Ulysses | Fallout Lore

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This video will discuss Ulysses, The Divide, The White Legs, Big Mountain and his quest to reawaken America, while erasing his own past.
Ulysses’ story beings in Dry Wells, Arizona, where his tribe The Twisted Hairs encountered Caesar, but unlike the other tribes that were assimilated or eradicated, The Twisted Hairs managed to strike a deal with The Legion and became their scouts, with Ulysses becoming one of the greatest scouts to ever bless The Bull, travelling distances other scouts could only ever dream of.
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  • @Synonymous101
    @Synonymous101 Жыл бұрын

    Burn away the flags. Begin again. Correction: The Courier doesn't have amnesia, but for some reason they don't remember fathering The Divide, maybe they just don't care or perhaps they repressed memories upon learning of it's destruction 🤔

  • @kaidorade1317

    @kaidorade1317

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome back sir! Also I started up New Vegas last week so perfect video topic

  • @wb777

    @wb777

    Жыл бұрын

    Man i had no idea about the base game fact for ulysses.

  • @n49ify1

    @n49ify1

    Жыл бұрын

    There’s you’re signal faint but there

  • @EnclaveEmily

    @EnclaveEmily

    Жыл бұрын

    No.

  • @andyfriederichsen

    @andyfriederichsen

    Жыл бұрын

    I think the Courier nuked the Legion (Dry Wells included) after fighting alongside Ulysses against hordes of marked men, before coming back several times to visit him in the Divide.

  • @technologic21
    @technologic21 Жыл бұрын

    Ulysses had a positive view on Joshua Graham and respected his ability to survive. He remarks that, "Graham earned his life."

  • @Deadsea_1993

    @Deadsea_1993

    Жыл бұрын

    Both men are two sides of the same coin when it comes to Legion. They both have a love/hate relationship with Caesar.

  • @godking5201

    @godking5201

    Жыл бұрын

    @…….V? never played the DLC, but you literally pulled a " No you!" Got any comebacks that a toddler didn't create?

  • @awryy

    @awryy

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Deadsea_1993 not sure if what joshua has can be called a love/hate its more along the lines of revere/hate

  • @joaocarvalho6336

    @joaocarvalho6336

    7 ай бұрын

    Mirroring Kratos's words. You can have your life when you've earned it

  • @lucutes2936

    @lucutes2936

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@Deadsea_1993 should be just hate

  • @ileiad
    @ileiad3 ай бұрын

    "Bull, bull, bear, bear..." I can't bear his bullshit anymore.

  • @dlvldedL

    @dlvldedL

    2 ай бұрын

    i see what you did there

  • @davidhong1934

    @davidhong1934

    2 ай бұрын

    Why? Is that really that unbearabull?

  • @fun_police8011

    @fun_police8011

    2 ай бұрын

    He had such a cool voice but bro could not stop yapping

  • @theveteransergeant

    @theveteransergeant

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@fun_police8011The problem wasn't the volume he talked, it was that most of it was nonsense. He rambles on, accusing the Courier of things the player didn't do (so doesn't remember) and things that, according to the dialog choices, the Courier doesn't even remember doing. Really leaves you, the player, with no way to connect with what's going on, having to listen to the mentally ill man yelling at him like some homeless dude on the corner.

  • @jurnoss

    @jurnoss

    Ай бұрын

    @@davidhong1934im calling the police on u

  • @Subject_Keter
    @Subject_Keter Жыл бұрын

    Play Lonesome Road and take a shot each time you heard Bear and Bull.

  • @chrisestabrooks8197

    @chrisestabrooks8197

    Жыл бұрын

    Bear bull bear bull bear bull bear bull bear bull yes truly insightful dialouge

  • @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz

    @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz

    Жыл бұрын

    End result: alcohol addition and a permanent -250 Intelligence skill.

  • @rejvaik00

    @rejvaik00

    Жыл бұрын

    I died from alcohol poisoning 😅

  • @rhett5058

    @rhett5058

    8 ай бұрын

    Would it be better if he said NCR and Legion each time?

  • @kiel_3222

    @kiel_3222

    4 ай бұрын

    RIP Kidneys Not even the New Vegas medical clinic could fix it

  • @ijneb1248
    @ijneb1248 Жыл бұрын

    I didnt know that wolforn ranch was ulysses' old home, I always thought it was weird to have a super detailed area that was completely abandoned for seemingly no reason

  • @guns6103

    @guns6103

    Жыл бұрын

    Tf I use it as my safehouse

  • @theamazingmeh1759

    @theamazingmeh1759

    Жыл бұрын

    On my first playthrough of the game I used the ranch as a base home. Not knowing of it's previous owner.

  • @everythingisland3170

    @everythingisland3170

    Жыл бұрын

    @@guns6103 wait, what?! can I store stuff in it without it disappearing??

  • @ConzyWonzy1

    @ConzyWonzy1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@everythingisland3170 I think u can store stuff practically anywhere without it disappearing lol

  • @lasarousi

    @lasarousi

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@ConzyWonzy1 there are containers that respawn, those erase your items so be sure where you're putting it.

  • @115madmax
    @115madmax Жыл бұрын

    I love that the two most legendary and mysterious figures in the Mojave, Joshua Graham and Ulysesses, both are fully fleshed out in the DLC campaigns. You get to meet TWO legends. And everything ties back to the Mojave. It’s incredible story telling

  • @manz7860

    @manz7860

    Жыл бұрын

    Honest Hearts was great. Joshua Graham is probably my 2nd fave character after Mr House. Gotta disagree with LR though. I think that DLC is a mess. Giving the courier a fully fleshed out backstory in the 4th and final DLC.......a very strange and frankly, dumb idea.

