Anatomy of a Side Quest: Beyond the Beef
Role-playing games are, funnily enough, about playing a role. The best games offer many opportunities to support the character you've built - whether it's a silver-tongued villain or a benevolent gunslinger. Let's look at how that works in a stand-out quest from 2010's Fallout: New Vegas.
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Recommended reading / viewing:
Design Rampage: "Design Lesson 101 - Fallout"
http://designrampage.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/design-lesson-101-falloutfallout-2.html
GDC Vault: "Do (Say) The Right Thing, Joshua Sawyer"
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1015758/Do-(Say)-The-Right-Thing
PC Games N: "Chris Avellone on how to write an RPG"
http://www.pcgamesn.com/pillars-of-eternity/the-big-interview-chris-avellone-on-how-to-write-an-rpg
Errant Signal: "Fallout 4 and Role Playing"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqkZXNZwZq4
Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance):
Fallout: New Vegas (Obsidian Entertainment, 2010)
Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios, 2015)
Fallout (Interplay Entertainment, 1997)
Music used in this episode:
Ain't that a Kick in the Head (New Vegas, Dean Martin)
Something's Gotta Give (New Vegas, Bing Crosby)
It's a Sin (New Vegas, Eddy Arnold)
Heartache by the Numbers (New Vegas, Guy Mitchell)
Flower Duet From Lakmé (Léo Delibes)
Jingle Jangle Jingle (New Vegas, Kay Kyser)
Big Iron (New Vegas, Marty Robbins)
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