Part 52: Buffy Season Four: A Shining Star
Buffy Season Four: A Shining Star
Picking up again with our alternate trip through the Wasteland, I made a quick stop in San Francisco and fought for the Dragon. People have mentioned that Lo Pan will pull out a .223 pistol and start shooting at you. Unfortunately for him, he didn't get more than a shot or two off because of how badly beaten he was. Unfortunately you can't really get the pistol off of him since you're immediately pulled out of the ring when you win.
On the way from San Fran to Navarro the Cafe of Broken Dreams pops up for a return visit. One funny thing about the Cafe of Broken Dreams is that it can appear multiple times in the same game, with each location replacing the previous version. It actually moves around on you.
Being here we've got a pretty good opportunity, so I decided to demonstrate the recruiting process for Dogmeat. It's just a matter of approaching him in a vault suit or a leather jacket.
I'll give a more in-depth overview of his stats, but Dogmeat is still just as awesome as he ever was. A bit flimsy, but that damage and AP mean he's going to be all over the battlefield. Then again, I think everybody who played Fallout has a soft spot in their heart for the old mutt.
Moving on to Navarro, one of the options is to try and claim your part of the cleaning crew. Since you find out about the cleaning crew from this guy, the chances of succeeding with the ruse are rather limited. We'll have to come back for it later… for now, back to New Reno!
Our dialogue with Mrs. Bishop has changed just a bit, although it's interesting that you can get this particular bit of dialogue with both male and female characters.
In an unrelated note, we've also gotten another Karmic title related to sex. This one occurs if you have a decent number of encounters, but doesn't have a fixed number. There was evidently a plan at one point to have your character start out with the title "Virgin of the Wastes", which would disappear once you got laid.
All good things must come to an end, however, and John Bishop's inevitable shit fit resulted in the death of him, all of his soldiers, and his daughter. This doesn't disturb Mrs. Bishop at all. Mother of the year right here, folks.
Continuing out Marcus went a bit crazy. I grabbed this one because of the fact that he'd actually broken the 4 digit barrier, which was particularly impressive considering that he's still got a base mini gun.
Leslie Bishop will reference John being dead, but with this particular character there isn't more to do here… well, other than the obvious.
Repeated trips push us over to our next Karma/Sex perk, which requires you to get nasty 10 times. It has the same effect as the Karma Sutra perk, but you don't have to spend a perk slot on it.
This makes it a good time to go and hit another milestone. In addition to the stat requirements, there's also a complex formula to determine if you can become a film star that factors in your endurance, charisma, agility, strength, and whether or not you have Sex Appeal, Sexpert, or Kama Sutra Master. They put a LOT of work into this one segment.
Succeeding lets us pick out our own porn name, with some… well, "special" options. Other possibilities include Alotta Fagina, Courtney Coxsleeve, Lady J (this one pops up in all the lists), Jenna Jammison, Sharonna, and "Pokeahotass."
We get 1500 experience for this, as well as 500 chips. As the man says, you can come back once a month to do another film and get the money if not the experience.
We also get yet another Karma title, with an accompanying illustration. The wink just kills it for me.
While we're in the area, it's worth it to stop by and visit Myron. His demeanor and responses completely change when you've got a female character.
He's even more annoying this way, but the constant burns that your character drops on him make it a bit more tolerable.
There's a considerable amount of additional variety in the responses to him as well, but Myron's actually pretty resilient when it comes to being rejected. Lots of practice, I imagine.
Recruiting him isn't very difficult and might even be helped by having a female character. That said, she's right on about Science guys being near useless in combat. Hell, Myron's Science isn't even that great compared to what most players will put together.
Nothing beats a good Blues Brothers reference.
Once you've got Myron in your group his dialogue options are still a bit different from everybody else's, and you can still insult him at your leisure.
He's just as worthless as we feared. We'll talk about him some more, but the sad fact is that he's pretty much dead weight. The only good thing is that he can put together stims and super stimpacks for you, but I usually end up with more than 100 of the former and a couple dozen of the later by the end of the game anyway.
So, despite the begging and pleading, he gets dropped from the team. Some people were just never meant to leave the basement into the wider world, and Myron's one of them.