The "love tester" is not just dumb, it's downright creepy in the context it's presented in: you've just suffered a major trauma, gone through a brain surgery and are mostly undressed.
Oh boy... You're in for a surprise when you are old enough to get your prostate checked.
And I already told you, it is not a love testing machine, there is no indication that in the world of Fallout exists love tester machines, at all. Also not creepy at all for 99.9% of people who played it
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Would you consider that the giant ants make the game bad because there are some people who are scared of ants in the real world and would say that the ants in the game are creepy and shouldn't be used?
Either the water tower is in use, which means potable water is being delivered underneath the decomposing (a.k.a. rotting) bodies, or someone decided to make a cemetery in one of the worst possible places in town, considering how much open area there is. Yea, that doesn't sound moronic and creepy at all. Even the original début trailer did not have the water tower in the cemetery.
The water tower is not in use and the game tells us from where they get their water, it specifically tells us (like others have mentioned over and over) that the town gets their water from the Goodsprings Source.
Hell; the entire town is named because of the Goodsprings Source:
Doc Mitchell said:
This here's Goodsprings. Named after the water we got here, just down the road to the southeast. Goodsprings Source, they call it.
Now about the Graveyard on a hill. Do you know that people have been making graveyards on hills for most of history? There are many reasons for it, so complaining about it is totally ridiculous.
Here, have some reasons why people made and still make graveyards on hills:
- “Nearer My God To Thee” -- human beings from ancient times have chosen high ground to bury their dead closer to the sky and the gods that live there. Christians who, while having no specific biblical reference for this practice, have adopted it from the previous religious practices of its old converts.
- Hilltops were more difficult to till and thus less promising as farmland.
- During floods when the soil becomes saturated, the pressure of underground water can cause the caskets -- and the dead - to be forced out of the ground. New Orleans, which is built close to sea level, dealt with the problem by using above ground mausoleums.
- Generally, rural churches and cemeteries were built on high ground above the road, and often the cemeteries will be found above the churches.
- The family cemeteries, located on the family farms, are often found on un-farmed hilltops. (Close to the house or along the road are also common.) Asides from the “Nearer My God To Thee” explanation and other reasons given above, the hilltop location was a place where the graves would not be disturbed.
- Cemeteries, should be placed in areas that are not subject to flooding. Otherwise, trace elements of harmful bacteria and pathogens emitted from the corpses might end up in nearby streams. So, placing cemeteries on high ground is key.
- This one makes quite a lot of sense in Goodsprings, you don't want the dead to release all of these bacteria and pathogens in their pure water underground stream.
It makes sense to bury your dead on a hill in the Mojave because it doesn't use the more fertile and easier to till ground, it might have religious reasons, it will not contaminate the underground springs, it is harder to reach so less chances of graveyard looters to do their thing, less likely for scavengers to go there and dig the bodies (Geckos, Radscorpions and Coyotes are abundant around Goodsprings), etc.
Again, complain about it serves no point.
Here is an interesting fact, many (or even most) graveyards in the english speaking countries of the real world contain "Hill" or "Hills" in their name.
Ringo was clearly a reference to Johnny Ringo, a known Wild West outlaw and a murderer. Crimson Caravan Company was clearly a reference to Cochise County Cowboys, which Johnny Ringo was part of. Joe Cobb and his gang were clearly a reference to Joe Franklin Cobb and "Our Gang" television show. Considering how the characters they've "inspired" have been presented, yea, it is rotten.
What if I tell you that Ringo was a clearly reference to Ringo Starr? They both have a large nose, they both have large ears, both hair colors are brown, they both have blue eyes and they both have a similar hair style (kinda raised in the center front).
Like others have mentioned, the Crimson Caravan exists since the first Fallout game, they have a very rich and detailed history throughout the Fallout franchise and their history is nothing at all like the Cochise County Cowboys.
Also Joe Cobb is a common name in the USA, I don't know how you can say that this middle age african american, thin, evil character that won't shut up is a reference to a totally white, fat, nice kid in a silent show that is about kids being kids and has nothing about criminals taking over the prison where they are and threatening towns. It would have made more sense to make the character's name be one of the many african american characters that show had or make the character in the game caucasian. It would make a much better reference than the character in the game says the world "gang" once or twice (and what other name could we use for a group of criminals that got to form a "community" where they all work and live together?).
Ironically, the way Caesar's Legion has been presented conflicts with history and with how serious of a threat they are supposed to be to the NCR, a relatively modern army with firearms, radios and access to Vertibirds. It is nonsensical writing, which cannot be explained by the faction's principles.
It doesn't conflict at all with history. It was already mentioned the Vietnam war, I will also mention the Iraqui and Afghanistan USA wars and the Portuguese colonial wars in Africa, where poorly equipped african rebels kicked the ass of a well equipped and well trained european military country (at the time) just by draining the resources and man power because of much superior numbers.
Before Korea, America never lost a war. Ever since, other than the first Gulf War, it hasn’t won any. In Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan America spent trillions of dollars, exploded countless tons of munitions, killed hundreds of thousands of enemy combatants along with innocent civilians and accomplished hardly any of the goals its leaders proclaimed when they sent their soldiers into battle.
And it doesn't take much effort to find about wars and battles that major super powers for their times lost against much weaker opponents.
I will also mention this:
The world's most powerful nations have lost more than a third of their military battles against much weaker nations since World War II, despite the fact that their opponents were seriously outgunned and outmanned.
Even when they are outmanned in the real world, weak nations still win a large % of wars. In Fallout New Vegas the NCR is totally outmanned, so it is even less likely to be able to win anything.
Also the Legion Soldiers have good ranged fire weapons, also come with explosives and have healing items (look at them in the GECK like I did just a week or two ago in a different thread here) while the NCR Trooper comes with a combat knife and a service rifle only (not even any healing item). The Legion also uses spies and sabotage, which in the real world historic weak enemies never used much or at all to their advantage while still winning wars.
You can have your opinions, which is all fine and good, but those do not change historical facts.
What is the main message of Fallout: New Vegas? The game's main menu image has an NCR ranger with a gun, and most, if not all, of the Obsidian staff during the game's E3 presentation had t-shirts with the NCR flag on. Is that the main message?
The main message of Fallout New Vegas is that war never changes and there will always be sides fighting for power and greed.
The NCR Ranger is featured because like it was already said it is the most iconic armor relevant to one of the major factions. Fallout 1 had the BoS power armor, Fallout 2 had the Enclave power armor, Fallout 3 had the BoS Power Armor again, Fallout New Vegas has the NCR Ranger Armor Fallout 4 has the BoS Power Armor again and so on. While Bethesda seems to want to continue with the Power Armor theme because they have the BoS be a major faction in all of their games to date, it wouldn't make any sense for Fallout New Vegas to have a power armor in the front cover because the factions that use Power Armor are unimportant and not relevant for the conflict in that game.
