Today’s game is Fallout New Vegas. I was stuck at home all day and laid in bed playing through the entirety of Lonesome Road (wouldn’t have been possible without the Steam Deck!). I got a ton of Screenshots, so I decided that I would just share multiple photos
This one I took on my way into The Divide. Just like with Dead money, it seemed appropriate.
This is a screenshot I took of ED-E right before I freed them. I have to say, for having spent so little time with them, the ending made me kind of sad. They were very entertaining and I like the conversations with them.
This is a screenshot I took of the missile as it was launched above Ashton shortly before crashing down. I have to say the journey here was hell because I had to fight 4 deathclaws. I ended up using Med-X and Psycho along with the Red Glare and spamming rockets in their direction. I spent nearly an hour trying to kill them (sometimes they’d kill me and sometimes I’d accidentally walk backwards into a hole in the ground)
This screenshot was taken just because I thought it looked neat. I don’t really have any story behind it besides that. I will note that it stood out a lot more to me than the others though, as I feel like a lot of the other graffiti that wasn’t obviously written by Ulysses was just random things like “Smile”.
I took this screenshot on the final stretch of my road. I used a stealthboy and sneak attacked all the scorched men along the way. I also stopped and picked up the veteran riot armor, though sadly it didn’t last long with its durability so I need to repair it soon.
I took this screenshot while fighting some scorched men. I thought it looked cool from the side profile I got and wanted to share it. I got the sniper rifle from the Veteran Ranger, and I used it for most of the rest of my journey. It felt appropriate since I was taking his armor, I may as well pay respects and use all that he had instead of just picking at what I wanted.
This is right before the final confrontation. I detonated all the Nukes in the area right after this screenshot (Though, I’m missing 10 so I’ll have to go back and find those for the achievement) and prepared myself for the final fight.
I ended up sparing Ulysses by passing the NCR faction check and the 90 Speech check. We fought together to against the scorched men. The fight was fun. For as simplistic as FNV AI can be sometimes it did a good job of making it feel far more epic and cinematic. I ended up sacrificing ED-E to stop the Nuke, as I’m doing a morally good playthrough and I was avoiding spoilers so I didn’t know if I letting it launch at someone would have consequences outside of the faction I targeted.
I came back after the slideshow and just sat with him for a bit and looked at The Divide. I listened to his final message and talked to him, before heading back.
It made me happy though to know that ED-E was transferred back to the Mojave model though, as I was surprisingly sad about it. As soon as I got back I went and activated ED-E at the Mojave Express. I also did some progress towards misc. achievements and getting endings for everything. I picked up Raul, Veronica, Arcade Gannon, and did Rex’s quest. while in Jacobstown I was planning on picking up Lily but I can’t remember how to get her as a companion.
How do you think it works as the end of one’s lonesome road through New Vegas?
Honestly I really enjoyed it. It had a different tone than the base game or the other DLCs and I really enjoyed the linearity of it too. The story was really good too. I liked finding out what the courier did there and then talking to Ulysses in the final confrontation. I feel like being able to talk him down using multiple checks is a good showcase of the freedom of the games.
Same. I’m glad you liked it and probably turned others onto another NV playthrough. I can’t play atm, and I feel jealous c:
The only thing you’ve missed is the super challenging instance that forms in the place of a camp you’ve chosen to destroy with leftover nukes. It adds nothing to the fallout experience, but if you want your ass beaten repeatedly, here you are. You can try to load your save and choose to nuke NCR\Legion and then travel to their base. These are small highly irradiated locations with high tier threats and LR-tier loot, nothing unique iirc. These fights feel 2x tighter than these tight fight moments in the original DLC.
Love it! The level designs are so cool in Lonesome Road, and I agree that the final battle felt very cinematic in a way that a lot of other New Vegas fights don’t.
People love or hate Ulysses but I enjoy him as a character. I think the story as it ties through all the DLCs is very cool and the climactic, desolate journey through LR to cap it off was great for me.
I was planning on picking up Lily but I can’t remember how to get her as a companion.
I think all you need to do is finish the sidequest for the doctor in Jacobstown.
I also thought the elevator ride with the tunnelers was a fun change of pace too. It felt like a fun gauntlet and the explosions only made it more cinematic.
I loved how everything connected together in the DLCs and you can draw a path of where Ulysses had been (like his own road) and see who he affected
Keep up the good work
You will be one of the Lemmy legends in the future
Lonesome Road is such a great, atmospheric journey. My only problem with it is Ulysses never stops talking!
I enjoyed his conversations, but I can get why people may find it annoying. He jumps in so much. And a couple of times it was right before combat too so afterwards you were flung straight into combat.
Thanks for sharing!
It’s always cool to hear other people’s journeys through games. It was makes the medium so special.
How was performance on the Steam Deck? New Vegas has a long history of bugs/crashes and your post makes me want to reinstall.
Performance wise I can get about 3.5 Hours out of it on Medium Settings, Refresh Rate 40hz, TDP set to 10, and clock speed at 1000.
Big wise I’ve had a few bugs, nothing too major and I suspect it was just New Vegas being New Vegas (except for one I had where VATS would crash the game. I had to repair the filesystem for that)
Thanks. Reinstalling now!
If you’re worried about bugs I think you should be able to get Mod Organizer 2 running on Steam Deck, and with all the various stability mods installed New Vegas runs fairly well. The Viva New Vegas mod guide is a great place to start, it should have most of what you need to get going.
