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Ah yes, the bi-weekly event where I have to decide whether to save myself from spoilers for a game I own but haven't played yet or to cast caution to the wind and enjoy quality content

The Ronald Reagan cult is actually named the "Gippers" due to obscure America lore. There's a famous University called Notre Dame in Indiana. In 1940 Ronald Reagan starred as a famous Notre Dame college football player named George Gipp, in a biopic movie called Knute Rockne, All American. In the movie (and in IRL) George Gipp died of pneumonia. Afterward his college football coach, Knute Rockne, gave a speech encouraging his team to "Win just one for the Gipper" - to win in honor of the dead player. Because this was a famous movie role for Ronald Reagan, he used "Win one for the Gipper" as a campaign slogan for his presidential campaign. Raegan was also called "the Gipper" as a nickname, due to the movie.

Wasteland 3's use of music, mostly traditional spiritual folk tunes, hit me like a truck. It's part of Wasteland 3's greatest strength, its use of americana; I've called it an aggressively American game, and that's true at every level, from the surface of people like the Patriarch down to the core of the game's themes. I can't help but feel like for a non-American it just doesn't hit quite the same.

"Hey Santa! What can change the nature of a man?" I swear somehow every single one of your videos somehow manages to top itself in terms of memorable quotes

The special music tracks in this game are fantastic. For an American each of the tracks gives a unique feel and usually has a significant historical analogy or cultural one. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (anti-slavery civil war song) plays as you free a slaver. "Power of the Union" while you fight for or against workers rights. All sound distorted and twisted away from the intended purpose or promise like actual American history.

The big goofy smile that appeared on my face at the “Warlockracy” origin reveal :)

Warlockracy Rangers - disobey Colorado police force - work with gangsters - form a workers union - destroy infinite nuclear power source - depose and exile evil dictator - refuses to elaborate

Fun fact: this game has a Super Duper Good Ending in which you can depose The Patriarch without habing to slaughter half your people and bring Peace, Friendship and Bubblegum to Colorado. Problem is, it requires you to spend pretty much all of early game playing nice with the Marshalls and the Hundred Families, which involves doing a bunch of no-so-fun shit, like arresting Brygo and screwing over the refugies, and also doing a bunch of other stuff that may or may not be obvious or even necessary. Apparently only 1% of W3 players got this ending.

I find your insight into CRPGs unique, at least as unique as your ability to weave a review, lets play, history lesson and offhand jabs at philosophy into one seamless entertainment experience. that was a mouthful, but I could not convey it in other words

Yes sir, glory to the neo-neo-Reaganite state

“Did you know that Reagan existed IRL? Sounds made up, but it’s true” I’ve got a new favorite line from this channel.

siding with Bryan Fargo was one of the coolest experiences I had. The first time I played this game, I sided with the marshalls. I couldn't figure out where to go with my investigation, and the game was pointing me to abject violence, sooo... I killed everyone in the club. Faran Brygo acting like your run-of-the-mill Thug. The whole experience felt straight out of an action movie. When I returned to Sheriff Daisy, she commended me for my actions, and it was clear that that was the right decision to make. My second time around, I made no pretense on being diplomatic. I went straight up to the Fargo's office. I was going to get the jump on him and kill him before I have to go through all the other shenanigans. Shockingly it turns out, you can just talk to the man and he's very diplomatic. He tells you the actual real situation, and that all of this is a horrible misunderstanding of circumstance. He even admits to not being a completely clean individual. He states that there's no wrongdoing is going on in his casino that he's aware of, and if there is any then he'll have everyone involved punished appropriately. Then he admits. There probably is corruption going on, because one of his goons snatched up the deputy who was snooping around. Which at that point he admits that he panicked and didn't know what to do. Revealing the real culprit who help Infiltrate The Town, and then siding with Brian Fargo to discover the Marshals are actually corrupt was the most shocking and mind-blowing experience I've had through this second playthrough. Absolutely fell in love with the complexities that the game actually has

I love that the Faran Brygo - Bryan Fargo switch goes back so long, and even makes a return here lmao Damn, the guy has seen a lot. Ironically more well known for being in the intro of Fallout 1/2 now.

