Poll: Thoughts on a Fallout game set in another part of the world?

[nexus]

If it was somewhere else, they'd have to really bend the fiction to support the idea that every desk has a gun and bullets in it. Considering most of the countries named have banned guns. So I guess they'd have to write lore snippets for that.

Plus you'd have to completely rewrite everything, redesign the setting, make sure the humor works, etc.

 

[Thatguyky]

Fallout is one of those games that could be set pretty much anywhere in the world, and still be fun. Hell, it'd fun to play Fallout in an area similar to where I grew up. Just small rural areas, towns separated apart by 20-30min or so, and only a couple stores kicking around in each town. I'm sure if done right, even small settings like that could be insanely awesome!

So in answer to the question, yes, Fallout anywhere, is good Fallout

Well... except maybe Antartica... that might not be so fun.

 

[Zenn3k]

The idea that VAULT-TEC could have made vault in other countries isn't too much of a stretch IMO. As well, if the concept of the 1950's can last until the year 2077 in the US, then its reasonable to assume other countries would have followed suit as well. So we'd have 50's concept technology everywhere in the world, with China slightly more advanced (as they are in canon).

Considering they planned for like 1000 vaults and were only able to make 100 or so, I doubt they would have made them in any other country if their biggest contractor the US before the War couldn't afford it while the rest of the world was in the Resource Wars.

So no, they didn't make any Vaults anywhere else, plus it has been said (pretty damn sure) that Vault-Tec was basically part of the Government they worked with each other so much.

Plus the Vault's original intentions weren't to actually survive a real Nuclear Blast but to do Human Experiments, it just doubled when the bombs literally did drop.

I'm aware they were for social experiments, however, changing canon happens a lot these days, and simply saying something like "Vault-Tec was also contracted by Allies of the United States" or something to that effect isn't totally out of the question...thats really all I was saying.

However, your statement that they planned for 1000 vaults is incorrect. They actually completed the known 122 vaults over a period of just 20 years, and finished the last vault 3 years before the war even happened.

Its not unreasonable at all to assume this knowledge and planning of the vaults over a 20 year construction period (6 years PER vault) wouldn't have been found out by another country and possibly copied or stolen from a design perspective. There is lots of time for another country to have made vaults of their own, allowing the possibility wide open.

Source: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault <-canon

 

[Tanis]

I think the main problem would be is the style.

The FO series has always been about a sort of 'overblown' 50s Americana mentality, with random high tech.

 

[Korten12]

The idea that VAULT-TEC could have made vault in other countries isn't too much of a stretch IMO. As well, if the concept of the 1950's can last until the year 2077 in the US, then its reasonable to assume other countries would have followed suit as well. So we'd have 50's concept technology everywhere in the world, with China slightly more advanced (as they are in canon).

Considering they planned for like 1000 vaults and were only able to make 100 or so, I doubt they would have made them in any other country if their biggest contractor the US before the War couldn't afford it while the rest of the world was in the Resource Wars.

So no, they didn't make any Vaults anywhere else, plus it has been said (pretty damn sure) that Vault-Tec was basically part of the Government they worked with each other so much.

Plus the Vault's original intentions weren't to actually survive a real Nuclear Blast but to do Human Experiments, it just doubled when the bombs literally did drop.

I'm aware they were for social experiments, however, changing canon happens a lot these days, and simply saying something like "Vault-Tec was also contracted by Allies of the United States" or something to that effect isn't totally out of the question...thats really all I was saying.

However, your statement that they planned for 1000 vaults is incorrect. They actually completed the known 122 vaults over a period of just 20 years, and finished the last vault 3 years before the war even happened.

Its not unreasonable at all to assume this knowledge and planning of the vaults over a 20 year construction period (6 years PER vault) wouldn't have been found out by another country and possibly copied or stolen from a design perspective. There is lots of time for another country to have made vaults of their own, allowing the possibility wide open.

