In which I give in to the hype.
Okay, I've never done something like this before, so forgive me if the format I chose here is annoying. What I'm going to do here is write my thoughts on a chapter of Fallout Equestria as they come, then give a summary of my opinions at the end of a chapter.
Prologue + Chapter 1
- Okay, the intro makes no attempt at hiding what's in store here, but it doesn't exactly tell much either.
- So, PipBucks appear to be the gadget to end all gadgets here. I know that all of the things it can do are what the Pip Boys do in the Fallout games, but that's a lot of useful abilities that other characters don't have, especially the edge in combat. (Why would that functionality even be built in to them, anyway? At least in Fallout, the people inside the Vaults were never meant to leave. Why build in combat assistance for a device meant to assist in everyday work in the Stable?)
- Unicorn Master Race, eh? Not a fan, but what are you going to do?
- At least they're smart enough to recognize that living in a bunker is plenty depressing. Most post-apocalyptic stories either ignore it just have the characters go completely insane with no attempts to stave it off.
- Obvious crush is obvious, not that there's anything wrong with that.
- You know, ditching the best survival tool you have is probably a bad way to go about going out into a very hostile environment.
- CMC 3 BFF? Real subtle.
- Ahhh... skeletons. I see we're off to a great start
Thoughts on Prologue+Chapter 1:
Well, it's certainly well written, but I really wasn't expecting otherwise. Aside from my musings over the Batman level of gadgetry in the PipBucks, I really couldn't think of anything wrong with it. Of course, the story's hardly started, so we'll see how things go.
Chapter 2
- How does she even know what sounds he's hearing? I doubt insects were a subject taught in Stable School.
- Sweet Apple Acres? Where in the world is that thing getting its map data from? If it had old records on file all this time, why didn't anypony look at them?
- Chekhov's Terminal, I presume?
- Looks like slavers. This is going to end in blood.
- ...or immediate capture, that works too. The blood can come later.
- How does a pony get a talent for cheese in the Wasteland? Come to think of it, how does Pip even know what cheese is? How much useless (for life in the Stable) knowledge did they teach these ponies?
- Ah, human profanity. At least I hear that Pip gets creative with hers later on.
- And there's the blood. Reminds me of that famous scene from Scanners. You know the one.
- Pip is a competent fighter? That was fast. I guess having that gadget helps, but it doesn't exactly teach you how to pull off roundhouse bucks.
- Are you feelin' lucky, punk?
- At least Pip also wonders how his map knows everything, too.
- That's one lazy sniper. It had all the time in the world to kill them on the bridge.
- And the CMC were the first Overmares, as if that wasn't made obvious enough by the passcode last chapter.
Thoughts on Chapter 2:
And so the bloodbath begins. Pip learns fast. Almost too fast. A good bit of Fridge Logic too on how she could know so little about the outside world yet still know about the little things, but lets just assume that they can somehow synthesize cheese in the Stables. Still not a fan of exploding ponies, but it'll only get worse from here on out, so I'd better get used to it. It's certainly entertaining, but I do hope it doesn't rush Pip's development here.
That's all, for now. I'll probably continue later, but I make no promises. Peace out.
Comments
Sereg
Since: Dec, 1969
May 14th 2012 at 1:32:24 AM
Ah, Steel Hooves. Probably my favourite pony OC ever. The guy's mere existence is awesome. And yeah, you're really strating to get into the good stuff. As for Pinkie's addiction, Twilight knew, but Luna didn't. Twilight was hoping that Pinkie would realise that she needed help without having to report her.
Seraphem
Since: Dec, 1969
May 14th 2012 at 12:25:47 PM
What Sereg said, the mane 6 knew but they were covering for her for Luna. Right in the memory Twi threatens to stop doing so. Smart from an outsider perspective, hell no, understandable mistake many many friends make regarding people they care for with substance abuse issues all the time, yes.
Pip's addiction subplot does get kinda annoying, but luckily it also ends really soon.
The AI in hat stable was NOT crazy, it never went nuts, turned against it's makers, anything. It was doing the most logical thing it could do. The water supply would not keep as many ponies alive as the Stable held, so the AI choose those least likely to contribute to the whole to remove. just cold, calculated logic. Either way those ponies were all dead the instant the water talisman was damaged. (though way they didn't give them a backup or two for it.......)
as to the "wasting money" given just how much vendor trash they've been grabbing everywhere, they ain't really hurting for bits.
And finally Steel Hooves, pure, undiluted, bad-ass epicness.
PerpetualLurker
Since: Dec, 1969
May 14th 2012 at 1:25:04 PM
Do note that the point I mentioned the AI going crazy was before the revelation of its true problem. I also believe that it's a very shoddily programmed AI that neglects to request repairs and immediately jumps to killing off those it is meant to protect, not to mention not giving special priorities to not kill the one pony that knew about it, as well as have no provisions to pass that information on in case of his/her death. It might as well have been crazy, considering the gaps in its logic.
Seraphem
Since: Dec, 1969
May 14th 2012 at 3:31:04 PM
oh it was poorly programmed no doubt. but as to killing the one pony that knew about it, pretty sure there was enough ambiguity there that it could have been the pony killed himself on accident while trying to disconnect it. But yeah, that experiment could have been better thought out. though i'm still more bugged on why the Stables didn't have a spare water talisman ready just in case.
storyyeller
Since: Dec, 1969
May 14th 2012 at 5:32:06 PM
The talisman was damaged beyond repair. It did try to request a replacement from Stable Tec, but obviously that was impossible due to the war. They should have included a backup water talisman, but hindsight's 20-20.