I applaud you. Your video-style, "narrative driven reviews", has remained consistent since the first video.

Number of rebels at the end depends on amount of Rangers loyalty, 100 families rep and cops rep. If you have all 3 maxed - there is no rebellion, cops and 1% are on your side and Patriarch lays down his weapons.

That Crusader: No remorse dude is pure nostalgia. I played" it when I was 4 together with Magic Carpet. Never understood what was happening.

Comparing the Wasteland series to Todd Fallouts is actually really apt. It's probably why I had a hell of a time getting engaged with Wasteland 2, what with my preference for the latter type of Fallout. Great video, love the Crusader references too!

"More power to me and screw you." is the purest form of ideology

The co-op was fun, I played through the game with a friend, the two main pcs were pebble and Boulder, pebble was the shortest possible tiny character with a heavy machinegun, and Boulder was the biggest possible character with a pistol.

I've owned these games out of respect, but Warlock actually made me play them. Started with Arcanum, man, I've truely been missing out.

I just want to say that I have been here watching this channel since you had like 5k subs, and it is incredible the level of writing, editing, and humor combining into top tier quality that this channel has always had. You deserve more subs man. your Uploads always give me a rush of joy/excitement.

What a fortunate time to have recently finished Wasteland 3! Interesting framing of it as a well-crafted Toddout, I think I agree. Steeltown was the only place that felt more like a classic Fallout location to me in the way the conflict is set up and progressed. Also surprise Warlockracy name lore!

As a American I think I should provide some context here Wasteland 3 is one of those games with a lot of in-jokes And references to older minor pop-culture icons/phenomena It hits different for me, its like reminiscing with an old friend The music is just like campfire songs and a lot of them are tv show themes That one 43:17 is the laverne&Shirley theme I recognized it immediately It’s a really great game to me but I don’t think you’ll get the same enjoyment if you’re not a American Also our malls don’t have churches in them but I have seen some that have bought a old dead mall and fixed it up into a mega church but the folks that go to them mega churches Are not real Christians they’re heads are empty as they crowd in every Sunday and throw money at scammers like Joel Olsten so they can feel better about being bad people

Imo Wasteland 3 has the zany ideas of a Todd Fallout but its writing and world-building are a tier above the games in that category. Had new vegas vibes with how intertwined the factions were, really loved playing this game with a friend as one of my first CRPGs :) Sick vid

Fun fact about the songs that play on the radio when you travel in the Kodiak. Almost all the songs you hear are theme songs from tv shows like Green Acres, Gilligian’s Island, Welcome Back Kotter, and a few more.

I picked up Wasteland 3's complete package in a Steam sale and had a blast. The music was also an amazing stand out.

Just a note about steeltown being too easy. It's only like that if you go there in the early game. I went there in the end game and my party got absolutely annihilated when trying to go up the tower. They also lowered the difficulty in a patch too I think

You really haven't experienced the apocalypse until you beat a bunch of inbred raiders to death while the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" screams from your Tonka truck with a railgun on it.

Warlockracy, you're the best game salesman on this site. These videos never fail to make me want to play the game you're covering. Thanks for another great one!

This and Underrail are probably my favorite modern rpg's...they're so good and creatively bizarre, that they feel like they came from another dimension..sorta like that broken but great MechaJammer game...

Bought this game because it was set in Colorado lol, living here and then playing a game set in the state is funny since I know all the locations personally.

I clothed all my guys in gorilla costumes and started a guerilla warfare.

I mean this quite seriously, but In all of my over a decade experience on this website, and countless hours, your channel has to be the first channel I’m genuinely very excited to see a new upload pop-up.

I find it funny and facinating that This game, which was usually so on the nose and straight forward about about its moral choices, had an ending in which the final choice really was one worth debating.

Really weird seeing a 90s ad for a PC building shop only to check the website and find they're still operating!

I did not expect this video out of your catalogue to have fundamental warlockracy lore

*What a great video style!* An essay about *Pillars of Eternity* would be awesome as well!

