Gone Home costs about C$20 and was only two hours long – which happened to be exactly the right length for that particular game. Now, I hate docking marks based on a game’s duration.
And little extras like the new Tesla gun and a fresh holotape game (a simple take on the arcade classic Robotron called – you guessed it – Automotron) don’t increase its length.
Don’t skip any of the patient computer records or staff recordings in the final research facility that’s where the real story in this DLC lies.Īutomatron never quite matches the intrigue and creepy possibilities of the Synth concept introduced in the main game (these robots can’t replace people without their friends and family noticing), but my mind was kept happily occupied pondering things like what it would be like to be a disembodied brain. They touch on the nature of artificial intelligence, dance around relationships between humans and robots (would we ever really consider them more than tools?), and explore the idea of melding man and machine, which ends up giving parts of the game a very Robocop-ish vibe. The new missions aren’t just about robots. Fallout has always been at its best when exploring the darker sides of fascinating sci-fi ideas, and that’s exactly what it does here. The other thing that makes Automatron more meaty than its three-hour play time might suggest is the story itself. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Handy hover-jet before starting the battle again.) (I switched the lower half of her body to a much smaller Mr. She had a heck of a time fitting through standard doors and ended up frequently getting left behind – including the first time I went up against Automatron‘s final boss. For example, I gave Ada Sentry bot legs, turning her into one of those tripod-like robot tanks that you probably encountered in the base game a few times. The only issue I ran into is that it seems parts of the Fallout world weren’t designed with certain types of robots in mind. The required items aren’t particularly exotic, and the developers smartly placed a few robot workbenches inside some of the new facilities you explore, which means you can craft a pretty amazing robo-companion quickly and do it on the go. Happily, making robots turns out to be one of the most compelling crafting activities in the game, second only to power armour modifications. After you build it at a settlement you can use robot schematics gleaned from items scavenged from downed enemies to either modify Ada to your liking or create a new robot companion from scratch.
Bethesda Softworksįor starters, it introduces original crafting possibilities via a new robot workbench. To be fair, though, there’s a bit more to this DLC than just a new quest. It doesn’t even provide much potential to grow your character I started close to level 49 and only earned enough experience to jump up to level 50. It comes off as just another one of the scores of multi-part quests found in the main game. Which means it’s pretty fun. Problem is, the whole thing takes less than three hours to finish. You’ll meet up with a kindly automaton named Ada who quickly becomes a friendly new companion and requests your help in eliminating a new wasteland menace being headed up by a mysterious robot wrangler called the Mechanist.
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