Probably any fan of shooters and post-apocalypse heard about the game Fallout: New Vegas, and maybe played it. A huge location, a non-linear plot, a large number of additional missions - all this makes the passage surprisingly exciting. But the developers are people with humor, so they added a little frivolity to the game. Therefore, in the game Fallout: New Vegas "Wild Wasteland" was added. What is it? We will deal with this issue in more detail.
What is Wild Wasteland?
To begin with, this is called one of the features that are provided in the game Fallout: New Vegas. They introduce certain traits into the character's character, slightly changing its properties, and, therefore, the optimal tactics. Each of them gives some kind of bonus, but at the same time “rewards” and a fine. But if we talk about the "Wild Wasteland", then this feature changes the game itself.
In total, a character can have one or two features - you should be very careful here, because they are selected at the beginning, and you cannot change them later.
What is affected by this feature?
"Wild Wasteland" makes a lot of changes to the game, but mostly they are small - we will return to this. But it is much more important that she changes the style of the game. It becomes less gloomy and serious - a huge number of funny phrases, puns in the names of characters, objects and locations, a number of "Easter eggs" and much more completely transform the style of the game. Therefore, this feature should be chosen by those who love humor and consider the classic style of the post-apocalyptic Wasteland too dull.
As designer Josh Sawyer admits, this feature appeared after the developers began to come up with various funny add-ons, thematic jokes. The management considered this inappropriate, but made concessions, and this feature was created especially for players with a heightened sense of humor.
What innovations brings
As mentioned above, most of the innovations are cosmetic and frivolous.
For example, in the vicinity of Goodsprings you can find a broken refrigerator. Peering into it, the player will see the skeleton of a man in a cowboy hat. This is a clear reference to the film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", in which the hero was hiding from a nuclear explosion in the refrigerator.
Near the ruined town hall in Nippon, you can find two skeletons - Beru and Owen. That was the name of the Star Wars characters — Uncle and Aunt Luke Skywalker, who were killed by the imperial stormtroopers.
When the hero leaves Sirulien robots, he is attacked by three old women - Harmful Mod, Angry Aida and Vindictive Ruth.
If you take a walk near the Bravo Ranger-controlled post, you can find an unexploded nuclear bomb - the same one that occurs in the classic game Fallout 3. Defusing it, the player receives a nice bonus.
During the battle on the Hoover Dam, one can hear phrases through the radio such as: “They climb from the walls! They climb from the damn walls!” And “The game is over, man! Game is over.” The same phrases are heard in the well-known science fiction film "Aliens".
This is not a complete list of the small changes that make the game Fallout "Wild Wasteland." But perhaps the other player will be more interested in finding them on their own.
New location
However, not all changes made to the game by the Wild Wasteland feature are cosmetic. You can also note the emergence of a completely new location - "Well Jimmy." It is very small, but still visit it, if the opportunity presents itself, is definitely worth it.
It is located near the Fields hut. But to find the location, you need to be here in the company of Rex - a cybernetic dog. When the player speaks to him, Rex will begin to whine plaintively. It turns out that someone fell into a nearby well. After that, a new label "Jimmy's Well" will appear on the map, and the well itself will appear in the appropriate place. Moreover, if you walk here before talking with the dog, then there will be no object in this place.
Going down the well, the hero will find a mole rat. Having finished it and searched the location, he will find: a skeleton with a hat, certain chemicals, the unique pneumatic gun "Child of Abilin", as well as a hundred balls to it.
None of this is of particular interest, but the very opportunity to brag among other fans of the game that it found a new, previously unknown location is worth a lot.
Key Cons Features
However, speaking of innovations, it is worth noting the presence of minuses, which each feature in the game has. For example, the very good YCS / 186 energy rifle will not be available. The fact is that in the original supplement, when visiting a mercenary camp in the northern part of the Courier’s map, a group of five mercenaries attacks. After interrupting them, you can find the rifle at the ringleader - a very powerful (140 damage), although heavy (8 kg).
If the player chose the Wild Wasteland feature, then instead of mercenaries he is attacked by aliens armed with blasters. The thing is good, but much weaker - the damage is only 75.
The next minus is the reduced number of nuclear charges. There are not too many of them in the game (only 14), and if you select this feature, two of them will disappear. Usually they lie in the Heartlight camp. Going down to the basement of the church, one could find these charges. When choosing features, they are replaced by three Holy fragmentation grenades. True, they cause huge damage, so the replacement can be considered quite equivalent - two nuclear charges for three grenades of comparable power.
But still, you should be careful when choosing the feature "Wild Wasteland" - Fallout: New Vegas after that does not become too serious. After all, most gamers loved the game precisely for its gloomy, oppressive atmosphere. But it’s hard to penetrate it if you constantly hear various jokes or read funny phrases - such a trifle completely kills the usual spirit of the game. Therefore, think carefully before choosing this feature.
Impact on the final credits
Finally, in the game Fallout: New Vegas "Wild Wasteland" makes a small change in the final credits. True, you need to be quite observant to notice it. The fact is that many of the names of the developers are slightly changed or witty nicknames are added to them. It is advisable to know English well in order to appreciate all the humor - when translating, the pun is completely lost, so getting the portion of humor provided by the developers will not work.