I liked the way you went between the different views of both Dog and God depending on the situation. I really enjoyed the video, keep up the great work!
This was as great as any other content you've made. The sound-bits really sold it, and you did great alternating between the different scenarios involving the respective character. ❤️
I feel like you did a good job all together, my only suggestion would be to take time and really drive home via a change in cadence and tone shifts between the various personalities. The pacing might be a tad slower but can really help enhance the quality of storytelling, just don't take thirty minutes to say one paragraph like oxhorn lmao.
I have to say that, no matter the particular lore subject, you do a remarkable job presenting them. Whether it's a 3 minute story about Ruzka The Wonder Bear, to the 40 minute story of Clark, the Survivalist, your attention to detail is second to none. Your script (and it's reading, of course), the scenes used during particular descriptions, and the entire production value, bring the Fallout universe to life like few others can do. Excellent work as always, Sir! o7
dog/god was probably my favourite sierra madre "companion" not just because he was super usefull against the enemies. but also because of his dualistic nature.
if only God didn't have like- 6 six lines that he kept repeating over and over again. Yes God. I am well aware you want to rip the pipboy off my arm and wear it around your neck. Either shut up or I'm bringing Dog out
In my mind Dog/God's story is a very human story about how trauma fractures a person. Pain can make one blind in an effort to protect them: Dog lives his life in an unsustainable whirlwind of adrenaline and strength. However untenable it might be in the long term it allows him to survive. God on the other hand is able to think about his situation and act accordingly, however it is unbearable for him to exist in such a state and his fear of what Dog might do when he inevitably loses control makes him volatile, cynical and aggressive. I'm just being an armchair psychologist but I found his character very thought provoking and it made me reflect on myself and how we as humans * cope * It's a touching story (depending on how it plays out I suppose) and I find it wonderful how the least human heist member has the most emotionally complex backstory.
The best part of this DLC in my opinion, was having the long dialog conversations with these characters. The Sierra Madre has always stuck with me in this sense, because I could see a lot of myself in these characters, as I'm sure others could too. Poor Dog, he just wanted to be useful again. Great video!!
I’ve never put it together that the other personalities or people the night kin talk to are taking the place that The Master once did, that’s super fascinating.
God I remember when the dlc came out and I got them to merge and getting the end credits I deadass cried, I think dog and god are my favorite characters out of the dlcs
Best character of the dlc besides elijah, it's really sad you can't bring him to the mojave and have him as a companion or just talk to him to go to jacobstown...really sympathized with his story and i just can't kill him or christine. Dean? That's another story
I canonically always fight Dean. He made waay too many sins before the Sierra Madre dlc for me not to consider him a major villain of the series. I talked him down 1 time (on my unarmed-charisma 100), reloaded & then punched him into flying chunks. Screw Dean. He deserves to rot, unforgotten.
@@Claymann71 I to always kill dean but I always feel sympathy not regret but sympathy he spent more than a lifetime in the madre planning getting so far only to die right there by us I mean don’t get me wrong dean was still a garbage human beige but after spending all that time surviving for nothing just makes me feel for him and in the ending slides where theres a hologram a dean singing to an nonexistent crowd messes me up His character is just a lesson on what greed can do to a person. Even though he was the only person out of the trio I feel who most people would kill rather than help but still every time after I complete dead money and get back to the lucky 38 I stare at his poster and have a sierra madre martini in memory in the old bastard
The story of Dog and God always struck a cord within me. As a person who always struggled with his own grasp of personal autonomy, caught in the throes of two masters, one that sought to be liked, and one that sought freedom. This game really rewards those who fight with words, and this story's end was truly rewarding.
The Sierra Madre really has an interesting story and characters, it's just a shame that many people end up missing it completely as they are focused on getting out of that hell.
I think the name God has a deeper meaning than just an inverse of Dog. Some people believe that everyone has "God" inside of them, which takes the form of a higher self, which is what the character God is; Dog's higher self.
I like to believe that God was an entity that existed in a universe of nothing & out of despair or loneliness split itself into an unbelievable amount of atoms that then attached themselves to all living things in the universe essentially becoming our soul. That's why most people believe in some form of god/gods. because we all have a piece of that energy within us. We are all connected in ways we are yet to understand, everything in this universe is alive & everything must die in order to lay the foundations of matter & carbon that will then support the creation of new life. & so the cycle must go on. Don't believe the false gods of the countless religions on this planet. You are your own god, Just don't let it consume you.
Honestly it kind of feels like God/Dog. Was probably just a child when they were captured by The Master and turned into a Nightkin super mutant. It would explain why Dog is mentally a child. Dog is the sad, broken child who avoids the pain through disassociation and giving into his base urges that give his brain adrenaline and seretonin to suppress his mental agony of what he was. And God being his remaining humanity and conscious fighting to take control and find a way to heal itself. I'm glad that eventually they did manage to become one mind again. But it saddens me to think that a child was forced to suffer such a horrible life.
This guy really broke my heart. NV has a bunch of tragic back stories, but to me he topped them all. Had to shed a little tear at the final dialog T_T...I had a little trouble understanding everything when I first met him, but I think you summed it all up pretty well.
