I think it’s funny how the enclave gets more hate than literal slavers.
Again, we're living in the age of "ORANGE MAN BAD!" Anything that shows patriotism and love of country is thrown under the bus. The Enclave, despite being a villainous faction, has a strong fan following due to their patriotism, cool armors, and the fact that the later versions of the Enclave are nowhere near as bad as the first. (Autumn just wanted to play warlord in FO3, dumping Eden's genocide plans for just gaining people's trust, and the New Vegas Enclave are just old folks who can be talked into doing some good one last time before they pass away.) But no, you can't play as them, even if you can play as a literal slaver faction that treats women like shit. In comparison, the Enclave, where they let women become officers in Fallout 3 and pilot Vertibirds in Fallout New Vegas.I think it’s funny how the enclave gets more hate than literal slavers.
Yeah, they just hate Patriots that much. What it comes down to is that they prioritize their fetishes above all else. They sexually get off to slavery which is why they’re ok with including it in the game.Again, we're living in the age of "ORANGE MAN BAD!" Anything that shows patriotism and love of country is thrown under the bus. The Enclave, despite being a villainous faction, has a strong fan following due to their patriotism, cool armors, and the fact that the later versions of the Enclave are nowhere near as bad as the first. (Autumn just wanted to play warlord in FO3, dumping Eden's genocide plans for just gaining people's trust, and the New Vegas Enclave are just old folks who can be talked into doing some good one last time before they pass away.) But no, you can't play as them, even if you can play as a literal slaver faction that treats women like shit. In comparison, the Enclave, where they let women become officers in Fallout 3 and pilot Vertibirds in Fallout New Vegas.
Literal sexist slavers who use women as baby incubators and little else are more redeemable in their eyes than honest-to-God, patriotic Americans. Think about that for a second.
That line where you can respond to an Enclave recruiter with "why would I want to join a racist fascist paramilitary organization that is objectively evil?" is one of the most jarring things I've ever seen in a fan game and I've seen a lot of shitty mod projects.Yeah, they just hate Patriots that much. What it comes down to is that they prioritize their fetishes above all else. They sexually get off to slavery which is why they’re ok with including it in the game.
It's the sort of line that you'd find on Reddit, ResetEra, or Twitter, of course it'd be jarring when used in conversation.That line where you can respond to an Enclave recruiter with "why would I want to join a racist fascist paramilitary organization that is objectively evil?" is one of the most jarring things I've ever seen in a fan game and I've seen a lot of shitty mod projects.
Yeah, they just hate Patriots that much. What it comes down to is that they prioritize their fetishes above all else. They sexually get off to slavery which is why they’re ok with including it in the game.
If you think about it the only faction that made sense to include was the ncr. It was too far away for them to reasonably include the legion but they needed to have their dom fetish satisfied. Even with the crusaders they seem to be interested sexually in the whole conservative trad thing.
That line where you can respond to an Enclave recruiter with "why would I want to join a racist fascist paramilitary organization that is objectively evil?" is one of the most jarring things I've ever seen in a fan game and I've seen a lot of shitty mod projects.
It's the sort of line that you'd find on Reddit, ResetEra, or Twitter, of course it'd be jarring when used in conversation.
It's funny. Even Star Wars as a franchise was all about fighting fascists, but even they let you play as the Empire because they knew some people would enjoy playing as the bad guys.I'm sure they were patting themselves on the back for "owning the fascists", but even fanfics wouldn't stoop that low.
There is character in Skyrim that is part of Assassin guild .I'm betting on a child love interest that is "ackshully 10000 years old". I'm also betting on diaper fetishism
They even went beyond that and actually created sympathetic Empire characters. Men and women who were just that... men and women. They expressed grievances with how the Empire ran things, but ultimately supported it because it provided a peace and stability that not even the Republic could before it. The only people who came out outright monsters were the force wielders because they're always an extreme, like Jedis are prone to mental illnesses or something.It's funny. Even Star Wars as a franchise was all about fighting fascists, but even they let you play as the Empire because they knew some people would enjoy playing as the bad guys.
These devs are so emotionally damaged that "owning the fascists" is something they consider to be a win, when all they do is make asses out of themselves.
Exactly. It's the same pattern the Enclave Remnants had in New Vegas-they just thought the Enclave was the best chance for stability because the NCR/Alliance were at the time, weak and scattered.They even went beyond that and actually created sympathetic Empire characters. Men and women who were just that... men and women. They expressed grievances with how the Empire ran things, but ultimately supported it because it provided a peace and stability that not even the Republic could before it.
That, or true believers like Tarkin, who in effect, was their equivalent to Dick Richardson. Vader was just their Frank Horrigan until all his rivals died along with the Death Star.The only people who came out outright monsters were the force wielders because they're always an extreme, like Jedis are prone to mental illnesses or something.
