Fallout General Discussion & Speculation

Obsidian was the one to make New Vegas with those Confirmed Bachelor and Cherchez La Femme perks right? I would be totally on board   I already knew this but Fallout 4 except that lesbian couple in the beginning is not queer at all, and that straight perk... 


I met Hancock already, but I keep reseting the conversation, I want to know every dialogue of him lol also kinda annoying when some character doesnt like your opinion, Codsworth is a sweetheart but he doesnt like my sarcastic aptitude  I think he's gonna stay in Sanctuary next time we visit it, I think my main gang is gonna be Hancock, Nick and Piper with my lovely doggo (edit. ofc this is a mod hehe)

Mhmm, New Vegas had those perks!

I like all the companions, but I haven't maxed out affinity with Cait, Strong, or Longfellow yet on any playthrough. Strong is pretty frustrating. He dislikes when you pick locks, which, if you're like me and need to pick every lock and hack every terminal, can get old fast. Luckily, I have a mod now that makes it so I only gain affection with everyone (yay, cheats)

Just logged into fallout 4 long enough to see if they added anything to the C. Club. Seems they are not offering any freebies or sales at the moment, and nothing new has been added. Lame!

I'd recommend watching Many A True Nerd's YouTube Playthrough "Fallout 3: Kill Everything". His commentary makes the videos really hilarious (very dry humor which I love). There are a lot of failed and broken quests despite Bethesda making certain characters essential to prevent that, ha. He's one's of the few YouTube Let's Plays that manages to actually be funny without being annoying. He also made the "Fallout New Vegas: No Kills" playthrough that I posted earlier, and naturally he has a "Fallout New Vegas: Kill Everything".  And a number of other playthroughs of different games (and the other Fallouts including FO4).

According to his own rule set for the "No Kills" challenge that not only can the player character not make kills of any kind (be it human, creature, or robot in case they're sentient), companions can't kill anything either (since he believes the player character would be an accomplice to that); he decided not to make a "Fallout 3: No Kills" playthrough since killing is required at certain points to progress the main story (clearing the Jefferson Memorial of Super Mutants is one example).

Here are the "Fallout 3: Kill Everything" and "Fallout New Vegas: Kill Everything" playthroughs:


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What are everyone's thoughts on a Fallout DLC that takes place outside the US?

I watched a speculation video on this topic, and now I'm intrigued by the idea.  I don't think it would work on an entire Fallout game, since in my opinion much of the Fallout charm and identity comes from 1950s Americana.  A large DLC/"expansion pack" could work well to expand the scope and lore of the Fallout universe.  Obviously, we have the Mothership Zeta DLC that takes place outside the US lol, but I'm very curious about the state of the rest of the world that suffered from the Great War.

An easier choice for location would be Canada. After being forced into being the frontlines of the Battle of Anchorage and annexed by the US, Vault-Tec did build some vaults there too.  There are some characters in FO1 and 2 who originate from there, hinting at survivors and settlements.  Not much else is known about the aftermath of Canada within the lore from what I've read in the wiki (and much is referenced from the Fallout Bible and not in the games).

And then there's China. With the country being the superpower that was the primary rival of the US in the Great War, it is likely they had a shadow government of the elite very similar to the US's Enclave that achieved safe harbor before the nuclear bombs dropped.  They may have had their own version of vaults too with survivors, and those who didn't have shelter surviving as well. There were survivors from outside the vaults in the US (and all of them couldn't have been ghoulified I imagine if they stayed far enough from any radiation), so China likely has survivors too with their own post-apocalyptic society and history in Fallout. I believe it would be interesting to visit the opposite side of the Great War and see the remnants of their pre-Great War perspective during the Resource Wars, and how they have since survived and rebuilt. (Though, there's the risk of it all being highly offensive, but hopefully Bethesda/whoever would have the sense to hire Chinese writers to accurately represent their culture).

Much of the world was ravaged by war. There was the European Commonwealth-Middle East War before the Sino-American War, leaving both the European Commonwealth and Middle East in ruins.  The European Commonwealth also fell into a state of civil war.  The US military had a strong presence in Mexico to control their oil and fuel refineries.  The USSR doesn't dissolve in the Fallout universe, either, but China eventually becomes the primary rival in the Red Scare to the US in this timeline.  Their relations with the US improved somewhat but were still tense, and they have an unknown role in the Great War.

And there may have been many regions across the world untouched by the nuclear bombs like Zion Canyon in New Vegas's Honest Hearts DLC (even if radiation spread in the atmosphere at "safer" levels); I'd be curious to see those areas if they're isolated from the rest of the post-apocalyptic world, and how people are either thriving or struggling as a society, or if it's free of human presence.

It's also relevant that the US government developed the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV) before the Great War, after seeing the potential military applications while researching ways to counteract possible Chinese biological warfare, in response to the New Plague.  And it inevitably created Super Mutants, Deathclaws, and Centaurs.  Outside the scope of the US/North America, the rest of the world wouldn't have them.  But, they would likely have their own mutated creatures (animal or human in origin) from radiation or any other artificially/naturally created virus.  Ghouls would be universal.

I'm not sure how international travel would work in Fallout if there's a DLC that has the player character travel outside the US, particularly in places overseas. We see vehicles and aircrafts from pre-War tech in possession by powerful factions like the Brotherhood of Steel, Enclave, and New California Republic; so it's feasible.  And of course there are boats in the Fallout universe which could travel overseas, and that would make sense.  It's canon that Moriarty in FO3 was born outside the US, but IIRC it wasn't confirmed where.  And there may have been others*.  (There's also Raul in New Vegas who lived in Mexico City during and immediately after the Great War, and a few characters from Canada in FO1 and 2.  But, that would be closer and more accessible to travel.)

*This is more of an unrelated tangent in Fallout lore, so I'll put it in spoilers:


Anyway, please correct me if any of this is inaccurate.  I referenced the wiki to confirm some facts in case I remembered incorrectly, which possibly may have some errors.  I may have misread or misinterpreted some facts as well.

I would love to read other people's thoughts on this (or anything else Fallout, honestly).  It's fun to speculate with Fallout's rich lore 

Edited a few times where I mixed some stuff up, oops.  I also rambled a bit, so I tried to make this post a little more coherent lol.  I originally didn't intend to write an essay.

The game seriously lack gay men, which was disappointing after super gay New Vegas.
Mel is super gorgeous and adorable.
I was happy when I found out he's gay.

Confession: I never really spent any time with Hancock!

Heh, thanks.  I feel like a big nerd after writing all of that  .  Still, a Fallout DLC outside the US would be pretty cool IMO.

Davrin's boobs

I may have downloaded that mod, and it may be awesome

I only had the chance to test it with Magnolia so far, but it has convincing screaming lol

No you won't get ninjamanced. I think it's every time a companion reaches a higher level of affinity with you, you do a flirty speech check.

Flirt whenever possible to be safe, and obviously you wanna see all the romance content.