Was Fallout 2 as good as I remember? - A forgotten vision of the wasteland's future

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Thanks to HelloFresh for sponsoring the video! Use code POGSALTSEPT16 for 16 FREE MEALS across 7 boxes + 3 surprise gifts at strms.net/TheSaltFactoryHello...
Join me as I take a look at what many would argue is the best installation of the Fallout series.
Thanks to / getgianni for voicing Arroyo's shaman.
For merch and merch accessories: www.thesaltfactory.store/
The audio and drawings for this one were done by my talented wife: / cakefan220
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Songs:
The entire Fallout 2 OST, plus a bit of the Fallout OST
LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day
Belief - Watchu Want (ft Karniege)
A Kiss to Build a Dream On (instrumental)- • A kiss to build a drea...
Timestamps:
00:00- Intro
02:02- Setting up the world/character creation
06:37- Arroyo: Starting somewhere familiar
11:03- Klamath and consquences
17:20- The Den: Picking your battles
27:00- Modoc
30:17- HelloFresh ad
31:47- Vault City and Gecko
42:54- Redding and Broken Hills
49:54- The random encounter system
53:48- New Reno: Deceit and debauchery
01:12:31- NCR: Annexation and assimilation
01:26:34- Heading back to Arroyo and the Military Base
01:30:52- San Francisco: An underwhelming conflict
01:48:09- Taking on the Enclave
01:58:07- Final thoughts: The Fallout that never was
02:11:06- Outro
After watching back this video, it occurs to me that I feel like I was a little easy on the game. My main problem I had was that I kept giving it breaks because it's older, which is fine to a degree. But I do wish I would have expanded more on the idea that the towns in this game were a little more self contained than I hoped they would be. They were good additions in and of themselves, but the interactions between most of them were non-existent. Additionally, I do think I called out "modern games" a bit too much, and wish I had provided some examples of what I was talking about. Unfortunately, I stumbled a bit there, and I'll try to do better in the future.
Thanks for watching!

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@MitoRequiem Год назад

Babe wake up new salt factory video

@deadfr0g Год назад

Thanks babe

@therandomartist3201 Год назад

*sits up and instantly watch with a bag of chips*

@jessefied-musicandgames2854 Год назад

OMG Babe! Who's this hot guy in a salt canister? 🥰🥰😍

@carltonwadleyj Год назад

Legit 😂

@sven_bender Год назад

I appreciate that you're excited for a new video, but this "babe wake up" trend is getting absolutely run into the ground

@dwagner6 Год назад

I was in high school when Fallout 2 was released, and Black Isle had a release party, open to the public, at an outdoor mall in Costa Mesa, CA. I somehow convinced my dad to let me drive myself and 4 friends (all 16) an hour to the party. We got free Fallout 2 shirts, and there were tons of people just loading Fallout 2 on to their laptops, finding a table, and playing while Black Isle folks partied and some cover band played on a stage.

@michaelman87001 Год назад

That is so cool! I've lived my whole life here in Costa Mesa and after seeing your comment I did a little bit of research and found that this launch party was at Triangle Square. I've been a Fallout fan as long as I can remember and have been to Triangle Square so many times without knowing this cool piece of history, wish I could've been there, sadly I wasn't born for another year lol.

@insmoniacwithoutplans4252 Год назад

That's sick

@wadedewell Год назад

Awesome experience dude. I miss going to big gaming launch parties. I remember halo 2s launch in Toronto.. so much fun.. gaming isn't about fun anymore sadly, it's all about greedy microtransactions and taking advantage of gambling addicts

@needy3535 Год назад

@@wadedewell ✨ Capitalismmmm ✨✨✨🥰🥰🥰

@JohnSmith-im8qt Год назад

That's really cool.

@KiwiLombax15 6 месяцев назад

I love the fact that the original GECK wasn't just a magic box. It had tools and seeds and information. It could do incredible things...if you put in the work. A new world can never just be handed to you. You have to work to fix what's broken.

@weggygaygay9940 Месяц назад

It is still effectively a magic box. It has technology in it other than just seeds, which make self-sustainability not only possible but trivial. If this weren't the case there wouldn't be a difference between it and just giving someone a bag of seeds and farming equipment.

@Ariescz Месяц назад

@weggygaygay9940 Actually, it was more of a set of instructions how to disassemble various Vault systems to build the new tech. And the seeds

@commode7x 27 дней назад

@@Ariescz I distinctly remember that there was a microfusion reactor in it, as well. It was supposed to help with the land reclamation processing.

@veryinky8874 16 дней назад

Fallout 1 Manual, page 111: Geck includes: Base Replicator unit - replicates food and basic items needed for building your new world. Just add water! (powered by cold fusion) Holodisk Reader with Library - includes selections from the Library of Congress, complete set of encyclopedias, and other life saving information, all contained on four-hundred and sixty handy holodisks! and... A Miniature Pen Flashlight.

@gabrieldevoogel6225 11 дней назад

@@veryinky8874I love to imagine you either typed out the actual text from the handbook or just paraphrased it like a teacher would

@Aerowarrier Год назад

Seeing Marcus in New Vegas is such a nice nod though. Also fun fact that most people don’t know, the kid you have with Bishop’s wife or daughter is a prolific mob boss by New Vegas, and basically runs all of the crime in NCR territory cuz he’s an absolute beast

@charlespancamo9771 Год назад

Wack writing. Typical and cliche. Thats why 1 and 2 are the best

@TitankroW Год назад

@@charlespancamo9771 give me ten examples of this same exact scenario happening if it’s so cliche

@charlespancamo9771 Год назад

@@TitankroW where a main character has a kid that's badass? You srs? Like you never saw that before?

@Aerowarrier Год назад

@@charlespancamo9771 it’s an Easter egg for people who played the older games, it’s not supposed to be some amazing thing that makes it breaks the game. You literally only learn it from one guy who’s running for his life from the Bishops, like that doesn’t even apply here. I could say the same thing about your main character in 2 being a descendant of the Vault Dweller. Or how Tandi is somehow alive 80 years later despite this being a post apocalypse with hardly any life sustaining medicine. It’s just for the fun of easter eggs lol

@raditzhoneyham Год назад

@@charlespancamo9771 you can't even prove it's the characters kid and not just a descendant of the boss. It's up to interpretation (you know, roleplaying in your roleplaying game?)

