» Fri May 27, 2011 4:12 pm Basically what happens, is you run into an NPC named Tribal Shaman, who just so happens to be from New Arroyo. He offers the opportunity for you to buy some "vision juice" (which on a successful Survival check is revealed to be nothing but peyote and irradiated water), which, when drunk, begins an Operation: Anchorage or Tranquility Lane-style quest, in which you assume the role of the Chosen One on his or her last ever adventure (after the events of Fallout 2).
In said adventure, Vic, a former companion of the Chosen One, has discovered a Vault buried in the LA Boneyard, specifically under the ruins of Hollywood. The Vault had a pretty severe malfunction early in its life, killing off most of the population, and ghoulifying the rest. Two such ghouls are Patrick Howser and Carson McCallister, both former child stars, who before the war were involved in your typical celebrity feud, the kind you'd see plastered across the covers of any gossip mag. However, as the years have gone by, their feud has escalated more and more, and now they're involved in an all-out war, recruiting local raider gangs to fight for them, in addition to a small following of loyal ghouls, who act as the star's lieutenants.
The two gang leaders are beginning to show signs of turning Feral as well, as each is beginning to adopt mannerisms of their most famous characters. Just in case you were wondering what child stars they're based on, this should give it away.
Howser dresses like a mad scientist (ie. Dr. Horrible, yeah, it's Neil Patrick Harris), and McCallister believes himself to be a loveable 6-year old rapscallion (wearing a pre-war kid's outfit), as he's sort of a mix of Beaver from Leave It To Beaver, and Macaulay Culkin in the Home Alone movies.
Howser's gang are a group of Fiend-type tribal raiders, calling themselves the D-Listers. They worship Howser like a god, which I felt was a natural progression of today's celebrity worhip, when in the hands of a bunch of drugged-up tribals!
McCallister's gang is called the Backlot Gang, and are Jackal-type raiders, wearing leather armour and merc outfits. The leader of the gang is a former Shi who goes by the name of Lo Han.
The player has the following choice of companions:
Lenny: Provides medical services, and is skilled at Science checks the player can't attempt, but isn't an ideal combat companion, having very little in the way of armour, but is handy with Guns, specifically 1-handed guns.
Marcus: Skilled with big guns, and provides Strength checks when needed (tearing doors off their hinges, etc).
Goris: Skilled with Unarmed combat, and knows a thing or two about Vaults, which comes in handy.
Sulik: Skilled at Melee combat, as well as offering his Fallout 2-style talking to spirits.
Cassidy: Skilled with Guns, especially 2-handed guns.
Vic: Not a companion, but provides merchant services, which will be useful for restocking on those important stimpaks!
So, yeah! Wish me luck!