You put out a video on wasteland then tell me you're doing another Morrowind video???? The day just started and I feel like this week is just going to be wonderful. Thank you man and wish you and the family the best, stay safe out there bro!!

It's funny. In my one and only playthrough, I did everything exactly opposite from Warlock here. I helped the Patriarch, brought his children back (in chains), killed everyone who was against me (yes, even Angela Deth), went back to Arizona and we were A-ok because the Patriarch keeps his word.

For being a Todd Fallout, I actually feel it does storytelling and moral dillemas far better than those, with there even being in-game and end-game narration benefits to choosing more shady/evil/ruthless options that often feel more necessary evils than "Detonate the nuke in the nuketown for the lulz and an apartment." I also find it fascinating to see the differing routes and approaches everyone who covers this (underrated) game takes.

I love Warlock’s arbitrarily silly decisions, it’s such a wonderful way to encourage people to play games.

I love this game so much I actually 100% it in November last year and I have to agree about the music ballads, I've never seen any game give us something like that it's quite rewarding to see after 40hrs of gameplay. I particularly like the "November Reigns" ending and ballad

the reveal of your name coming from a nyt article on an insane leader of a bunk nation is one of the nuttiest info drops I've heard.

God... now I gotta play this again. I really hope they make more wasteland titles, or something similar.

A Something Awful segment out of nowhere, that's why we love you.

Wasteland 2's moral dilemma is you will feel shit about any of your choices

Always love it when Warlockracy does a video on a game I've played a ton of.

This game is so much fun

As always, a huge thankies for your work! perfect upload time to watch over post work dinner.

I totally recommend playing this game with a friend via co-op, game is incredibly fun and amazing, must have if on sale

This reminds me of Far Cry 5 with the whole "family of villainous siblings that you get to tackle in any order you want"

My only complaint with your channel is needing more content. I've watched videos going back two years multiple times. Love your commentary, review insights, and the links to other events/history. It all combines to form very unique content that I zone out to.

I am so glad that your Jagged Alliance 2 video "baited" me to your channel. I have enjoyed every video of yours that I've seen so far and plan to watch every single one in time. As has been said in many other comments I too enjoy your mixture of generally great commentary (this includes your voice, it's fantastic to fall asleep to. I think you know this is a compliment) giving not only insight to the game you cover, but so many other references to games, political topics (without being political yourself) and of course the cultural context, especially in the Russian / Ukrainian titles. All of this is very much appreciated. Thank you very much for doing what you do and I hope you continue this channel for a long time to come. Cheers from Germany ❤

This is an accurate representation of life in Colorado

Just subbed, this was some true quality content! Can’t wait to binge your whole channel man!

we got warlockracy lore, was not expecting that.

I’m already wanting to play the wasteland series, thanks again Warlock

Ranger ending is the best ending but there are better alternatives than this video ending since we all know that oligarchy ALWAYS leads to tyranny of the few.

Always love when a new Warlockracy video comes out.

Vilerat wasn't just a guy who posted a forum post that became way too big; he was, and is, an EVE legend. And like all legends, he can never be replaced, only slowly lost to time...

I enjoy your ability to say skin flute without giggling even a lil.

Dude this video you made brought back so many good memories of watching my homie play wasteland 3, i remember joking with him that he should piss off liberty early on with her army of giant roboscorpions

This game rocks, glad to see you covering it. One of the best reviewers on the platform these days, keep up the great work man. Also 6:52 lmao.

I'm extremely surprised (or perhaps I missed it) that you didn't mention the facial animations, which are very hard to pull off. Perhaps not the best i've seen, but certaintly noticable. The eyes look a little twitchy but they look at places an ordinary human would, and the expressions are very emotive and realistic aswell. A stellar review as always. When I first came across your channel I started wondering why everyone doesn't do game reviews like this. It seems the only proper way to me now P.S. Being demonitized for showing a meme of an anthropromorphic frog must be at once amusing, fascinating, and frustrating

I think the best bit of hidden lore is that Crow is actually a plant by Liberty. She seems to truly believe in workers rights, but is unwittingly serving a petty tyrant who using her idealism for her own goals. It makes it so 'Power in the Union' is always ironic because it never truly had any power that wasn't given to them by people who want something else in the end. It's why I appreciate the ability to just fight _everybody_ as a choice, that and it creates a wonderfully chaotic three way battle that's just a joy.