@gabrielfan78 Год назад

The "Beta Map" you accidentally found in the Den is part of the cut content. It also has its own cut quest, in which you can help build an orphanage to give those kids in the street a home so they no longer need to steal stuff. It's a very sweet quest and it's a shame that it has been cut but you can experience it by installing the restoration project.

@lysytoszef Год назад

Yup, quite a few things that feel like loose ends in the original game are due to cut content. Sulik is another one - where his tribe and his sister's quest have been just cut out.

@AR-GuidesAndMore Год назад

If they could have just gotten in all those little gems. 😭😣

@lysytoszef Год назад

@@AR-GuidesAndMore Restoration Project does restore quite a lot of them and actually fixes some bugs too. Sulik's Tribe, Den Orphanage, Monastery, the weird Science Institute place - all added and playable.

@hamoodhabibi1579 Год назад

@@lysytoszef The institute is called the EPA

@Zalman1337 Год назад

My Chosen One solved the theft problem with a pummeling for each street urchin. Now they all run in fear at the sight of him. Thankfully, this isn't evil as he neither gained nor lost karma.

@yaldabaoth2 Год назад

Walking from Arroyo straight to Navarro, getting your enclave power armor, then doing the game normally is the real Chosen One mode.

@cykeok3525 Год назад

I like to think of that type of run as the Chosen One having had a vision in a dream telling him what to do, the night before he leaves Arroyo :D

@Shadethewolfy 11 месяцев назад

It's also the only way I know of to save the Intelligent Deathclaws in Vault 13 :D

@Mirthful_Midori 11 месяцев назад

You skipped a step. You have to got to San Fransisco and talk to Matt to get the quest first. Navarro won't even appear on the map until after that.

@Shadethewolfy 11 месяцев назад

@@Mirthful_Midori that makes sense, actually.

@BuskingAndChess 10 месяцев назад

Definitely done that run and it slaps.

@shiroka1371 Год назад

Fallout 2 really gets "complete" by playing it with the "F2 Restoration Project" from killap. It adds back cut quests/maps and even other stuff which in the vanilla version didn't make sense like some items without use (lighter, pills, etc.). It is definetely a must for those who want an enhanced experience

@Mr_D-o-proprio 12 дней назад

nice.

@templariox32 5 дней назад

ugh.

@Soldierofdoom444 Год назад

"Oh thank Christ, I can finally sleep at a decent hour." Salt: Allow me to introduce myself

@rofltehcat Год назад

Navarro: There's actually a build you can do where you go straight to Navarro at the start and they just give you the best gear because they believe the naked dude who is good with words. San Francisco: Just isn't finished. A couple more weeks could have made this a great town, but alas, the rest of the game is massive and awesome.

@nutbastard Год назад

2 and NV get a pass on bugs and missing content for the exact same reason: Their impossibly short development times and laughably low budgets. Bethesda gets no such pass.

@sneakillysneak2388 Год назад

You may also just go and farm xp and loot from the start - there are lot of combat encouters between factions, so you may easily get plasma weapons. And then you may go farm Navarro for armor and great weapons. You may also be a caravaneer, traveling gambler, etc. Generally speaking "out of plot rails" experience is totaly valid way of dealing with the game.

@pnutz_2 Год назад

the low-content SF section was unintentionally good conditioning for years later when I was playing witcher 2 and their barebones third chapter (at least before the enhanced edition)

@Sentralkontrol Год назад

4 strength gang rise up

@The-jy3yq Год назад

@@Sentralkontrol 5 Strength is better, you end up with 10 at the end (+4 from APA, +1 from the implant), you don't need the perk and you shoot a _lot_ better (half the weapons in the game have either 5 or 6 STR requirement so you'll lose at the most only 20% hit chance instead of the whopping 40%)

@chris.6349 Год назад

Well I had nothing to do for 2 hours anyways. Besides work,doing stuff around the house and my backlog of shows. What a time to be alive

@ljman100 Год назад

Amen!

@Chuked Год назад

i was born in the right moment in human history😊

@ChevyChase301 Год назад

KEEP THE MEDIA IN AS MUCC OF YOUR EYE frame AS POSSIBLE THATS HOW YOU KEEP THE VOICES AWAY

@greglyhoblit Год назад

You must CONSUME

@greglyhoblit Год назад

@Spaceboy salty about your Disney plus and loot crate subscriptions?

@hashim3393 Год назад

That little Dark Souls bit was flawless lol, the voice actor did a great job there

@samreddig8819 Год назад

Haven't gotten to that part yet but imma guess it's Gianni. He's got some serious talent.

@Virgil-Arcanum Год назад

@@samreddig8819 it's always Gianni

@MultiKamil97 Год назад

@@samreddig8819 Who is Gianni?

@samreddig8819 Год назад

@@MultiKamil97 a voice actor/shit poster. Look up Gianni marteno here on RU-vid. It's some good stuff.

@MultiKamil97 Год назад

@@samreddig8819 I certainly have to because he was so good that I really thought it's some hidden dialogue in the game even though Dark Souls wasn't even released back then. I was so confused lol

@Gorbz Год назад

That Frank Horrigan fight can be a total brick wall unless you know exactly how to deal with him. Imagine if you will that you decided to play a martial arts master, going around and unleashing a whirlwind on anyone who crossed your path. Then you take on Frank and get torn apart as your knuckles bounce off him. While he is beatable by any weapon build, in theory and as long as you have the best gear, recruiting Sgt Stone and using the presidential key on the computer terminal are all but musts for that last fight.

@notaninquisitor7274 Год назад

I know my case is really lucky, but the first time I played fallout 2 to completion my sniper focused character 1 shot killed him. Guess I rolled instant death in the crit table.

