» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:33 am Past Fallout games always contained some sharp criticism against America, and to a larger scale, the occidental world. The most obvious exemple was the Enclave, an extremist right-winged faction. The pre-war american world was depicted in the same way : patriotic, greedy and unscrupulous. In other worrds, a charicature of the actual US during the cold war.
In my opinion, Fallout 3 cruelly lacked of these elements. The main plot was rather flat and consisted in some sort of a scenaristic patchwork from the previous games. (Vault experimentations were from Fallout 2, Eden as a computer was from Tactics). With New Vegas, I was pleased with the chosen factions. Let me explain.
The New California Republic embodies the values of the American Constituation : it values freedom and democracy. On the other hand, it is crippled with a slow and complex bureaucracy. And what I remember from Fallout 2's NCR was a city in which there were cops at each street corner...
The Caesar Legion is a slave-based society... And so was America in its first centuries : some historian even talked of "slaveocracy". Indeed, slavery was at the very basis of the economy, much more than in Europe.
Mr House is interesting as well. From what I understand from the previews, The Strip is depicted as "entertainment dictature". As long as people play and spend their money, people do not use their brains. I do believe that is Mr House's goal.
I see these three main factions as a criticism of the US. Sure, these are charicatures, but they make sense. What do you people think ? Am I over anolysing the thing ? I know it's just a video game, but think about it !
In my opinion, Fallout 3 cruelly lacked of these elements. The main plot was rather flat and consisted in some sort of a scenaristic patchwork from the previous games. (Vault experimentations were from Fallout 2, Eden as a computer was from Tactics). With New Vegas, I was pleased with the chosen factions. Let me explain.
The New California Republic embodies the values of the American Constituation : it values freedom and democracy. On the other hand, it is crippled with a slow and complex bureaucracy. And what I remember from Fallout 2's NCR was a city in which there were cops at each street corner...
The Caesar Legion is a slave-based society... And so was America in its first centuries : some historian even talked of "slaveocracy". Indeed, slavery was at the very basis of the economy, much more than in Europe.
Mr House is interesting as well. From what I understand from the previews, The Strip is depicted as "entertainment dictature". As long as people play and spend their money, people do not use their brains. I do believe that is Mr House's goal.
I see these three main factions as a criticism of the US. Sure, these are charicatures, but they make sense. What do you people think ? Am I over anolysing the thing ? I know it's just a video game, but think about it !
To people who say your over anolysing thats WRONG why do you think they start the games with war,war never changes. even after the world has been destroyed the folly of man remains all the same problems remain the games do good to show how no matter what we do humans will be humans and humans start wars.
