Mojave Meanderings and Wasteland Wanderings, The Fallout "Where are you now" thread Options

[Renee]

Awesome Crow. Though I've been playing Fallout 4 here and there gotta say I been really missing the familiar sights of the Capitol Wasteland.

[Kane]

There is a ton of things to find in the Commonwealth too, Renee! Bethesda especially knocked environmental story telling out of the park in Fallout 4.

[Renee]

There is a ton of things to find in the Commonwealth too, Renee! Bethesda especially knocked environmental story telling out of the park in Fallout 4.

"EnVironmental" storytelling? Wonder what that means? Guess I'll find out.

[Kane]

The little bits that tell stories with the way they are arranged. A teddy bear doing check-ups on other toys, or some skeletons that were fighting or watching tv when the bombs fell. The game is chock full of things like that and countless others. I played for years before finding beer bottles stuffed with notes along the shorelines: one of them even had a reference to the movie Die Hard!

[Renee]

Ok, so like, the troll under the bridge in TES4 is one of these, as well as the goblin skeleton holding a beer.... kewl

[Kane]

Exactly! I always feel so bad for that troll. He was trying his best.

[mirocu]

Currently sitting onboard the Dutchess Gambit, on the Lookout side...

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

The Gibson House is my favorite bit of environmental storytelling in Fallout3. Two skeletons lay on a bed with syringes nearby. It’s quite haunting.

[SubRosa]

Exactly! I always feel so bad for that troll. He was trying his best.

I forget where it was now, but playing Skyrim a few days ago I found a dead troll under a bridge. There was no note on the body, but it wasn't a live troll that had been killed. It had been placed there dead by the developers. I am certain it was a nod to the same troll in Oblivion.

[mirocu]

The Gibson House is my favorite bit of environmental storytelling in Fallout3. Two skeletons lay on a bed with syringes nearby. It’s quite haunting.

While I noticed the skeletons on the bed, I can't say I noticed the syringes. Will have a look-see this time.


Is Khajiit happy now??

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Is Khajiit happy now??

Khajiit is not unhappy.

[Renee]

The Gibson House is my favorite bit of environmental storytelling in Fallout3. Two skeletons lay on a bed with syringes nearby. It’s quite haunting.

oH my Lord! Gibson House = Minefield. So the question is, did these two commit suicide (or someone tried to make it look like they did) well before Arkansas took over Minefield, or not long after?

[SubRosa]

I assume that the skeletons in the Gibson house (and most other places) are from two hundred years ago. I suspect they committed suicide when the nuclear war started, or right after.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I assume that the skeletons in the Gibson house (and most other places) are from two hundred years ago. I suspect they committed suicide when the nuclear war started, or right after.

This has always been Khajiit’s assumption as well. I remember coming across it for the first time without any prior knowledge of what I was going to find. It really made me stop and think about it. Another instance that I found really well done was the end of the Dead Money dlc from New Vegas.

[SubRosa]

I thought Vera's holograms were haunting as well. Not in the least due to Laura Bailey's outstanding voice work. I can still hear her crying out: "Sinclair, SINCLAIR!"