@The-jy3yq Год назад

@@notaninquisitor7274 Were you using _The_ Bozar? No wonder - that thing can dish out high triple digits like it's tuesday. *Without a crit.*

@TheMasterUnity Год назад

@@The-jy3yq Doesn’t matter what weapon you use on Frank. You cannot one shot kill him with any weapon UNLESS you have the perk that allows instant kills on the crit table. Which, funnily enough also allows you to kill enemies even if you critically hit them for no damage

@The-jy3yq Год назад

@@TheMasterUnity You know what's funnier? All creatures have 6 levels of Critical Hits on each of their limbs. Torso, Head, Eyes, Crotch, Right and Left Hands, Right and Left Legs. The first level usually just does increased damage, the second penetrates armor, the third level makes you fall, the fourth either cripples a limb or sends you into knock out, the fifth penetrates armor and either cripples a limb or sends you into knockout. This perk that you've mentioned, Better Criticals? It only enables the 6th level - the one shot thingie. Usually only works on Torso, Head and Eyes(though you can one shot into eyes even without Better Criticals, you just have to get lucky). Quick PSA: Frankie only has the "big dmg", "penetration"(which is debuffed _only_ for him) and "fall on one leg" effects on his Critical Hit tables. No, even if you shoot him into the Eyes with the Better Criticals and score a 6 out of 6, he will still just get his Armor Penetrated and will just fall on his leg. So, no, you cannot One-Shot Frankie. Unless you're using the Holy Hand Grenade. Upd: Although Bozar might work, don't remember the exact math on it's damage and Frankie's Armor.

@TheMasterUnity Год назад

@@The-jy3yq Welp, shit

@daveTHEdirty Год назад

The situation with the dude's wife and daughter sounds oddly familiar to the backstory of a certain singer we meet in novac.

@ConnorNotyerbidness Год назад

And he talks about Mr Bishop aka the son of the chosen one. Hes on the run from the son of your previous character

@codenamezq8027 Год назад

"I might have... umm... sort of... plowed his daughter. A little."

@daveTHEdirty Год назад

@@ConnorNotyerbidness I'll admit I've only played the Bethesda titles but that's amazing! Just to think if they gave the original creators enough time to fully make New Vegas.

@insensitive919 Год назад

@@ConnorNotyerbidness The Chosen One? You mean old No-bark?

@The-jy3yq Год назад

@@insensitive919 ya mean Elder Lyons? upd: uoooh *SHET* forgot that it's good ol' Easy Pete and not ol' No-Bark

@Tumeq Год назад

As a teenager, I only learned about stealing kids in the Den when I saw Moore's briefcase in one of the shop's inventory. That was close to 20 years ago and I still remember, I thought that was so cool. I probably finished first two Fallouts at least 15 times.

@t2av159 Год назад

I hated that, I killed all the kids

@GearShotgun Год назад

1:18:18 There’s an undeniable irony in the Enclave inadvertently creating creatures that are more moral than they are, only to wipe them out when they refuse to fulfill their purpose. Really shows who the real monsters are.

@parkouremaster Год назад

I think the reason why NCR in fallout 2 treated like "Messiah" is because Tandi, that is even mentioned in NV, Tandi was so good as a leader, that NCR was like the best thing, but the moment she died and were starting to have different leaders, everything started to fall apart, which makes sense, not everyone have the same type of beliefs, meaning the day NCR lose their former founders, they started to flaw hardly

@mappingshaman5280 Год назад

Which in a way is commentary on the legion. Sure under caesar the legion is doing well and they're not "degenerate." But once he dies? Well...

@HPG45 Год назад

Not only that, but I'd say as well it's just also the fact that it's a fresh (relatively new) organization in FO2, with a lot less territory to manage, bureaucracy, and making a name for themselves (bolstered by Tandi being a founding member; wanting to see her fathers' creation thrive). By FONV though, they're riding the coattails of their success, and after decades of bureaucracy and strong-arming locales to join them (or else), their arrogance leads them into blitzing their military forces outward to seize territory, yet they're too spread thin to make and hold significant gains like Vegas. Basically, the romance phase of the NCRs lifespan has already well worn off by the events of FONV, both in terms of public perception and actual competency.

@GhostLink92 Год назад

@@HPG45 You know a game is good when people discuss the lore and politics over a decade later. If Obsidian could make that in only a year and a half, imagine what they could've done with a full dev cycle and budget to match.

@superchacho777 Год назад

And also in New Vegas, you see the NCR at the edge of their territory where they have problems supplying their forces In Fallout 2 you see the NCR in their home territory so of course they'd be far more formidable

@The-jy3yq Год назад

Ya mean _farmer founders,_ eh?))

@georgezachos7322 Год назад

You know we're dealing with a solid creator, when I drop anything else I'm watching, to do a 2 hour session watching his. Good stuff as usual, I'm sure.

@raymonddelgadillo6839 Год назад

It's the easiest 2 hours I ever watch

@kestutisvaiciunas8663 Год назад

You know you're dealing with an enjoyer when instead of Klamath he says 'le claMOTH'

@SalusFuturistics Год назад

You know someone REALLY needs it, when they drop anything else they watch.

@fulltimeslackerii8229 Год назад

“you know something is good when… MY OPINION. now pls updoot” -OP

@echoes222 Год назад

yup

@CivilDefenceCanada Год назад

One of my all time favourite games. Black Isle was on point with their vision and planning. The only reason that New Vegas went back to this was that it was the core dev team from Black Isle. Thank you for making these videos.

@KrazyKupo Год назад

In relation to pixel hunting, if you are using the unnoficial patches, holding left shift shows stuff lying on the floor. Really helps for that book in the Den.

@The-jy3yq Год назад

Unofficial patches? Ya mean the version distributed through _Steam?_

@KrazyKupo Год назад

@@The-jy3yq The Steam version is patched up to the last official patch. You can use the Steam version but will need to install the patches yourself from fansites. There's a few guides on Steam that explain how to do it.

@VioletMiracle 9 дней назад

Holding shift to highlight is a built-in feature of Fallout 2.

