I feel insane. Only 35% of people enjoyed this DLC? I can't help but feel all the hate is completely unwarranted.
The story was fun. It wasn't deep, and it wasn't groundbreaking. But it was fun, creative, and it had a nice few choices. The voice acting was great as always, classic Wasteland humour shined through like always
The objective-based combats I thought were a great breath of fresh air, shifting the dynamic of combat, forcing me to think differently about them and make the gameplay feel fresh. If you play this DLC when it's meant to be played, that is just before the end, you should be levelled and geared up more than enough to do fine. None of the combats took me too long to complete, though granted, I specced one of my rangers with as much speed as I could before I even knew this DLC existed.
Finally, the dreaded Holy Radiation status effect. While it is unavoidable that you'd get any, you can easily pick and choose which rangers to irradiate and which not to. It's really not nearly as debilitating as some make it sound. It also ties into the story and represents a condition for many a dialog or story choice, which is something I really liked. Plus I cannot imagine a playthrough of this DLC where the player wouldn't have more than enough items to remove all of it at the end and still make a bunch of weapons with them.
There was one minor thing I disliked (a spoiler, so I won't specify), but not even that strongly. I honestly cannot fathom the hate bandwagon in the reviews here. The DLC does NOT deserve a "Mostly Negative" review by any means. If you are even slightly open minded to playing around with mechanics that differ from the rest of the game, something I personally believe is a good thing to put in a DLC, then give the Holy Detonation a chance.
RIP Roadkill, long live Pustule.
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