Poll: Why do you like Fallout? A poll.

[SillyBear]

I LOVE Fallout.

The only thing I don't love about it is a few problems in continuity. Like the fact that after 200 years society has barely rebuilt. Fallout 3 was fantastic, but the wasteland was unrealistically chaotic. I guess you can argue that humanity is rotten to the core and "war never changes" but come on - houses are still just lying there in wreck? No one bothered to clean anything up?

I dunno, it just doesn't make much sense to me. But I LOVE it!

Actually society has been around for just a century. In 2242 the NCR was a major player, with other societies vying for control. The NCR has replicators, old world clothing extruders, nuclear reactors, newly built buildings with all the stuff old world houses had, etc.

Society did rebuild, but its restricted to California. Why? California (and the west coast) was the center of innovation and had many research stations. Fallout 3 however disregarded all technology and progress that the fallout world had, so you're right on that.

Even in New Vegas it was an issue though. Still scrap lying around everywhere, unused houses, etc, etc. No way would it stay like that for 200 years.

You need to remember that its a war torn area. California doesn't have constant war, and has benefits Nevada does not. It only became a viable locale recently, and even then it would take a level of support the NCR cannot give due to political reasons. Even Mr House said he repaired the strip as best he could on such short notice. It takes time and certain conditions for things to improve.

Nope, it doesn't make sense. London was a war torn city too but that didn't make every one's house look like it has mold growing out of the walls. It didn't make every single piece of clothing dirty. People didn't just leave pieces of rubbish lying around for 200 years after.

It's all down to restrictions with the engine, and stylistic choices. There is no logic there.

Since when was London nuked

Something being nuked 200 years ago has very little relevance. There is no way in hell there would still be mess lying around for that long.

and had a band of highly organized armies regularly attack things on a daily basis?

When was London attacked daily by an organised army? From July to October of 1940. Tokyo is another example, as is Darwin and as is Berlin.

If the war doesn't subside, nothing gets repaired beyond basic needs much like water.

So in 200 years war never subsided anywhere throughout the Mojave? Nonsense. Tokyo of 1946 looked in a better state than DC and New Vegas, and that was only a year after the war. In fallout this is 200 years after the war.

Even if war didn't subside, why is everything filthy and grimy? I'm fairly certain people would still clean their houses and furniture.

Power however is limited to generators due to damage in the electrical grid. You must also realize supplies and knowledge of how to repair things is also limited.

So people lost the ability to clean windows, walls and clothing? Interesting.. that explains why nearly every object of those categories in the game is putrid.

 

[HassEsser]

*sigh* I can't be the only person who sees the title Fallout with no numerals following it, and assume they mean the original.

Anyway, Fallout 3 and New Vegas are... alright. New Vegas is much better than 3, because the writing and story are much better, and the choices more grey. I don't really play it for the violence, I turned off the fancy cinematic slow-mo kill shots because they got annoying.

Same :/ and I agree

Also, the 4 "poll" options don't apply to me as the reasons I play are far from the violence and gore, it's the immersion and RPG-elements that gets me.

 

[TheMetalGuy]

*sigh* I can't be the only person who sees the title Fallout with no numerals following it, and assume they mean the original.

Anyway, Fallout 3 and New Vegas are... alright. New Vegas is much better than 3, because the writing and story are much better, and the choices more grey. I don't really play it for the violence, I turned off the fancy cinematic slow-mo kill shots because they got annoying.

You can switch it on and off in the gameplay options menu.

 

[PrototypeC]

Fallout is one bloody miserable event after another, being chased by rotting savages in dark underground tunnels, getting shot at by raiders, and then being nickel-and-dimed by every bloody trader.

Is it just me, or is EVERYONE in Fallout 3 a complete smacktard?

No, actually, I totally see where you're coming from. Everyone and everything in Fallout 3 is ugly, dirty, mean and unfair. Everyone is an asshole. Everywhere you go is the same kind of run-down, dark craphole with an impossible amount of stacked bricks and cans everywhere.

However, that's also why playing my genuinely good and selfless character was so much more fun than a destructive bastard... what was there left to destroy? Everybody was a huge dick to him when they met him, and I had to remind myself once or twice not to smash them open like so much cockroach. The best part was when he was as nice as could be, every character he met did some sort of double-take, like, "wait... you're not going to rape me, stab me, destroy my home, steal my stuff, blow me up or even stop calling me, 'sir'? What's wrong with you?"

I still did get tired of it after a while because I didn't really feel like I was making enough of an impact, and some unrelated crap regarding my DLC... but even so!

 

[Ice Car]

I like Fallout a lot, though I've mainly played Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas, and two of the DLCs for Fallout 3.