  • @tobybll

    @tobybll

    Жыл бұрын

    @@manz7860 funny I think the exact opposite. I did not like HH at all. I liked Joshua but he was the only good thing about the DLC. I kinda agree with LR it felt a bit weird but both dont even come close to OWB

  • @notthisyourlight

    @notthisyourlight

    Жыл бұрын

    Hh had great storys but really boring gameplay imo The devide had good storys and great gameplay The big mt had awesome storys but repetitiv gameplay (still fun If you went exploring) Dead money was just perfect even nowadays i like to play nv Just for dead money

  • @ronaldmunoz3121

    @ronaldmunoz3121

    Жыл бұрын

    @@manz7860 Correct me if I'm wrong I think the only backstory they give you is that you unwittingly carried a package through the divide that randomly caused the nukes to go off. I always interpreted it as; it happened after c6 left the area and they didn't even know they did anything.

  • @mikemilligan8461

    @mikemilligan8461

    Жыл бұрын

    Elijah is more mysterious than graham imo

  • @unoriginalperson72
    @unoriginalperson72 Жыл бұрын

    If I had a blue star bottle cap for every high ranking legionary that was exhiled from the legion only to appear as a boss in a DLC I'd have 2 caps.

  • @RandomName893

    @RandomName893

    Жыл бұрын

    Which isn't alot, but it's strange it happened twice.

  • @QuantemDeconstructor

    @QuantemDeconstructor

    11 ай бұрын

    Possibly 3 depending on if you piss off Caesar enough while serving

  • @kexard

    @kexard

    10 ай бұрын

    Malcolm Homes would like to inform you of something…

  • @canberkkizilkaya

    @canberkkizilkaya

    9 ай бұрын

    Ulysses was not exiled from the Caesar's Legion, he just left it to forge his own path after he had been disgusted with himself for what he did to White Legs.

  • @Meurth

    @Meurth

    7 ай бұрын

    Surely "courier" is not a high rank in the legion?

  • @zicse
    @zicse Жыл бұрын

    So basically this guy's backstory is that he completed all the DLCs...

  • @joyboy6752

    @joyboy6752

    4 ай бұрын

    He is tight with bethesda, got early access

  • @AnarchyEqualityPeace

    @AnarchyEqualityPeace

    Ай бұрын

    I think Ulysses is suppose to be like a player character in the world. He was a courier, picks a side, went through all the DLC’s, and even uses stimpacks in your fight with him.

  • @jacksonlucero1025

    @jacksonlucero1025

    Ай бұрын

    Except dead money tho

  • @carlallen6073
    @carlallen6073 Жыл бұрын

    "And now here we stand. Two couriers together at the end of the Lonesome Road"

  • @theconmantube3449

    @theconmantube3449

    4 ай бұрын

    This was our (fallout new vegas) lonesome road (2011)

  • @XDapologist

    @XDapologist

    3 ай бұрын

    And then they lonesome all over the road

  • @flaminggarbage8241

    @flaminggarbage8241

    2 ай бұрын

    In the wasteland. Straight up "loning it". and by "it", haha, well, let's jusr say. My duraframe eyebot

  • @she_love_oso2180
    @she_love_oso2180 Жыл бұрын

    Love how the dlcs are intertwined and still have such depth to them, new Vegas sure was special

  • @rottingpotatoes2483

    @rottingpotatoes2483

    Жыл бұрын

    New Vegas is so rich with lore and storytelling, I really hope it doesn’t end up as the peak of the Fallout series.

  • @charliemiles6722

    @charliemiles6722

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rottingpotatoes2483 it deserves to tbh, great game

  • @forward4703

    @forward4703

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@charliemiles6722sure it deserves it, but it shouldn't be. Fallout as a series deserves more games like new vegas

  • @UltimateGamerCC

    @UltimateGamerCC

    10 ай бұрын

    sadly it will always be the peak, because Todd only cares about money, while Obsidian had passion and they are apt at storytelling.@@rottingpotatoes2483

  • @Chadius_Thundercock

    @Chadius_Thundercock

    3 ай бұрын

    A fallout game with the storytelling of new Vegas with the settlement building of fallout 4 on a bigger scale(instead of one area, maybe you could forge a faction that spans across state lines) is my dream video game. Can even throw in an optional multiplayer mode for people who hate themselves.

  • @vetarlittorf1807
    @vetarlittorf1807 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder what Ulysses would think of the Commonwealth Minutemen.