First time playing, talking with Dog: Awww, he's so adorable. I'll help him fix his mind! First time playing, hearing God: *pisses my own pants out of existential dread*
Dude I have only discovered your channel recently and Iam absolutely loving it and when I finished your Master, Super Mutants and Nightkin videos I was looking to see if you did a Dog/God video, you may not be The Master and I'm neither a Super Mutant or a Nightkin but thanks for reading my mind! Fantastic stuff keep it up!
That summary, man. You just recontextualized the entire New Vegas experience for me, in just a few minutes. The entire game seems to be an exploration of the same struggle of Dog vs God writ large, with the Courier being the possibility of choice. Fascinating stuff!
Just a little video suggestion; it's be cool to see a video or short on/for each of the Dead Money companions (Dog/God crossed off that list), perhaps Dean Domino?
I love Dog and God and how every ending for the character goes. Their death and merged endings put them at peace, Dog's ending is a horror movie, and God goes to leave with other mutants. Not a single ending I didn't enjoy. Dead Money was the peak of fallout character writing to me. God also roasts the hell outta Dean which is very satisfying at the fountain.
God is as big a coward as Dean is though. Locks himself in a cage waiting for Elijah, despite having had multiple opportunities to kill Elijah before. Even if he physically cannot manifest while Elijah is around, it still makes him look dumb for hiding in the cage and expecting things to be different. I like his character a lot, but God is all talk. He's less effective in combat than Dog, he bitches at you more than Dog, he talks big and threatens you even while just walking around. It makes me want to slap him in the face with a bear trap.
Thinking of the super mutants in the series, the west coast mutants really just don’t have anything to live for besides banter, watching their species dwindle and maybe repeating some tribute in the past. The only good mutants I can think of is Lilly who remembers her family, and Tab who wants to explore the wasteland with Ronda. Marcus really lives for no reason than making settlements for a species destined to die- which he never comments on. The second Gen mutants actually seem much better at life than the first Gen as they focus on day to day food, small banter and so on that they enjoy, they being Brain damaged really can’t think of thoughts on their species or origins while the first Gen can, but really aren’t interested in solving it- 343 stated in halo 1 ‘maybe we deserve to be forgotten’ but the super mutants don’t even say that. The 76 mutants have parties, hunt and murder- and they really hate the BOS as they hate the military for Huntersville- wonder why they took the raider in American army uniform there along with other skeletons? They live for resentment or some small revenge, or some myth of a prewar world that they’ve been saying- it’s probably the leaky pipes that turned them into mutants is what bled into the caves and created the scorched beast (yes it did that, it’s lore accurate) Fallout 3’s mutants has a monk, one who’s named after a person who wrote on human rights and was a former dweller who’s been locked up. The rest live for short pleasures and thrills, enjoying- as Three dog says ‘good fights’ 4’s mutants don’t have much of a reason and seem to have lost their reason, besides some few- they’re more like abandoned children- ‘the cult of the abandoned children’ as I call them- tribute to the children of the cathedral in fallout 1. The smart one on Far Harbor seem more at peace and taking in the world, the seasons and weather, training hounds- he’s really contented. God seems to just be resentful, Dog seems fearful and short thrill of eating, the combination just seems to be a dull mutant, but is soft spoken- we really don’t know what came of him but he’ll probably die in the fog. Atis in fallout brotherhood recognized the simple act of breeding is threat to the human species and sought it- as a means of a future for the species as it’s means of defense is nothing more than their simple bodies alone as few things can compete in a outright fight against them on a one on one fight- his mutants and his men were United in this goal, and few shared that philosophy- he even took the natural philosophy of the LT and the master further by explaining his views in analogy ‘the mouse that hunts lions’ and sayings claps to the natural world. ‘Natural’ as the world can get as it defies nature of the stars, space- this is shown as life in the sky and the life’s mark on rocks. I’d not for life we wouldn’t have the atmosphere- we would’ve became Venus and lost our water to the stars, our rocks would’ve never dulled and remained sharp such as on the moon. If life’s influence has extended past one planet such as earth, one has to wonder how much of it has shaped the universe in ways it naturally was not meant to change such as earth- oceans of water wouldn’t have been that way, erosion of plants and animals walking through the planet, digging- without life the world wouldn’t look the way that it does today. One would have to ask how far space would be if life has already occupied past its stars or even its influence has spread to other stars- bacteria brings mold, mold to plants and plants to change pockets of the universe and what those pockets may change, how much of the universe and of life- if any of life is what we would call ‘natural’
@engineer gaming I don’t think much in the ego It’s quite literally me just complaining that Marcus is pretty much setting up graves and tourist sites for a extinct race instead of trying to help them :/ summary a PR campaign
@Ryan Byrd ‘resources’ is kinda a copout story wise. Read Black Isles original fallout 3 script- seeing as they were cheated out of making fallout 2… Play fallout 1, Brotherhood- then 2 and new vegas. The first two are made by Black Isles, the other two by Interplay and Interplay’s refugees. Ceasar’s philosophy and so on against House’s philosophy, NCR of fallout 2’s development and so on. Look at the companions of fallout 1 vs fallout 2, Brotherhood’s story against fallout 2 as who’s the proper sequel.
