alright, so, I was playing dead money the other day-its an expansion for "fallout;new vegas"-and I was working SO GODAMN HARD ON GETTING THE PERFECT ENDING and I almost-ALMOST had it, and then I had to make a speech check to make dog back down and not explode himself and the sierra madre, and the requirement was 75 skill points in speech.
this is where the frustration kicks in:
I ONLY HAD 74 SKILL POINTS IN SPEECH.
and so, when all was said and done, I watched as the ending cutscene showed all my companions setting off for a better life, and then got treated to what boiled down to
"dog died. your fault. HAVE A NICE DAY."
my brain procceded to explode.