Fallout: Australia?
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Australia? No. China? Yes. If someone else was going to have a Vault-esque tactic of preserving a pure strain of humanity, it's going to be the prime enemies of the US in the era the war was fought. If Fallout is going to leave the US, it has to be somewhere else rich in the lore, and the only other country that gets mentions that are beyond a passing interest is China.
Fallout:Canada. Moose, Polar, Grizzly, and black bears? Mountain lions? Snow.
In one of the Scandinavian countries would be interesting too.
Australia could be neat.
I don't see any reason why they couldn't move out of America, still set games in America of course, but I want to see how the rest of this really interest universe turned out.
In one of the Scandinavian countries would be interesting too.
Australia could be neat.
I don't see any reason why they couldn't move out of America, still set games in America of course, but I want to see how the rest of this really interest universe turned out.
I'm more targeting this at everyone than just you, but it needs to be said again.martin said:
The rest of the universe didn't turn out as anything but ashes! Europe blew itself to hell, then got nuked. The Middle-East and Africa were destroyed by Europeans fighting over them. Australia...what about it? It likely got nuked just the same as anyone else, but there was nothing interesting going on over there anyway. Ditto Russia and the other Eastern European countries.
China got smashed by the entire U.S. arsenal. If anything is left, it'll only be a small section of it like New Vegas. And even then, canon has already stated that the Chinese already tried to rebuild, and collapsed again. There isn't really anything left, no factions or anything. It would be as if the Enclave took over the Wasteland, and then they all got killed by raiders.
People aren't saying that the series shouldn't leave America because they are American nationalists who want to keep it to themselves, we are saying it because the story really can't work outside of America due to both thematic and logical reasons. You are operating under the false assumption that a Fallout set in your location of choice could still retain Fallout's distinct (and already discussed, American) feel while somehow incorporating your country's culture and such. It simply can't be done. Either you end up with a game that is just Fallout with some labels moved around, or something that simply isn't Fallout. And I'm pretty sure you don't want either of those.
I kind of have to disagree. As much as I like the general area of upstate New York, it doesn't really strike me as a good place to set the game (and Manhattan would be the point where the series has folded its arms and died). Besides, I go to the institute in Rochester, and if a torrent of nuclear arms was able to destroy this city any further, then I would be more impressed than distraught.Nietz said:
The Fallout games are doing well to experiment with unique locations, at the very least. DC I thought was an excellent choice, and the atmosphere made by Bethesda was great. Vegas as well is and has always been a place with no substitute, Macau be dammed. I'd be hard pressed to think of any other really significant locations to set a game that don't sound like someone's general hometown/residence's fan fiction. So for that reason I'd try setting a game in a place America-y enough to keep the theme, but without being (let's face it guys,) the second banana of American culture. Basically, I would like to see it in Hawaii. A place like that could be host for all sorts of fun experiments with the plot, seeing as it won't need to be necessarily connected with the original cannon mostly concerning stuff starting/happening on America's west coast. It could even be a sort of crossroads between America and China (seeing as the majority of people on the islands are Japanese and I think 300 years of fictional history can allow a little slip like that) in the postwar environment, and the conflicts inherent within would be quite a potentially creative endeavor.
I think a spin-off in australia would be cool (also, I'm not saying that because I'm from australia) but because not all of australia is a desert. there are some pretty heavily wooded areas. plus mutant kangaroos and echidnas would be awesome!
Also, for all those who have, stop saying stuff like 'it would be an improvement' or 'it wouldn't be much different'. I find that offensive.
Also, for all those who have, stop saying stuff like 'it would be an improvement' or 'it wouldn't be much different'. I find that offensive.
I'd like Bethesda to try and make a Fallout:Australia. Not because it would be that different (sorry =P) but because I want someone, ANYONE to make a game set in Australia. I MEAN COME ON! I can't think of a single good game set in Australia.
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I hope you're trolling or joking because otherwise, Fuck You.Aeshi said:
..But other countries are mentioned especially in the Fallout Bible's seriously read those and all the reasons why there can't be a non America set Fallout will become clear as day and can never further be disputed because they were written by the man that helped to create Fallout..DMonkey said:
Really the only thing the canon would allow outside of America would be Ghouls because they're just created by intense radiation, everything else had FEV involved and FEV is strictly an America only virus.
Once again as stated in my post earlier in this thread, if you want a Post-Apocalyptic game in Australia ect then all the power to you just make it an original IP. I mean honestly who wouldn't like to see mutated Koalas?
As been said they already done a fallout:australia, its called Mad Max. A large chunk of the themes of the game being taken from that movie series.
Since there is no argueing for a country outside of the US, as its the only country that supposadly can survive a nuclear war, atleast make fallout in unique places like they did with New Vegas. Something like New York would be horribly boring....
Edit: How about taking the entire game out of a FPS/RPG and making a RTS/RPG, revert the graphics to Fallout Tactics and have you control a group of people trying to survive. Create something similiar to Mount & Blade
Since there is no argueing for a country outside of the US, as its the only country that supposadly can survive a nuclear war, atleast make fallout in unique places like they did with New Vegas. Something like New York would be horribly boring....
Edit: How about taking the entire game out of a FPS/RPG and making a RTS/RPG, revert the graphics to Fallout Tactics and have you control a group of people trying to survive. Create something similiar to Mount & Blade
Yeah, I'm not sold on the idea of Australia there'd be interesting places to see post war although being over west they're probably all too far apart to be reasonably fit in but I think that's mostly out of being interested in seeing things set in a local area.
So far as London I don't know why but I always figured that they'd have gone all stiff upper lip and completely ignored the devastation and just carried on and kept calm.
You could maybe get some mileage out of somewhere like Singapore or other South East Asian countries with large Cities but fitting it into canon would probably be troublesome.
I don't think it would be impossible to set a Fallout game somewhere outside of the US but I'm not sold on weather it would work it is a pretty American setting up till now and it'd probably be too jarring to move it.
So far as London I don't know why but I always figured that they'd have gone all stiff upper lip and completely ignored the devastation and just carried on and kept calm.
You could maybe get some mileage out of somewhere like Singapore or other South East Asian countries with large Cities but fitting it into canon would probably be troublesome.
I don't think it would be impossible to set a Fallout game somewhere outside of the US but I'm not sold on weather it would work it is a pretty American setting up till now and it'd probably be too jarring to move it.
I think a post apocalyptic Australia thing could work out really well though maybe not as a Fallout game. Going along with the Fallout theme would probably make it too much like New Vegas. Also, to those people who are saying there's nothing to nuke in Australia, you do realise that it isn't all a desert wasteland right? We have major cities just like any other country. Having a game like this set in Sydney would be pretty cool or maybe Brisbane.
I had an idea the other day for a Fallout in Japan. It would take place after New Vegas and you would be an American sent over seas to Japan to see if anybody is still alive over there. You learn that a huge amount of Japanese people live in these huge underground complexes that are all super high tech and beat the crap out of the USA Vaults. These vaults would be huge and multi tiered with shopping centers, apartment complexes, high tech equipment, and very white and shiny. Also, they would be completely peaceful.
Not exactly sure how the story would go but it would be pretty cool if you would sometimes go to explore the surface or if they are starting to build outside civilizations.
Not exactly sure how the story would go but it would be pretty cool if you would sometimes go to explore the surface or if they are starting to build outside civilizations.
Well we (Australians) have some of the most deadly creatures in the world and some of the most treacherous environments so it would make sense.