@Ryan Byrd the institute really didn’t fight for resources, they were limited by them- they more or less fought one fight for resources but that’s about it. The lack of resources limited their experiments and ability to use their tech, summary what they believed was ‘hey the world is dying, might as well use the remaining people as we see fit for scientific progress’ Basically a doomsday predictive cult that is for science at every turn- almost every turn as the director sees fit. The railroad are freedom fanatics that seek freedom of one thing at the cost and neglect of others- and yes the ‘liberate toasters’ was a thing. Summary if we had robots that looked and acted like people they would go for ‘robot rights’ Make those robots not look human and they instantly loose interest. The brotherhood basically are fallout 3’s Outcast and really go out of their way to try and seize tech- unlike the west coast which they learned from, the east coast Outcast don’t seem to settle in bunkers and rather go out on extreme risks to ensure some tech is contained or understood. They did believe Synths were a hoax or myth like the slavers in fallout 3 until they got to the commonwealth. Also I really can’t stand Zimmer ‘the commonwealth’ and so on, they retconed it to be like Blade Runner. The railroad was underground- not the Institute, maybe the government was running at the time and that’s why- but Bethesda should’ve kicked it’s date down the line by like 40 years at least. Main game: biggest quest relates to the commonwealth. Point lookout: ghoul goes to commonwealth to settle scores Broken steel: Li goes to commonwealth The Pitt: “our industry is the envy of the commonwealth” Operation: General’s terminal, simulations made in the commonwealth. Zeta: I think one of the characters is from the commonwealth Game of the year edition guide: character information shows commonwealth related characters. Fallout 4 unlike 3 had a single head of it, fallout 3 was more structured by 3 heads- think rivet city council. With fallout 4’s failure they kinda returned to the original fallout 3 leads- kinda but not quite if I remember but this is really old information. Summary we basically have a Indie studio in comparison making fallout 76 which is a improvement especially since they have been in it for a year or two so they have some familiarity with the series or at least their factions and world.
I always try to avoid fighting and killing any super mutants in FNV. Im always happy to see the good ending for Jacobstown where i manage to help the Nightkin with the cure and seeing it become a safe haven for their kind is always nice since it means they'll create good relations with the other factions of the Mojave and co-exist togheter, even visiting the Strip or the other districts around it for trading or mercenary work. Atleast they'll have a better future since like the Ghouls they too live a long time.
Never really knew the full story about Dog/God (often trying to get out of the Sierra Madre as fast as I can without dwelling much). Thanks for the video! Learned a thing or two.
Your videos provide the content that I most often miss out on while playing Fallout and that's the backstories and deeper lore of the characters and universe we're in here. Much respect.
Great to hear from you again! Dog/God and Christine are two of the most sympathetic characters in New Vegas, if not all of Fallout. Well, Harold fits in there somewhere too. I thought the video went just fine, very well-edited and narrated.
@@unfortunatecircumstances8870 I never said the Dog aspect was the most emotional bit, not once. I said the DLC had the best emotional feel, as in, the whole DLC. I stand by what I said. Sure, Clark's story is sad, but just reading a dead man's lore and then finding his spoopy skellington doesn't hit home for me like say, Christine/Veronica's story, the story behind Sinclair and Vera, the countless environmental storytelling set pieces, and the ending slideshow. That ending slideshow is the most tear-jerking in all of Fallout. That DLC left me feeling both despair and hope, love and hate, and I cannot say many other pieces of video game content has done that in what amounts to a 3 hour DLC adventure lol. This is all personal opinion of course. My experience with Dead Money is my own. Many people say they hate the DLC. I will never understand why. Not to mention the fact that Dead Money has ties throughout the base game and all the subsequent DLC to come. Super underrated dlc.
@@Miss_Claire "Reading a dead man's lore and finding their spooping skeleton just doesn't hit the same" Uh, isn't that *literally* what you do in Dead Money? You read about Vera and Sinclair through holotapes and audio logs. Christine is interesting to me, and definitely sorta sad, but I wouldn't say it's on par with Clark or Vera's story. I don't really mean to prove you wrong or anything though. Just my opinion. I agree, it just seemed like you were talking about Dog/God specifically since this is a video about them. Personally I can't decide which story is more heart wrenching, but Dead Money is hands down my favorite dlc in terms of story and atmosphere. Just wish it wasn't such a pain in the ass to play.
I'm absolutely in love with your videos, I enjoy how thorough you are with each subject, and heavily enjoy learning things I didn't know, or couldn't remember. You're voice is also an enjoyable smooth that has even put me to sleep a few times! I'll be watching every lore video you have released.
I love your videos bro They're really well made. fondly remember the times listening to your stories and losing myself in the imagination and wonder of the universe you so wonderfully portray. Thank you for that.
I’ve been a fallout fan for years. Seeing all of your videos made me realize I’m only a casual fan and I have so much lore that I missed. Makes me feel like one of those “fake fans”… Thank you for all these videos, they’re amazing! You go so in depth, no stone (or bottle cap) unturned.
This really reminds me of myself… I’m schizophrenic with paranoid delusions. The animal urges of sick wants that I am not really to take responsibility yet exist and they do sound like voices.
I wish i could have Dog/God as a permanent companion just as the same case with Dean Domino and Christine. But alas, it is for the sake of Dead Money's main plot wich is Let it Go and Begin Again.
