Finally got Steam to download this sucker after hitting "servers unreachable" after "servers unreachable". And the best part? All I had to do was switch from the Atlanta server to.. wait for it... the Boston servers! That not only started the download, Steam immediately got an update and demanded to be reset. Whoa, was being connected to Atlanta all these years really that bad for Steam?
Due to the nature that my Mac Pro Tower is older than my house, I'm stuck with very low settings which bums me out horribly. From what I've been able to play, I'm kind of off put by how quickly things are being thrown at you. After dealing with your first encounter of raiders, you get your first energy weapon! After dealing with the raiders inside the building, you get your first power armor! And after taking your first few steps in your Power Armor, you get the mini-gun! This stuff normally doesn't happen until the 'half way' point in most of the Fallout games. I fear the game may introduce a lot of stuff a bit too early that later parts of the game won't have as much impact. Here's hoping that doesn't turn out to be the case.
I will say that the most gratifying part so far has been the pacifist option. Here I am walking in power armor with a mini-gun confronting a bunch of raiders, and when I get them in my sights, the 'pacify' option shows up. Telling them to surrender and seeing them actually surrender was something I thought I'd never experience in a game like this. The fact that it counted towards the quest in dealing with the raiders was even more satisfying because I finally feel like my character can be a good person who can deal with trouble without killing anyone. I hope there are plenty more opportunities to do this in the future because I love pacifists runs.
