Fallout is very tied to American sensibilities, so if they did move to another setting they would have to make it very different. It could certainly be good, but it would be a tough act to pull off.Ultramatic said:
Poll: Should the Fallout setting go European (or anywhere else)?
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No. You see a lot of rpg games are set in a European style setting. So when one is set in an American setting I think it should stay there. This is the one RPG set in America and I would like it to stay that way. There are too many in Europe or European style setting.
This question comes up all the fucking time and I always answer it the same way: the rest of the world does not matter in the Fallout franchise.
Why? Because parody of the aesthetic and ideals of the American "golden age" are integral parts of the franchise. Furthermore, everything people associate with Fallout are exclusive to the American setting. Things like Vault-Tec, the Enclave, NCR, Super Mutants, etc. You strip all of this out and what do you end up with? A game that really isn't much like Fallout at all. So there's no point to it. You might as well make a completley different franchise becuase at that point it basically is one.
The only place outside of America I can see a Fallout game working is Canada, and that is becuase Canda was had been annexed by the US. So there would be an excuse to incorporate the things we associate with the Fallout brand.
So as interesting as it might be to see apocalypse London, why make it a Fallout game? Make a new franchise and go from there.
Why? Because parody of the aesthetic and ideals of the American "golden age" are integral parts of the franchise. Furthermore, everything people associate with Fallout are exclusive to the American setting. Things like Vault-Tec, the Enclave, NCR, Super Mutants, etc. You strip all of this out and what do you end up with? A game that really isn't much like Fallout at all. So there's no point to it. You might as well make a completley different franchise becuase at that point it basically is one.
The only place outside of America I can see a Fallout game working is Canada, and that is becuase Canda was had been annexed by the US. So there would be an excuse to incorporate the things we associate with the Fallout brand.
So as interesting as it might be to see apocalypse London, why make it a Fallout game? Make a new franchise and go from there.
Vault-Tec never branched outside of Canada and the US. In the Fallout setting the US stopped giving a fuck about those countries long ago.Volan said:
Going to Europe makes no sense in the scope of the whole America vs China war.
I can't actually think of any other countries that are mentioned in the series (although I'm certain they are).
Fallout: Europe would just be different for the sake of being different.
I can't actually think of any other countries that are mentioned in the series (although I'm certain they are).
Fallout: Europe would just be different for the sake of being different.
Mexican border, just like RDR.
You can go between the countries at your leizure. Mexico will have all the beautiful and unique locations.
You can go between the countries at your leizure. Mexico will have all the beautiful and unique locations.
Fallout taking place in another country would COMPLETELY rob it from its character and charm. If you'd do that you'd just have a generic post-apocalyptic game ala Metro 2033 or STALKER. Really, it's not even debatable.
The only way it could work is if the game took place during the resource war.
The only way it could work is if the game took place during the resource war.
The American setting seems almost essential to Fallout.
Still, there are plenty of places in America that they don't seem to have touched upon.
I want to see a full standing city, but with the Fallout Radiation Bath. And the New Vegas Strip doesn't count. That is barely a block in your standard US city.
Still, there are plenty of places in America that they don't seem to have touched upon.
I want to see a full standing city, but with the Fallout Radiation Bath. And the New Vegas Strip doesn't count. That is barely a block in your standard US city.
I have no idea why, but fallout London just works for me.
It's non-exsistent, but i can get a really vivid image of a crumbled big ben standing tall over a ruined London.
Plus in my mind the soundtracks is already pretty sorted, and locations are good.
In a sentence:
London want's to be nuked!
It's non-exsistent, but i can get a really vivid image of a crumbled big ben standing tall over a ruined London.
Plus in my mind the soundtracks is already pretty sorted, and locations are good.
In a sentence:
London want's to be nuked!
If the series is gonna move somewhere else, I say next time set it in Canada.
Canada was annexed by the United States in Fallout lore, so technically it's still set in America.
I think it might be interesting to see the melding of Canadian culture (of that time anyway) with that of the American culture at the time.
Plus I really want to punch a mutant moose to death.
Canada was annexed by the United States in Fallout lore, so technically it's still set in America.
I think it might be interesting to see the melding of Canadian culture (of that time anyway) with that of the American culture at the time.
Plus I really want to punch a mutant moose to death.
I get why it's supposed to be set in America, and that most of the established lore and world wouldn't be able to translate overseas...
But fuck if I wouldn't want to see Fallout: London, or Fallout: Paris, or something like that.
But fuck if I wouldn't want to see Fallout: London, or Fallout: Paris, or something like that.
YET!Frozen Donkey Wheel2 said:
(Also fallout lore is not real life lore, so China COULD be part of Europe there >_>)
Yeah the US is HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE, they've only really touched like...part of 3 ish states.Necromancer Jim said:
As several people have said, Fallout is all about America. Besides, I don't think there are many people left anywhere else. Europe had already been reduced to "bickering nation states" before the bombs fell, and a lot of people had most likely died in fighting. China probably did a number on Asia. The US is more isolated, thus there was little ground-fighting, meaning more people alive when the bombs came down. Then you have the Vaults, which is a large part of why there are people in Fallout at all. I don't remember mention of any kinds of Vaults anywhere else.
Africa and Australia however... don't remember it mentioned. So there might be life there, but considering how dangerous some of the animals there are already, I don't think the mutated animals would leave many humans.
Africa and Australia however... don't remember it mentioned. So there might be life there, but considering how dangerous some of the animals there are already, I don't think the mutated animals would leave many humans.
In the Fallout universe, there was a large-scale nuclear war between China and the United States/Annexed Canada, but I've never actually been sure what happened to the rest of the world. Were the European countries even hit by the bombs, or are they just struggling with the fear of prevailing winds carrying radioactive isotopes to their shores?
Northern America.....Maine....Michigan...Wisconsin....
Something where they can set a DLC in annex'd Canada
Fallout....feels like it should be American
Something where they can set a DLC in annex'd Canada
Fallout....feels like it should be American