The Unity

[ghostdansing]

I like Bethesda games. I still play Fallout 76 occasionally. That said, I've gone to the Unity and experienced that game mode. While and interesting concept, Bethesda has to really do something to flesh-out that do-loop, groundhog day, gee I lost everything including access to all the other missions feeling you get when you go to the Unity.

I was there, understand it, and may go back. But frankly, I loaded a game previous to my Unity adventure because i want to experience the more developed pallete available pre-Unity.

[Krash Megiddo]

I don't go to the Unity until I'm ready to start a new game, keeping my level, powers and skills. I spent a few hundred hours completing every interesting quest I could find. The most painful part of starting over for me is giving up the custom ship, outposts and gear I built. I got the ship rebuilt and better than before. Still working on the gear, but that makes it fun all over again.

[EzRyder]

exactly, this isnt 'part of' the story its the Ending

if your not ready and willing to Start Over with a New Game, then go have a look at the Unity but walk away and continue playing your current game

you can go to the Very last scene and turn away and Not start a new game, meaning you can see the end and keep playing without loosing anything

[LeftIsBest-James]

Unlock all researech/powers/skills first.

Your best game is your first.
Your second best game is where you say: "okay, one finial run, an' I'm done."

everything else in between is not as good.

[Bored Peon]

You can go to the Unity any time you want after you have all 24 pieces. You can also leave and come back later. Which if you do go back then you get a conversation with your companions you took with you onboard about their Unity epxerience.

Personally, I have been creating a save at the end of each NG so I have all my ship designs should I want to retrieve or make a guide to building them.

Although I wish the alternate variant universes were not so stupidly rare. It makes no sense to be stuck repeating the same one most of the time. I mean you see four different universes in the main story (You died on the Eye, Other Barrett was from one where the Colony War is still going, the Hunter is from one where he won, the Emissary is one from where the Emissary won) yet out of my NG+ I keep getting the same variant.

[jerrypocalypse]

Honestly, I really like the idea of it. I do wish we could change our background and traits when passing through the Unity, however. I would like to continue the Unity thing while also being able to experience different background dialogue and different traits effects. It could be viewed as the part of us staying behind being replaced with bits of the new universe, since they make it clear you "lose" part of yourself to your existing universe when you pass through.

But I actually love losing all my ships and gear. One of my favorite parts of BGS games is slowly accumulating my "stuff", so being able to keep my skills while having a "story" reason to start from scratch gear-wise is a lot of fun to me.

[jerrypocalypse]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Other Barrett was from one where the Colony War is still going

Interesting, I didn't get that one in mine.

[Tex_Recoil]

First game play, did the unity thing and was a little, put off by it. I cant tell you what it was but I felt unaccomplished as a player. I really not into the whole power thing, Felt like I was playing Star Wars with a twist. For me I think I would have felt better if the game would have stayed a little more grounded to its roots. A mystery to solve, solve it (find Dad) something simple. Plus there a lot of cut content still floating around in the game that pop's up from time to time. I guess this feels like a console game and not a pc to me. My 2 cent worth.

[Krash Megiddo]

Originally posted by EzRyder:

you can go to the Very last scene and turn away and Not start a new game, meaning you can see the end and keep playing without loosing anything

After making this choice^ can we then go back anytime and start another NG?

[EzRyder]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Originally posted by EzRyder:

you can go to the Very last scene and turn away and Not start a new game, meaning you can see the end and keep playing without loosing anything

After making this choice^ can we then go back anytime and start another NG?

Yes most certainly

go see the Unity but Dont walk into the light (its more a ball, but u will see what i mean) - instead walk away (into the stars i think he calls it) and you return to the old game With all the Artifacts in your pocket (so put them in your ship and you can return anytime)
afaik you could go back to unity indefinately without going 'into it'

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by jerrypocalypse:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Other Barrett was from one where the Colony War is still going

Interesting, I didn't get that one in mine.

Well it is a quick line between the two, Other Barrett comments it has been going on for twenty years now. It may have been missed if you picked dialogue option 1 first.

You can use Precognition to see conversation options before choosing them.

[jerrypocalypse]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by jerrypocalypse:

Interesting, I didn't get that one in mine.

Well it is a quick line between the two, Other Barrett comments it has been going on for twenty years now. It may have been missed if you picked dialogue option 1 first.

You can use Precognition to see conversation options before choosing them.

When did this happen for you? I don't recall a bit where I had multiple Barretts. Was it during the part at the buried temple where you get sent to alternate realities (the same place you saw the version you that died)?

[Trump G.O.A.T-POTUS]

On my 4th NG+, this game is awesome.

[Action Man]

Originally posted by jerrypocalypse:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Well it is a quick line between the two, Other Barrett comments it has been going on for twenty years now. It may have been missed if you picked dialogue option 1 first.

You can use Precognition to see conversation options before choosing them.

When did this happen for you? I don't recall a bit where I had multiple Barretts. Was it during the part at the buried temple where you get sent to alternate realities (the same place you saw the version you that died)?

Barrett has a quest to go to one of the temples to see if he can use its power the way the player can. After finishing the temple, another Barrett is summoned and they have a brief chat. Other Barrett mentions the war is going on, and that his spouse is still alive.

[jerrypocalypse]

Originally posted by Action Man:

Originally posted by jerrypocalypse:

When did this happen for you? I don't recall a bit where I had multiple Barretts. Was it during the part at the buried temple where you get sent to alternate realities (the same place you saw the version you that died)?

Barrett has a quest to go to one of the temples to see if he can use its power the way the player can. After finishing the temple, another Barrett is summoned and they have a brief chat. Other Barrett mentions the war is going on, and that his spouse is still alive.

Huh, I wonder what triggers that. I never had that come up in the main story.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by jerrypocalypse:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Well it is a quick line between the two, Other Barrett comments it has been going on for twenty years now. It may have been missed if you picked dialogue option 1 first.

You can use Precognition to see conversation options before choosing them.

When did this happen for you? I don't recall a bit where I had multiple Barretts. Was it during the part at the buried temple where you get sent to alternate realities (the same place you saw the version you that died)?

Oh....you had one of two things happen:
1. Barrett died during High Price to Pay which forfeited the quest to get him an artifact power.
2. You got slapped with the bug where it just did not even give you the quest to get Barrett an artifact power. (My friend got hit with this.)

The goods news is if you chose skip Main Quest in NG+ it should be one of the first conversations with Barrett.