@templariox32 5 дней назад

@@KrazyKupo this is built in FO2, its not a Unnoficial patch thing. the steam version doesnt even come with Killap's

@speedinggnu6596 Год назад

Think about the rad-x and radaway like this: if the radiation dies down, then people don't need it as much and therefore doctors would be able to stock it much easier. Supply and demand. And then, if anyone knows they're going to a specifically radioactive place, they can easily acquire the appropriate medicine to keep them safe.

@hitomisalazar4073 7 месяцев назад

Funny enough they specifically use that logic in Fallout: Tactics. Mentioning the reason that Nuka Cola Cherry can be found everywhere in there is that no one likes Cherry flavored things in America.

@laiauntaecalwell4003 Год назад

I almost choked on my food laughing when you turned that thief kids jaw into a modern art display.

@apathyguy8338 Год назад

The good old days when producers and creators didn't tuck their tails between their legs and wine like little female dogs every time a group of people who never even played the game made a complaint.

@trustytrest Год назад

@@apathyguy8338 Bruh they censored the kids for EU version. Don't act like they ignored criticism

@NecromancyForKids Год назад

@@trustytrest To be fair, that is probably related to law more than anything about opinion/criticism

@TheMasterUnity Год назад

@@trustytrest That wasn't due to criticism, they only did that because they literally couldn't release the game in Europe if they didn't do that

@stephengrigg5988 6 месяцев назад

@@apathyguy8338well if a game gets an AO rating it's essentially not marketable

@KingDaveth Год назад

One of my favorite bits in the Ghost Farm is after you talk to the leader you then can use the ladder to get down. But if you go through the trap door again the guards laugh at you and basically call you stupid.

@shandomassey8634 Год назад

As my family and I are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, and not having power for around 72 hours now, this helped. Thanks Salt. Nothing I'd rather waste my phone battery on. I needed this.

@ryanlorenzo5003 Год назад

Goris literally says "It's Gorising Time!" And starts Gorising people.

@AsymmetricalCrimes Месяц назад

100

@brownky3 Месяц назад

It's Morbin Time!

@rycroft2557 Год назад

That part of the den you accidentally entered is cut content that can be restored. Other things can be added back as well with the restoration pack. Things like actually meeting the assault team outside of Gecko and going to a completely cut area called the EPA are also added back. The pack also gives a face and voice to Cassidy. 100% would recommend a playthrough with the pack.

@hamoodhabibi1579 Год назад

The face & Voice is actually from another mod, taking place after Fallout 2 iirc

@comeslammer9455 Год назад

No voice, just face

@-Zakhiel- Год назад

@@comeslammer9455 Voice and face.

@comeslammer9455 Год назад

@@-Zakhiel- not Cassidy, it's just his face

@matteonespoli4233 24 дня назад

@@comeslammer9455Wrong. He also gets a voiceover. I literally am playing FO2 with the Restoration Project right now.

@aschles503 Год назад

Hey Salt, just wanna say that you are probably my favorite content-creator and I literally jump with joy when I see you post a new video. I always set-aside an evening to binge through the whole video. Thanks for everything!

@denis2381 Год назад

Idiot

@kanaka118446 Год назад

Consoomer

@d2heffz231 Год назад

Great videos to fall asleep to.

@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084 Год назад

agreed

@StupidNSimplesns Год назад

@@kanaka118446 considering the content is free i dont think you're using that term correctly

@LostShipMate Год назад

Its always hard to not kill "The First Citizen", even on my good boy playthroughs.

@blue-pi2kt Год назад

I struggle immensely to walk off the good boi trail, even sort of.

@Helperbot-2000 Год назад

Basic human needs: water, food, sleep, social interactions, killing the absolute fuck out of lynette

@Mirthful_Midori 11 месяцев назад

She's the second most detestable character in the game, after Myron. Myron was so bad that there are zero endings where he doesn't get killed.

@codysellers4151 22 дня назад

@@Mirthful_Midori Myron makes Caesar/Edward almost seem a saint in comparison. lol. If you talk to him with a low intelligence female chosen one, he tries to convince you to let your guard down around him so he can drug you.

@alexpage4355 Год назад

The NCR of New Vegas wasn't inept (at least not as a whole, though certain people in power clearly were); it was overextended. That's kind of the point Black Isle/Obsidian were trying to make, here. The shiny, new burgeoning democracy you see forming in Fallout 2, full of so much promise and potential has spread out further than it's able to properly support and cracks are forming in the façade... all of which is only hastened by the loss of strong central leadership when Tandi passed on. By the time you get to New Vegas, those cracks have widened so much that they're barely holding things together on their borders... but they're so convinced that rebuilding the democratic republic of old is the best hope for rebuilding civilization that they can't stop themselves from continuing to push outward, even long after it's clear they've bitten off more than they can chew.

@marley7868 Год назад

also new vegas is a border zone whose sent a ton of it's troops to other areas that said after hoover dam they probably just wanted to breathe

@cykeok3525 Год назад

Yeah, there's a lot of impracticalities and unfeasible ventures seemingly spurred on by overly ambitious bureaucrats making decisions for reasons of garnering political clout, rather than what's really best for the people at that moment. If Tandi were alive, she would likely have been a bit more careful about the way the NCR used its military and allocated its resources, at least until they were properly ready. Hence the overextended expansion into Las Vegas.

@Helperbot-2000 Год назад

yeah thats why its so fucking well written! and caesar also criticises the democracy after tandi aswell, pointing out the corruption for example

@gabby3036 Год назад

I'm sorry, I think you folks mean "President Tandi".

@cykeok3525 Год назад

@@gabby3036 That is what I meant, sorry! :D

@nicholasswope2767 Год назад

Salt Factory videos give me life, you have no idea how many times I've rewatched your videos and used them for white noise to fall asleep to. This is automatically a good day now

@denis2381 Год назад

So it is so boring that you fall asleep?

@TheAelaryn Год назад

I've been doing the same the past few months as well, I've seen most of his videos several times over cause of this.

@YungMoomin Год назад

@@denis2381 it's not boring but it's very relaxing because salt has a smooth and calm voice.