@@unfortunatecircumstances8870 That's possible, but it is also a deadline issue : the devs hadn't much time to complete the game in 18 months, they had to cut a lot of content. Look for Ulysses for example, he was supposed to be a Legion companion in the main game but they included him in the Lonesome Road DLC.
The dual nature between Dog and God reflects a very real relationship between our two hemispheres/lobes of our brain - the concious left, and the para-concious right. Also a bit of Id and Ego.
This was excellent. I recently replayed New Vegas, and I think Dog/God and Christine are my favorite NPC’s in all of the fallout series. It was legitimately heartbreaking listening to Dog/God after they merged, and the confusing and pain they had
I wish I could make mods cause in my mind, the courier told Lily and Veronica About Dog/god and Christine and the three of them went to pick them and dean up and each of them got their endings, like I sometimes imagine if Lily met him; he'd actually be her little jimmy.
I hope that Obsidian and Microsoft works out a time for New Vegas 2. I'd love to see both Bethesda and Obsidian take turns with this amazing franchise.
Cliche "wish I could have that first playthrough feeling again". (Took my time; explored, found and read notes/terminals and dialogue, put as much of the lore together as possible, escaped the vault and luckily managed the "best" ending) Standing at the fountain, crushed, since I don't even get to talk to any of the companions before leaving. Specifically Christine, if not to convince her to leave, then at least to tell her about Veronica (who _ALWAYS_ gets Vera's dress for this reason, it's the closest you can get to "reuniting" them). After looking around all the areas, I give up and leave. Back at the bunker, I activate the radio, hoping it'll take me back, but I get Christine's message instead. Oh I cried like a baby 🤣. It all finally clicked. "Finding it, that's not the hard part. It's letting go..." The entire game is a masterpiece, but this moment is what placed the game, and Obsidian, in my heart forever (later reinforcement by one Mr. Randall Clark).
I remember actually getting sad when I managed to help Dog/God 😭 I rarely ever get emotional in video games, and I'm glad it was Fallout that broke that curse.
Honestly I gotta give credit obsidian, they had probably the most accurate depiction of DID in media, like it's not exactly perfect but at least it seems like someone for the most part knew what they was talking about. I freaking love fallout NV 💖
Telling the story of two identities at the same time was a little tricky, let me know how you thought I did!
I liked the way you went between the different views of both Dog and God depending on the situation. I really enjoyed the video, keep up the great work!
This was as great as any other content you've made. The sound-bits really sold it, and you did great alternating between the different scenarios involving the respective character. ❤️
You did really well!
I feel like you did a good job all together, my only suggestion would be to take time and really drive home via a change in cadence and tone shifts between the various personalities. The pacing might be a tad slower but can really help enhance the quality of storytelling, just don't take thirty minutes to say one paragraph like oxhorn lmao.
I have to say that, no matter the particular lore subject, you do a remarkable job presenting them. Whether it's a 3 minute story about Ruzka The Wonder Bear, to the 40 minute story of Clark, the Survivalist, your attention to detail is second to none. Your script (and it's reading, of course), the scenes used during particular descriptions, and the entire production value, bring the Fallout universe to life like few others can do.
Excellent work as always, Sir! o7
dog/god was probably my favourite sierra madre "companion" not just because he was super usefull against the enemies. but also because of his dualistic nature.
if only God didn't have like- 6 six lines that he kept repeating over and over again.
Yes God. I am well aware you want to rip the pipboy off my arm and wear it around your neck. Either shut up or I'm bringing Dog out
@@M1chael42O1 the mental image of the pip boy struggling to close around his thicc neck is p funny tho
I personally liked the mute the best. Idk I just had a fun time reading the "dialogue".
Most annoying dialogue spamming companion lol.
This is the only character I remember from watching my cousin play this game when I was a kid
In my mind Dog/God's story is a very human story about how trauma fractures a person. Pain can make one blind in an effort to protect them: Dog lives his life in an unsustainable whirlwind of adrenaline and strength. However untenable it might be in the long term it allows him to survive.
God on the other hand is able to think about his situation and act accordingly, however it is unbearable for him to exist in such a state and his fear of what Dog might do when he inevitably loses control makes him volatile, cynical and aggressive.
I'm just being an armchair psychologist but I found his character very thought provoking and it made me reflect on myself and how we as humans * cope *
It's a touching story (depending on how it plays out I suppose) and I find it wonderful how the least human heist member has the most emotionally complex backstory.
Definitely a fair [great] analogy. For an armchair psychologist, you did pretty well! ^^
I see it as human's desire to both follow a master and choose our own fate.
Sometimes in order to live life, you gotta learn how to suffer.
@@fjparasite1172 Nah. Listen to the dude above. It's much more visceral than that. Besides, no one wants a master. That is poppycock.
@@Treklosopher what is religion? What is follow the leader?
The best part of this DLC in my opinion, was having the long dialog conversations with these characters. The Sierra Madre has always stuck with me in this sense, because I could see a lot of myself in these characters, as I'm sure others could too. Poor Dog, he just wanted to be useful again. Great video!!
Hi Trin! Definitely fun talking to all the characters, but the worst part was the spotty collar lol
The dialogue was the best part of all the dlc
I find lonesome road or honest hearts the best
@@Asterion_Mol0c agreed. Sierra madre was awful.
@@BearAnkles I spent hours trying figure out where the fuck I was
I’ve never put it together that the other personalities or people the night kin talk to are taking the place that The Master once did, that’s super fascinating.