  • @rinzler12345

    @rinzler12345

    Жыл бұрын

    "the bolt and the musket" i would imagine he would call it

  • @thejunktownsheriffkilliand4800

    @thejunktownsheriffkilliand4800

    Жыл бұрын

    The idiots

  • @drekbleh7081

    @drekbleh7081

    Жыл бұрын

    "New world colonizers sheathed in the cloth of the old word. A Hydra with a thousand heads eger to feast on it foes, that will turn on their own body without enemies to repel"

  • @iceheart1289

    @iceheart1289

    Жыл бұрын

    @@drekbleh7081 really good qoute, but I doubt the minutemen would ever turn on themselves, their a true militia, farmers and workers first, only taking up arms to defend themselves and their friends

  • @drekbleh7081

    @drekbleh7081

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iceheart1289 That's what happened. One of the raider gangs in fallout 4 are former minutemen, before you the group splintered into factionalism, as Ronnie put it everything was fine "Before the idgits took over"

  • @FramesJanco505
    @FramesJanco505 Жыл бұрын

    FINALLY, a video on Ulysses longer than 40 seconds with him skitzing out

  • @chrisestabrooks8197

    @chrisestabrooks8197

    Жыл бұрын

    Bear bull bear bull bear bull bear bull bear bull yes truly insightful dialouge

  • @TheOne-ud8rm

    @TheOne-ud8rm

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chrisestabrooks8197 road flag road flag courier vegas lights road flag bear bear bull bear moment

  • @sotch2271

    @sotch2271

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@chrisestabrooks8197 looks like someone dumped wisdom

  • @pignalio8583
    @pignalio8583 Жыл бұрын

    I think a video exploring the back stories of each member of the think tank at big MT would be interesting

  • @chazzcoolidge2654

    @chazzcoolidge2654

    Жыл бұрын

    Seconding this!

  • @VTOLxEmpire99

    @VTOLxEmpire99

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes sir!!

  • @1th_to_comment.

    @1th_to_comment.

    Жыл бұрын

    Fourthing this

  • @MillieBlackRose

    @MillieBlackRose

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes please!

  • @fobbitoperator3620

    @fobbitoperator3620

    Жыл бұрын

    Include that wonderful jazz soundtrack, & I'll definitely watch it!

  • @TheHockerman
    @TheHockerman Жыл бұрын

    Almost makes me feel bad for decimating him with an anti-material rifle every playthrough

  • @TBM1121

    @TBM1121

    Жыл бұрын

    almost.....

  • @Hadgerz

    @Hadgerz

    Жыл бұрын

    'decimate' is a very apt term, knowing his links to the Legion

  • @seendon5394

    @seendon5394

    Жыл бұрын

    I always think it's cooler to ally with him and fight off the Marked Men.

  • @daskommandantkrieger2503

    @daskommandantkrieger2503

    Жыл бұрын

    Ugh, I only killed him once and felt terrible about it. I very much enjoy fighting along side him against those subhumans.

  • @hermesl9884

    @hermesl9884

    Жыл бұрын

    he is the one person in all 4 of the DLCs i didn't bother trying to save i saw him as irredeemable

  • @themaddoctor1741
    @themaddoctor1741 Жыл бұрын

    Him and Joshua are easily my favorite Fallout characters. I hate how Ulysses gets hate for monologuing, despite the only one in his DLC who can talk

  • @RedStar441

    @RedStar441

    Жыл бұрын

    They hate the idea of actually thinking about what he has to say.

  • @CodexQuinn

    @CodexQuinn

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@RedStar441while I dislike Ulysses, I believe what he said. Neither bull nor bear is a satisfying end. It has to be a third faction, one that incorporates both. A stable leadership, akin to the republic, but a strong leader, similar to Caesar. Maybe his misread views on Hegelian dialectics was absorbed by more than he thought.

  • @ribbon8546

    @ribbon8546

    Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate why he monologues. He's explicitly trying to craft an epic mythos and deeper meaning out of everything that's happening because he honestly just can't accept that shit happens. He even starts the final encounter with his back to you, waiting for you to approach, fully confident that you'll meet him to joust with words before deciding the fate of the world. And absolutely nothing stops you from taking advantage of that by just shooting him in the back of the head. And the weaving of a grand tale of the bear and the bull ends by a dose of reality chambered in .50 caliber.

  • @maxinepricefield

    @maxinepricefield

    Жыл бұрын

    Elijah is my fav then ulysses then joshua

  • @zachjollimore4339

    @zachjollimore4339

    Жыл бұрын

    no one wants to hear the villian rant, and usually its pretty easy to dismiss a villian as a villain and not a person to even listen to.

  • @apach007
    @apach007 Жыл бұрын

    Ulysses is actually a Latin name for Greek hero Odysseus, whose long and eventful journey back home was described in Homer epic poem Odyssey

  • @SpartanK4102

    @SpartanK4102

    Жыл бұрын

    Yea but if you talk to him about his name it's clear that he actually gets it from Ulysses S. Grant

  • @kyplaygaming

    @kyplaygaming

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SpartanK4102 yeah but the fact that it has both meanings is really cool

  • @homerdripson406

    @homerdripson406

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SpartanK4102 I mean considering Ulysses’ plan is similar to the main villain from fallout van buren, who uses an ai called Odysseus to drop nukes on the wasteland, I can’t see that being just a coincidence

  • @meowlentine3342

    @meowlentine3342

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SpartanK4102no, it isn’t, lol it’s a reference to Odysseus by way of James Joyce’s novel.

  • @truefenriz

    @truefenriz

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@meowlentine3342 "History. Yes. Ulysses walked a hard road. A general, like Caesar and Oliver. He was Brahmin-stubborn, gave him strength on the battlefield. He led his side to victory, turned two flags into one. That's when he lost - when the fighting was done, the sickness took hold. Lesson there, if history's to be believed. One you should heed." "War. Call it that. Our part in it. Ulysses wasn't made for the flag he followed. He wasn't made for peace. That's the lesson. If you follow a symbol to the end, ask yourself what that means. More important, ask what happens after the end." Late reply but lol, nope. Ulysses himself confirms he took his name from General Ulysses S. Grant. The skill check from the Courier has the Courier recognise that Ulysses took his name from the historical Civil War General rather than the myth or stories.