Bryan Fargo's therapist: Faran Brygo isn't real, he can't hurt you. Wasteland 3 Devs:

Honestly, it's a very interesting feeling to think that Todd(the god)'s Fallout is the more similar game to the wasteland series. My experience with wasteland 3 was good, I enjoyed playing it. Though I never got to the dlc's, maybe one day... anyway, I want to say that I enjoy the wasteland games alot, heck maybe one day you'll do the other two games, you always have a unique way of doing things. Point is good video I'll always keep a eye out.

I adore this game, so much better than 2. The Music is amazing, and the absurdity of it all and what the world looked like before the war.

Came for the Crusader No Remorse in the thumbnail. Such a classic. My first PSone game. Cheers and great theme for your rangers haha

Every vid you upload is a real treat, and I'm happy to see that this one is no exception

Honestly if Republic of Dave was rendered in Fallout 2 with the classic Fallout engine it would probably be considered an irreverent but subversive classic (like F2 itself)

Wasteland 3 is one of the best top down rpgs in the world, most games should be like this one

Warlockracy barely hiding his RPG Codex references in this one.

30:09 This was like, that moment at the end of the 3 hour epic, where they say the title of the film, but it actually works and doesn't seem tacky or eye brow raising. Bravo

Any chance you'd take a poke at Mechanized Assault eXploration (Or M.A.X. as it's commonly known) in the future? It's another Interplay title from '96, a turn based strategy game. I always loved the game and the universe around it, and feel like it doesn't get enough love when we're talking about that era of gaming.

Can you do an Underrail video? The stygian software game?

Ever since the Orange Box tweet, the Steeltown theme is my favorite piece from Wasteland 3 OST. Thank you Nicky, I never played that DLC.

I'm happy you made a video on this game. I loved it and it's use of music.

Wait, how did you miss the Ranger Allegiance stat? It pops up almost all the time when talking to the rangers and hired people in the base.

Just beat this a few weeks ago for the second time doing the two dlcs this time. Such an underrated game. The music is top notch

The silencer on the thumbnail got me by surprised

I was not expecting the name origin story to come in the middle of a Wasteland 3 video, but i'm here for it, King.

this game has the best use of preexisting music in any game ive ever played. I actually cried when "power in the union" came on

Played this 2 - 3 years ago It was a good time

deep cut lore for the channel giving us the story behind the Warlockracy name. Much appreciated.

There is a certain quality to this tongue and cheek writing style that makes me want to take a power drill to my skull.

Truly underrated gem. I love this game.

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Blowing bubbles does put my mind in Zen. You sure know your philosophy.

Oh wow the Silencer from the Crusader games in the thumbnail! Miss that series. Great vid. 👍🏻

30:10 Wasn't expecting that lore drop.

When I saw you uploaded a video I was so excited and then I realized it was about a game that was readily playable to me I don't normally play the kind of games you play on the channel but I always wanted to give one a shot and I have not regretted a second of my time spent with wasteland 3 so far thank you Warlock

15:24 _"Mechanized Latino Clown Raiders"_ is a phrase I would never have heard of until now.. Probably gonna pick this up.

I wondered where the channel name came from, that is insightful. Great video on the game, I've been wanting to play it, but wanted to beat Wasteland/2 before doing so. Too bad I am terrible at Wasteland. But hey, yet another great video from you. Thanks for what you do!

I am absolutley stunned and in awe you name-dropped yourself

"I clicked through boring dialog to skip it and accidentally have a s*x with a robot" is now my favorite quote and i will never forget it.

I won't give spoilers, besides: lucia can be convinced to turn against the patriarch, but you gotta have her in you party during certain missions or side quests.

Sick Warlockracy lore! This is one of those games I've always had sitting around from a bundle or something, never sure if I wanted to check it out or not. I think I enjoyed watching this vid instead, lol.

new warlockracy just dropped