God I remember when the dlc came out and I got them to merge and getting the end credits I deadass cried, I think dog and god are my favorite characters out of the dlcs
Best character of the dlc besides elijah, it's really sad you can't bring him to the mojave and have him as a companion or just talk to him to go to jacobstown...really sympathized with his story and i just can't kill him or christine. Dean? That's another story
I canonically always fight Dean. He made waay too many sins before the Sierra Madre dlc for me not to consider him a major villain of the series.
I talked him down 1 time (on my unarmed-charisma 100), reloaded & then punched him into flying chunks.
Screw Dean. He deserves to rot, unforgotten.
@@Claymann71 I to always kill dean but I always feel sympathy not regret but sympathy he spent more than a lifetime in the madre planning getting so far only to die right there by us I mean don’t get me wrong dean was still a garbage human beige but after spending all that time surviving for nothing just makes me feel for him and in the ending slides where theres a hologram a dean singing to an nonexistent crowd messes me up His character is just a lesson on what greed can do to a person. Even though he was the only person out of the trio I feel who most people would kill rather than help but still every time after I complete dead money and get back to the lucky 38 I stare at his poster and have a sierra madre martini in memory in the old bastard
The story of Dog and God always struck a cord within me. As a person who always struggled with his own grasp of personal autonomy, caught in the throes of two masters, one that sought to be liked, and one that sought freedom. This game really rewards those who fight with words, and this story's end was truly rewarding.
The Sierra Madre really has an interesting story and characters, it's just a shame that many people end up missing it completely as they are focused on getting out of that hell.
Honestly think it's probably my favorite dlc in New Vegas. Everything about it was so well done and thought out. 👏
I definitely brought the gold and enough junk to make a ton of weapon repair kits back
Long Haul is a helluva perk
Bruh that place was terrible lol
I think the name God has a deeper meaning than just an inverse of Dog. Some people believe that everyone has "God" inside of them, which takes the form of a higher self, which is what the character God is; Dog's higher self.
God is a personification of our spiritual selves. Dog is a personification of our carnal, physical needs. Kinda thing I think.
I like to believe that God was an entity that existed in a universe of nothing & out of despair or loneliness split itself into an unbelievable amount of atoms that then attached themselves to all living things in the universe essentially becoming our soul. That's why most people believe in some form of god/gods. because we all have a piece of that energy within us. We are all connected in ways we are yet to understand, everything in this universe is alive & everything must die in order to lay the foundations of matter & carbon that will then support the creation of new life. & so the cycle must go on.
Don't believe the false gods of the countless religions on this planet. You are your own god, Just don't let it consume you.
Bruh the simpler explanation is Dog is the Id and God is the superego
Pretty much becoming the master of his own destiny
Honestly it kind of feels like God/Dog. Was probably just a child when they were captured by The Master and turned into a Nightkin super mutant. It would explain why Dog is mentally a child. Dog is the sad, broken child who avoids the pain through disassociation and giving into his base urges that give his brain adrenaline and seretonin to suppress his mental agony of what he was. And God being his remaining humanity and conscious fighting to take control and find a way to heal itself. I'm glad that eventually they did manage to become one mind again. But it saddens me to think that a child was forced to suffer such a horrible life.
He spoke of the courier who set him free
This guy really broke my heart. NV has a bunch of tragic back stories, but to me he topped them all. Had to shed a little tear at the final dialog T_T...I had a little trouble understanding everything when I first met him, but I think you summed it all up pretty well.
Easily the DLC's most interesting character. Any time I go through Dead Money I have to merge Dog and God back into one.
I love how he's written.
First time playing, talking with Dog: Awww, he's so adorable. I'll help him fix his mind!
First time playing, hearing God: *pisses my own pants out of existential dread*
Dog God has been one of my favorite mutants in fallout universe for years glad someone is giving a good explanation on his character for others
Dude I have only discovered your channel recently and Iam absolutely loving it and when I finished your Master, Super Mutants and Nightkin videos I was looking to see if you did a Dog/God video, you may not be The Master and I'm neither a Super Mutant or a Nightkin but thanks for reading my mind!
Fantastic stuff keep it up!
You either join the unity, or you die here.
@@elic1356 I pledge my loyalty to the unity. Please consume my shambolic cat food like brain 🧠
Dog/god Is one my favorite characters out of all the fallouts
I hope we get to see him again in the future games
That summary, man. You just recontextualized the entire New Vegas experience for me, in just a few minutes. The entire game seems to be an exploration of the same struggle of Dog vs God writ large, with the Courier being the possibility of choice. Fascinating stuff!
I've only ever played Dead Money twice, and both times I only ever saw God, I've never even heard Dogs dialogue before
Just a little video suggestion; it's be cool to see a video or short on/for each of the Dead Money companions (Dog/God crossed off that list), perhaps Dean Domino?
The head voices have been my recent fascination. Alot of the generic nightkin have lines commenting about them.
I've been binge watching your channel lately. Can't wait to check this one out after work.
I love Dog and God and how every ending for the character goes. Their death and merged endings put them at peace, Dog's ending is a horror movie, and God goes to leave with other mutants. Not a single ending I didn't enjoy. Dead Money was the peak of fallout character writing to me. God also roasts the hell outta Dean which is very satisfying at the fountain.