  • @drekbleh7081
    @drekbleh7081 Жыл бұрын

    Ulysses: "...what do you mean 'repeat all that again' I'm the only sentient presence here in the scar of this land, why does your attention span wane?" Courier: "I got that 'bullet in brain' condition. Didn't you claim to have a hand in that?" Ulysses: "..."

  • @d.n5287

    @d.n5287

    3 ай бұрын

    His attention span is literally shot to shit.

  • @ItzTwelve0Clock
    @ItzTwelve0Clock3 ай бұрын

    His entire story adds a lot of introspection into the effects that Caesar had inflicted upon the "East" that hadn't really been touched on before - and probably won't be expanded upon in the future The one part, that randomly stuck out to me, is when he mentions his realization, that he finds himself standing exactly where Vulpes had stood; tricking and manipulating another tribe, and perpetuating the cycle of violence and destruction And then having the White Legs absolutely Idolize him and Caesar; being completely tricked into thinking assimilation into Caesar's Legion was something to be proud of. It must have been an absolutely sickening realization, that his carelessness/apathy was giving strength to the same terror that had completely decimated his own tribe/family. He knew exactly what future awaited the White Legs

  • @si1v3rcoyote84
    @si1v3rcoyote84 Жыл бұрын

    This is just me seeing it from a different perspective, but I think that with how Ulyssys is tied with the DLCs, he is also tied with their themes. In Honest Hearts, we are told about what tribal life along the rivers and canyons is and how the assimilation into the Legion was. In a sense, Ulyssys wasn't able to find his peace. He couldn't come to terms with what happened to the Twisted Hairs and the shame of who he is. With Joshua, he was able to change thanks to the Canaanites and soon the courier. In Dead Money, all the characters had to let go of their obsessions. Dog and God with their wanting of freedom and subservience. Dean on the other hand is his greed and pride. Christian is her duty to kill Elijah. While Elijah is his obsession with the Sierra Madre. They change thanks to the Courier. One couldn't let go. Old World Blues is a continuation of obsession, literally using the term "Old World Blues". People who focus on the past, can't even see the future. The last slide in the ending pretty much encapsulates this idea. But that term changes to something with hope and potential. As for Lonesome Road, We know where that road ends and who Ulysses is. He couldn't find his peace, or let go of his obsession with history. Ending with Ulysses dying, or changing his views. Him living can only happen if you put in the effort to understand him. Either a 100 speech check or finding the holotapes of his past, or do ed-e dialogue with trial and error. Leading to him changing his perspective. (Depending on your choice) Nations should be given the chance to continue and let things "flow". Hitting him with "Who are you who does not know your own history." It's like if the ending slide quote "It's sad, war never changes, but men do through the roads they walk. And this road has met its end." was made when he got his answer from the Courier. History may seem like it repeats, or how conflict is hell, but people are the catalyst of it and can change.

  • @KumaoftheForest

    @KumaoftheForest

    Жыл бұрын

    You could say “The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions”

  • @suspiciouschicken
    @suspiciouschicken Жыл бұрын

    Ulysses in a nutshell: .old world .flags .bear and bull .looooong 15 .courier .the divide .THAT machine

  • @Abdelrahman550

    @Abdelrahman550

    13 күн бұрын

    You forgot You blow things up and it's bad and I blow things up and it's good

  • @Meatblasting
    @Meatblasting Жыл бұрын

    I thought his weapon Old Glory was an American flag pole (bald eagle, him liking old American symbols) though I do see the imagery with the Legion’s eagles too

  • @Synonymous101

    @Synonymous101

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, it's a repurposed flag pole that once flew The American flag (if the name is anything to go by) but his connection to The Legion could suggest it was taken from the old world and now represents The Legions courage, or that Ulysses is a big fan of birds, either way it suits his obsession with America quite well!

  • @Meatblasting

    @Meatblasting

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh true, once an American flag, then repurposed for Legion banners sounds most likely. Great vids man!

  • @IceNinja2007

    @IceNinja2007

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Synonymous101 As someone who was in the Navy's Honor Guard; all US flags on carry poles are supposed to be adorned with a Golden Eagle. All other flags are adorned with a Golden Battle Axe, or a Golden Spear Tip.

  • @blackwaltz3135

    @blackwaltz3135

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IceNinja2007 thats interesting to know, thanks for sharing.

  • @RedemptionDenied666

    @RedemptionDenied666

    Жыл бұрын

    Because both Rome and America used eagle standards on flags.

  • @Freebo63
    @Freebo63 Жыл бұрын

    Bear this, bull that. now I can finally know what he’s talking about

  • @unoriginalperson72

    @unoriginalperson72

    Жыл бұрын

    You'd know what he'd mean anyway if you didn't skip all the dialogue and shoot him in the head

  • @andyfriederichsen
    @andyfriederichsen Жыл бұрын

    It would be nice if we knew more about what the community (originally) in the Divide was like. Personally I doubt they were that different from many settlements in the Mojave or even the NCR (which definitely deserves a long video, as it's one of the few factions that could be called a country).