Source: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault <-canon

Guess I was still wrong, still think it would be stupid just to say: "Oh yeah they stole plans."

Seems stupid imo. :/

 

[Zenn3k]

The idea that VAULT-TEC could have made vault in other countries isn't too much of a stretch IMO. As well, if the concept of the 1950's can last until the year 2077 in the US, then its reasonable to assume other countries would have followed suit as well. So we'd have 50's concept technology everywhere in the world, with China slightly more advanced (as they are in canon).

Considering they planned for like 1000 vaults and were only able to make 100 or so, I doubt they would have made them in any other country if their biggest contractor the US before the War couldn't afford it while the rest of the world was in the Resource Wars.

So no, they didn't make any Vaults anywhere else, plus it has been said (pretty damn sure) that Vault-Tec was basically part of the Government they worked with each other so much.

Plus the Vault's original intentions weren't to actually survive a real Nuclear Blast but to do Human Experiments, it just doubled when the bombs literally did drop.

I'm aware they were for social experiments, however, changing canon happens a lot these days, and simply saying something like "Vault-Tec was also contracted by Allies of the United States" or something to that effect isn't totally out of the question...thats really all I was saying.

However, your statement that they planned for 1000 vaults is incorrect. They actually completed the known 122 vaults over a period of just 20 years, and finished the last vault 3 years before the war even happened.

Its not unreasonable at all to assume this knowledge and planning of the vaults over a 20 year construction period (6 years PER vault) wouldn't have been found out by another country and possibly copied or stolen from a design perspective. There is lots of time for another country to have made vaults of their own, allowing the possibility wide open.

Source: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault <-canon

Guess I was still wrong, still think it would be stupid just to say: "Oh yeah they stole plans."

Seems stupid imo. :/

Well, maybe it is, I'm just thinking of a logical and rational way the game COULD take place in another country and still include vaults which are the series staple, can't have a Fallout game without having vaults.

As I originally said, I'm hoping for the Mid-West/Chicago myself for FO4.

 

[Shadow Cat]

Only the US and China were actually nuked...
I'm sure you guys would love a Fallout:London or whatever, but I think it would work better with some other, different franchise that takes place in post-apocalyptic UK
Also, I don't think Fallout: China would work very well, as nobody would be speaking english, and if they did it would be really out-of-place.

 

[II2]

I put No, on the poll, but truthfully, yeah, I would give any new Fallout game a chance.

My reason is that it just wouldn't quite be Fallout, as we've come to know and love it, if it weren't American. From the original two to Bethesda and Obsidian's entries, the Americana of the series is almost as important a backdrop to the atmosphere as the retro futurism and comic book pulp.

3/4 of the series best, core, offerings are informed by the landscape and culture of the American southwest and the other still in the USA. Even though Fallout can be pretty off the wall and I enjoy seeing them explore new places and ideas, I don't know how well it would sit to leave the states, especially since there's so much mythology and canon invested in that area, anyway.

If you really want Fallout: Russia, just play STALKER or Metro 2033. They take a similar idea but filter it through an appropriate cultural and geopolitical lens to offer an excellently developed alternative.

 

[malestrithe]

I would play, but I want Fallout Florida Fallout Hawaii, or Fallout Washington as well. I want to see new elements like seasonally appropriate weather, mutant sharks, travel between islands, and other things like that.

 

[SajuukKhar]

Only the US and China were actually nuked...
I'm sure you guys would love a Fallout:London or whatever, but I think it would work better with some other, different franchise that takes place in post-apocalyptic UK
Also, I don't think Fallout: China would work very well, as nobody would be speaking english, and if they did it would be really out-of-place.

that is very wrong, the great war involved all nations, and all nations nuked each other.

 

[Korten12]

The idea that VAULT-TEC could have made vault in other countries isn't too much of a stretch IMO. As well, if the concept of the 1950's can last until the year 2077 in the US, then its reasonable to assume other countries would have followed suit as well. So we'd have 50's concept technology everywhere in the world, with China slightly more advanced (as they are in canon).

