I saw a video in which some characters of the Fallout tv show open a fridge and find an alien and just toss it out because they want the working fridge. I’ve never understood (or really bothered with) why Fallout had the nuclear “event” which triggered the use of the shelters. Was it an alien invasion?
In the lore, the “Zetans” have visited/researched Earth for at least a few centuries (the Mothership Zeta DLC for FO3 has you meeting different characters like a feudal samurai, a cowboy from the old west, and an astronaut from before the bombs dropped). They are not why the world ended though.
Before The Great War, international tensions were at an all-time high, with global resources dwindling to dangerous levels. The US fought a war against China and annexed Canada, which the US occupation was more like turning the entire country into one big internment camp. The real reason why the nuclear apocalypse happened hasn’t been explained in any of the Fallout media yet, but it feels like the show is going to reveal it at some point if it didn’t already. But that’s also not really the point of the games/story of Fallout in general; the tagline is literally “War Never Changes” because it’s about human nature.
You should watch the show. It’s great and very accessible for someone who hasn’t played the games. Plus it might give you the itch to try them out, and they’re incredibly fun.
Considering all the “experimental” Vaults and whatnot, and how politically powerful Vault-Tec appeared to be, the vibe I get is that there might have been some sort of conspiracy.
Absolutely. Pair that with the fact that they were/are working with the Enclave (another thing with Fallout, Vault-Tec and the Enclave, two of the biggest shadiest agencies in pre-war America, are actually still active 200 years later), it’s almost guaranteed.
I thought that it was canon that China used brand new stealth tech to bomb the us back to the stone age.
Spoilers for the Fallout TV series
I remember the TV series having a few scenes with the cowboy’s wife, mr house, etc. discussing that they should do the first strike. I don’t remember whether they were planning to hit China or themselves. Could also be that someone beat them to it.
I agree with the other comment. How did you “watch” the show but not pay enough attention to learn characters’ names?
I’m finally on Season 6 of Game of Thrones; still can’t remember dragon lady’s name, the old man knight has a crush on her, young sellsword has a crush on her, most of the Stark kids, most of the Night’s Watch.
What’s the point of watching it if you don’t remember any of the characters?
Khaleesi (dumb I know), Ser Jorah Mormont (honestly one of the best characters in the show imo), I don’t remember the merc, Rickon Bran and the youngest doesn’t really matter from what I remember. And the Night’s Watch doesn’t matter except for Sam and Jon.
Damn, I only watched up to season 6 myself and it’s been a few years since I last watched any of it.
Fallout has way, way fewer main characters than GoT did even at the very beginning. We follow three main characters in the wasteland: Lucy, Maximus, The Ghoul. Then there’s her brother Norm and the rest of Vaults 31-33, Ghoul’s wife Janie in the flashbacks, and Thaddeus who’s Max’s friend.
Yeah, Fallout is much easier.
Sam and Jon Snow are easy to remember because redhead says his name so much.
Khaleesi was a title, the wife of a Khal. I know her name starts with a D but she’s one of the most boring characters in the show.
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100% they were going to hit themselves
Tbh that could be from pre-Bethesda lore. As far as I know the old “Fallout Bible” book is no longer fully canon, but some things still are.
Thank you for the explanation. As for the games and show - I have played Fallout 4 but the mandatory garish graphics made me pukish and I left the game at about 25% done. Never went back to it. Felt very stupid that they would choose to make the graphics bad as a theme of the game when I was playing on the Xbox One, specially when a lot of people report that the game makes them pukish.
As for the show… the no nose guy creeps me out. That’s why I didn’t bother with the show.
You’re holding yourself back from some great storytelling and worldbuilding all because you don’t like the look of the graphics. I’ve literally never heard anyone say they feel nauseous from playing any Fallout game.
Also, you’d find the ghouls from any of the games before FO4/the show extremely discomforting if you didn’t like how The Ghoul looks in the show.
In lore, ghouls are insanely irradiated and mutated humans to the point they basically literally turn into leprous zombies. They’re functionally immortal, radiation heals them kinda like Wolverine (that one may be a bit of a retcon), and a lot of them lose their minds from the whole ordeal and go “feral.” In Fallout 3 in particular, there’s a location that’s populated entirely by ghouls and you can ask them what it’s like. At least one of them goes into detail about what it felt like when their face-skin peeled off, along with their nose.
Again, you’re really holding yourself back from enjoying a fantastic universe, but you do you.
Fair about the tv show. But the game made me nauseous and a few google searches did show me that others felt it too. I wanted to do finish the game. But I physically couldn’t.
Oh well.
Also, yeah I’m not a fan of the zombie genre in general.