History VideoGame / TheSomeguySeries

** Encountering [[spoiler:Esther (if you left her alive)]] in ''NVB III'' requires you to choose between letting the character in question ([[spoiler:a ruthless slaver whose escaped justice twice]]) go free in their new life with a family and a home -- or kill the character in question for their misdeeds, which ''also'' ends up causing you to have to kill the character's husband, an unambiguously-good person, in the process.

* NintendoHard: Someguy kicked up the difficulty of ''NVB II'' heavily versus the first installment, with you assaulting entire bases filled and crowded with mooks in heavy armor instead of the original's one-versus-one battles. The other mods tone it down, but only barely. God help you if you go into ''The Better Angels'' without every game-breaking weapon and companion in your arsenal. Likewise for fighting Zimmer in a sword duel without dedicated combat skills and perks.

* WhamLine: During the main quest to track down Red Bear in ''NVB II'', the player is guided to a destination in front of the Sunset Sarsparilla Headquarters, with a solitary note lying in the middle of the courtyard outfront. What follows is a [[spoiler:highly-charged battle with a Ghoul sniper, Charlie Halfcocked, who is permanently cloaked and wielding an Anti-Material Rifle]].

** Marko, based off a reference in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' in an anonymous note. Steven Russell and The Judge both reference him in ''NVB I'', you get to fight his brother, Sergio, as the FinalBoss of ''NVB II'' (though there are bounties that can be taken after the one on Sergio, including at least one that can ''only'' be taken after killing Sergio), and you finally pursue and encounter him in person in ''NVB III''.

** Marko, based off a reference in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' in an anonymous note. Steven Russell and The Judge both reference him in ''NVB I'', you get to fight his brother, Sergio, as the FinalBoss of ''NVB II'', and you finally pursue and encounter him in person in ''NVB III''.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: At the end of ''The Inheritance'', if the player [[spoiler: claimed Zimmer's cache of gold]], the Courier will be approached by various people who have heard of their newfound wealth and ask for charitable donations. One of these is [[spoiler: a woman named Esther, who asks for ten thousand caps to start an orphanage. She actually uses the money to start a child slavery ring, and forces the player to make a SadisticChoice between taking their revenge and saving the kids. What's more, [[KarmaHoudini she gets away scot-free the ''second'' time she runs across the player, too!]] And, even more cruelly, the third time you run into her, she is pregnant and married to a character who is arguably good. If you kill her, he turns on you and you are forced to kill him as well! Though according to her ending slide, yes, she really has given up her evil ways for good this time, so if you leave her be (or shake her and her husband down for some cash first) she at ]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: At the end of ''The Inheritance'', if the player [[spoiler: claimed Zimmer's cache of gold]], the Courier will be approached by various people who have heard of their newfound wealth and ask for charitable donations. One of these is [[spoiler: a woman named Esther, who asks for ten thousand caps to start an orphanage. She actually uses the money to start a child slavery ring, and forces the player to make a SadisticChoice between taking their revenge and saving the kids. What's more, [[KarmaHoudini she gets away scot-free the ''second'' time she runs across the player, too!]] And, even more cruelly, the third time you run into her, she is pregnant and dating a character who is arguably good. If you kill her, he turns on you and you are forced to kill him as well!]]

Someguy has gone on record stating that there are several mods he planned but never released, including the aforementioned ''Siege of Firebase Zulu'' (inspired by ''Film/{{Zulu}}'' and ''Film/TheSiegeOfFirebaseGloria'', among others), ''Sinners and Slaves'' (set during a Legion slave uprising in Flagstaff) and ''Murder Inc'' (a ''VideoGame/Fallout4 mod intended to be a FilmNoir inspired murder mystery/hitman mod, that was set to include GrayAndGrayMorality and the return of Bobby Bass as a quest giver), but these projects were never finished for varying reasons. A

* ImpaledPalm: As part of the KillEmAll sequence, the Courier is shot in the hand by Marko and his thugs during the climactic siege of Frosthill. Afterwards, the Courier suffers a permanent debuff that lasts even after journeying back to the Mojave Wasteland.
* KillEmAll: At the climax of ''NVB III'', [[spoiler:Marco wipes out the entire town of Frosthill, even burying the player, as part of their revenge scheme. That includes killing any companions you've brought to the mission, even vanilla ones!]]

* DynamicDifficulty: Starting with The Inheritance, someguy has put in variables that allow dungeons to change depending on your actions.

