All Things Fallout, A Non Game Specific Discussion Thread Options

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Khajiit had something to say related to the Fallout series but didn't see a thread that it would fit in. So he made one!

This one was thinking that he would love to see a spinoff game from the main Fallout series that takes place in post apocalyptic China. Khajiit thinks it would be interesting to see things from their point of view and to see what is going on over there after the Great War ended.

[SubRosa]

I think the lore-hounds would say that after the bombs dropped, not much has happened culturally. People were too busy trying to survive to bother with making music.

I disagree however. There is always downtime in life, even if you are a hunter-gatherer constantly moving in search of food. I think a lot of the electronic forms of music would vanish, and go back to the earlier styles of one person with a guitar or flute. Since most people probably would not have power.

The Vaults are anyone's guess. It depends on what Vault-Tec put in the vaults before they closed. So they might have recording equipment and things like keyboards and electric guitars. There was the one vault of musicians in Fallout 3. People in the vaults would have a lot more free time they would need to fill. So I imagine entertainment like music would be popular. It would depend on what they had, or could build from scrap in the vault.

Wasteland Radio probably would be very dependent upon Pre-War records however. That would be most of the recorded music around that they could broadcast. Though I certainly can see radio stations having live music, like the old woman violinist in Fallout 3. They might even record it, and start passing it around with caravaners.

On the subject of Pre-War music, I also agree that it would not be all big band and swing. A long time passed between the point where Fallout history diverged from the real world and the Great War happened. I think the bombs fell in 2077? So that is over a century of progress. And as you say, music would not remain stuck in Dean Martin mode all that time. There would be all those forms of music you mentioned, and more we have not even heard of yet.

[Renee]

Khajiit: I don't know how those pulp rags are written in real-life, never had the fortune to ever read one. But if you write one first, I can get a glimpse of their style, at least.

Yes, I agree there could be some 2277 music which is localized, and other musicians are out there. Lots of blanks to get filled in, not just with music. Rader is doing a great job at filling them in with his Mariah story.

I think the lore-hounds would say that after the bombs dropped, not much has happened culturally. People were too busy trying to survive to bother with making music.

I am talking about the 100+ years before the bomb dropped though, is what I'd say to the lore hounds.

I think the bombs fell in 2077? So that is over a century of progress.

Yes. That's what I'm saying.

Maybe the music in the game is supposed to be a mere representation of how the Fallout universe is portrayed, while our character sits in Moriarty's enjoying some scotch. Therefore, when we hear Let's Go Sunning, this is not necessarily a song which was written in 1931, it's merely a song which sets the tone, sets the general atmosphere. Let's go Sunning could have been written in 2076, just weeks before the Great War.

By the way, I am not suggesting that all those music styles (metal, hip hop, etc.) should be in the game. In fact, maybe since this is supposed to be an alternate reality, some music styles would get created which are nothing like we hear in our modern times.

I think a lot of the electronic forms of music would vanish, and go back to the earlier styles of one person with a guitar or flute. Since most people probably would not have power.

Good point, especially for those who were forced to stay aboveground. In my thinking, a lot of the music in the game would have been preserved somehow in vaults.

Thanks for not laughing at me and my silly thoughts, everybody!

This post has been edited by Renee: Sep 8 2020, 02:41 PM