I've heard a theory that the devs made it that way on purpose. They wanted it to be tedious, and frustrating, and a massive chore. That way, when you reach the end, you feel a stronger desire to take the gold, because fuck it, you've endured so much to get this far, you deserve to be rewarded. And that makes the message of "letting go" much more powerful.
Personally, though, I think that's too meta for them to pull off. But it's an interesting way to think about it.
The whole thing is literally the opposite of fun. If that was their intention, they succeeded. So congrats, you made a tedious game that wasn't fun. It almost makes me glad Bethesda fucked them over for bonuses (almost), I hated it so much. If it was as short as Honest Hearts, it might have worked, but it takes hours to drudge through.
And I took all the gold. All of it. And I made it out.
The gold gleams bright in the vault tonight
I think I'll take it, every thing
A kingdom of traps and gasses
And it looks like I'm the king
The Ghosts are howling while I cower and I hide
Couldn't kill them all
Heaven knows I tried
I made it through, soon I'll be free
Now I have gold
But it's too much for me
One bar or two, the rest forgo
Or I'll overflow
Let it go
Let it go
Can't take it all any more
Let it go
Let it go
Leave the rest here on the floor
I don't care
How much each bar's worth
Let the gold gleam on
Just get me the hell out of this fucking place
It's funny how taking just some
Can seem to be too small
But my encumbrance is too great
I just cannot take it all
It's time to see what glitches do
Go up to the shield
And phase through
No matter how
More gold for me
I'm freeeeeeee
Let it go
Let it go
I'll take it all out the door
Let it go
Let it go
Won't leave one bar on the floor
Here I go
All bars on my back
Let the gold gleam on
And I get the hell out of this fucking place
Oh man... after completing all of that shitty Dead Money DLC, I got to the gold, only to discover it was way too heavy for me to carry it and get out of the vault in time. I immediately recognized that it was a classic 'you have to cut the treasure loose to save yourself!' scenario, and I decided.... FUCK THAT!
I CRAWLED THROUGH THIS WHOLE GODDAMN CASINO, I SURVIVED ALL YOUR SHITTY TRAPS AND HOLOGRAMS. THAT TREASURE IS FUCKING MINE!
I saved the game, and then crawled on hands and knees, using every shortcut I could, finding the perfect way to get through the vault to the entrance, finding a way to jump off a pipe and just barely survive so that I could just barely get out before everything collapses, and after 50 goddamn reloads, I MADE IT!
And then I crawled through the desert with thousands of pounds of gold on my back to get to my safehouse. It took for goddamn ever, but I did it! I made it, FUCK YOU DEAD MONEY, I'M RICH!
.....
Now who the fuck am I going to sell all this gold to?
Basically, it's only good for two things:
- Buying guns from Gun Runners
- Selling for Caps at Gun Runners and using the caps to get implants
... so yeah. The real prize of the Sierre Madre? If you win enough chips at the casino, you can pick up more chips every few days at Elijah's hideout. You can then use those to buy stims, chems, or weapon repair kits.
It's easier to just go around Elijah with a stealthboy on, takes all of 30 seconds to escape with all the gold.
This requires you to HAVE a stealthboy. You're going to be lucky if you find one in all of Dead Money, so it's not a consistent strategy.
Ugh... I always seem to miss a few.
GasBandit
Staff member
Which? There's a half dozen or so now.
If you're not joking, the IOS remake with the full voice cast was delightful, and you can switch modes to play the classic, blocky, read-everything version whenever you want. The same is true of part 2.
Gran Turismo 6. I'm not great at it, but it's a hell of a lot of fun - way more fun than GT3 and GT4. Get the Anniversary edition - the free cars make the game so much less frustrating. You still need to develop your skill, but having an arsenal of cars to switch between instead of having to constantly grind, and then have to spend money repairing damage from grinding, makes it a lot more fun. The Anniversary Special cars also provide occasionally hilariously game breaking (on certain races) performance.