God is as big a coward as Dean is though. Locks himself in a cage waiting for Elijah, despite having had multiple opportunities to kill Elijah before. Even if he physically cannot manifest while Elijah is around, it still makes him look dumb for hiding in the cage and expecting things to be different.
I like his character a lot, but God is all talk. He's less effective in combat than Dog, he bitches at you more than Dog, he talks big and threatens you even while just walking around. It makes me want to slap him in the face with a bear trap.
Aww yeah, great timing man! I'm on a break on the grind, so this is a dog-send!
I always love the videos. I'll be honest, I still haven't given up hope on a video on Joshua Graham
Glad to have you back man. Hope all is well.
I love the way you explain the different endings as rumors of what the courier possibly did
Thinking of the super mutants in the series, the west coast mutants really just don’t have anything to live for besides banter, watching their species dwindle and maybe repeating some tribute in the past.
The only good mutants I can think of is Lilly who remembers her family, and Tab who wants to explore the wasteland with Ronda.
Marcus really lives for no reason than making settlements for a species destined to die- which he never comments on.
The second Gen mutants actually seem much better at life than the first Gen as they focus on day to day food, small banter and so on that they enjoy, they being Brain damaged really can’t think of thoughts on their species or origins while the first Gen can, but really aren’t interested in solving it- 343 stated in halo 1 ‘maybe we deserve to be forgotten’ but the super mutants don’t even say that.
The 76 mutants have parties, hunt and murder- and they really hate the BOS as they hate the military for Huntersville- wonder why they took the raider in American army uniform there along with other skeletons?
They live for resentment or some small revenge, or some myth of a prewar world that they’ve been saying- it’s probably the leaky pipes that turned them into mutants is what bled into the caves and created the scorched beast (yes it did that, it’s lore accurate)
Fallout 3’s mutants has a monk, one who’s named after a person who wrote on human rights and was a former dweller who’s been locked up.
The rest live for short pleasures and thrills, enjoying- as Three dog says ‘good fights’
4’s mutants don’t have much of a reason and seem to have lost their reason, besides some few- they’re more like abandoned children- ‘the cult of the abandoned children’ as I call them- tribute to the children of the cathedral in fallout 1.
The smart one on Far Harbor seem more at peace and taking in the world, the seasons and weather, training hounds- he’s really contented.
God seems to just be resentful, Dog seems fearful and short thrill of eating, the combination just seems to be a dull mutant, but is soft spoken- we really don’t know what came of him but he’ll probably die in the fog.
Atis in fallout brotherhood recognized the simple act of breeding is threat to the human species and sought it- as a means of a future for the species as it’s means of defense is nothing more than their simple bodies alone as few things can compete in a outright fight against them on a one on one fight- his mutants and his men were United in this goal, and few shared that philosophy- he even took the natural philosophy of the LT and the master further by explaining his views in analogy ‘the mouse that hunts lions’ and sayings claps to the natural world.
‘Natural’ as the world can get as it defies nature of the stars, space- this is shown as life in the sky and the life’s mark on rocks.
I’d not for life we wouldn’t have the atmosphere- we would’ve became Venus and lost our water to the stars, our rocks would’ve never dulled and remained sharp such as on the moon.
If life’s influence has extended past one planet such as earth, one has to wonder how much of it has shaped the universe in ways it naturally was not meant to change such as earth- oceans of water wouldn’t have been that way, erosion of plants and animals walking through the planet, digging- without life the world wouldn’t look the way that it does today.
One would have to ask how far space would be if life has already occupied past its stars or even its influence has spread to other stars- bacteria brings mold, mold to plants and plants to change pockets of the universe and what those pockets may change, how much of the universe and of life- if any of life is what we would call ‘natural’
@engineer gaming I don’t think much in the ego
It’s quite literally me just complaining that Marcus is pretty much setting up graves and tourist sites for a extinct race instead of trying to help them :/ summary a PR campaign
This is a great analogy!
@Ryan Byrd ‘resources’ is kinda a copout story wise.
Read Black Isles original fallout 3 script- seeing as they were cheated out of making fallout 2…
Play fallout 1, Brotherhood- then 2 and new vegas. The first two are made by Black Isles, the other two by Interplay and Interplay’s refugees.
Ceasar’s philosophy and so on against House’s philosophy, NCR of fallout 2’s development and so on.
Look at the companions of fallout 1 vs fallout 2, Brotherhood’s story against fallout 2 as who’s the proper sequel.
@Ryan Byrd the institute really didn’t fight for resources, they were limited by them- they more or less fought one fight for resources but that’s about it.
The lack of resources limited their experiments and ability to use their tech, summary what they believed was ‘hey the world is dying, might as well use the remaining people as we see fit for scientific progress’
Basically a doomsday predictive cult that is for science at every turn- almost every turn as the director sees fit.
The railroad are freedom fanatics that seek freedom of one thing at the cost and neglect of others- and yes the ‘liberate toasters’ was a thing.
Summary if we had robots that looked and acted like people they would go for ‘robot rights’
Make those robots not look human and they instantly loose interest.
The brotherhood basically are fallout 3’s Outcast and really go out of their way to try and seize tech- unlike the west coast which they learned from, the east coast Outcast don’t seem to settle in bunkers and rather go out on extreme risks to ensure some tech is contained or understood.
