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An interesting side note..
Did you read the story about the black fungus on the reactor walls? It somehow uses melanin to feed [Yep, feed] on the radiation.

I read that it was being looked at as a long term [possible] food supply option for space future voyages.

I realize that Bethesda made the creative decision to go with a "wasteland" landscape to stay true to the series and make game seem more lonely/desolate. But I just wanted to bring up this point of what really would have happened, in this case and how different it would be.

Apart from the radiation though, a lot of the buildings (especially wooden) would have been destroyed, because of rotting and infestation of termites.

The devs were aware that in real life, nature would have reclaimed everything after 200 years. But they had to use artistic license in order to have the iconic wasteland that is Fallout. Wouldn't be much of a wasteland if it was covered in forests. I do think setting the game 200 years after the war was a serious error. If it had been set only 20 years afterwards everything would be much more believable..

It's like looking at Star Wars and then wondering how they're able to break the Light barrier without having to deal with the whole problem of relativity.

THIS GAME ISNT VERY REALISTIC HLOY CARP LOIS!

THIS GAME ISNT VERY REALISTIC HLOY CARP LOIS!


Hloy Carp?

Anyway, if you want trees, try this mod: http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=5168
It adds some trees and other veg. I used it, but stopped until I complete the Oasis quest.

Also, one thing I liked about STALKER but miss in FO3 is weather. It should rain and stuff. That would be cool.

As a quick note, they are extending this into a 10 part series.

I guess 5 million people tuned into the movie, and they smelled advertising money.

If I were an FO3 dev, I would watch these episodes to get ideas for future DLCs. Apparently they are going to visit a lot of landmarks in the show.

R

It was on the history channel yesterday, right after the nostradamus special

I just finished watching the movie "Life After People". The movie is basically showing the progression of Earth after humans are gone. It shows the growth of plant life, corrosion of buildings, etc. But the one thing that really made me question the legitimacy of FO3 was a part about the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, in which a town had to evacuate after a nearby nuclear plant exploded (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster). And after 20 years, with no people maintaining the structures, buildings have already started to become covered in plants. Areas of high radiation have already made a comeback and are now forests.

So basically, after watching this movie, it made me think about the landscape of FO3. In Fallout 3, you rarely see a living tree, and after 200 years there are still plenty of standing buildings (i'm assuming they haven't been maintained, since people are fighting for survival). It just seems like Bethesda would have gone more in depth about the plant life's adaption in this type of environment and the corrosion of buildings. Now I know that in the FO universe, the world was destroyed by nuclear war and not just a nuclear blast, but in areas of low radiation more plant life would have come back.

Also another quick point, what is with the dead trees scattered about the landscape? If they died from the nuclear blasts then there is no way they would still be standing after 200 years.

I recommend this movie, it's really interesting and provides lots of information as to how and why the Earth will progress back to it's earlier state before humans.

Also, if you go by the Fallout lore, shortly after the bombs dropped there was a "black rain" that fell for several days, and wiped out most species of animal and plant life. So according to that, perhaps the soil is still so toxic from the black rain that only a few hardy weeds and bushes can live in it..

Sure, that's true. When we first saw screens of the game, we had a huge debate about the wooden buildings around Springdale. The buildings look more like 20 years after the war, not 200. But again, it's more fun to have ruins than nothing.

You would be surprise how long a wooden structure can stay intact in a dry arid environment.. Wet, humid climates are detrimental to wooden structures, Gramted 200 yrs is pushing it, but regardless I thought that should be mentioned, and more than likely termites would've perished in the radiation, or perhaps mutated so that houses would be mere snacks... I live in a rainforest (very wet and humid) and there is houses here that are 100 yrs old all over, granted they are maintained, but as I said in a dry arid climate It may be possible for wooden structures to survive, Not hugely likely but possible nevertheless..

As for the trees? I got no idea.