He had a much, much nicer fashion sense though.Vader was just their Frank Horrigan
He didn't look like a mutated pile of shit, at leastHe had a much, much nicer fashion sense though.
Vader did if you took his mask off. Or were we talking about Vader?He didn't look like a mutated pile of shit, at least
Vader was horribly burnt, not mutated.Vader did if you took his mask off. Or were we talking about Vader?
I thought he was also warped and twisted by the dark side of the force, too? I thought Obi-wan explained him as twisted by the dark side, more machine than man?Vader was horribly burnt, not mutated.
Nah you're thinking of Sheev getting a bad case of face-melt by his own sith lightning. Vader got most of his flesh melted by lava then cyborged afterward. Obiwan was outright lying when he spoke about him to his son, the most I recall Anakin picking up was some dark circles under his eyes. Maybe if he kept it up without getting his shit ruined.I thought he was also warped and twisted by the dark side of the force, too? I thought Obi-wan explained him as twisted by the dark side, more machine than man?
the dark circles is most likely due to lack of propper rest, since he only meditates and has purposefully customized his suit to be as inhumanely irritating to him as possible, the only positive improvement from the original design he instilled into it, was grounding it to force lightning after palp threatened him with its weakness after vader revealed he found out about luke/palp lyingNah you're thinking of Sheev getting a bad case of face-melt by his own sith lightning. Vader got most of his flesh melted by lava then cyborged afterward. Obiwan was outright lying when he spoke about him to his son, the most I recall Anakin picking up was some dark circles under his eyes. Maybe if he kept it up without getting his shit ruined.
Going back to the Frontier, it goes to show how far we've fallen as a society when giving the option to play a certain faction is suddenly a "fascist power fantasy" that's seen as wrong. I mean, I remember the old halcyon days of Mass Effect allowing you to be an open Space Racist and even conspiring to replace the multiracial government of the galaxy with a human council led by a human chairman, or playing as the Empire in several Star Wars games where you gun down dissidents for target practice and even enslave/genocide entire worlds for fun and profit. There's even this bit in the SWTOR MMO where an alien race is on their knees, begging you for mercy, and you can slaughter them down to the last furball instead.
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Imperial Guard General: "As for the selonians, Darth Decimus leaves their fate in your hands."
Selonian leader: *Begs for her life in front of the player*
Imperial player character: "We'll kill every last selonian on Corellia. Starting with you." *Kills selonian leader*
Imperial Guard General: "I will convey your orders. No selonian will be spared."
People nowadays just can't let fiction be fiction and let gamers have fun. They don't realize that IT'S FICTION, and you're allowed to cut loose because you're not killing real people. It all has to relate to modern politics, and you always have to be forced to do what's "right" in the eyes of the author. If that's the kind of crap they want, they might as well remove all choice in the matter and go with a standard Halo/Mario formula of just going from point A to point B and killing everything in between. At least those games didn't give you the illusion of choice, you have to kill the enemy in front of you, and that's that.
SJWs working in games with moral quandaries are always going to put politics over choice. Not that right-wing holy-polies are any better, but at least that crowd is honest about not wanting to give you the choice to be evil in videogames. The Frontier gives you the choice to work with a sexist Legion but oh no, they actually let women in and SECEDE FROM CAESAR without any consequences whatsoever. What a fucking joke.
Yes, I know how a lot of actual Neo-Nazis are using 40K as a roadmap for what they want society to be. I've even seen some write about the Imperium as if it's something to be emulated, even though the average 40K fan with two brain cells to rub would know that's stupid.On
A part of it comes from the regret of how certain franchises got coopted as more than just a fascist power fantasy and became a real life manual like Warhammer 40k's Imperium of Man until the official company stance was to admit fault rather than be complicit in being used as idols for worship. The Enclave (not the remnants) are at the end of the day elitists who would want nothing more than the destruction of wasteland humanity in neat efficient solutions if given the chance. There may be elements who want to rule the place, but it is the same way how the Institute and Vault City views the rest of humanity, a bunch degenerate struggling pigs who can't stop shooting and killing one another and being a net negative on productivity. Even then the Enclave would accept a wastelander begrudgingly if they know how to at least fake being a PreWar Human.
That seems OK, but I don't think the Legion would bother with propaganda plays. I'd see them instead as giving legitimate help and protection to the people of Portland, in exchange for obedience. They drive out gangs, distribute water and resources, but they lop your head off if you criticize them.As for the Legion, I feel like they should have instead of becoming an secessionist force, aim to assimilate the artists and creatives as part of the attempt to solidify Caesar's vision of a civilization, offering security in exchange for very effective propaganda campaigns as Portland becomes marked with more Legion Propaganda than a Liberal rally, unaware of the true intentions of the Legion. You visit a theatre and get suckered into a propaganda play about the Legion being a progressive paradise and how the NCR are demonized as capitalist rapists.