@ALL_that_ENDS Год назад

I do it too, the fable trilogy is my personal favorite

@tsg5787 Год назад

@@denis2381 easy to fall asleep to comforting familiarity

@stevek8337 Год назад

Even though they don't use bottlecaps anymore, it would've been cool if most characters still referred to their money as caps. There's a crapton of nicknames for money, all with their own history, so one which the player knows the origin is pretty cool.

@goranpersson7726 Год назад

maybe as a slang for coins or such ye, wouldnt make sense as anything but slang as the ncr would want people to know it's ncr money and would not atleast in official terms refer to it as caps. however as a slang used by the actual people? ye i could see that

@CodexQuinn 9 дней назад

I kinda wish they took this approach, like, I get that the people of Vegas use caps because the people value (please read: have more faith in) them more than either factions money, but it reeks of Bethesda imo. Like they just once again wanted caps as the main currency, any other ideas be damned. The fact they're used on the east coast, when caps from fo1 were backed by Hub water merchants, makes no sense alone.

@Patterrz Год назад

This channel is a goldmine, I always drop everything else i'm watching when a new video releases

@jakespacepiratee3740 Год назад

Do you think there is any chance the Salt Factory would do a review/retrospective on Mass Effect Andromeda? Its crazy on how Bioware originally planned on giving Andromeda DLC's and even a full trilogy, but the game's response was so bad, they cancelled it all...

@mynamejef7963 8 месяцев назад

Salt mine*

@theogy576 Год назад

Fallout 2 showed how much can be introduced into this world based on information from Fallout 1. Bethesda, on the other hand, makes games like someone who heard about F1&F2 once.

@themanwithnoname1839 Год назад

Yea its funny really, with bethesda society is vonstantly regressing in fallout, with black isle it progressed

@SorowFame Год назад

@@themanwithnoname1839 to be fair their games take place on the opposite coast. It’s not like they wrote that the NCR collapsed, the Capital Wasteland and the Commonwealth are just underdeveloped.

@GoatBoat22 Год назад

@@SorowFame to be fair their games have some of the cringiest dialogue and childish themes I’ve ever played

@SorowFame Год назад

@@GoatBoat22 the games being bad doesn’t go against my point. Fallout New Vegas worked fine as a truer sequel to Fallout 2 and didn’t have to contradict anything from Bethesda, at least as far as I’m aware. Things like the Enclave somehow coming back and the changes 4 made to power armour could cause issues but the underdeveloped societies won’t, that’s just bad worldbuilding.

@solidussnake2425 Год назад

@@SorowFame Bethesda's societies aren't bad cause they're under developed, they're bad cause they suck ass at writing, Bodton seems 10 more inhabitable than California yet somehow they have one major city, Bethesda games take place decades after the originals yet their societies are basic to a staggering degree.

@gregw-j6784 Год назад

Regarding the point about wanting to lead the mining towns toward alliances with different cities- You can actually achieve this in Redding by following local quest lines for whichever specific mine you want- one of the companies supports NCR, one sides for Reno, you can also improve the overall situation of the town by doing the jet cure quest mentioned earleir

@The-jy3yq Год назад

Quick PSA: curing the Jet addiction leads to the annexion of Redding by Vault -Shitty- City followed by miners voting to join the aforementioned Vault -Shitty- City (Glory to the Vault City!)

@metetural9140 Год назад

I really enjoyed this video but due to Salt being Salt, I'm gonna have to talk about his one (that I've noticed) brainfart. The NCR seem like this bastion of democracy and great place in this game for a reason. Tandi. Its because of her and her power, influence and ideals that the NCR is as good as it is. It's not a "sudden" change in New Vegas where the NCR are basically drooling idiots. That is 3 presidents after Tandi. Tibbett, Peterson and Kimball. The fact that the NCR went through 3 presidents in 40 years compared to Tandi and Aradesh's... what, 90? should say enough.

@truefenriz Год назад

When I heard that part, I felt commenting but you basically stated everything what I wanted to say. I guess Salt didn't pick up how the NCR portrayed in New Vegas was supposed to be a fall from grace from how they were back in 2 (shady dealings aside). I will add that the NCR at this point of time was in its golden age and capable of being said bastion of democracy thanks to Tandi being the best leader the NCR ever had. The "drooling idiots" part of the NCR only came about after Tandi died and more inept leaders that benefited from Tandi's golden age came into power. It took quite some time for the NCR to change from how it was portrayed in 2 to how it became in New Vegas which I quite liked to see (i.e. seeing how a nation built from survivors of the Great War gradually making the same mistakes of the pre-War governments). Also, Salt bringing up how Tandi was essentially the NCR's queen was ironically how Edward Sallow (Caesar) wound up seeing Tandi's reign as the NCR was at its peak when she was its uncontested President for years due to her being the best dang President they ever had and partially inspired him too. Edit: Editted the sentence for grammar.

@garnetbezanson1404 Год назад

3 presidents in 40 years is pretty good for a Democracy.

@metetural9140 Год назад

@@garnetbezanson1404 well kind of out of context. But if you look at the presidents and how they ran. Tibbett was voted out for her mishandling the Baja massacre, for being too timid. Peterson was a corrupt imperialist who militarised the NCR, and turned it into a jingoistic nation, and expanded the NCR tenfold via subjugation and annexation (and sometimes democratically). And Kimball? Well the NCR have shown how much they disdain him and his attempted annexation of the Mojave. And also the fact that it possibly ends with his head getting blown off. So basically, 3 presidents. 40 years. 1 eh, 2 bad. That's pretty bad imo

@garnetbezanson1404 Год назад

Kimball is an interesting case since while his current approval may be low at this point that is largely due to the current state of the war. He enjoyed a large amount of support early on and we can assume that he enjoyed that same level at least up until some time after the first battle of Hoover Dam. I believe that the NCR would eventually win the Mojave which might allow him to maintain the presidency for a time. However the cost will almost definatly tarnish his legacy, the extent to witch is dependant on several factors.

