By Jim Rossignol on September 3rd, 2009 at 11:31 am.
While on the surface this is act of love… it’s rather peculiar. It’s a Fallout 3 mod created for a single purpose, and a single person: to ask a Fallout 3 player player to marry the girl who – with the help of the Fallout 3 modding community – made it. The full story begins here on the Bethesda forums, and continues here. To cut a very long story short: a video of the marriage proposal mod being played is below. And he said yes.
Thanks to Alex S for the tip.
The Chrono Trigger one was much better.
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haha nice
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That video was a tad long for what should have been 30 seconds.
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Women proposing? Madness!
Also, sounds like a pair of Badly Drawn Boy fans. I don’t know whether their breeding is a good thing or not.
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Man that’s creepy.
I like it.
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There were a lot of things I found quite unsettling about that.
I do like how he started wielding his bat/mace thing before he opened the door for her, though.
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I want to know what the NPC says if he says no.
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You’d have thought for a thing like this they would’ve at least chosen a decent game.
Ooooh.
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Awwww.
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I like the idea behind it, but that girl looked like she had just returned from a round trip to the uncanny valley. Creepy.
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Elman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzgkL_NnmOc&feature=related
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“post-apocalyptic love slave”?
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@Liliput king: You said it bro.
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Genuinely went “Awwwww!” out loud, despite being alone in the flat.
Though “post-apocalyptic love slave” was a bit weird.
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Both of those forum links are the same, Jim.
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As cute as the idea for this was, some of the dialogue was pretty cheesy.
Beth NPC’s prolly aren’t the best for delivering convincing, emotional dialogue, either. Ah well, it’s really great to see this kind of community spirit helping that girl!
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horrid
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That’s creepier than getting stalked by the ghost of your overweight grandma.
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i feel slightly nauseous after that.
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A brave attempt to inject emotion into games.
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If only he’d said yes, and then shot her…
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And in the game.
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Oh sweet jesus, that voice acting makes me want to vomit.
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why…?
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Yeah, that was exceptionally creepy.
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And the Uncanny Valley makes everything better yet again!
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“You saved me. I shall repay you”
*kneels*
I got really scared there :p
And she turns into a limbs ripping monster is you say no… I don’t know what to think about it :p
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But please leave the uncanny valley alone.
There’s no “uncanny valley” in a stiff 3D automaton speaking with a telephone voice.
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yhancik, sounds like you’re getting confused between the uncanny valley and the vulva.
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That was insanely creepy. I wonder what a divorce mod would be like? You get beaten up, half your stuff gets taken away, and then you have to painfully scrape yourself together and try to battle on. A bit like Clear Sky really.
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Finally, you got it here. Jim, I hope you watched the second video on Youtube in which they show what happens if the boy had said “no”.
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Oh boy how sick is this wonderful world!!! What will be the name of the children? Pip boy? nuka-cola?. Meeeeeh!
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Man, here I was thinking that she did an awesome job in audio post making her voice sound like it was coming through a really shit radio, but as it turns out, she just had an incredibly cheap, low-quality microphone. I gave her too much credit!
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Wait. It’s really silly, but also a clear indicator that games ARE art. Anybody here written really bad, soppy love poetry before? This mod’s the same thing. Just, in an ideal world, this stuff doesn’t get published.
I think it’s a sweet expression of her love for her (now?) fiancee. But just like the pet name you might give your beloved [My sweet baby chocolate bunnykins!], it’s nobody’s business but theirs. We shouldn’t have to hear it.
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that was creepy as fuck.
“and now… he’s mine… to.. keep! umehehehehehehe”
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@Jacques : I will from now on follow your advice and replace the first by the second.
It actually makes Rinox & Noc’s comments pretty amusing ;)
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That’s all very well, but you should see the DLC for agreeing who gets the kids after the divorce.
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I wonder what would happen if he used VATS to say no. :-)
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Am I the only one who was waiting for him to shoot her?
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I’ve been expecting him to shooter her by mistake.
Or for Toad to tell him that the princess is in another castle.
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This is very cool. Its original and clever…
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*to shooter her = to shoot her
I’m terribly sorry for that silly typo
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This seems like a sweet gesture, but it’s also very, very cringe worthy. Also why is the Chrysler building suddenly in DC?
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I liked the Little Big Planet proposal better.
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“Hold on, I’m going to save and reload, I’m being evil this play-through.”
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“If only he’d said yes, and then shot her…”
“And in the game.”
Rofl.
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Better than saying no would be the option to quietly walk away and never speak of this incident again. Possibly closing the cell door on the way out.
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Wow, harsh. I didn’t realise we were prohibited from using videogames to express our emotions unless we’ve got a professional sound setup and have been voice acting for some time. I think it’s sweet, and you make do with what you’ve got.
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This is awesome awesomeness! I’m totally re-posting it!
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the fffuuuuuu…
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God, why is the IA from all Bethesda’s games so god awful!!??
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@ Mehhh
Agreed. This one, the voice acting is just to creepy. If she would’ve just talked a wee bit faster it would’ve been less eerie.
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I also found it awesome that he chose to explore the entire building, then go in, and then looted the guy, checked out the desk, and equipped his new stuff before talking to her.
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Huh, when I broke off my first engagement she ALSO turned into a deathclaw and had to be put down. Sad, really.
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That creeps me out on many levels. But hey, if it floats their boats — and obviously it did — then who am I to judge?
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I think it is a cute idea.
The building and models are pretty nice. Also the voice acting of the black pimp-guy was pretty decent if you ignore that he is an slang speaking black guy with some german accent. But who knows that might just be the type of pimp to survive a nuclear war.
The “post-apocalyptic love slave”-line is a bit wierd but I would’t be complaining if I was the fiancee.
I guess she picked Fallout because the guy she wanted to propose to liked it. A less realistic game might have been better to avoid the uncanny valley though.
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It’s just Oblivion wth marriage.
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Well, I just read all three forum threads about this mod, from its inception as a crazy idea of a girl who wanted to propose to her boyfriend in the best way possible, to its premiere, which was after he already proposed to her.
It’s a story with some twists.
Taking that into account, the mod is quite an achievement, especially considering that the girl didn’t have any great vision of how it should be done and that the organization was taken into the hands of the modders.
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ROFL @CMP5
Best Comment in Thread!
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This is gayer than the time Liberace hosted that telivised review of Brokeback Moutain.
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Nice way to propose!
Actually learning how to mod from scratch, and asking for help when needed? Well done, is all that can be said!
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She had to ask? What a wuss, and he is going to eventually be a henpecked wuss
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this is sad…..now i feel sad:(
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This is AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!!! My husband and I play Fallout 3 all the time. I’m an old fashioned girl and would never pop the question myself – but this is SO the way to go! I would love to meet this girl! He’s a lucky guy to have someone so fun and creative – I wish them nothing but the best. To quote the game, “KICK ASS!”
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What is this I don’t even.
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I dunno, when you do these kinds’ve things and then release them to the world it feels about as disingenuous as proposing at a football/baseball game or in some random-ass really public place. You’re doing it for attention, warping the intended purpose.
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