I thought this playthrough would help me collect my thoughts and write a proper review, but they're still scattered and swept away by the uncomplicated love this game pulls out of me. I live for dialogue. Speech checks are the ultimate power fantasy for an awkward nerd like me. I love the politics, I love going for an independent Vegas and figuring out how much to collaborate with the various flawed factions around me. I love the audio logs, I love the terminal entries, I love the exploration, I love the looting, I love the sheer number of factions, I love the companions (especially the gay ones I love the gays), I love the silly generic voicelines, I love the music on the radio, I love hearing about major events on the radio, I love playing along with my own moral compass, I love the positivity buried under the bleak setting (bless the post-post-apocalypse), I love the little environmental stories, I love the Followers they're just so sweet, I love those ghouls on their rockets, I love the super mutants, I love the voice acting, I love every god damn silly throwaway joke or reference, I love "obsidian's gay cowgirl" in the credits, I love retrofuturism, I love all the love in this fucking game, I love making weighty choices, I love getting the gang together for hoover dam, I love Fisto, I love Christine, I love Arcade, I love No-Bark, I love Marcus, I love Veronica, I love Chris, I love Julie, I love the King, I love Dala, I love ED-E, I love the mods, I love the physics bugs, I love kicking Caesar's ass, I love kicking House's ass, I love Yes Man, I love the appliances in owb, I love the ambient music, I love each and every god damn thing about this god damn video game!

Played through Proton on Linux. I'm going to start putting this message on things unless/until an option is added to Backloggd.