  • @t3hSpAdEs
    @t3hSpAdEs Жыл бұрын

    I think I don’t like Ulysses because they put enough backstory into him to make him on par with Joshua Graham and then they give him a ridiculous motivation of “I’m mad at the UPS man for delivering a package”

  • @the25thprime

    @the25thprime

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s kinda the same but opposite for me. I think his motivation is stupid but it motivated me to figure out why tf he was so obsessed with me🎉

  • @Eggzboss

    @Eggzboss

    Жыл бұрын

    He’s mad at you not for delivering the package but the destruction it caused to what he believed was a new beginning. He wants to kill you because you destroyed his home and hundreds were killed and he wants to make you pay.

  • @the25thprime

    @the25thprime

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Eggzboss That’s true, I wish it made sense to me.. So in the end I have to look at it in that way; like… lol what a drama queen. I love him

  • @souleater4242564kodd

    @souleater4242564kodd

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@the25thprime If you had everything torn away from you and found out it was because couriers literally do not care what they deliver you'd feel the same way The courier is no innocent delivery boy

  • @G-Mastah-Fash

    @G-Mastah-Fash

    9 ай бұрын

    @@souleater4242564kodd So if a postman delivers a knife to someone and that person uses it to stab someone should he be tried for being an accessory to a crime?

  • @ColeTrainStudio
    @ColeTrainStudio4 ай бұрын

    It's important to note the literature/mythological side of the name Ulysses, the Romans' name for Odysseus, the Greek general and king of Ithaca known for his strategic mind and quick thinking. Odysseus is the main character of the Odyssey, a myth about Odysseus on his return journey home from the Trojan war (which lasted 10 years) and, due to many, many things happening, is unable to return home for another 10 years.

  • @dadman3992
    @dadman3992 Жыл бұрын

    One of my favourite characters in this series, I love to cap off a playthrough by meeting up with him for a chat. I find it really interesting that his idea of revenge isn't to kill you but to make you complicit in his plan. With mods on PC you can even recruit him as a companion after talking him down and take him to Hoover Dam for the final battle!

  • @jonathandrawdy9818
    @jonathandrawdy9818 Жыл бұрын

    i’ll always think back to my first play through where i was just about to go to the battle of hoover dam and i went through the dlc and the build up to ulysses was done so well. you see the impact he’s left on people. this courier who’s made all the same journeys you have and then you finally meet this man taunting you while talking philosophy with you

  • @somedudefromTX
    @somedudefromTX Жыл бұрын

    Ulysses is Fallout's version of a college student who was recently introduced to a couple new ideas and can't STFU about them

  • @manz7860

    @manz7860

    Жыл бұрын

    Lmao. Kreia from KOTOR 2 seems like they had just finished their first course in Philosophy. Same annoying, preachy writer....

  • @chilbiyito

    @chilbiyito

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@manz7860 Chris?

  • @fleetwoodcraic4235

    @fleetwoodcraic4235

    Жыл бұрын

    His grand plan is to nuke the ncr and legion to get something better, even though that’s exactly how those factions came to form in the first place

  • @grimmerjxcts2206

    @grimmerjxcts2206

    9 ай бұрын

    Bull and bear

  • @fire418

    @fire418

    7 ай бұрын

    Ain't just about everyone like that in Fallout? Literally Caesar built a whole empire based off of the Roman empire. On fallout 3 there's a cult who's ideology is based around a atom bomb. Fallout 4 baseball stadium and culture? The enclave obsession over America? What makes Ulysses different than any of the personalities or factions, other than the subject they're referring to? The only people in my opinion who express new ideas and change is Mr house and the institute.

  • @TheTinMan2077
    @TheTinMan2077 Жыл бұрын

    Damn Ulysses had more dialogue if he was a companion than the one from Lonesome road!? Obsidian really went ball's deep with this game.

  • @timothypatch5080
    @timothypatch5080 Жыл бұрын

    I love how Ulysses ties into so much of the story and how him and the courier have a past that you the player are completely unaware of and you have to discover, Fallout new Vegas is so lore rich it’s amazing

  • @monstersrelease556
    @monstersrelease55611 ай бұрын

    You know, I would actually love to see some books based on the Fallout universe. And I think you've convinced me that the first one that should be published should be a book about Ulysses, but told in the first person, from his point of view.

  • @seendon5394
    @seendon5394 Жыл бұрын

    Him and Joshua Graham are easily the coolest characters in Fallout.

  • @casey1441
    @casey1441 Жыл бұрын

    Oooohhh this one is going to be good. I’ve always been fascinated by Ulysses and his story. Thanks again for the great content Syn!

  • @vertice2759
    @vertice2759 Жыл бұрын

    i love the story of the courier 6 and ulysses, just so badass and deep

  • @cmdrclassified
    @cmdrclassified Жыл бұрын

    Well done as always, Sir. You have such a great way of bringing the Fallout lore to life. Thank you. o7

  • @All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers
    @All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers Жыл бұрын

    Another tremendous video man, excellent work! Of course, having such a compelling character to write about helps, I'm sure. The Survivalist, Joshua Graham, Ulysses... I think even Tolstoy would be proud.

  • @ginova0817
    @ginova0817 Жыл бұрын

    I recently found your channel and i dont know anything about fallout. I only played the 3rd game a long time ago but your narration is so good it made me stay and i nearly watched every lore video of yours, great content !

  • @ryanbusch2885
    @ryanbusch2885 Жыл бұрын

    I like how Ulysses talks, the how of it, the why of it

  • @yusufyasaf8010

    @yusufyasaf8010

    Жыл бұрын

    Heh

  • @Domdrok
    @Domdrok Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video! I loved how they built his legend throughout the other dlcs.