They did believe Synths were a hoax or myth like the slavers in fallout 3 until they got to the commonwealth.
Also I really can’t stand Zimmer ‘the commonwealth’ and so on, they retconed it to be like Blade Runner.
The railroad was underground- not the Institute, maybe the government was running at the time and that’s why- but Bethesda should’ve kicked it’s date down the line by like 40 years at least.
Main game: biggest quest relates to the commonwealth.
Point lookout: ghoul goes to commonwealth to settle scores
Broken steel: Li goes to commonwealth
The Pitt: “our industry is the envy of the commonwealth”
Operation: General’s terminal, simulations made in the commonwealth.
Zeta: I think one of the characters is from the commonwealth
Game of the year edition guide: character information shows commonwealth related characters.
Fallout 4 unlike 3 had a single head of it, fallout 3 was more structured by 3 heads- think rivet city council.
With fallout 4’s failure they kinda returned to the original fallout 3 leads- kinda but not quite if I remember but this is really old information.
Summary we basically have a Indie studio in comparison making fallout 76 which is a improvement especially since they have been in it for a year or two so they have some familiarity with the series or at least their factions and world.
I always try to avoid fighting and killing any super mutants in FNV. Im always happy to see the good ending for Jacobstown where i manage to help the Nightkin with the cure and seeing it become a safe haven for their kind is always nice since it means they'll create good relations with the other factions of the Mojave and co-exist togheter, even visiting the Strip or the other districts around it for trading or mercenary work. Atleast they'll have a better future since like the Ghouls they too live a long time.
Never really knew the full story about Dog/God (often trying to get out of the Sierra Madre as fast as I can without dwelling much). Thanks for the video! Learned a thing or two.
Thanks for the video Synonymous!
he is one greatly written nightkin. glad you covered him
Your videos provide the content that I most often miss out on while playing Fallout and that's the backstories and deeper lore of the characters and universe we're in here. Much respect.
You should be hired as a director for the Fallout franchise, holy shit that was a good video!
Great to hear from you again!
Dog/God and Christine are two of the most sympathetic characters in New Vegas, if not all of Fallout. Well, Harold fits in there somewhere too.
I thought the video went just fine, very well-edited and narrated.
Thank you Syn for the video
Helping resolve each of the 3 companions in this DLC is my favorite part of Dead Money
I like to think that the personality created after Dog and God fuse is his original human one.
I constantly checking your channel hoping for a new lore video, thank you so much for making them! There a great way to get my friends into fallout!
If I had to watch a channel for the rest of my life it'd be this one.
More Lore! Thanks for the video, Fallout is always appreciated
I just started my Dead Money run again. And here you are with a video Dog(God), Best time as any I guess
Well executed as always, I'm happy to see you took my suggestion. As well as many others.
Dog-gone it, you've done it again! Nothing RUFF about this video. You're not barking up the wrong tree! Keep up the great vids!
Thanks for another great one! Be up for some more FO/FO2 myself
woah crazy timing I was just looking for a lore video on him/them
Best DLC in terms of emotional feel. This DLC actually made me feel. The others are great, amazing even, but this one hits different.
Did you miss the Survivalist's story in Honest Hearts?
@@unfortunatecircumstances8870 No.
@@Miss_Claire Randall Clark is way more tragic than Dog imo. Never seen anyone say that this aspect of Dead Money was the most emotional bit.
@@unfortunatecircumstances8870 I never said the Dog aspect was the most emotional bit, not once. I said the DLC had the best emotional feel, as in, the whole DLC. I stand by what I said.
Sure, Clark's story is sad, but just reading a dead man's lore and then finding his spoopy skellington doesn't hit home for me like say, Christine/Veronica's story, the story behind Sinclair and Vera, the countless environmental storytelling set pieces, and the ending slideshow. That ending slideshow is the most tear-jerking in all of Fallout.
That DLC left me feeling both despair and hope, love and hate, and I cannot say many other pieces of video game content has done that in what amounts to a 3 hour DLC adventure lol. This is all personal opinion of course. My experience with Dead Money is my own. Many people say they hate the DLC. I will never understand why.
Not to mention the fact that Dead Money has ties throughout the base game and all the subsequent DLC to come. Super underrated dlc.
@@Miss_Claire "Reading a dead man's lore and finding their spooping skeleton just doesn't hit the same" Uh, isn't that *literally* what you do in Dead Money? You read about Vera and Sinclair through holotapes and audio logs. Christine is interesting to me, and definitely sorta sad, but I wouldn't say it's on par with Clark or Vera's story. I don't really mean to prove you wrong or anything though. Just my opinion.
I agree, it just seemed like you were talking about Dog/God specifically since this is a video about them.
Personally I can't decide which story is more heart wrenching, but Dead Money is hands down my favorite dlc in terms of story and atmosphere. Just wish it wasn't such a pain in the ass to play.
My guy has gone so far as for views and subs. The content has always been A1. Keep it up bud 🤙
Very excellent lore video. Good job my friend.
I'm absolutely in love with your videos, I enjoy how thorough you are with each subject, and heavily enjoy learning things I didn't know, or couldn't remember. You're voice is also an enjoyable smooth that has even put me to sleep a few times! I'll be watching every lore video you have released.