[=Someguy2000=] was not pleased with the progress of the mod and decided to remake the mod in ''New Vegas'' under the title ''VideoGame/NewVegasBounties'', which follows The Courier as they enlist in a bounty-hunting operation led by its enigmatic founder, Steven Russell, which puts the player into conflict with a variety of villains and a GreaterScopeVillain in the form of "The Judge", the psychotic leader of a competing company. Though the premise was simple, the mod was well received and became well-known for adding many more quests (filled with [[{{Expy}} pop culture references]]) and hours of gameplay. Two more sequels followed, which added more bounty-hunter quests into the world and expanded the story to focus on The Courier's search for "Marko", an AscendedExtra (mentioned in ''Fallout 3'') who is running a gang of raiders in the Mojave Wasteland and dispatched several assassins to kill The Courier.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Firebase Zulu, a former NCR firebase now under Legion control, is discussed by many important [=NPCs=] throughout every mod, and many know that soon, a war will break out that will heavily influence the Mojave in countless ways. May be turned into YouShouldKnowThisAlready once the main mod comes out and someguy modifies the master file to account for the order in which you do things.

* BigBad: A mysterious man named Marko plays a big role in all the mods... we haven't seen him yet, but he's responsible for nearly everything you face and feared by nearly everyone you encounter.

[=Someguy2000=] was not pleased with the progress of the mod and decided to remake the mod in ''New Vegas'' under the title ''New Vegas Bounties'', which follows The Courier as they enlist in a bounty-hunting operation led by its enigmatic founder, Steven Russell, which puts the player into conflict with a variety of villains and a GreaterScopeVillain in the form of "The Judge", the psychotic leader of a competing company. Though the premise was simple, the mod was well received and became well-known for adding many more quests (filled with [[{{Expy}} pop culture references]]) and hours of gameplay.

Two more sequels followed, which added more bounty-hunter quests into the world and expanded the story to focus on The Courier's search for "Marko", an AscendedExtra (mentioned in ''Fallout 3'') who is running a gang of raiders in the Mojave Wasteland and dispatched several assassins to kill The Courier. The third installment of the series was considered to be one of Someguy's most ambitious projects, moving the action to a new worldspace, Frosthill, and adding a much more focused, linear story about The Courier's remaining chase of, and confrontation with, Marko.

Two more sequels followed, which added more bounty-hunter quests into the world and expanded the story to focus on The Courier's search for "Marko", an AscendedExtra (mentioned in ''Fallout 3'') who is running a gang of raiders in the Mojave Wasteland and dispatched several assassins to kill The Courier. The the third installment of the series was considered to be one of Someguy's most ambitious projects, moving the action to a new worldspace, Frosthill, and adding a much more focused, linear story about The Courier's remaining chase of, and confrontation with, Marko.

* ''VideoGame/{{Russell}}'', a companion mod which adds the eponymous former Desert Ranger and BountyHunter, [[KnightInSourArmor a cynical man who hates the NCR but nonetheless fights for good]], and tasks the player with helping him track down a target named Glanton to a distant canyon. The mod, which is considered content-complete, lacks voices for some characters. Requires Honest Hearts and Lonesome Road DLC installed. Note that the story is complete, but some characters lack voices;

Quite some time ago, some guy named someguy2000 created a mod for ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' called ''Potomac Breakes''[[note]]back then, he was going by the name jarheadwriter2000[[/note]]. He was not pleased with the progress of the mod and decided to re-make the series in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' under the title ''New Vegas Bounties''. Though the premise is simple, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you hunt bounties in New Vegas]], it was well received and became a well-known mod for its great voice acting, deep, lore-friendly story and hard battles. It even became part of the famous ''New Vegas Enhanced Content'' mod.

Soon afterwards, someguy2000 created several more mods, all of which are tied in some way to the original New Vegas Bounties.

Thus was born The Someguy Series. An incredible set of questlines for New Vegas, the stories are all deep and compelling, the voice acting is near if not AT professional level, and the battles are big, [[NintendoHard hard]], chaotic and freaking awesome.

Considered some of the greatest mods in the fandom, the Someguy Series is a must look for anyone who wants to extend their FNV shelf life.

Mods under The Someguy Series:
* Released:
** ''Potomac Breaks Part 1'': Someguy's first mod he made for ''Fallout 3''. The story is about the player working for the regulators as a bounty hunter under the orders of a man known as Marshall Cooper. BroadStrokes canon with the rest of the series.
** ''VideoGame/NewVegasBounties, II and III'': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as described above]]. Designed to be a remake of the planned ''Potomac Breaks'' series.
** ''The Inheritance'': a HeroicBloodshed ish story about a man asking you to deliver a package, and you getting caught up in what happens next.
** ''VideoGame/{{Russell}}'': a companion mod adding the eponymous former Desert Ranger and BountyHunter, [[KnightInSourArmor a cynical man who hates the NCR but nonetheless fights for good.]] Requires Honest Hearts and Lonesome Road DLC installed. Note that the story is complete, but some characters lack voices. Also note that this is the only adult-rated mod, due to massive {{Gorn}}.
** ''King of the Ring'': a boxing mod someguy made as a little side project during the development of New Vegas Bounties 3.
** ''New Vegas Killer'': another bounty hunter mod following the events of NVBI if you [[spoiler: side with Judge Richter at the end.]]
** ''Bad Mothafucka'': A super mutant companion with some rather interesting philosophical points.
** ''New Vegas Bounties III''; the long-awaited conclusion to the New Vegas Bounties series, including a climactic [[FinalBattle final confrontation]] with [[BigBad Marko]].
** ''The Better Angels'': A short epilogue to the New Vegas branch of the series as a whole, centering around dealing with the fallout from the slave uprising that would have featured in ''Sinners and Slaves'' and ''The Siege of Firebase Zulu'', while also wrapping up several other minor plot threads.
** ''Checkpoint Gary'': A minor mod someguy made to cope with "burgeoning madness" that he was suffering while waiting for the then-upcoming ''VideoGame/Fallout4''. The mod puts courier nearby Grand Canyon where the local garrison is trying to repel seemingly never ending swarm of abominations attacking them.

