buy it.

Crossing my fingers over here.

Anytime someone starts snobbing about graphics, my eyes roll back into my skull and I start chanting in Latin for a few seconds. This is a new Fallout; the graphics are not the point and they look fine anyway.

God, I know that feeling exactly.

I’ve been on a New Vegas kick recently, and frankly, I’m just glad potato-faces are apparently a thing of the past with this game. My standards are low. I get to wander fresh wastes again.

Impressive visuals in a Beth game?

Oh wow, low-INT in voiced dialogue? It better exist. The responses were always a thing of terrible , hilarious beauty.

*scrolls despite unnerving pic at top*