@joshuakim5240 Год назад

If i recall correctly, dialogue with Caesar in New Vegas reveals that the entire reason why the old NCR didn't devolve into an incompetent expansionist mess of greedy idiots is because Tandi was a competent and just leader, but the weakness of the system of democracy meant that everyone voted to rule the NCR after Tandi had no obligation to have any morals whatsoever as long as they got the votes, eventually devolving into the NCR of New Vegas by becoming modern day corrupt politicians. Funnily enough, that point is a driving force behind the Legion's creation with Tandi being one of Caesar's rolemodels.

@silverjohn6037 Год назад

2:03:03 It doesn't impact the in game towns and npcs but the end credits do show that some of the actions you take in Redding, Gecko and Vault City can lead to them eventually being absorbed into the NCR

@mauricioalonso2157 Год назад

Towns in fallout 2 feel disconnected because they were designed by separate teams with no communication, I think they had some basic ideas about vault city, the NCR and San Francisco but even then SF is completely disconnected other than the main quest.

@nutbastard Год назад

From a design philosophy perspective, doing it that way isn't a terrible idea. You don't want all the locations to feel too similar, or else it doesn't really feel like the player has discovered anything new. *cough* Skyrim *cough*

@prettyradhandle 6 месяцев назад

@@nutbastard i love going to generic town #25

@aleksanderadamiec5953 Год назад

There was a quest for NCR , and you had to bring them a holotape from vault 15. After giving it back to the president, you got tons of XP. But it was bugged. You could steal it from them and give it back again and again. This way you could level up really fast. This bug fast fixed later on. I played around 1999 for first time in F2 :D Btw, this video is awesome !

@serlistogiette4168 Год назад

The opening cutscene where the Enclave mows down the Vault Dwellers was put in for no reason, or well they knew it didn't make sense but they kept it there which I find funny.

@TheSaltFactory Год назад

I always figured it was because their mission is to eradicate any mutants, which the dwellers would become (in their eyes) after setting foot in the wasteland. Though they were working on the modified FEV, I figured that they were doing dumb shit like this before they had it primed to annihilate people. But maybe I'm missing something there

@serlistogiette4168 Год назад

@@TheSaltFactory I read it from an interview with the main developer guy. Cuz someone asked hin about it and he was like "Oh yeah idk lmao" basically

@pokeric Год назад

Nah they kill the people who open the door so everyone else will be afraid of them, easier to kidnap them all for experimenting.

@shcdemolisher Год назад

I feel it was for shock value, like: "OH SHIT! They aren't pulling punches!"

@marley7868 Год назад

@@TheSaltFactory well certainly backs up your incompetent theory cause that vault and family could have been a wonderful source of recruits but captain fuckwit screwed that up and they don't seem to care

@theonlybilge Год назад

I really like how the postwar locations in the Fallout universe are typically based on real life locations, and are located where the real ones are, like Modok. Modoc is a real place in California.

@Megalon-qc8pf Месяц назад

1:21:49 I loved the time Goris said “It’s gorising time” and started goris-ing all over the place

@kotzpenner Год назад

The Dark Souls part was just perfect, 1:28:20

@spademagna2672 Год назад

Had to rewind it at first, I thought my ears were playing tricks on me.

@spiritdetectived6006 Год назад

I was so confused lol. Got a good laugh once I realized.

@mauriciofontes Год назад

Wtf? Is it a mod? I didn't hear this line in my playthru

@ericur3118 10 дней назад

Same. Took some time to find this comment 😂

@Corcook Год назад

I’m hopeful for fallout tactics. Playing as the Chicago brotherhood and being able to go through so many different story beats to come out with a totally unique story is great. Plus intelligent deathclaws are in that game too

@txflood2519 Год назад

Tactics was fairly solid, it's far more in the vein of the new wasteland games than fallout though.

@otakon17 Год назад

Shame Tactics is non-canon.

@relishcakes4525 Год назад

@@otakon17 it’s semi canon. The events happened but the people who did the things aren’t.

@aardappelmethoed1151 Год назад

@@relishcakes4525 only the rough outline of how the BoS ended up there is canon, things after that get non-canon real quick

@Idazmi7 Год назад

@@aardappelmethoed1151 Nothing about _Fallout Tactics_ is 'non-canon' except for a single line from the opening dialogue about the Brotherhood being from a vault. Other than that, nothing in it is questionable in any way. _Fallout_ 3 is infinitely more inconsistent than _Tactics_ in literally every way, from visuals to characters to the entire plot.

@theaspectofvoid Год назад

Always appreciated your content, but now i am just in awe. Recently at work i started making some 3-5 minute videos on how to use the systems and finally understood how much sweat goes into even minute recordings. Mad respect!

@umjackd Год назад

Fallout 2 was my entry to RPGs. It blew my mind at a young age and I was never the same. It still makes me sad that, New Vegas aside, the other games pretty much regressed in the lore.

@monabear7287 2 месяца назад

The Earth rapidly devolved in the FO3 future timeline. I think they're actually parallel worlds.

@piotrrogowski4177 Год назад

I wish you would review Arcanum. Great fallout like game with a lot of different outcomes, and old-school type of humor. Great job, loving your reviews!

@anonymousanon8412 Год назад

It needs mods and unofficial patches to even be playable. As in, it was unplayable when it came out.

@piotrrogowski4177 Год назад

@@anonymousanon8412 It needs only one unnoficial patch atm. There is no need for mods

@alexeydanilkin3546 Год назад

@@anonymousanon8412 it's the same company that made Bloodlines, and both these games are cult classic. Both were unplayable out of the box though which is a crying shame...

@nigrum_angelum6655 Год назад

@@alexeydanilkin3546 also, in case you forgot or didn't know yet, the devs was also the creator of Fallout 1. He was such a great game developer of that era, along with the other two guy with whom he left Interplay to establish Troika.

@cheez-itmcgee Год назад

god, i love arcanum. such a great game. way better with patches though. can’t tell you how great i felt when that water splashing noise that plays on loop all throughout the end credits was finally gone on a replay of the game XD.