  • @jonathand8333
    @jonathand8333 Жыл бұрын

    Just wanna say, I absolutely love your videos. Your voice and cadence is very soothing. Thank you for all that you do

  • @jacplac97
    @jacplac973 ай бұрын

    The Flag Bearer The Flag BEAR-er Damnit Sawyer, you did it again.

  • @MegaMadVladMMO
    @MegaMadVladMMO Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video! There were little tidbits in here I never actually knew about. Very interesting stuff both in the story as well as the dev side of things. Keep it up! ^^

  • @mcpossum
    @mcpossum Жыл бұрын

    I can't Begin Again... I can't Let Go You know no matter how many roads we walk, my ❤️ will always be left in The Sierra Madre

  • @wayneigoe6722
    @wayneigoe6722 Жыл бұрын

    Ya know what I wanna see? Ulysess and the Survivalist hang out for a while. I get the feeling that they'd get along fairly well.

  • @MistahMan69
    @MistahMan69 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve noticed that the courier’s amnesia isn’t really amnesia as much as it is minor memory loss, he’s made comments about his past in multiple dialogues.

  • @F3z07
    @F3z07Ай бұрын

    I thought Ulysses was for the clever Greek Odysseus. I guess Ulysses S Grant is a better fit, all considered. Still, the idea of a cunning mind in a constant state of movement and survival was most compelling to me while I played LR. Glad I caught this video.

  • @Shushkin
    @Shushkin Жыл бұрын

    This is going to be a gem. I can feel it!

  • @Myrgiyt
    @Myrgiyt3 ай бұрын

    Watching this video alongside Father Elijah and Joshua Graham ones really blows my mind of how intertwined NV DLC's and main game are

  • @doomslayer1210
    @doomslayer1210 Жыл бұрын

    His boss fight was bloody annoying when a regular human can take multiple fat man shells there’s a problem

  • @ZigealFaust

    @ZigealFaust

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean he's literaly just like you and there are builds that can tank 3+ fatmen point-blank. I love his bossfight cuz it's the only truly challeging one endgame next to the Dr Robotnik wannabe in OWB.

  • @ijneb1248

    @ijneb1248

    Жыл бұрын

    I think ulysses' suffered some sort of mild ghoulification after ed-e blew up the divide since his voice is deep and slightly raspy and he wears a gas mask. That would likely give him some immunity to radiation

  • @unoriginalperson72

    @unoriginalperson72

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ZigealFaust mobius isn't exactly what I'd call a boss

  • @97Crazysteve

    @97Crazysteve

    Жыл бұрын

    I just sneak attack him with an Anti-Material Rifle loaded with explosive rounds, dies in one hit.

  • @buddygettingnutty8351

    @buddygettingnutty8351

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ZigealFaust I just sneak kill him with an Anti-Matarial Rifle because i was like "fuck this"

  • @theskoomacat3106
    @theskoomacat3106 Жыл бұрын

    He's the Bear Bull man but he really is a great character

  • @chrisestabrooks8197

    @chrisestabrooks8197

    Жыл бұрын

    Bear bull bear bull bear bull bear bull bear bull yes truly insightful dialouge

  • @SleepingsGaming

    @SleepingsGaming

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chrisestabrooks8197 yes yes we know his dialouge about the ncr is bland and gets old. but his backstory and his motives makes him a great character.

  • @bocobipbrookiebradgaming7838

    @bocobipbrookiebradgaming7838

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SleepingsGaming this! His in game dialogue might feel like a drag. But that’s some of the best parts of the DLC, it’s a moral fight against him and most of the endings can be won with words,and that’s his strong suit

  • @rhett5058

    @rhett5058

    8 ай бұрын

    @@chrisestabrooks8197this but un ironically

  • @robertjackson5925
    @robertjackson5925 Жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks for the vid. I was watching some of your older vids and seen this

  • @thenewwaydevil
    @thenewwaydevil Жыл бұрын

    thanks man. life is tough these videos help

  • @Grave_of_the_sea
    @Grave_of_the_sea Жыл бұрын

    Been waiting for this one for a LONG time,worth any wait

  • @seanromine3932
    @seanromine3932 Жыл бұрын

    Didn't Ulysses have a shack atop a cliff near a rail tunnel with raiders nearby and a death claw den cave network a little way up the road? Also worth mentioning what happens if he survives the end fight with him. Volunteers to stay behind and keep the creatures there from getting out, teaches you some recipes for medicine and such.

  • @alexrennison8070

    @alexrennison8070

    Жыл бұрын

    Wolfhorn Ranch. You find Chopper there I think.

  • @seanromine3932

    @seanromine3932

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexrennison8070 I was thinking of Harper's shack, I believe it was called. I seem to recall that it as well as Victor's shack might at one point have meant to be Ulysses's shacks or safe houses he had set up but either way. Probably other places too. But still, no idea.

  • @john_doe406

    @john_doe406

    Жыл бұрын

    @@seanromine3932 wolfhound ranches is Ulysses house. It's called that in some non-English versions of the game

  • @seanromine3932

    @seanromine3932

    Жыл бұрын

    @@john_doe406 yes, but if you travel around enough you will find places with his flag painted on them and they tend to have different meanings based on the colors used. I am fairly sure that the shack I mentioned was such a place and that again, though it is specifically not his now, had the game gone the other direction and kept him as a companion, then perhaps they would have been tied to him further than a logo. Wolf horn ranch is indeed his actual at home property, but safe houses or whatever is just a really good idea. Considering how well traveled he is, harder to believe that he wouldn't have more. .

