Poll: Fallout:England-Would it Work?
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The whole loads of US 1950 thing was very big in Britain in that era actually so not really.Disaster Button said:
They made two different "fallout: russia" games, one is the STALKER series, and the other more obvious is Metro2033.imnotparanoid said:
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The biggest problem is that we don't really have the same gun culture that america does. Unless they came up with some reason to have a large part of the population armed, it would be very melee based.
Also, 1950s England doesn't have quite as distinctive a feel as 1950s America. Whereas it was a time of relative economic prosperity and hope, England was still largely recovering from the war and didn't have nearly the same cultural progress as America.
On the other hand, this could give a very interesting flavour to the Fallout: GB. I'm sure a talented team could pull out some long forgotten strands out of that period of history and turn them into a cool universe.
Also, 1950s England doesn't have quite as distinctive a feel as 1950s America. Whereas it was a time of relative economic prosperity and hope, England was still largely recovering from the war and didn't have nearly the same cultural progress as America.
On the other hand, this could give a very interesting flavour to the Fallout: GB. I'm sure a talented team could pull out some long forgotten strands out of that period of history and turn them into a cool universe.
Heck, you wouldn't even need the bombs to drop. Most english cities already look grey and brown. It's like the country is filmed in sepia or something.
On that subject, how come no one ever paints the city buildings bright colours in the UK? Look at this shit:
Why do only sunny countries have sunny coloured buildings?
On that subject, how come no one ever paints the city buildings bright colours in the UK? Look at this shit:
Why do only sunny countries have sunny coloured buildings?
YES, So long as they DON'T try and bring in the Existing Factions, (Tribal's / Raiders Excluded of course...)
OHH Scottish Tribal raiders, With Blue face-paint and 5 Foot Chain-swords!!!
NOW things like the Brother-hood, Enclave power armor, Can exist there easily, But the factions Shouldn't.
OHH Scottish Tribal raiders, With Blue face-paint and 5 Foot Chain-swords!!!
NOW things like the Brother-hood, Enclave power armor, Can exist there easily, But the factions Shouldn't.
I know you said disregard canon. But I believe in Fallout 3 it's hinted that UK wasn't affected by the war.
Something I remember about Mister Tenpenny (or whatever his name is) moving from the UK to make his fortune in the aftermath.
But otherwise I think Fallout Uk would be pretty cool.
Would be pretty cool if instead of reverting back to post-war themes we'd reverted back to medieval times or something a little different to the normal setting.
Something I remember about Mister Tenpenny (or whatever his name is) moving from the UK to make his fortune in the aftermath.
But otherwise I think Fallout Uk would be pretty cool.
Would be pretty cool if instead of reverting back to post-war themes we'd reverted back to medieval times or something a little different to the normal setting.
Oh man, Fallout: London would be fantastic. Someone's holding up in Parliament, Big Ben, all that cool stuff.
Disaster Button said:
The technology of the Fallout universe could easily apply anywhere. The game technology is pretty much a mix of current sci-fi ideas, with retro sci-fi ideas. It's the feel of the games that would suffer taking place outside of the US. The nationalistic feel, of the pre-war society, and the look and feel of the current destroyed 50s era decor. The world has always felt like taking the 50s US culture and view of the world and it's future, then dropping a ton of bombs on it.GamesB2 said:
You would have to remove the entire feel of the game if it was based out side of the US, it just wouldn't be a fallout game in that case.
A house...like most people. Anyway, no it would not work, Fallout games are about cheesy American patriotism. Just the feel of it would completely change if it was in Britain, and honestly I would hate it. And like someone said, there are no vaults in Britain, so they are most likely all dead. People didn't even turn into ghouls until people left the vaults, when the radiation levels were down a decent bit.Matt King said:
EDIT: And as someone said, people are only saying this because they live there. There would be no way this game would be created, and honestly it would suck, mainly because it wouldn't feel like Fallout. And it is technically impossible. Anyway, Britain still has killing floor.
Absolutely.
England is known in cinema as one of the best places to set a horror film. Turning it into an apocalyptic feel wouldn't be much of a stretch.
The thing is, Fallout is a commentary on American life. It would lose meaning if it changed countries. It would, however, be able to tell a different story completely, and maybe shine as a result.
Kind of like how the British and American versions of the Office are different, but both are appealing.
England is known in cinema as one of the best places to set a horror film. Turning it into an apocalyptic feel wouldn't be much of a stretch.
The thing is, Fallout is a commentary on American life. It would lose meaning if it changed countries. It would, however, be able to tell a different story completely, and maybe shine as a result.
Kind of like how the British and American versions of the Office are different, but both are appealing.
During the Great War America isolated itself from the rest of the world, also it wasn't exactly on great terms with other countries, Britain included. Vault-Tec was built due to this paranoia, thus it is impossible for a branch to exist there. According to the series' history America was the only one actually remotely prepared for the bombs. Britain is nothing but flat, radiated ground.DaemonicShadow said:
This. Isn't the '50s Future America' thing a fundamental part of what makes the Fallout games what they are?Disaster Button said:
Sure, you could make a post-apoalyptic survival(ish) RPG set anywhere in the world, but it wouldn't really be a Fallout game if it wasn't set in America, would it?