@hannohanf4822 Год назад

To avoid getting your inventory picked clean by the little brats you can enter combat mode and walk past them 😉

@cykeok3525 Год назад

Or stash your inventory elsewhere first, and walk into town carrying only a bundle of dynamite with the timer armed. Okay, technically, yes, you will still get your inventory cleaned out....

@Helperbot-2000 Год назад

@@cykeok3525 "steal this you little shits >>>>:)))))))" -the chadsen one

@JohnnyV83 Год назад

Kinda surprised you didn't do restoration patch stuff. It restores a bunch of cut content including Sulik's sister & village, it also restores Cassidy's talking head and his voice is...amusing.

@The-jy3yq Год назад

Quick PSA: Cassidy's Talking Head is _a mod, not cut content_

@thehouseitself Год назад

I absolutely love your writing man, especially the section dealing with Frank Horrigan. Fantastic work as usual!

@danikathompson2096 Год назад

Hey Salt i just wanted to say thank you for making these videos, i have insomnia and often find myself awake at all hours of the night sometime. One of the things that helps me sleep is having something playing in the background and your videos have been amazing at helping me fall asleep or if i cant fall asleep they keep me entertained, i often rewatch your videos time and time again and never get bored of them. Keep up the great work 😊👍

@MinifigureManiacs Год назад

I've been looking forward to this! Love your videos, you cover the perfect amount of detail for me to feel like I have replayed the game, never a boring moment

@MaxiemumKarnage Год назад

"Was Fallout 2 as Good as I remember?" It was better, every time I play it, it is always better.

@spartanx9293 Год назад

Honestly the isometric layout is dated and crappy if they ported this into a first-person fallout game Id play it but as is nah

@paddington1670 Год назад

@@spartanx9293 no, we dont need first person immersion to enjoy classic games.

@spartanx9293 Год назад

@@paddington1670 it certainly helps the isometric layout is shity and you know it it's aged like milk

@spartanx9293 Год назад

@@paddington1670 from a game-play standpoint fallout 3 New Vegas and 4 are better than fallout 1 and two the isometric turn-based combat sucks and let's all be completely honest staring at a giant clay face isn't exactly that immersive it could use a remake hell fallout 3 and New Vegas could use a remastering

@crr4482 Год назад

@@paddington1670 As much as I love fallout 2, and it doesn't NEED to be an fps, you can't deny that the isometric design is outdated and could not be released in the modern day without some overhaul. There's no way fallout as a whole would've survived if it wasn't for the switch to first person.

@skeletonmeatphantasylibrary Год назад

It becomes more and more true every time you upload one of these but I swear you either go over games I love and played a thousand times or games I've wanted to play but just can never make the time for, and I couldn't possibly tire of this format. Another banger my dude!

@ffx2player Год назад

Oh goody, more epic content to binge and rewatch over and over! Serious here, your stuff is great for getting me through long commutes, design projects, and even the occasional grindy section of video games. Thanks!

@bruvaroni Год назад

Man there's just something super comfy about your videos. Thanks for another banger bruv

@GrimScorpianFNGG Год назад

This channel is honesty one of the best. Top tier video essays and reviews. Good fun content. And relaxing. You help me beat anxiety and get sleep. And I look forward to every video

$@cliffracer1100$

@cliffracer1100 Год назад

I played fallout 1 for first time this year and would watch chunks of your video as i progressed in the game. Now you upload this right as I'm playing fallout 2. I'm in modoc and loving it so far. Your content is great.

@Alex-yj9pf Год назад

Hey. Just wanted to say that I really appreciate the content you are creating. Also I like it that if there is advertisement it's in the middle of the video and not at beginning. Great job, keep it up.

@northshore2826 Год назад

Finally. I've been waiting for this one for along time. Your consistency of good content amazes me.

@Unquestionable Год назад

Haven't played the game since about a year and a half before Fallout 3, had played it before but the announcement had got me hyped up, and can still recall most every choice I made that run. Still a high point to me in the genre with only a handful of games that can rival it. Such a great mix of humor and world building with a splash of drama. While the follow ups were a mixed bag I think each title did manage to bring back that feeling to some extent with some clearly doing a better job than others. Was really happy to see you do this one.

@wr1ght939 Год назад

I loved when Gorris said “It’s gorsing time!” and gorred all over everyone.

@randomnpc5777 Год назад

I loved when Marcus said “It’s Marcuing time!” and Marcurred all over the place.

@dathunderman4 Год назад

@@randomnpc5777 got us all laughing 😐

@tomfooler9398 7 месяцев назад

@@dathunderman4 Me when I'm offended that no one asked me how I feel

@pherman8852 Год назад

I enjoy your content so much. I can tell there’s a ton of work that goes into them.

@Eazyrun Год назад

"Germany" was dropped within the first few minutes of the video. Naturally, I'm hooked. It's fantastic to visit a game I've never heard of and I'm too impatient to finish myself. I'm serious, I had no idea how impactful Fallout 2 seemed to be. Thank you for your great videos!

@LvlGenesis 7 месяцев назад

2:02:21 And now we come full circle with WOTC making Fallout themed Magic cards and decks. Maybe they’ll reintroduce Tragic into the next Fallout game haha.

@adeebqunash3985 Год назад

I have to say your content is really amazing. I am a student in Japan and I walk alot and your content is what I always have in the background so I just wanted to say that I appreciate everything you do and I truly wish you the best

@Hotmaildotcomz Год назад

Being a kid in the 90s playing this was fucking amazing at the time. I deeply imagine I had zero Idea the intricacies of the game but I still can remember the joy of playing f2

@nomad9584 Год назад

I was born in '95 and had a blast playing Fallout 1 last year. These classics are just timeless!

@iranoutofusernameideas7438 Год назад

@@nomad9584 Only the first game is a classic

@prettyradhandle 6 месяцев назад

@@iranoutofusernameideas7438 this is a certified gatekeeping classic

@iranoutofusernameideas7438 6 месяцев назад

@@prettyradhandle Okay, and what's the problem with that?