  • @aedynhenderson8625
    @aedynhenderson86253 ай бұрын

    Dude your lore videos are fucking incredible you write these so well and in such an easy to digest way keep it up brother

  • @preyingtig3r493
    @preyingtig3r493 Жыл бұрын

    I love these lore videos. I've been binge watching these every day now.

  • @ronicareviews
    @ronicareviews Жыл бұрын

    Ulysses is one of my favourite characters in Fallout and in video games in general. Nice work on this video, can't wait for the next one! Genuinely love your content.

  • @elic1356
    @elic1356 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, well worth the wait!

  • @Calhouned
    @Calhouned Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for giving Ulysses the attention he deserves. He and Lonesome Road get wayyy too much hate IMO

  • @Calhouned

    @Calhouned

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Vaultboy-ke2jj maybe it’s my fault for hanging out on Reddit too much, haha

  • @KnightAarant

    @KnightAarant

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Vaultboy-ke2jj I rarely see people rate it highly on any forum New Vegas discussion tends to happen on. Most people like Old World Blues, but recently Dead Money has been getting a bit of a resurgence of respect from people. Lonesome Road is often disliked for it being a "corridor shooter with an edgy character", and Honest Hearts is seen as tedious.

  • @Glassandcandy
    @Glassandcandy3 ай бұрын

    I always wonder if the NCR nuking the divide really was “accidental” or not.

  • @vhg8976
    @vhg8976 Жыл бұрын

    YES!!!! I remember messaging you about doing a video on Ulysses.

  • @chillemdafoe1738
    @chillemdafoe1738 Жыл бұрын

    As someone getting into fallout again your content is soooooooooo on time immediate subscription

  • @Kelnor277
    @Kelnor277 Жыл бұрын

    A general, sent to conquer and assimilate a foreign province. Who accidentally earned the loyalty of his new soldiers, more so than their loyalty to the republic or the ceasar. Then left it all to farm for a bit until he was needed again. He’s like an amalgamation of a lot of different Roman generals and politicians. Crazy I didn’t notice that.

  • @zhalosc
    @zhalosc Жыл бұрын

    the way uylysses speaks in vague metaphors makes him the lore ive been most interested in for a while now, glad we finally get a video like this

  • @inktoxicant
    @inktoxicant Жыл бұрын

    Ulysses has to have one of my favorite voices of any video game character

  • @TheWanderer2287
    @TheWanderer2287 Жыл бұрын

    excellent video, made me appreciate Ulysses a lot more!

  • @josejuancerdabarraza3544
    @josejuancerdabarraza3544 Жыл бұрын

    Wow after seeing the history of Ulysses and what he had done the courier doesn't seem to be that bad, like for what we know before being shot by Benny he was just some random guy with not so good luck

  • @UpholdBlindfold
    @UpholdBlindfold Жыл бұрын

    Was just on a lonesome road kick! Perfect vid to chill out too

  • @Titamagotchi
    @Titamagotchi Жыл бұрын

    Your voice is so soothing and tailored for this kind of lore videos, keep going !

  • @mr.orwell5680
    @mr.orwell5680 Жыл бұрын

    Ulysses Ulysses souring though all the….! Wait a minute, wrong guy.

  • @therealswarvey
    @therealswarvey Жыл бұрын

    He walks a lonely road, the only road the couriers ever known

  • @mirage_goodmen2259
    @mirage_goodmen2259 Жыл бұрын

    Great vid man

  • @madzod0076
    @madzod0076 Жыл бұрын

    Would've been interesting if they made Ulysses surviving the canon ending and having him travel to the commonwealth and learning about vault 111 and him deciding to wake up to sole survivor as a way of waking America back up to see what would happen. There'd be no forced parent angle and I imagine more freedom in the story and maybe even the potential of Ulysses as a companion

  • @litbananakong6575

    @litbananakong6575

    Жыл бұрын

    Does he not survive the canon ending? I always thought the Courier ended up sparing Ulysses and launching the nukes on both (Independent type of ending) and Ulysses just kindve chills around after that

  • @Ludwig_Perpenhente

    @Ludwig_Perpenhente

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@litbananakong6575 no one really knows what happens to Ulysses. Much like how no one can say for certain who really won the Second Battle for Hoover Dam

  • @bones._
    @bones._3 ай бұрын

    THE 🅱️EAR AND THE 🅱️ULL

  • @hallamhal
    @hallamhal Жыл бұрын

    I forgot just how much of a... what's the villian version of a Mary Sue? How much of a that that Ulysses is 😆

  • @passenger7262
    @passenger7262 Жыл бұрын

    Great like always

  • @AnInsaneOstrich
    @AnInsaneOstrich3 ай бұрын

    Fun Thing about the Twisted Hairs braids and the White Leg's mimicry of them, the Twisted Hair's braids somehow told stories, achievements and tales. So when the White Legs copied Ulysses's braids they were copying the look without any of the meaning. Kind of like how people get Chinese or Japanese words tattooed on to themselves with little regard as to what those words actually mean. So to Ulysses the White Legs had a bunch of gibberish growing out of their heads.

  • @Tumbledweeb

    @Tumbledweeb

    2 ай бұрын

    They didn't know about the meaning behind the hairstyle because Ulysses never explained it to them. He's a fucking idiot.

