This perfectly describes why Fallout 3's world felt like a dumb theme park. All of the locations were stupid and it was impossible to be emotionally invested in anything because of the sheer improbabilty of how and why such a place could even exist.
Why is there a village entirely populated by children? Why is there a raider hideout where they have a gigantic, high-maintenance Super Mutant kept in a pen? Why does the grocery store still have supplies even though it should have been picked clean after so many years?
Moreover, there is no grander sense of these locations being related to one another. There is no sense of economy, trade, communication. Everythign just exists in a vacuum because that's literally how thoughtless the world design was.
Tyler Baker
>Why is there a village entirely populated by children Because it’s cool and weird bro. It’s so nice they decided to shove it in your face in 4 as well!
Logan Ramirez
This, out of all the new fallouts 3 is the only one that actually feels like a nuclear war has destroyed everything. NV was wacky cowboy western adventure, 4 was wacky 1950's theme park ride and I dont even want to think about 76. The tone seems to be getting worse with every installment.
Camden Scott
>capture a super-mutant behemoth to enslave for unprecedented labor value >there's literally no where it the capital wasteland where it could be used to do work >now that he's caught, you have no way of getting rid of him without him killing you and your men >even if you could sell him, he'd still go a rampage the second the electrical fence is powered down
Sorry, but the tonal dissonance with 3's dreary atmosphere being suddenly punctuated by stereotypical Russian pimps, a superhero battle between a guy dressed like a robot fighting lady dressed like an ant, and villages populated by foul-mouthed children makes the whole gritty and dreary tone feel disingenuous and LARPy.
Nicholas Fisher
>Why is there a village entirely populated by children? Mad Max Thunderdome >Why is there a raider hideout where they have a gigantic, high-maintenance Super Mutant kept in a pen? Maybe use it like a war elephant or maybe they countdnt kill it >Why does the grocery store still have supplies even though it should have been picked clean after so many years? The raiders were living there and were keeping supplies in it.
Jason Ross
>Schools out >All of a sudden "I just played Fallout 1 for the first time" threads start cropping up everyday Like fucking clockwork
Sebastian Butler
>take over a grocery store following the apocalypse >repeatedly restock it this is the most wagie thing i've ever heard