@prettyradhandle 6 месяцев назад

@@iranoutofusernameideas7438 fym "Okay, and what's the problem with that?"

@wadedewell Год назад

I love these videos. Thank-you for this extended look into an awesome classic

@DBfan106 Год назад

that entire section after Bishop died was a rollercoaster of amazingness. seriously dude, that writing (or improv) was a fantastic laugh riot!

@FallionSuka Год назад

Ah I'm always so happy for a new video. Gives me something to watch over the next couple nights 😌

@fonzini6944 Год назад

i really like that in FO4 the brotherhood is essentially an occupying army. becomming the villain, if only a lesser one. It was a new take with huge potential...but well

@Atok1111 Год назад

Fallout Sonora did BoS best

@Edax_Royeaux Год назад

I still liked the Brotherhood because joining them kind of felt like joining a military, your power armor would be painted to reflect your rank and because power armor had so much more focus in FO4, a considerable amount of time was spent modding and upgrading my power armor. Before in New Vegas, it felt like I was joining a secret society for the perks, which I didn't like so much. I liked seeing the Brotherhood active and on the frontlines.

@blackpigeons8261 Год назад

The brotherhood are the villains because they want to destroy the institute who are making machines that they use to wipe out or take control of communities because it’s dangerous to let people have that kind of technology... yes definitely villains

@nexusdevworks Год назад

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME REVISIT MY CHILDHOOD YOURE THE BEST!

@Dr.Maggothead 11 месяцев назад

I've never played fallout 2 but thanks for talking with me through most of my sleep it was very calming

@ian4846 Год назад

I tried playing fallout 2 the other day. The game feels so ancient. I really wish I could get into it but the format is really not easy to get familiar with. The controls especially are mind boggling.

@realLagMaster Год назад

2 hours long vid! Thank you man, you made my evening!

@KngHrts2 Год назад

Only 2 hours? I see Salt's embracing RU-vid shorts.

@a7s_kosmos310 Год назад

I‘m literally so happy about every video you post!

@MultiKamil97 Год назад

I'm not really into RU-vid videos that exceed an hour of watch time but your videos are so enjoyable to listen to, that these 2 hours passed so quickly. I recently finished Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 for the first time and despite some rough start due to their age, I had a lot of fun with them so it was a quite interesting to hear about some things that I may have missed during my playthrough.

@captainstrangiato961 Год назад

I have been waiting for this since your Fallout 1 review. About damn time!!! I love your video essays, thank you for this :)

@Jobroose Год назад

How do you do it man. I was literally JUST thinking about looking up a fallout 2 playthrough this morning, and then you drop this

@taipenn2358 Год назад

Now I can marathon all your mainline Fallout videos in chronological video.

@Vienna3080 Год назад

When i first saw the sentient Deathclaws get massacred by the Enclave was a punch to the gut I didn’t expect and made me loath them so much

@brandonklerck3580 Год назад

All my plans go out the window when I see a new Salt vid ❤️

@kaylabivins Год назад

Never been so glad to see a video in my feed in my entire life. 🙏🙌

@dezarla Год назад

Maybe the real Power Armor was the friends we made along the way.

@scooterdescooter4018 Год назад

"my Chrysalis highwayman" is the best OST song in the franchise outside of Dominant Species in fallout4. ::chef kiss::

@DreddPirateRoberts Год назад

52:33 - The Fallout 2 Restoration Project adds in some stuff that was cut from the game, including a scene with the Brotherhood being attacked by the Vorpal Rat outside of a cave, inside of which is a chest that contains the Holy Hand Grenade.

@TheFuzzician Год назад

and you get to find Sulik's sister, too. With that patch, it feels like a complete game, the way it should always have been.

@DreddPirateRoberts Год назад

@@TheFuzzician Hear hear.

@ThommyofThenn Год назад

The vaults have been an excellent narrative device but it's very interesting to imagine the direction Fallout might have gone with a greater focus on your character being a lifelong wastelander.

@insertcoolnamelater9334 Год назад

Fun fact: You can also go straight down from Arroyo to San Francisco and the Enclave base in the beginning, therefore immediately obtaining the best gear. You only have to save like every few meters, because the random encounters in the region will kill you.

@Ormsen Год назад

Aside from the restoration project that folk mentioned, u can use the numbers keys in any map preview of any town, like, iirc, 5 in Vault City gets u inside the Vault without all the hastle and stuff!

@v1nc3nz05 Год назад

I've never understood why ttrpg's never followed this format for video game adaptations. A Fallout 2 style Cyberpunk or Shadowrun would be mad.

@HuwhyteMan 6 месяцев назад

They did make shadowrun crpg's, 3 of em that I know of. They're on Gamepass

@156Rafi Год назад

I love the sergeant, especially his comedic interaction.

@codysinger548 Год назад

Love your Videos ! I watch them every time I come to work & want some great content !

@Alkimodon Год назад

"I don't want to help the cryptobros to snatch more NFTs!" I love this line!

@dreaddjinn9623 Год назад

Always a good day with a new salt video.

@Liesmith424 Год назад

I loved entering Vault 15 and finding the crates of hundreds upon hundreds of water chips.

@The-jy3yq Год назад

*Vault 8, the Vault -Shitty- City(Glory to the Vault City!) one Vault 15 is the Khans Vault (Would be _really_ dumb if Vault 15 had tons of Water Chips all along back then during Fallout 1's time period)

@brownshoes5225 Год назад

This and your Fallout 1 video are my two fave videos of yours.

@ryanjohnson3485 Год назад

I usually don’t comment on RU-vid videos. But this channel is the only one I look forward to new videos. Keep it up Salt!!

@Regular_tom Год назад

I’ve been waiting for this since the fallout 1 review! I’m sure my boss will understand if I take a 2 hour lunch break.

@senorbongo4975 Год назад

“An abomination of a man so fucking girthy you can feel his gravitational pull sucking you in” is such a great description of Horrigan

@squeethemog213 Год назад

Having never gotten past the tutorial level of 2. It is interesting to see this vid and the lost potential of modern day Fallout. Thanks for another awesome vid man. Have a good day 😃