I like it because of the sense of freedom about the game, being able to do what you want to most of the time. Kill a bastard that's been annoying you, kill anyone. The loot and exploration factor is perhaps the biggest thing that gets me into these. It's what's added at least 250 hours to each game, and the reason I play it to this day. By now I have most of the main guns/melee weapons and their unique counterparts, but I still take joy in looting out new areas. I can't explain why. The battles are somewhat fun too. It's fun to kill most enemies. Maybe it's because of the sense of power I have? Maybe also because of the reward aspect involved with every kill you get. Every person you kill may have a weapon, armor, or something else to loot that you can just pick up and sell, use, or whatever. Some of the guns are also especially fun to use, while others are broken as shit and overpowered.

In short: Freedom to do what you want and the loot and exploration factors of the game. That's mainly what's got me hooked.

 

[LikeDustInTheWind]

Violent games are more of a release for my insane violent urges than fuel for them.

 

[Vicarious Reality]

I thought of this while i was playing earlier today, and i was reminded of how the enemies in Half-Life was supposedly switched out for robots in the german version.
I would play on a less violent mode if there was one.

 

[Rynozeros]

I like Fallout 3 and New Vegas because they are fun, funny, smart, accessible, engrossing, creepy and terrifying.

And they have good music.

 

[Scorpid]

I LOVE Fallout.

The only thing I don't love about it is a few problems in continuity. Like the fact that after 200 years society has barely rebuilt. Fallout 3 was fantastic, but the wasteland was unrealistically chaotic. I guess you can argue that humanity is rotten to the core and "war never changes" but come on - houses are still just lying there in wreck? No one bothered to clean anything up?

I dunno, it just doesn't make much sense to me. But I LOVE it!

I can't disagree more. First off the entire game takes place in a radioactive hellscape where the careful balance of nature that humanity was built on no longer exists. We don't even know if there are even fish in the sea. There certainly aren't a shit load of trees hanging around and no natural resources coming along. In Fallout1 they explained that all the non renuible had been used up and wars for oil started breaking out. Farming simply isn't done any more because the ground in radiated, and the rain itself is no doubt radiated so you can't simply drink the rain water.

To add to that while yes the war happened 200 years ago most of the vaults were closed for at least 100 years, and some (as mentioned in Fallout3) haven't opened at all. The vaults also hold the most advanced technology for surviving in a radioactive world. SO the people that survived but didn't get to vaults (as seen in fallout 2) had to make do with what they could or be lucky enough to survive somewhere that wasn't bombed and has a self sustaining eco system (as seen in happy trails DLC). The fact NCR exists now is only because Shady Sands was smack dab in between three vaults 13 12 and 15 i think...but don't quote me. And were able to put to use the tech from those vaults to begin rebuilding something resembling a society.

My point is because there is no farming communities able to thrive, because there is not enough working technology designed to help people survive a radiated wasteland, because there aren't that many animals that aren't trying to eat guts, because there is no easy access to water, people in fallout have naturally resorted to nomadic life styles and because of too many people and not enough food raiding has become common place. Anything beyond the most simple local government simply can't exist reasonably.

IF i had to complain about something regarding fallout i would say it's TOO optimistic on how long it would take rebuild society after the bombs dropped.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

i just really like building different characters and trying to take advantage of the factions and their quests for maximum advantage and quickest exp gain.

 

[The_Deleted]

I like it for the atmosphere and setting. A 1950's apocalypse world, plus it's incredibly immersive and open.

Not for violence, but I do like violence.

This.
Also, I have an inbuilt hate for being told which way to go and what I 'should do, and Fallout and Elder Scrolls games allow me to indulge my fuck you attitude by letting me get the fuck on with whatever I want to do within the confines of the world.

 

[Astoria]

I like Fallout for how much you can get out of it. It's the kind of game you can play over and over again because there's just so many options you can take. The way the world is created is beautiful and it's something different. When I first saw it played I laughed at the violence because it is just so over the top and when I started playing it myself I barely even noticed.

 

[Michael Hirst]

I love RPG's. I love games that try an unusual/new setting. So Fallout stood out as a game I should try.

After playing the full series (and forgetting the awful PS2 game) I love almost everything about Fallouts writing. The world is so rich and interesting and the lore behind the vaults and the different species in the wasteland is also great.

What I admire most about Fallout is how it always has had its tongue in its cheek. While the main storylines may get serious and/or tense there has always been some great dark humour in the franchise.

Gameplay wise I appreciated how gameplay didn't rely completely on combat to advance, one of my favourite alternatives to fighting has always been the Speech skill, moreso in the original 2 games than 3 and New Vegas.

I also love the whole 1950's aesthetic to everything and even going to the length of making science in the world work off a 1950's understanding of radiation (back when they thought radiation could actually create something like ghouls)

I better wrap this up before I talk about it all day but suffice to say Fallout, especially when it first started was unique in its setting and in its quality of humour that was missing from all other WRPG's I had played. It was great to not be a knight/wizard on a quest to find ___ and save the kingdom.

 

[Elfgore]

I play Fallout because it is a fun game. I play it for the rpg first and fps second. I would still be able to play it without all the blood and decaptitations. Also when I play games I don't get more violent I just have fun. So I would disagree with the statistics