* Upcoming Mods:
** ''Big In Vegas'': Little is known about this New Vegas project at this point, other than it's going to be a collection of random small quests and it's only loosely related to the rest of the series.

* Cancelled Mods:
** ''The Siege of Firebase Zulu'': ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, you would have been hired by the NCR to take part in the siege. Inspired by ''Film/{{Zulu}}'', ''Film/TheSiegeOfFirebaseGloria'', among others, [[WordOfGod someguy2000]] says that GreyAndGreyMorality would have covered the Siege as you and both sides witnessed, and became part of, the horrors of war. Now [[AbortedArc cancelled]] after being stuck in DevelopmentHell; the sheer difficulty of trying to make it work caused someguy2000 [[CreatorBreakdown to quit modding entirely for several months]].
** ''Sinners and Slaves'': which was to be about a Legion slave uprising in Flagstaff.
** ''Murder Inc'': was to be Someguy's first Fallout 4 mod. It was intended to be a FilmNoir inspired murder mystery/hitman mod, that was set to include GrayAndGrayMorality and the return of Bobby Bass as a quest giver. The mod was cancelled after someguy lost his interest towards Fallout 4 and found the new dialogue system difficult to work with.

!! Tropes from the entire series:
* AnachronicOrder: Averted for NVB 1 & 2, played straight for the rest. NVB 2 will not start until you complete NVB 1. The others, however, can be played in any order you wish.
* AscendedExtra: Marko was originally just a mysterious rapist and serial killer mentioned in a note found on the corpse of a wastelander in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' who died trying to track him down for revenge. He becomes the GreaterScopeVillain of the ''Someguy Series'', leaving a trail of innocent victims across the devastated USA, and now commands a small army of psychopaths aligned with Caesar’s Legion. Though unseen in ''NVB I'', he drives the plot, as Randall’s bounty hunting career was triggered by Marko’s rape and murder of his wife and child, and The Judge reports to Marko. He’s still the unseen GreaterScopeVillain of ''NVB II'', and finally shows his ugly face in ''III''.

** Being a native Texan himself, Someguy's mods tend to have a lot more southern characters around than it would make sense in the setting. This gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Bobby Bass in New Vegas Killer

** [[spoiler: In ''Russel'', the heroes managed to save Silverwood from the Legion attack, but Glanton managed to get away with his slaughter of the Sand Wolves, and the aforementioned tribe eventually fragmented, with a few survivors swearing an oath to enact vengeance on Glanton and the Courier who failed to stop him.]]
** [[spoiler: In the end of ''Inheritance'', the Courier can potentially inherit the Enclave gold that everyone was after, but at the cost of Sean Bradley's life, not to mention afterwards, the various folks who want a piece of the treasure themselves, most of them have ulterior and/or malicious intentions.]]
* BountyHunter: Play a big part in all the mods. NVB follows your career as a bounty hunter, Russell follows you helping the guy with a particularly difficult bounty, and several organizations you meet make use of or are against bounty hunting.
* TheBoxingEpisode: ''King of the Ring'' solely consists in playable boxing matches of increasing difficulty.

* TheDreaded: The above mentioned BigBad, Marko.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: According to Dempsey, in ''King of the Ring'' the boxer "Fifty Balls Brennan" starts his fights by punching his opponent in the nuts, and you're strongly advised to wear a protection down there. That's not reflected in his actual fight. Actual ''New Vegas'' gameplay doesn't allow {{Groin Attack}}s.

* NintendoHard: Ohhh boy. Finding NVB I somewhat easy, someguy kicked up the sequel heavily, with you assaulting entire bases filled and crowded with mooks in heavy armor instead of the original's one-versus-one battles. The other mods tone it down, but only barely. God help you if you go into the Better Angels without every game-breaking weapon and companion in your arsenal. Likewise for fighting Zimmer in a sword duel without dedicated combat skills and perks.

* SadisticChoice: Someguy ''loves'' this trope.

* TakeThat: Several scathing rants by various characters are aimed at Lonesome Road villain Ulysses, calling out his tendencies to be wholely self-centered and to ramble on about political anarchy.