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 Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:53 am
Fallout is definitely it's own thing. The only thing retro is the visual images used in the Vault City and all around...the entire game takes place in the future. Many forget the time period is 2050 and beyond, not 1950 and beyond.
If it must be described, post-apocalyptic cyberpunk is more appropriate. I say cyberpunk because of the cyber-genetic research that was common throughout the game.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:01 am
Yeah, Fallout is like a reverse anachronism, in which it's the future -actually past the year 2200- but the visual style of everything is very 50's. It has a bit of everything, from cybernetic engineering to biological mutations, etc, which is why I said Fallout falls under it's own category. That's one of the reasons Fallout is so great, it's hard to compare it to anything cause it's so original.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:54 am
In game "Simulations", mutants, Hill Billy Mutants(creepy), aliens, giant werewolf things(deathclaw), creature from the black lagoon (Mirelurk King), radioactive cola(Nuka-Cola ha), oversized mole rats scorpions, and cockroaches, two headed cows, zombies, zombies that speak!.... oh and VAMPIRES! well, a small cluster of them anyway..... so yeah, the game has all the basics covered XD
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:55 am
Indeed! I guess I was thinking 2050..because in the first one that's when the Great War started...or something like that. ..Eh..they all run together. D:
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:10 am
Fallout 3 is set 200 years after the war.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:12 am
spoosed In game "Simulations", mutants, Hill Billy Mutants(creepy), aliens, giant werewolf things(deathclaw), creature from the black lagoon (Mirelurk King), radioactive cola(Nuka-Cola ha), oversized mole rats scorpions, and cockroaches, two headed cows, zombies, zombies that speak!.... oh and VAMPIRES! well, a small cluster of them anyway..... so yeah, the game has all the basics covered XD But Ghouls are not zombies D: And vampires? Care to elaborate?
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:05 am
Eh, there's no doubt that it's its own thing, but that doesn't mean it doesn't contain elements associated with various "punks"- whether or not it would be called that is a different matter, I suppose.
I.e. it contains elements common to nuclearpunk, but it is not nuclearpunk in itself.
Just had to clarify! Lalalala~
now that I look, I realize Fallout 3 is installed on this computer, my brother's old one. surprised
Perhaps I should play!
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:57 am
CATSUITS! Eh, there's no doubt that it's its own thing, but that doesn't mean it doesn't contain elements associated with various "punks"- whether or not it would be called that is a different matter, I suppose. I.e. it contains elements common to nuclearpunk, but it is not nuclearpunk in itself. Just had to clarify! Lalalala~ now that I look, I realize Fallout 3 is installed on this computer, my brother's old one. surprised Perhaps I should play! YES, PLAY IT. I have Fallout 2 on this PC, going down the neutral path. Will be a sharpshooting, smartass medic.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:14 pm
Keith Valken Lionheart CATSUITS! Eh, there's no doubt that it's its own thing, but that doesn't mean it doesn't contain elements associated with various "punks"- whether or not it would be called that is a different matter, I suppose. I.e. it contains elements common to nuclearpunk, but it is not nuclearpunk in itself. Just had to clarify! Lalalala~ now that I look, I realize Fallout 3 is installed on this computer, my brother's old one. surprised Perhaps I should play! YES, PLAY IT. I have Fallout 2 on this PC, going down the neutral path. Will be a sharpshooting, smartass medic. Ahh! OKAY! I will! RIGHT NOW! Once Steam can connecttt agh. emo I like the sound of your character!
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:16 pm
CATSUITS! Keith Valken Lionheart CATSUITS! Eh, there's no doubt that it's its own thing, but that doesn't mean it doesn't contain elements associated with various "punks"- whether or not it would be called that is a different matter, I suppose. I.e. it contains elements common to nuclearpunk, but it is not nuclearpunk in itself. Just had to clarify! Lalalala~ now that I look, I realize Fallout 3 is installed on this computer, my brother's old one. surprised Perhaps I should play! YES, PLAY IT. I have Fallout 2 on this PC, going down the neutral path. Will be a sharpshooting, smartass medic. Ahh! OKAY! I will! RIGHT NOW! Once Steam can connecttt agh. emo I like the sound of your character!  That's him, or rather, his stats. I just started my file.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:30 pm
Not sure if it's really Steampunk, (Radio-punk or Nuke-punk mabye?) but it dose have one or two steampunk-esque parts. Also, I noticed that the society that became the wasteland had very strong retro influences.
I played game three, and I was surprised how much of the stuff from before the nuke war, like the nuk-coke that acted like potions or the way some of the loading screens looked. It was almost like society adopted a more 1950s way of life before being destroyed.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:07 pm
They may be called Ghouls but they are zombies, rotting flesh... maybe not undead but they even look like the typical zombies.. sorta... As for the vampires, there is a small cluster of blood drinkers after dealing with a town problem. If you get in "good" with them they will teach you how to get 20hp from a blood pack instead of one.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:39 pm
Yeah, but Ghouls don't eat other people, they're not cannibals. They're just like humans, with the exception that their skin is rotting, and that they are immune to radiation. They need to eat, drink, sleep and survive just like a human.
And I wouldn't call blood drinkers vampires. Hemophiliacs sounds more like it. Fallout is great, but it's strictly sci-fi. No zombies, or vampires, and the aliens are a spoof, and not meant to be taken seriously.
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:00 am
Keith Valken Lionheart Yeah, but Ghouls don't eat other people, they're not cannibals. They're just like humans, with the exception that their skin is rotting, and that they are immune to radiation. They need to eat, drink, sleep and survive just like a human. And I wouldn't call blood drinkers vampires. Hemophiliacs sounds more like it. Fallout is great, but it's strictly sci-fi. No zombies, or vampires, and the aliens are a spoof, and not meant to be taken seriously. Eh I just consider them zombies partially due to their drone like minds and clusters. The ghoul mask makes them ignore you, kinda like a zombie flick... sorta. During the speakings with the "vamps" they admit to being the said term in a matter of sorts, and a hemophilliac is someone who's blood doesn't clot... but I know what you mean, just a blood drinker. In the most recent and last DLC(downloadable content) go on an alien mothership. Its called Mothership Zeta. Yeah deff not a strict sci-fi, its kind of an open idea game. They pulled ideas from every direction. Its like a collection of all things fun. XD Im not trying to knock you, or your thoughts... just showing my point of view based on gameplay. smile
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:42 am
It's cool biggrin But Ghouls I guess are meant to be seen as the undead, seeing as 2 of their cities- Necropolis and Underworld- have undead or evil aspects to 'em.
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