Poll: Fallout:England-Would it Work?

[SodaDew]

Bloody hell yes!

 

[TailsRodrigez]

Of course it could work, just like a Fallout: China, Russia, France, Germany, and pretty much anywhere because it will still look like a dystopian future

no matter where you claim the game takes place in, it still wont change the actual game that much.

 

[irani_che]

Have you guys been to glasgow or newcastle??
how would we know if they where hit by radioactive fallout or not?
Loondon would be interesting just as it has loads of bomb shelters

 

[Merkavar]

Well, as much as I thought it would be cool to have a fallout game take place in the UK, you have to remember, one of the major parts of the series is it's 50's america mixed with sci-fi look to it, I don't think it'd work well in Britain, maybe a different post-apocalypse game, but not fallout

was their much difference between 50s america and 50s england? just copy paste american 50s stuff into engalnd and add a dash of tea bags and scones and i think that will fix it.

 

[ElectroJosh]

I was having a good think the other day. I live in Manchester, England, and I was in the Trafford Centre, a huge shopping centre. I was walking through the multi-storey car park, with the pillars and gloom, and I was thinking 'God, this would make a brilliant location for a Fallout game.
I know there are still a huge amount of places in the US that they could make a Fallout game, but, disregarding any canon for now, do you think it would work?

If we're talking only the Fallout Universe, then sadly no.

The game is set up around the idea that it is America that takes the brutal beating. All of the games in the universe are set in the states and the lore is set up to reflect that. The Brotherhood, the Enclave, Caesars Legion, NCR, Masters Army, Vaults, Nuka Cola. All of it is set up off of the idea that the universe's interesting stories are in the US of A. If a game were made in another part of the world, they would have to make practically an entire new set of ideas, characters, factions, and icons. And as cool as that would be, I just don't think longtime fans (maybe even myself among them) would respond quite as well to having Fallout with an entirely new face. I mean look at the Fallout Games boxart. Nearly all of them feature a Brotherhood of Steel member. They are an icon of the game. Even though they are shells of their former selves, you can still find them in New Vegas, and are part of the story (unless your lazy and skipped it). They are practically essential to the Fallout world. Vaults are also a huge part of Fallout's stories and legends, but they were an American developed project. Meaning they exist nowhere else.

There's just too much that would be missing. It wouldn't really be Fallout anymore if you removed all the important pieces. Sure the idea is the same, but can you imagine a Fallout game with no Brotherhood, no Vaults, and/or no Enclave?

It's an awesome idea, but with the way the universe is set up, it just wouldn't work well enough.

EDIT: I'd also like to clarify , that i'm not talking about canon (not strictly at least.) I'm just pointing out that these are essential pieces to the Fallout World, canon or no (Vaults particularly so), and you kind of need them in order for it to be a Fallout game. As I said above, it's just not the same without them.

This kind of thing has been mentioned as the biggest issues in setting Fallout outside of North America. I do think a game could be set outside of North America and not spoil the official "cannon" but there would have to be some awesome new ideas to compete with the existing factions and technologies of the fallout universe. Certainly it is possible to come up with reasons as to why the brotherhood or supermutants are in europe but it might look too much like someone is shoehorning that stuff into the game which would be worse than not having it at all.

 

[EzraPound]

I was having a good think the other day. I live in Manchester, England, and I was in the Trafford Centre, a huge shopping centre. I was walking through the multi-storey car park, with the pillars and gloom, and I was thinking 'God, this would make a brilliant location for a Fallout game.
I know there are still a huge amount of places in the US that they could make a Fallout game, but, disregarding any canon for now, do you think it would work?

Yeah it would be awesome you wouldn't even have to set it in an apocalyptic future just England now would work

 

[InnerRebellion]

Fallout Paris would be good too, what with the sewer system.

Or... Fallout in Tokyo. But that game would probably be very... different.

 

[Lord Legion]

Not enough guns in England. You won't be able to break into some boarded up house and take Granny's minigun she uses for self defense.

In England you'd just be able to steal her freshly baked cookies...or what you guys call biscuits. I could never play a game that calls cookies biscuits.

