In Fallout 2 you could only get married to a person of the opposite gender, in Modoc.

This has been extensively talked about in several threads, like http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1522152-why-make-it-harder-for-us-to-tell-our-own-story/ and http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1521196-the-implications-of-a-pre-determined-character/. Now i know these are already locked, but the whole discussion on starting as a family man/woman is in there. Having another thread like this is likely to just make it fill up with more needless he-said she-said discussions and posible flame.

We wont know why we start with a married couple and a kid, except for naturaly it being story related, untill the game comes out.

married =/= straight... You can be gay and married with a children too. This was very common as homosixuallity wasn't legal and accepted.

Really?

No one has insulted you and has instead given you a very logical reason as to why Bethesda choose to do it this way.

^ This post here is pretty spot on.

In the era the game is set there was a very set ideal for the way a family should work

Wait...I've seen this movie!

so a "normal" character needs explantion for his existence now? really?

I would assume that being married with a kid would have some importance to the main story. When you consider that your baby's appearance is dependent on the looks of you and your spouse, I would assume your offspring is significant in some way. Bethesda creating such a feature for a minor character does not seem very likely.

Nah you could have a gay marriage of either gender in Modoc.

Why people think having that option is somehow integral to either a Fallout game or RPGs in general is beyond me.

Am I the only one who's going to try a few times making the most hideously ridiculous parents I can just to see how ugly I can make that baby?

I agree, that is pretty absurd.

But the whole topic feels like trolling.

Close it

This topic has been covered many times, this particular thread has been handled badly by some of you so I am closing it.