Will Fallout Franchise take place forever in USA territory o : Fallout Series Discussion

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:42 pm

Actually, the idea I think would be not to base the game outside the US, but have a few quests and whatnot go outside the US while the Main Quest stayed "home".

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:12 pm

The prewar era which is central to the atmosphere of Fallout is all about the cold war, McCarthyism and American 50s pop culture. Placing Fallout in a different country would be detrimental to this, so I don't think that would be a good idea.

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:56 am

I could see a spinoff series in the FO universe, be sure they stick to FO canon, change the title ext ext. Actually I WANT to see this.

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:29 am

I liked what Interplay was doing and advancing slowly across the US, till Bethesda jumped the gun and went straight to the east coast.

I kinda figured in Interplays hands it would have gotten there by Fallout 4 or 5. Then by Fallout 6 or Fallout mmorpg (which by the way interplay said they were MAKING IT! SWEEEEEET! Although expect years to see it and hope they don't stabs us in the back again and sell it) we would be in another country, most likely China, as they seemed the main force outside of your own US factions you would run into.

Maybe play as an Enclave soldier or even a New California Republic Ranger with captured Vertibird tech from Navarro investigating what happened to "the other side".

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:10 am

The prewar era which is central to the atmosphere of Fallout is all about the cold war, McCarthyism and American 50s pop culture. Placing Fallout in a different country would be detrimental to this, so I don't think that would be a good idea.

A Fallout spin-off set in e.g. the Soviet Union can be all about the cold war, Stalinism and Soviet 50s socialist realism.

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:22 am

Moriarty came from oversea (you can find out in the game) so yes, I think it's feasible.
I get the points regarding Vault-Tech and the USA related stuff, but as someone else stated the game is called Fallout, not Vault-Tech Land or USA gets bombed.
Besides, I think introducing new areas could add much more to the franchise.
Expanding the Fallout universe would be awesome and it would also be a touch of fresh air while shedding new info about what happened to the rest of the world.

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:09 am

I still think a game set in Britain would be awesome. You could still go to America, only this time to restore British dominance. That can be an epic side quest, ending in an inspiring cutscene as the Union Jack slowly rises over the ruins of the white house. The main quest can be an even more epic and inspiring quest to maintain the British sovereign, even through the flames of nuclear devastation.

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:49 am

I hope to god they never cut the US out of any Fallout games. BTW... you could go to Mexico in Fallout 1. Really, with American Propaganda being such an integral part of the Fallout Universe, I don't see them putting the game in a different setting. If you want to hear about China or Europe, I am sure they can have more characters travel to the North American Continent bringing news of the condition of other countries with them. We might see Canada... they were, after all, brutally annexed into the Union. Perhaps Alaska, but that seem unlikely.

No... the remenants of pure corporate corruption and 1950's USA inspired propaganda facism are what really drives the Fallout series for most of us. If they DID put a game in another setting, eh... I would probably end up buying it. They have the fan base for one set in Eastern Europe... I wouldn't expect to see much more of Vault-Boy, the Enclave, or Super Mutants. No BOS... but it would be funny to see French Power Armor. Still... perhaps the Enclave would have a presence in Germany. Who knows? The real issue is finding the appropriate flavor for that area, getting good Voice acting, and making it mesh with the current Fallout Universe.

I don't think you could ever (nor would they ever) cut the US or the BOS out of the Fallout Series. It's too integral, and I agree that it would ruin the game, however I could see the BOS expanding its influence into Canada, South America (through Mexico of course) or even oversees. And while there would be no Vaults, that's not to say there couldn't be some European (South American) equivalent...

I actually think it would be a fantastic direction to take the game it would give the game greater longevity, plus the good old USA (or at least its militaristic descendants) could finally realize its potential and conquer the world

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:09 pm

The game's core aesthetic is the future imagined via 1950's American society.

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:14 pm

I don't think you could ever (nor would they ever) cut the US or the BOS out of the Fallout Series.

The Brotherhood of Steel is not integral to the series. It was important in Fallout 1, but not critical, and it was much less important in Fallout 2, where they're not even the only means of getting a power armor anymore. It wasn't until the spin-offs that the games become centered around this faction, originally isolationistic and limited to one bunker. In fact, I hoped that Fallout 3 wouldn't include them at all, and instead introduce some other interesting power armor-using factions descended from the US Army. I very much hope for no BoS in Fallout 4.

The game's core aesthetic is the future imagined via 1950's American society.

Yes, but I don't see why a Fallout spin-off couldn't show e.g. the future of the Soviet Union as imagined by 1950s Russian science fiction.

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:24 pm

I was thinking about the Fallout Universe, basically we know only what is happening in USA. Fallout 3 has done the transition from West coast to East Coast.

If there will be a continuation to Fallout 3, is there a chance for it to be in non-USA territory? I heavily doubt that though. Fallout is everything about Vaults and Brotherhood of Steel, which of course I don't expect to see it in other countries and for sure on other continents too. May be Canada, who knows.. Of course F1 & F2 [censored] will not be able to digest anything else than US setting.

Why am I asking this? I am just curious if Fallout is capable enough to extend its universe beyond its borders - the US territory. I would gladly see in what state is the devastated fallout world on other continents.

Isn't the whole Fallout series based on 1950's American society?

If it were anywhere else I would put it in Russia purely because Russia, America and China (I think) are the worlds super-powers and they would have had the most bombs and would probably see their greatest threat be destroyed by atomic warfare before they attacked anyone else.

I think he was only of Irish descent, not actually from Ireland.

Hello guy-who-made-that-awesome-wiki :wave:

Wait, if he was of Irish decent then how does he have a badly acted, stereotypical, Irish accent?

I'm Irish and I live in Ireland so beleive me most of our country doesn't actually sound like that.
(only the real boggers! :rofl: ) (all Non-Irish people will not understand that last bit....)

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:34 am

Wait, if he was of Irish decent then how does he have a badly acted, stereotypical, Irish accent?

Well, Loxley from Fallout 1 has a stereotypical British accent because he learned it from old movies or tapes and such and pretends to be British. And Loxley is not even his real name.

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:56 pm

But Loxley said he learned it from his parents...

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:09 am

Can't even begin to fathom all the complaining from the fallout fanbase if it were taken to a different continent.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:07 am

Vault-Tec is great... but the myth surrounding it has come to an end... u can even roam around in their office now. ^^

Hey, we all know that "the Vaults were never meant to save anyone". ^^

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:35 am

Since in the fallout universe, the US anexed Canada, and China invaded alaska, (with the "Alaskan campaign" hinted about mulitple times), i think a sequal could concievably take place in Canada or Alaska. You could see the front lines of the war before the bombs dropped- that would be pretty cool.

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:26 am

But Loxley said he learned it from his parents...

He lied.

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:09 am

But Loxley said he learned it from his parents...

You'd take the word of a theif? Espeically when talking about his own background to a complete stranger?