Example: At B-level, there's a "Classic Car" set of races, in which you drive anything pre-1979. Most of the cars have maybe 100-200 hp and are heavy - 1500+ kg. One of the anniversary pack cars is the Ford GT40 '66, with 485 bhp and weighs 1207 kg. You start the race, and it's like driving in goddamn bullet time compared to the rest of the cars. Even with a mediocre level of skill, you'll easily win by 6+ seconds.
At some point on A-level, there were three rally races on The Matterhorn. As a joke, my buddy John used his tricked out version of his actual car, a 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4. While it had a fairly large turning radius that didn't do all too well on the tight mountain corners, the 629 hp the upgraded engine was producing earned him 2nd place (despite 2 crashes that would have been fatal). Every other car was a rally car, so with 227k credits, we went car shopping, and found a diamond in the rough. For 200k, the Mitsubishi Lancer X Evolution Super Rally Car, which was as it turns out, the car that had won against the 3000GT. We upgraded the tires and gave it a carbon drive shaft, around 12k in tweaks, and did the same race. We won by 15 seconds. That car is unbelievable. It's also one of the cheapest rally racing cars available - the comparable Subaru Impreza was a full 100k more.
Example: At B-level, there's a "Classic Car" set of races, in which you drive anything pre-1979. Most of the cars have maybe 100-200 hp and are heavy - 1500+ kg. One of the anniversary pack cars is the Ford GT40 '66, with 485 bhp and weighs 1207 kg. You start the race, and it's like driving in goddamn bullet time compared to the rest of the cars. Even with a mediocre level of skill, you'll easily win by 6+ seconds.
At some point on A-level, there were three rally races on The Matterhorn. As a joke, my buddy John used his tricked out version of his actual car, a 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4. While it had a fairly large turning radius that didn't do all too well on the tight mountain corners, the 629 hp the upgraded engine was producing earned him 2nd place (despite 2 crashes that would have been fatal). Every other car was a rally car, so with 227k credits, we went car shopping, and found a diamond in the rough. For 200k, the Mitsubishi Lancer X Evolution Super Rally Car, which was as it turns out, the car that had won against the 3000GT. We upgraded the tires and gave it a carbon drive shaft, around 12k in tweaks, and did the same race. We won by 15 seconds. That car is unbelievable. It's also one of the cheapest rally racing cars available - the comparable Subaru Impreza was a full 100k more.
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GasBandit
Staff member
If he was playing trackmania I'd say "just another day at the races." Heh.So last night my buddy John sends me this image from a replay:
I'm kind of intrigued on seeing what exactly transpired there.
HA! TAKE THAT RIDDLER! I hope you walk for eternity!
GasBandit
Staff member
I love it, actually. It's one of the better tablet games. It translates well across the years. Thank god it's not still 320x200
Mega Man IV: I've lost count of how many lives I've wasted trying to get the extra life in Drill Man's stage.
Injustice: Gods Among Us. This game is awesome.
Playing pretty much exclusively as the Joker. Roommate playing pretty much exclusively as Doomsday. Played first to 25 wins last night. He beat me 25-24. We've decided to switch to new characters. I'm thinking Batgirl, Aquaman, or Green Lantern.
Playing pretty much exclusively as the Joker. Roommate playing pretty much exclusively as Doomsday. Played first to 25 wins last night. He beat me 25-24. We've decided to switch to new characters. I'm thinking Batgirl, Aquaman, or Green Lantern.
Read the comic tie-in if you get a chance, they're hilariously awful.
I love Tetris and I love stereograms, so today I've been playing this:
http://3dimka.deviantart.com/art/3D-Stereogram-Tetris-36795242
http://3dimka.deviantart.com/art/3D-Stereogram-Tetris-36795242
Well great, now my eyes hurt.
AND WOULD IT KILL THEM TO DROP A LINE EVERY NOW AND THEN?
LINE PIECE
But my Lord!
LIIIIIIINE PIEEEEEEEEEEEECE
But my Lord!
LIIIIIIINE PIEEEEEEEEEEEECE
Cossack's castle is pathetic.
Woo, unicorn fortress.
Woo, unicorn fortress.