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.
03/09/2009 at 11:41 Cutman says:
The Chrono Trigger one was much better.
03/09/2009 at 11:43 alastair says:
haha nice
03/09/2009 at 11:45 Comment system, what comment system? says:
That video was a tad long for what should have been 30 seconds.
03/09/2009 at 11:48 Bhazor says:
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.
03/09/2009 at 11:53 Lyndon says:
Man that’s creepy.
I like it.
03/09/2009 at 11:55 Ian says:
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.
03/09/2009 at 12:02 Elman says:
I want to know what the NPC says if he says no.
03/09/2009 at 12:02 Lilliput King says:
You’d have thought for a thing like this they would’ve at least chosen a decent game.
Ooooh.
03/09/2009 at 12:10 Mike says:
Awwww.
03/09/2009 at 12:18 Rinox says:
I like the idea behind it, but that girl looked like she had just returned from a round trip to the uncanny valley. Creepy.
03/09/2009 at 12:20 TelefonHonda says:
Elman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzgkL_NnmOc&feature=related
03/09/2009 at 12:22 Gap Gen says:
“post-apocalyptic love slave”?
03/09/2009 at 12:25 GJLARP says:
@Liliput king: You said it bro.
03/09/2009 at 12:32 Lewis says:
Genuinely went “Awwwww!” out loud, despite being alone in the flat.
Though “post-apocalyptic love slave” was a bit weird.
03/09/2009 at 12:37 roBurky says:
Both of those forum links are the same, Jim.
03/09/2009 at 12:45 Cathartis says:
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!
03/09/2009 at 12:47 Q says:
horrid
03/09/2009 at 12:48 Joe Martin says:
That’s creepier than getting stalked by the ghost of your overweight grandma.
03/09/2009 at 12:56 The Sombrero Kid says:
i feel slightly nauseous after that.
03/09/2009 at 12:59 DMJ says:
A brave attempt to inject emotion into games.
03/09/2009 at 12:59 Surgeon says:
If only he’d said yes, and then shot her…
03/09/2009 at 13:01 Heliocentric says:
And in the game.
03/09/2009 at 13:06 Jacques says:
Oh sweet jesus, that voice acting makes me want to vomit.
03/09/2009 at 13:19 sana says:
why…?
03/09/2009 at 13:36 Debaser says:
Yeah, that was exceptionally creepy.
03/09/2009 at 13:41 Noc says:
And the Uncanny Valley makes everything better yet again!
03/09/2009 at 13:43 yhancik says:
“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
03/09/2009 at 13:49 yhancik says:
But please leave the uncanny valley alone.
There’s no “uncanny valley” in a stiff 3D automaton speaking with a telephone voice.
03/09/2009 at 14:00 Jacques says:
yhancik, sounds like you’re getting confused between the uncanny valley and the vulva.
03/09/2009 at 14:02 Ubernutz says:
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.
03/09/2009 at 14:07 Raziel_axd says:
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”.
03/09/2009 at 14:12 Colonos says:
Oh boy how sick is this wonderful world!!! What will be the name of the children? Pip boy? nuka-cola?. Meeeeeh!
03/09/2009 at 14:25 Joe The Wizard says:
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!
03/09/2009 at 14:43 Clockwork Harlequin says:
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.
03/09/2009 at 15:01 fearian says:
that was creepy as fuck.
“and now… he’s mine… to.. keep! umehehehehehehe”
03/09/2009 at 15:05 yhancik says:
@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 ;)
03/09/2009 at 15:07 torchedEARTH says:
That’s all very well, but you should see the DLC for agreeing who gets the kids after the divorce.
03/09/2009 at 16:00 Wolfox says:
I wonder what would happen if he used VATS to say no. :-)
03/09/2009 at 16:43 Daniel Klein says:
Am I the only one who was waiting for him to shoot her?
03/09/2009 at 16:52 yhancik says:
I’ve been expecting him to shooter her by mistake.
Or for Toad to tell him that the princess is in another castle.
03/09/2009 at 16:52 Marty Dodge says:
This is very cool. Its original and clever…
03/09/2009 at 16:53 yhancik says:
*to shooter her = to shoot her
I’m terribly sorry for that silly typo
03/09/2009 at 16:53 Rummy says:
This seems like a sweet gesture, but it’s also very, very cringe worthy. Also why is the Chrysler building suddenly in DC?
03/09/2009 at 18:36 Mehhh says:
I liked the Little Big Planet proposal better.
03/09/2009 at 18:42 Anthony Damiani says:
“Hold on, I’m going to save and reload, I’m being evil this play-through.”
03/09/2009 at 19:15 Joseph says:
“If only he’d said yes, and then shot her…”
“And in the game.”
Rofl.
03/09/2009 at 19:55 sinister agent says:
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.
03/09/2009 at 20:54 Serenegoose says:
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.
03/09/2009 at 21:02 Alaric says:
This is awesome awesomeness! I’m totally re-posting it!
03/09/2009 at 21:11 Nallen says:
the fffuuuuuu…
03/09/2009 at 22:13 Tiago Sá says:
God, why is the IA from all Bethesda’s games so god awful!!??
03/09/2009 at 23:40 Player2 says:
@ 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.
04/09/2009 at 00:14 Derek K. says:
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.
04/09/2009 at 00:36 solipsistnation says:
Huh, when I broke off my first engagement she ALSO turned into a deathclaw and had to be put down. Sad, really.
04/09/2009 at 01:19 Jambe says:
That creeps me out on many levels. But hey, if it floats their boats — and obviously it did — then who am I to judge?
04/09/2009 at 01:32 Boldoran says:
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.
04/09/2009 at 02:35 CMP5 says:
It’s just Oblivion wth marriage.
04/09/2009 at 06:50 Ozzie says:
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.
04/09/2009 at 07:07 Roritharr says:
ROFL @CMP5
Best Comment in Thread!
06/09/2009 at 02:24 Matt says:
This is gayer than the time Liberace hosted that telivised review of Brokeback Moutain.
06/09/2009 at 02:37 Kirrus says:
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!
07/09/2009 at 03:59 Possum says:
She had to ask? What a wuss, and he is going to eventually be a henpecked wuss
19/09/2009 at 19:29 inaccessible says:
this is sad…..now i feel sad:(
23/09/2009 at 19:54 Lateefah says:
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!”
17/10/2009 at 18:53 Barnz says:
What is this I don’t even.
17/10/2009 at 19:15 Nimdok says:
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.