A decent idea for a Fallout game. : Fallout Series Discussion

» Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:14 am

I would like to see one in the setting when the bombs fell, say, you play 2 days and on the third day is when the bombs fell.

» Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:04 am

eh?
No.

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:21 pm

I would like to see one in the setting when the bombs fell, say, you play 2 days and on the third day is when the bombs fell.

You might want to watch Threads (search youtube).

Thing is, there is so much chaos and confusion, that there would be no established entities...no quests, no factions, etc.

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:31 pm

That would be pretty cool, but not only when the bomb falls. Say you start off three days before the bomb and you do minor quest's for people to prepare for the Bomb, or just random quests like delivering items. Then BAM! the bomb falls and you wake up and look around the wasteland, and start the game

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:24 pm

You might want to watch Threads (search youtube).

Thing is, there is so much chaos and confusion, that there would be no established entities...no quests, no factions, etc.

So? how about a fallout game that is just about surviving. It would take place over about 30 years and you would see how the united states changed after the bombs fell.

» Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:29 am

It might be interesting...or it might just degenerate into something akin to 28 Days Later....it really just depends on how it is presented.

» Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:56 am

So? how about a fallout game that is just about surviving. It would take place over about 30 years and you would see how the united states changed after the bombs fell.

30 years ? Hm, I don't really think the Vaults have been opened THAT early. Ausir ?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:30 pm

So you play for 2 days and then you

A. Die from radiation from the bombs.
B. Get stuck in Vaults for many years because you need to wait for the radiation to clear up a bit.
C. Become a Ghoul.

» Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:04 am

30 years ? Hm, I don't really think the Vaults have been opened THAT early. Ausir ?

They have. Vault 29, for example, was opened as early as 2090, and Vault 8 in 2091.

» Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:24 am

I've got deja vu, i swear i've read these exact same posts weeks ago.

I'm not joking

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:40 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the Earth was unlivable for 50 years after the bombs had fallen.

» Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:39 am

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the Earth was unlivable for 50 years after the bombs had fallen.

Not everyone outside of the vaults died, this seems to be a common misconception. Places like the Hub, Junktown and Megaton were founded by people who survived the Great War, as well as many tribals and raiders.

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:13 pm

There are hundreds of better ideas for the next game imo.

It'd be boring to see a bunch of bombs fall and then doing nothing.
If they make it like other FO games, it wouldn't make sense.

» Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:47 am

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the Earth was unlivable for 50 years after the bombs had fallen.

The Majority of the people you meet in any given fallout game did not come from a vault.

» Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:12 am

There are hundreds of better ideas for the next game imo.

It'd be boring to see a bunch of bombs fall and then doing nothing.
If they make it like other FO games, it wouldn't make sense.

what do you mean by "Like other FO games."? Why wouldn't it make sense?

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:37 pm

So? how about a fallout game that is just about surviving. It would take place over about 30 years and you would see how the united states changed after the bombs fell.

It's a different kind of game...a total survival game, and probably a "me against the world" type thing. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not the kind o setting that supports, as I said previously, factions, quests, politics, and Heroic Myth. It's difficult to see how a single individual could really accomplish anything that would impact the world.

I'd say start 20 years after the fall, at which time some social structure would be present.

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:10 pm

"Quickly Jasper, We got to dodge these Atom bombs. Ahh look out!"

Boooom!

No thanks, But this had spirit. And i like spirit.

» Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:39 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the Earth was unlivable for 50 years after the bombs had fallen.

You're wrong. See:

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline