Mothership Zeta: The End?

Post by **King of Creation** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:50 am

[ Game -> Editorial ]

The folks over at <a href="http://www.crispygamer.com/features/200 ... e-end.aspx" target="_self">Crispy Gamer</a> dropped by to let us know about an <a href="http://www.crispygamer.com/features/200 ... e-end.aspx" target="_self">article</a> they're written concerning "the end" of Fallout 3. They feel that Mothership Zeta is the true ending to the game. Here are some highlights:<blockquote>Our culture has come to expect a lot from endings. We expect epic
scale, punishing challenges, and seriousness. On the face of it, Zeta
ticks none of those boxes. It's a pulpy rehash of the familiar
alien-abduction standard. You're sucked onto a ship by a tractor beam.
You're poked and prodded with sharp instruments. You're thrown into a
holding cell with a stranger, and somehow, some way, you have got to
get out of there. Stop me if you've heard this one before.... Endings are subjective in Fallout 3. For me, Mothership Zeta is a fitting finale, not because it's so sweeping or bombastic (it's not), but because Zeta evoked something new in me. Specifically, it brought out my worst, and I'm grateful for it. My Fallout 3 experience has been peppered with little moments of insight into the human condition, and it was a pleasant surprise that Zeta was able to give this Lone Wanderer one final epiphany.
 </blockquote> I haven't even finished Fallout 3, mind you, but how can a DLC that has nothing to do with Fallout seem like the end of the game? It's like playing Red Alert and then Quake and feeling satisfied that the death of <a href="http://www.interlopers.net/images/artic ... eview9.jpg" target="_self">Shub Niggurath</a> was a fitting end to the Soviets.Thanks to James for the heads-up.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:29 am

why consider an editorial on another site as relative towards 'fact? IT BROUGHT OUT MY WORST. you cant consider art as pure art any more if you hand money over for it, it is driven by it. you are handing the cigartette to a cancer patient, you cunt. zeta may be a possible end to the milking' most dlcs cant go so far? can they i havent been in the loop but

once a series goes into space, it's fucked

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:56 am

Very much the equivalent of jumping the shark in television.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:12 am

rad resistance · Post by **rad resistance** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:23 am

I second the above post.

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:38 am

Ha! NMA just got in on their site, we got it first! They can suck it!

Post by **Retlaw83** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:08 am

Visually, the ending of Zeta is neat. It's probably the biggest graphics spectacle in the game, and the fight itself is fun.

However, the lead up makes not a lick of sense, and what happens after storywise evokes nothing - the survivors decide to stay on the ship and you go traipsing back to the wasteland. And you do so with an obscene amount of alien technology that people are willing to throw down huge money for without even questioning it's authenticity. I say that because while the weapons are functional, you'd be nuts to sell ammo for them to random wastelanders because the ammo is rather sparse once you get off the ship.

They did a decent job of making you dislike the aliens, but instead of giving them more depth it just gives them more validity as walking targets.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:25 pm

Fallout 3 ended for me in some generic ant cave so I don't know what they're talking about.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:04 pm

Mine ended with the invincible BOS fgts shooting me because I killed the BOS guy in the sewer.

Post by **Manoil** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:51 pm

JASON X2: Starring Liam Neeson's son

Yonmanc · Post by **Yonmanc** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:20 am

Well, it ended for me in Broken Steel when for some reason it turned into a mass shoot out in a military complex that just did not fit in a post apocalyptic warzone.

As for the end? It's probably the end of Fallout 3. Who cares anyway, I hope everyone dies. That's how that game maks me feel. Fuck em. I have hopes for New Vegas, other than than, I hope they all drown.

Waferthinmint · Post by **Waferthinmint** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:54 am

It's the ending because Bethsoft has stopped raping fallout 3 and have moved on to Fallout:Who gives a flying fuck?

MR Snake · Post by **MR Snake** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:58 am

This addon sucked mega fucking ass. You run around blasting aliens and their toys while picking up an endless supply of their shitty rifles and those fucking crystals, what is the deal with that? And in the end you battle a space ship. Wooptee fucking doo, not even the recordings from previously abducted people was good.

A total garbage fucking game, fuck you Bethesda!

Post by **Manoil** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:06 am

Icing to the cake, Snake. Thank you for providing the whipped jizzm to adorn the top of the slung-yogurt cupcake that is the DaCK FO3 collective review.

MR Snake · Post by **MR Snake** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:54 pm

Manoil wrote:Icing to the cake, Snake. Thank you for providing the whipped jizzm to adorn the top of the slung-yogurt cupcake that is the DaCK FO3 collective review.

You are welcome.

Post by **Manoil** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:51 am

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:21 pm

Manoil wrote:

How :babyraptor:

Post by **Manoil** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:27 pm

VasikkA wrote:How :babyraptor:

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:38 pm

Tier 5 wrote:
DANNY wrote:
How :babyraptor:

Ha ! She is no Julia Roberts. :muppet:

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:01 am

<<<stopped buying Bethesda DLC circa 2008 (2 years too late, i know)

also - grats on post 3333 "Dutch"