Absolutely one of my favorite narratives.
Amazing video as always! More companion videos please 🙏
Beautiful way to tell game lore!
I love your videos bro They're really well made. fondly remember the times listening to your stories and losing myself in the imagination and wonder of the universe you so wonderfully portray. Thank you for that.
Love your content dude.
They did such a fantastic job writing the characters in this game/the DLCs and you always do a great job analyzing them.
Best DLC.
"Laughs in Walking out the Casino with 20 Gold Bars"
After dying an excruciating amount of time. I went through the whole thing with 1 HP.
My favorite way to play dead money is to have god in control completely and in the end combine the alters
great video man i love getting notifications from you when you upload
I just started watching you a week ago and I love your content.❤️
One of the most satisfying parts of Dead Money's ending was fixing Dog/God.
That ending where they finally fuse together and are a new/back to their old old self, is heartwarming.
Great job bud, love the vid 👍 👏 👌
Good to see another upload from you man, wishing you well ❤️
Thanks, you too!
hell yeah i’ve been waiting for some quality content
My favorite DLC. It forces you to change your playing style while also having a great story.
“It took more and more pain for god to go away”
I’ve been a fallout fan for years. Seeing all of your videos made me realize I’m only a casual fan and I have so much lore that I missed. Makes me feel like one of those “fake fans”…
Thank you for all these videos, they’re amazing! You go so in depth, no stone (or bottle cap) unturned.
Based Synonymous blesses us again
I never noticed that the different Nightkin groups in FNV had a figurehead in place of The Master
Ahh yes the goat has returned with more bangers
I always watch your videos whenever my anxiety is crazy. I think I watched all of them. Another great one ❤️
Love the videos man
This really reminds me of myself… I’m schizophrenic with paranoid delusions. The animal urges of sick wants that I am not really to take responsibility yet exist and they do sound like voices.
I wish i could have Dog/God as a permanent companion just as the same case with Dean Domino and Christine. But alas, it is for the sake of Dead Money's main plot wich is Let it Go and Begin Again.
It's really just because of technical limitations. The companions in the dlc aren't covered by the vanilla script.
@@unfortunatecircumstances8870 That's possible, but it is also a deadline issue : the devs hadn't much time to complete the game in 18 months, they had to cut a lot of content. Look for Ulysses for example, he was supposed to be a Legion companion in the main game but they included him in the Lonesome Road DLC.
Your video reminded me of how much of a masterpiece Deadmoney is
Are you going to do one about Ulysses? Looking forward for more videos!
I left my Heart in the Sierra Madre ❤️
I think Dog/God is one of the saddest characters in the game. I feel so bad for him.
I'd love to see some point lookout videos!
A NCR veteran ranger armor/ riot gear lore video would be cool
Thanks for making these videos your the best dude
The dual nature between Dog and God reflects a very real relationship between our two hemispheres/lobes of our brain - the concious left, and the para-concious right. Also a bit of Id and Ego.
Love your videos.
This was excellent. I recently replayed New Vegas, and I think Dog/God and Christine are my favorite NPC’s in all of the fallout series. It was legitimately heartbreaking listening to Dog/God after they merged, and the confusing and pain they had
best way to start the day
Dog/God always reminds me of how mutants in Fallout absolutely deserve good characterization.
I wish I could make mods cause in my mind, the courier told Lily and Veronica
About Dog/god and Christine and the three of them went to pick them and dean up and
each of them got their endings, like I sometimes imagine if Lily met him; he'd actually be her
little jimmy.
I love helping merge the two
I like this video. Its so... peaceful.
Welcome back mate
I hope that Obsidian and Microsoft works out a time for New Vegas 2. I'd love to see both Bethesda and Obsidian take turns with this amazing franchise.
Your content slaps; the only thing that upsets me is I never got to ask him his new name
It would be fun if you could tell the new personality about jacobstown or something like that
Cliche "wish I could have that first playthrough feeling again".
(Took my time; explored, found and read notes/terminals and dialogue, put as much of the lore together as possible, escaped the vault and luckily managed the "best" ending)
Standing at the fountain, crushed, since I don't even get to talk to any of the companions before leaving. Specifically Christine, if not to convince her to leave, then at least to tell her about Veronica (who _ALWAYS_ gets Vera's dress for this reason, it's the closest you can get to "reuniting" them). After looking around all the areas, I give up and leave. Back at the bunker, I activate the radio, hoping it'll take me back, but I get Christine's message instead.
Oh I cried like a baby 🤣. It all finally clicked. "Finding it, that's not the hard part. It's letting go..."
The entire game is a masterpiece, but this moment is what placed the game, and Obsidian, in my heart forever (later reinforcement by one Mr. Randall Clark).
They say that letting go is the hardest part. You see many that are able to, many that arent.
The most frustrating DLC has the some of the most memorable characters.
I remember actually getting sad when I managed to help Dog/God 😭
I rarely ever get emotional in video games, and I'm glad it was Fallout that broke that curse.
this is, one of the best characters in fallout franchise
Honestly I gotta give credit obsidian, they had probably the most accurate depiction of DID in media, like it's not exactly perfect but at least it seems like someone for the most part knew what they was talking about. I freaking love fallout NV 💖
@insertname1857 respectfully, no