Considering they planned for like 1000 vaults and were only able to make 100 or so, I doubt they would have made them in any other country if their biggest contractor the US before the War couldn't afford it while the rest of the world was in the Resource Wars.

So no, they didn't make any Vaults anywhere else, plus it has been said (pretty damn sure) that Vault-Tec was basically part of the Government they worked with each other so much.

Plus the Vault's original intentions weren't to actually survive a real Nuclear Blast but to do Human Experiments, it just doubled when the bombs literally did drop.

I'm aware they were for social experiments, however, changing canon happens a lot these days, and simply saying something like "Vault-Tec was also contracted by Allies of the United States" or something to that effect isn't totally out of the question...thats really all I was saying.

However, your statement that they planned for 1000 vaults is incorrect. They actually completed the known 122 vaults over a period of just 20 years, and finished the last vault 3 years before the war even happened.

Its not unreasonable at all to assume this knowledge and planning of the vaults over a 20 year construction period (6 years PER vault) wouldn't have been found out by another country and possibly copied or stolen from a design perspective. There is lots of time for another country to have made vaults of their own, allowing the possibility wide open.

Source: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault <-canon

Guess I was still wrong, still think it would be stupid just to say: "Oh yeah they stole plans."

Seems stupid imo. :/

Well, maybe it is, I'm just thinking of a logical and rational way the game COULD take place in another country and still include vaults which are the series staple, can't have a Fallout game without having vaults.

As I originally said, I'm hoping for the Mid-West/Chicago myself for FO4.

That could be cool.

Imo, Idk what city, but I want a Fallout game that takes place in large sprawling city, with no loading screens between buildings or floors. You can have firefights between streets and even maybe some floors of buildings could be leveled if they have not enough strength to stay up.

Maybe even rope to slide over to another building midfight.

 

[Dudeman325]

Hrm, I'm fairly certain I've seen a quote from some designer/developer saying that they would like to do a spinoff Fallout at some point that would be an RTS set in the Resource Wars in Europe, which could be fairly interesting.

Edit: Looks like J.E. Sawyer made that quote in an interview. Here's some more info on the Resource Wars, courtesy of The Vault wiki.

http://www.falloutwiki.com/Resource_wars

 

[Terrible Opinions]

I've always wanted one set in Quebec City or Montreal, full of French-Anglo animosity and brewing discontent over the importance of the church.

1950s Quebec was an... interesting place.

 

[PrimitiveJudge]

Dude if I walked out of the vault in Africa, my first out loud thought would be "I played this game before in the other 4 Fallout games" Africa is fallout in RL if you think about it, same with Australia. I can see a duck-bill-platapus and think "damn that is a stupid mutation". A If a fallout game were to take place in another country, then my vote goes to Moscow, Tokyo or anywhere in Ukraine. Imagine a super radiated (hardcore version) of Chyrnobol(sp?) with Flying, vampire, werewolf, ghostly Deathclaws with 8 legs and can morph into a dozen 6' spiders duel wielding boomboxes playing justin beiber music. I would eat a bullet. hhmm took it to far there...


Back on Topic DMZ would fucking rock. Imagine a 15 mile long minefield.

 

[Zanderinfal]

According to cannon, it's nothing is known about anything outside of the US, so if they were to make it different from the normal formula and looked into the story line of the different place enough for it to be interesting, I think it could be better then Fallout 3/ New Vegas ever could have been.

I would love to see a game like that, but I'm not sure about it being developed by Bethesda, because the I'm over the way they make games now. After Skyrim it's just tiring.

 

[xshadowscreamx]

could you imagine a fallout set in Ireland or japan?

 

[Baron_Rouge]

Set it over here in Australia! Some parts of the country you might not be able to tell the difference though...