Did anywhere NOT get nuked in Fallout?
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Antarctica. But like everybody else is saying, the whole world was covered in radiation.
Also, to people saying Fallout in another country would be cool, I disagree, because one of the main themes of Fallout is that it's like a retro 50's style wasteland. The (destroyed) cars, the music, the hatred, it's the 50's.
Also, to people saying Fallout in another country would be cool, I disagree, because one of the main themes of Fallout is that it's like a retro 50's style wasteland. The (destroyed) cars, the music, the hatred, it's the 50's.
Antarctica? Hell, for all we know its the new Hawaii, maybe? Though as everyone else said, radiation.
Edit: ninjad dang it, Shouldn't have gone to the wiki to look.
Edit: ninjad dang it, Shouldn't have gone to the wiki to look.
Point Lookout in FO3 didn't get hit directly, and although it still suffered some fallout its still a relatively safe area radiation-wise.
Also, I think a lot of Africa still probably went under the radar. There are massive sections without any major cities that would warrant a bomb and the self-supporting tribal areas would probably stay isolated for along periods of time.
Also, I think a lot of Africa still probably went under the radar. There are massive sections without any major cities that would warrant a bomb and the self-supporting tribal areas would probably stay isolated for along periods of time.
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According to in-game lore, 77 nukes fell on the Vegas area. Defenses put in place by a private (and extremely rich) citizen took out over sixty of them, sparing the Hoover Dam and urban Vegas itself. The rest impacted around the area, hitting Nellis AFB and such, and the resulting fallout killed most of the inhabitants. Not to mention more fallout which would have blown in from the West Coast on the prevailing winds...
By 2781, the radiation at Nellis, at least, has cleared. There are some areas still radioactive, but mostly it's a clean wasteland. And take it from someone who lives in the Desert Southwest? Yeah. That's what it generally looks like out there.
FYI, radiation in the Fallout universe is already known to behave differently from real life, turning people into Ghouls and somehow preserving non-living matter. So blasted clapboard houses and Salisbury Steak TV dinners don't turn to dust as they should, but remain (relatively) inhabitable and edible, respectively.
According to in-game lore, 77 nukes fell on the Vegas area. Defenses put in place by a private (and extremely rich) citizen took out over sixty of them, sparing the Hoover Dam and urban Vegas itself. The rest impacted around the area, hitting Nellis AFB and such, and the resulting fallout killed most of the inhabitants. Not to mention more fallout which would have blown in from the West Coast on the prevailing winds...
By 2781, the radiation at Nellis, at least, has cleared. There are some areas still radioactive, but mostly it's a clean wasteland. And take it from someone who lives in the Desert Southwest? Yeah. That's what it generally looks like out there.
FYI, radiation in the Fallout universe is already known to behave differently from real life, turning people into Ghouls and somehow preserving non-living matter. So blasted clapboard houses and Salisbury Steak TV dinners don't turn to dust as they should, but remain (relatively) inhabitable and edible, respectively.
Well thats true that the radiation would have spread everwhere on the planet, but ther must have been some country out in the middle of nowhere that didn't get directly hit.Kalezian said:
I bet you that Madagascar didnt get hit, or mabye the Fedearted States of Microasia.
Actually its says in the introduction of the first Fallout that Europe wasn't hit by the bombs and instead the countries just turned into bickering nation states hell bent on securing every piece of human technology.
Not sure about any other country though, but it's obvious china wasn't destroyed by any bombs.
Not sure about any other country though, but it's obvious china wasn't destroyed by any bombs.
Thats not true. Most parts of the wasteland aren't radiated. They are just barren. In New Vegas this is because it's the mojave desert. A place that probably woudln't change it's look at all, if it was blown to Narnia. D.C on the other hand seems to have taken several direct hits, which makes the water radiated. The water makes for the lack of plant.John the Gamer said:
I am no scientist, but as far as i know water is pretty radiation proof. That's the only concern I have with the fallout logic. On the other hand: If the nukes ´killed all the plants, where are new ones suppoesd to come from? One of the major features of the G.E.E.K (The make-things-grow-after-the-holocaust-macguffin) is that it comes with seeds. That kinda fills this gap.
The Mojave desert may not have been nuked in the war of 2077, but it's certainly been hit with plenty of nukes in the real world because it was a nuclear test site. Las Vegas was a popular place for nuke-watching.
I don't see a reason why Australia would have been hit.
I don't see a reason why Australia would have been hit.
Oh, I would like to add something:
Mr. House mentions that he destroyed ~ 80 nuclear warheads that were supposed to hit Vegas. If an entertainment town in the desert get's that kind of love, you can imagine the worldwide scale. That way it's more likely that they even nuked the ocean, just to be sure.
Mr. House mentions that he destroyed ~ 80 nuclear warheads that were supposed to hit Vegas. If an entertainment town in the desert get's that kind of love, you can imagine the worldwide scale. That way it's more likely that they even nuked the ocean, just to be sure.
I think you missunderstand the concept of the commonwealth.Lord Kloo said:
The commonwealth is the alliance of England and most of its ex-COLONY'S, those now independent country's that maintain a healthy political relationship with England are what we call the comonwealth.
Is all of Europe a ex-colony of England ? Yea I didn't think so either
Back on topic, Alot of place's didn't get hit by the nuke's, however the fallout completely ruined the ecosystem reducing everything to a single barren wasteland so you can't really tell the diffence between what caught a direct hit and what just rotted away and died.
They almost certainly did: nuclear submarines would have been tracked (where possible) and shot at as well. It's actually relatively easy to nuke a sub because you just have to smack its general vicinity --- the extra pressure created by the blast will likely subject the sub to "crush depth" pressures.Exterminas said:
Also, radiation in the Fallout universe just WORKS differently. It actually seems to have a preservative effect on matter, so that it decays far more slowly (thus explaining why you can still find edible, if slightly radioactive, TV dinners).