  • @grahammilner3594
    @grahammilner3594 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video

  • @darkkrandavid9753
    @darkkrandavid9753 Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see a video on the Raiders and Slavers of Paradise Falls!

  • @nathanlynch9634
    @nathanlynch9634 Жыл бұрын

    Ulysses is one of those people in fallout who really speaks his mind about the world they’re in.

  • @godking5201

    @godking5201

    Жыл бұрын

    Not really. Dudes cryptic. Wastelander: Why the hell did you kill my wife?!? Ulysses: Bull bear bull bear, do you actually love her? There are multiple ways to love someone. Do you love them as you would your mother, or sister, or the forbidden cousin love? Do you love her like a daughter, or a slave? Do you know what a " Wife" is? They cook. They clean. They make sure their man is always being pleasur... Wastelander: Shoots gun. Wastelander: Even if he told me, the way he is doing it, isn't worth the headache. I have to survive, being food to our children, and have a wife to bury. Keep your stupid riddle ass answers. That's essentially my take on him after the first time playing.

  • @nathanlynch9634

    @nathanlynch9634

    Жыл бұрын

    @@godking5201 that’s his mind too me.

  • @gumballsseizure8430

    @gumballsseizure8430

    11 ай бұрын

    @@godking5201 tbh he is a tribal and like a lot of characters say most tribes haven’t spoke English in ages So they used other ways to talk (ie braids)

  • @SubjectDelta20
    @SubjectDelta20 Жыл бұрын

    My fav thing to do in NV when attacked by legionnaire assassin's is to cut each body into five pieces and leave them all in a pile in the road, for the next group of Legion to see.

  • @HovektheArtist
    @HovektheArtist Жыл бұрын

    How fitting, ive been doing a new run with the new california prequel mod, and i just hit halfway through lonesome road when this popped up

  • @angryyoutuber8013
    @angryyoutuber8013 Жыл бұрын

    Another banger as usual.

  • @Dellloga
    @Dellloga Жыл бұрын

    Who knew Wolfhorn Ranch was Ulysses Home? Now I need to know more about Lone Wolf Radio.

  • @zacharymitchell5190
    @zacharymitchell5190 Жыл бұрын

    Loved Ulysses. Such a great character

  • @some_shitposting_idiot3023

    @some_shitposting_idiot3023

    Жыл бұрын

    Except he really isn't Dude just spouts a bunch of shit you have no reason to care about as you have zero clue what he's talking about And then decides he's gonna nuke people just cause

  • @chrisestabrooks8197

    @chrisestabrooks8197

    Жыл бұрын

    Bear bull bear bull bear bull bear bull bear bull yes truly insightful dialouge

  • @carter_420

    @carter_420

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chrisestabrooks8197 bot?

  • @zacharymitchell5190

    @zacharymitchell5190

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m sorry all I’m hearing is little children whining. 100% didn’t ask anyones opinion. Made a statement, and y’all got your panties knotted up.

  • @thisprojectisretired1164
    @thisprojectisretired11642 ай бұрын

    "Nooo don't launch the nuke, Ulysses. I wanna do it too."

  • @station992
    @station9923 ай бұрын

    I still don't remember how activated the bombs in the divide 😂

  • @Laxhoop
    @Laxhoop11 ай бұрын

    Ulysses and Joshua are obviously a taste of the depth the Legion could have had, if the devs hadn’t stupidly asked for only a year of development time, resulting in most of the legion’s depth being scrapped in favor of them just being the obviously evil faction for role-playing purposes.

  • @jeph115
    @jeph1152 ай бұрын

    Probs the best explanation for Ulysses, Nice work 👍

  • @Synonymous101

    @Synonymous101

    2 ай бұрын

    Glad it helped! 😁👍

  • @college54114
    @college54114 Жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @steveharrison76
    @steveharrison76 Жыл бұрын

    I like Ulysses. He’s a handy container for my sniper rifle bullets.

  • @Spiyder11
    @Spiyder112 ай бұрын

    If you are playing a Bad Karma Courier, seeing their destruction of the Divide is just marveling at their artwork

  • @mrdragon4765
    @mrdragon4765 Жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed this Thank You

  • @VaciliNikoMavich
    @VaciliNikoMavich Жыл бұрын

    Unlike many others, I like Ulysses. Always spared him and fought alongside him.

  • @superspartan243
    @superspartan243 Жыл бұрын

    Bear. Bull. Bear. Bull. Bear. Bull. Old World. Courier. Bear. Bull. Bear. Bull. The Divide. Bear. Bear. Bull. Bull.

  • @Spaceesquid
    @Spaceesquid Жыл бұрын

    Woohoo now I have something good to watch while im at the Hospital.. Keep up the great work!

  • @mrbirb

    @mrbirb

    Жыл бұрын

    what are you in for?

  • @CabalCorporation
    @CabalCorporation Жыл бұрын

    Ah, I hope the cut dialogues resurface one day.

  • @doctorwho742

    @doctorwho742

    Жыл бұрын

    We need triangle city for this

  • @bobbyhill7948
    @bobbyhill7948 Жыл бұрын

    I just played this DLC for the 1st time in 6 or 7 years I forgot how much he monologs

  • @sgtstr3am785
    @sgtstr3am785 Жыл бұрын

    I swear this channel is Fallout flavored heroin straight into my veins. You've got Attenborough vibes and I hope you know how fresh your videos are in our content drought.

  • @thathistoryguy3201
    @thathistoryguy32012 ай бұрын

    Great video BTW informative and clear

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