Other than that...

 

[Merkavar]

Not enough guns in England. You won't be able to break into some boarded up house and take Granny's minigun she uses for self defense.

In England you'd just be able to steal her freshly baked cookies...or what you guys call biscuits. I could never play a game that calls cookies biscuits.

Other than that...

so it would make guns more valuable. much more important. perfect for hardcore mode

 

[thejrade]

Isn't Hellgate: London pretty close, if a far inferior game?

 

[whaleswiththumbs]

No, because there is no vaults in England.

Well there could always be some "secret" vaults that the British government had put in place. Not to mention the London Underground.. Although you'd have to remember to only include what would be probably after the time-line split.

OT:
I say probably, not because of location, because technically it could take place on a shrunken version of actual Britain. I say probably because i think if done right(!) it would work

 

[Retillias]

I can't remember where I heard this, but it sounds reasonable: apparently, England got nuked enough to raise the sea-levels or break the ground or something. What that means is that the UK is made up of many islands after the war, so playing there could be interesting. But, that might not be true. I just wish I could remember where I heard it.

Unfortunately, many key components to the game are only available in the States, like Vaults, Super Mutants and Pip Boys. Unless, for some reason they emigrated. Could work as DLC maybe? Like, some guy tells you he is having trouble in England, where the Enclave was hanging around with their captured deathclaws, and some super mutants followed them somehow. Reasonably farfetched, but nothing too impossible. I doubt it happening, but I kind of hope it would.

Also, England might have completely changed by 2077 anyway. They could have introduced many more weapons to the country, in case of invasion. And because of England's smallness, it could have been pulled back together by a new government, and could be faring rather well.

Though I would love to see all of the UK's nuked monuments. Like that blasted Ferris wheel... Though they could at least introduce some canon, revealing the fate of countries that are so far not heard from. Like, a series of books, about each country, like England, China, Canada, France, South Africa, Brazil, Russia, Japan.... Theres so many countries, theres bound to be something fun happening

 

[SomebodyNowhere]

I'd be for a post-apocalyptic game based in England, but I don't know about if it were in the Fallout universe.

 

[AngryMongoose]

Not enough weapons in england in rl. Everything you'd find in the wassteland would have to be military grade, ie, energy weapons.

 

[JaymesFogarty]

Excuse me; not a terrible idea or anything, but how would be Fallout Edinburgh be any different to normal Edinburgh?

You don't need a game - Edinburgh looks post-apocalyptic already!

*repositions one o'clock gun*

Fancy meeting up for a spot of lunch tomorrow lads?

FUN FACT! The One O'clock Gun Doesn't go off on Sundays, so you's two are safe! [HEADING=3] for now... >[/HEADING]

Hell yeah! In fact, you could easily get most of Scotland into the game, it's not too big. There's nothing I'd love more than rampaging about my hometown (Glasgow) punching the heads off Deathclaws left and right. Or not considering the radiation probably wouldn't have effected our critters in the same way.
Anyone else fancy battling a ten foot pine martin? Or wildcat?

Pfft. Death Claws. Irradiated badgers anyone? Mutated Haggis?

No thanks; I've been to Edinburgh once and only just managed to convince myself not to commit suicide while there. Surrey for me, thanks. Fancy coming over sometime for some scones? We might even have some haggis in the back!

 

[Patton662]

Give it a year or two and England will turn into a wasteland, won't need a game then .

 

[LordWalter]

I've got this image of a broken, seared Big Ben standing defiantly in the sky surrounded by irradiated rubble..........damn. Blew my post-apocalyptic load everywhere.

SOMEONE SEND THIS TO BETHESDA.

 

[Theron Julius]

I'm still voting for Fallout:Anchorage. Alaska is a perfect setting for a Fallout game. The plot could fit around the technologies left after the battle of Anchorage and the frozen environment would make a nice change of pace from the standard parched desert.

 

[Jekken6]

It could work, but it probably won't happen.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Story wise, possibly not, but writers at Bethesda could think of a reason why. I'd totally love to see it.