A Journey Ends

Jefferson memorial rotunda, the heart of project Purity. Battered, irradiated and almost destroyed, the room is littered alike with the corpses of the twisted minds who would have perverted its purpose and the heroes who fought to preserve it.

Two lone figures stand amidst the desolation.

" Damn it, Tick, stand out of my way ! This place's gonna blow any minute ! "

" Fuck no ! I ain't letting march you march to your death ! Give me the code ! "

" I am NOT going to let you die for me ! "

The woman exhales loudly.

" Fine. Doesn't matter. Shoulda' known you'd be difficult. I know you got it in that Pip Boy of yours. " She cracks her knuckles. " Just stand still, Vault Boy. It'll only hurt for a moment. "

The man's clenches his fists as he lowers his stance. " Dream on. "

In the background, the whine of dying machinery grows louder.

Side-note : And so it starts. Been meaning to do a piece on Fallout 3 for a loooong time. Compared to Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4, it really is the superior game, character and story wise. (at least to me. To each their own.) The icing on top ? The player character is a blank slate. Not in the literal lazy writing sense that they suffer from amnesia and have no history - in the sense that the game was designed from the get-go so you could play them anyway you want to.

Want to be nice to people ? You can play as a saint, helping people for no reward, spreading cheers and goodwill around you.

Maybe you're more of a no-nonsense kind of guy. It takes more than a sunny attitude to survive out there, you need to look after yourself.

Then again, maybe going on quests bore you. Instant gratification, amiright ? Who wants to bother with that stupid quest stuff ? Say NO to quest givers.

Hell, kill them and get the reward they were going to give you anyway - plus extras !

Still, there's more to life than money, you know. Sometimes, you just want to hurt people for FUN. Torture people for FUN. KILL PEOPLE FOR FUN. Well, you can. Hell, you can even get away with it !

And you can do all of the above with pretty much, well, any NPC in the game. Top that, Fallout 4.

Fasten your seatbelt, Capital Wasteland. You are not ready.