So somthing I found amusing, not as an insult, but just as a thought, has anyone else noticed how the basic Fallout story has never changed?

The formula being

'Main Character goes out to find some object for something in his interest and unintentionally becomes involved in something bigger than himself and saves the masses.'

Granted this is the general RPG layout but it's still pretty follow that every Fallout game even now follows this premise :laugh:

War.

War never changes.

Lets see:

Fallout 1; Search the Water Chip, then destroy the Master
Fallout 2: Search the GECK, then destroy the Enclave
Fallout 3: Search you father, then activate Project Purity and then Destroy the Enclave, AGAIN
Fallout New Vegas: Search the Platinum Chip, then ..... then....... then....... wow.

Fallout.....

Fallout never chanages....

I think it is the simplest way to allow the hero(ine) to have any given background.

This.



That.

And.

If it's not broke don't fix it.

You're talking about the archetypal hero story. This is not limited to the Fallout series or even video games or movies. It's a story model that is thousands of years old and there is a reason it has persisted in the collective human consciousness for so long.

Oh I know, I just simply find it funny that if you make just the slightest tweak and sell it as new, people will buy it. I think it's that we all KNOW what will happen, it's the hows and whys we want to find out.

I would like one of these to start with a protagonist setting out to save the world and ends up realizing all he/she really wants to do is find some moisturizing cream to counter the harsh, dry climate.

I wondering what canonically happened in New Vegas

Yup, everyone loves to be the hero. But I suppose you can be the antihero of sorts in these types of games. Even if the plot stays relatively the same, an interesting narrative (I think I got that right ) does wonders to keep it interesting. Tbh, if I was the average Jo(e) that kinda did their bit and then died, it would make for a pretty crappy video game - or the Sims... :wink_smile:

If the average joe's bit was slaughtering 2-headed bear people astride BATTLE CATTLE....I would not mind that.

even if you play as an anti-hero, everyone is the "hero" of their own story.

No, not really. I want to buy future Fallout games because of Bethesda's involvement and the associated emphasis on goofing off, exploring, and freelance questing instead of playing a storyline.

If I wasn't so lazy I'd dredge up one of the fastplay threads and find whoever had the really great post explaining why the start and end don't matter as much as the journey. it's loses some eloquence in my reinterpretation.

It is odd that a little twist can change something so much.

yeah when you said that this was the basic RPG plotline you hit the nail on the head look at every fallout game, every final fantasy game. it's a simple technique, but the masses still love it

Being truly original is an impossible thing, yet the reusing of a fun plot rarely gets old, in my opinion, as long as it's dressed differently each time.

Seems like this to me:

Fallout 1: PC is sent from the Vault to find a water chip but gets caught up in the super mutant deal and must kill the mutant's leader, the Master.

Fallout 2: PC goes looking for a G.E.C.K. and eventually destroys the Enclave.

Fallout 3: PC is kicked out of the Vault and goes looking for his/her father but gets caught up in nullifying the super mutant threat and finding a G.E.C.K. in order to supply water to the masses and save the wasteland from the Enclave. (Wow it really does sound like the plot of 1 and 2 mashed together)



Fallout 3 appeared to be the most unoriginal story. However, there are similarities in regards to the basic plot layout like how the PC goes from zero to hero, the struggle of good versus evil (which New Vegas seems to avoid), etc.

Well, As long as it is well dressed and well spoken then it's fun. If its a well dressed idiot that says 'EXPLOSIONS MAEK DA CUL FALLOUTS.' I'll have to be ready to 'accidentally' use that disc as a shot disk.

Eh in New Vegas I didn't know I was supposed to care about the platinum chip until I already had it.

Fallout 1 + Fallout 2 = Fallout 3

Okay, I maybe the only one that finds the numerical and stories similarities hilarious, but I had to post it.

I thought the common practice was to use them as coasters?

Heh. I never thought of it that way. Of course I seem to be one of the few people who are amused by things like that.

I still laugh to myself every time I look at the clock and it's 12:34.

You mean there is an RPG you play as the Villain and just butcher anyone who oppose you :drool:

Wait

Can't we do that in NV already?

What I thought was pretty cool is in FO1 you could accept the Masters plan and get an ending that shows you being dipped and seeing the full Fallout ending slides to go along with it. Not a generic "you died/lost" screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfyqlMBeQFU <- here it is for those interested.

Something that was lacking in FO2. Fallout 3's ending slides where a joke compared to those.