Fallout 3 Q's

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OK, so my housemate has been playing this recently and after watching him I have a few questions...

Firstly, where are all the plants? Surely mother nature would have taken over the landscape in the 200 years since the war? There's barely a tree or shrub around. And if there is such a lack of plants what on earth is at the bottom of this food chain? If the ground is so toxic that plants can't survive then how are humans still alive?

Secondly I see there are a lot of buildings full of mindless mutants who have the luxury of power and lights, where is this power coming from and where is the fuel to power the source coming from? Also where are they getting all their bulbs? Surely after 200 years the bulbs would have run out and supply would be severely limited. Also seems strange to me that mutants just kill anything that moves but have the presence of mind to change light bulbs?

Finally there seem to be a lot of bullets and energy packs around, I gather there is some factory somewhere that is churning out and distributing these or are they supposed to be left over from 200 years ago? Bullets don't have an unlimited shelf life and surely they would be pretty much spent after 200 years of struggle.

:)
 
Skyfall said:
OK, so my housemate has been playing this recently and after watching him I have a few questions...

Firstly, where are all the plants? Surely mother nature would have taken over the landscape in the 200 years since the war? There's barely a tree or shrub around. And if there is such a lack of plants what on earth is at the bottom of this food chain? If the ground is so toxic that plants can't survive then how are humans still alive?

Secondly I see there are a lot of buildings full of mindless mutants who have the luxury of power and lights, where is this power coming from and where is the fuel to power the source coming from? Also where are they getting all their bulbs? Surely after 200 years the bulbs would have run out and supply would be severely limited. Also seems strange to me that mutants just kill anything that moves but have the presence of mind to change light bulbs?

Finally there seem to be a lot of bullets and energy packs around, I gather there is some factory somewhere that is churning out and distributing these or are they supposed to be left over from 200 years ago? Bullets don't have an unlimited shelf life and surely they would be pretty much spent after 200 years of struggle.

:)
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Most of this stuff is actually explained if you play the game. :)
 
Do you question everything like this? If so, there is a true moves channel on sky which I think you would love :)

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Just in case you weren't aware, here's the normal thought process for playing computer games.

Buy Game
Insert Game disc into appropriate console
While game loads, decided to suspend disbelief for the duration
Enjoy game while killing mutants, flying, whatever
Finish game and return to the real world
DO NOT QUESTION WHY THE GAME WASN'T FACTUALLY CORRECT!
 
So in a game consisting of mutants, the fact that one can survive being shot A LOT of times, the ability to freeze time to aim accurately and the fact that coke magically heals you, you have a problem with sourcing lightbulbs?? :p
 
Lol i love that people are allways screaming "I WANT REALISIM IN MY GAMES" but when some one picks up something on a game that has a huge fan base (like this gentlmen has). They all start screaming "IT'S JUST A GAME!" but what he says is true :P .. apart from mother nature part. Im pretty sure you see the odd bush here and there.
In the game dont people spend years in there bunkers (havnt played in AGES) so maybe the radiation killed off all plant life, to the point where there wasnt even a seed or anything that could even grow into plant life. Then 100 years later, when people emerge from the bunkers.. theres still nothing :) + with no water except acid rain,
 
Could you imagine how hard Fallout would be, if how you would imagine a post apocolyptic world to be, like Skyfall says, would be?

It would be impossible.
 
PardonTheWait said:
Sonic the Hedgehog is BLUE and he stands on two legs

Tails can FLY
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Sonic, if you read the manual, is blue because running fast changed his colour. He was genetically engineered by Dr. Robotnik.

Tails can fly cause his two tails can act like a helicopter rotor.

Not scientifically correct but at least it is explained. There is a difference.

However, this only annoys me if it is to do with the story.
Like at the end of GoW, where even the game makers have stated that some stuff was missed out.
 
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So wait if there was a backstory that says there's a goat that lives in Ten Penny Towers that craps lightbulbs, that'd be fine because it's explained?

Imagine how big the manual would be!
 
PardonTheWait said:
So wait if there was a backstory that says there's a goat that lives in Ten Penny Towers that craps lightbulbs, that'd be fine because it's explained?

Imagine how big the manual would be!
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I'm just saying there is a difference, does not mean I demand that there is an explaination.

I'm sure you could slip that into the dialog in Fallout 3 without much hassle though.

"Anything else you want to talk about?"
Select "Rumours"
"I have heard there's a goat that lives in Ten Penny Towers that craps lightbulbs and the kidney stones of mutants are fully functioning bullets."
 
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Fortyseven said:
"Anything else you want to talk about?"
Select "Rumours"
"I have heard there's a goat that lives in Ten Penny Towers that craps lightbulbs and the kidney stones of mutants are fully functioning bullets."
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Lol, that would have been ace!

I hear what people are saying about it just being a game, but this isn't some far out technology or something that hasn't been invented yet, its basics of life and common sense. Mutants and time freezing add to the game, but I just find it difficult to get into the spirit of what is supposed to be a role playing game when the actual word doesn't make sense.
 
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