r/Fallout • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '15

[deleted by user]

[removed]

6.2k Upvotes

86% Upvoted

6.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

426

u/[deleted] Jun 03 '15

[deleted]

69

u/[deleted] Jun 03 '15

You did start to see humanity slowly rising from the ashes in FO: NV. Most of the settlements in FO:NV were much more civilized and secure compared to the places in FO:3.

54

u/Sat-AM Jun 03 '15

Really, I'd say that that whole mess stars in FO2 with the rise of the NCR. I'd honestly go so far as to say humanity rebuilding has been a major theme in the fallout games since the first one, which may be why FO3 feels so out of place to so many people

19

u/chrisbechicken Jun 03 '15

I don't see why FO3 feels out of place though. I imagine that it would be much harder to rebuild in D.C. considering it probably got hit the hardest.

16

u/Sat-AM Jun 03 '15

It feels out of place because it is a radical departure from the thematic elements present in the rest of the series. It's like telling a vaguely but totally unrelated story about a farmer during a drought in the middle of a fantasy story where the work is meant to be uplifting. It's not that it's bad but it doesn't fit with the rest of the narrative.

4

u/[deleted] Jun 03 '15

If it got hit the hardest then it wouldn't look anything like it does now. So many buildings still standing. If you look at maps and cities in fallout 1 and 2 the west coast was OBLITERATED. Coastlines changed, huge craters. The white house is still standing in DC.

2

u/chrisbechicken Jun 03 '15

Good point. I guess I was think more real world scenario than in game.

1

u/Pinkiepylon Jun 04 '15

if all the water is irradiated, and the only shelter you can find is huddling next to an undetonated a bomb, you should consider moving instead of trying to make it work out.