#fallout 4 fan story

[fallout13-story]

The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 2

“And Then We Fall.” Part 2

Pages 180-189

[hillatar]

(Click for better quality) It's Valentine's Day y'all and I thought @rad-roche's sweethearts in her amazing The Unmade Man series deserved their Happily Ever After!! So I drew it goddammit

[nukacourier]

I gotta say this. While Fallout 4 does have the weakest writing out of all the Fallout games, you can still acknowledge it has great characters like Valentine/Hancock/MacCready/etc and the game is fun to play in general. If you think anyone who enjoys the game/its characters is a "fake fan" or "newgen" I'm gonna take my boot off and beat you with it

Sometimes people just wanna dick around in a game and not have every moment they scratch their ass affect the storyline and that's FINE!!! Chill out. Not every Fallout fans has to be praising 2 or New Vegas constantly just to enjoy other games

[doctorsiren]

After listening to @chadfallout76podcast ‘s “Death Shroud: A Nick Valentine Mystery” on Sunday, I wrote a song about it! So fun to have new inspiration for another Nick Valentine song, since he’s my favourite character from any piece of media I’ve ever consumed haha

I incorporated a few of my other Fallout 4 songs into it, as well as the songs from both Portal games :))

[randomsufff]

Lmao guess who’s replaying Fallout 4…

Funni comic based on my something I’m doing in my Survival run (which I know isn’t that hard but I’m not really a hardcore gamer in the first place so it’s challenging enough lmao). I wanted to try to be in a relationship with all the companions but since you can’t auto save and stuff I decided to just rack up as much charisma bonuses I can via clothing before the final Flirt check (and yes I know I could save if I ask them to talk later and just find a bed but where’s the fun in that?)

So it results in me going “oh hold on-“ *frantically changes into suit and puts on stupid wig and glasses* “Hey I love you- be in a relationship it’s me 👍” and I though it was such a hilarious visual I had to draw it out.

Plus bonus random meme that I kind of made up because the image of this man managing to pull multiple people while spontaneously dressing on the spot into this goofy ass fit (the glasses are so large on the face- like why are they that big 💀💀💀) was so funny to me

[3-inch-sam]

i got some fallout games bc they're on massive sale and started playing fallout 3. why is Liam Neeson so chill about his one year old son jumping on the furniture? i feel like he should be more concerned that im on the dining room table

[theatomicpsychotic]

Finished the fallout tv series. It sucks tm kiss emoji

[nthflower]

I love curie so much I am rotating her in my mind also her synth body donor G5 I am obsessed with them why noone talks about them let's talk about them omg. Herrrrrrrrrrrrr.

^^^^^^ I love you 😘😘😘❤️😘😘

[chocmoon-latte]

My biggest dream is Fallout 4 getting an update that finally turns it into a complete game. Which yes, is 100% wishful thinking, but could you imagine if such a thing were possible?

I know the next-gen update is a thing that's supposed to happen, and obviously won't involve any of the following (because that's me getting my hopes up too high), but imagine waking up one morning and there's this new DLC or version of the game out that adds in a whole bunch of stuff that got cut out of the final game: additional quests, new character dialogue, higher quality renders, things of the sort. Nothing too much that's going to change the existing lore, but rather add onto it.

I mean, a lot of fans of every kind across multiple platforms are still talking about this game almost a decade later like it just came out a couple of months ago. A lot of people still discuss the lore and are finding things they've never found before, are still putting hundreds of hours into it, are still talking about things that could've been done better, making mods, etc. etc. Bethesda still likes using these characters clearly, and another user said something similar to this (forgot who), but things like Death Shroud is literal proof that even the voice actors themselves still love playing these characters.

I'm just saying, if they ever wanted to, they could very easily do something with that (assuming it wouldn't mess with the good aspects already there).

Am I unrealistic for thinking this? Yeah, probably. But a Fallout girlie can dream.

[x-sapphicpirate-x]

After Dark: A Brotherhood of Steel Story - Chapter 4 excerpt

“Get them!” one of the guards shouted and unleashed an automatic wave of green globs in my direction. 

“You did not just shoot that green shit at me!” I yelled back at him, and I fired my shotgun through the space where a window once was, knocking him back. He tumbled over but crawled to the opposite side of the fountain and got to his feet. 

I could make out Eden through the smoke and fire standing still at yet another terminal that must have controlled the turrets while Jet covered her. I spotted the other guard chucking grenades from a box into their general area, the blasts sent debris and ancient office supplies flying. 

“Cover me!” I yelled to Flynn. I tried charging out but the turrets swung around and started hammering away at my meager cover, seeming to strain against their limited filed of view just to get at me. “Fuck! I can’t get a shot! That guy has grenades and Eden is trying to hack the turrets!” 

“I got it,” Flynn said. She leaned out of cover, fired a single shot and the grenade box was gone in a large burst of fire. The guard was far enough away to not have been killed by the blast. Flynn took aim but the guard I had knocked over was charging towards us, his green goo burning through our cover way too quickly. 

Flynn and I ran back around towards the doorway we had come through, firing blindly to keep our enemy’s head down but now the turrets were tracking us again. We couldn’t keep this up. 

“Got it!” I heard Eden yell and the turrets immediately stopped tracking us and turned toward the guards instead. Both men had just come around either side of the fountain and took a few rounds in the chest each. They didn’t go down though. They had damn good armor and they made quick work of the turrets. The men then turned in unison and fired into our positions. I could hear both Eden and Jet firing but either they weren’t hitting much or these guards were just too well armored and armed for even the four of us combined. 

I glanced at the open doorway. There was no chance we could escape that way without the men just gunning us down. I looked all around but saw nothing that could help us. Then I had an idea. 

“Flynn! Get all the oxygen tanks and lean them against that wall!” 

“What? Why?” 

“Just do it and then get the hell out of there!” 

I sprung up as Flynn crawled away toward the triage area. 

“Hey! Bryce and Connors!” 

Both guards turned towards me, guns raised but holding their fire. Good. 

“Just give up already! You can’t hit nothing!” 

They fired together but I had positioned myself perfectly to get behind a wall at just the right moment as I continued pacing to my right, towards the triage area. 

“Kali! What are you doing?!” Jet yelled from across the room but I ignored them.

“Better get behind something before I blow your fucking head off!” I yelled at Bryce and Connors and they scowled at me, firing short bursts, but I easily dodged the energy globs. Both guards started to reload. Fuck. I needed more time. Just a moment more.

“Ha! What little bitches! Ran out of ammo! Guess you’re nothing without all your grenades!” 

“Shut up, raider scum!” green globber yelled. “We just called for reinforcements. You’re dead meat!”

Oh shit. “Hey, guys! Guess we better get out of here! There’s no fight to be had here!” 

“You killed Sarge and Tracey!” the other man yelled and I felt myself falter but I saw Flynn out of the corner of my eye give me the thumbs up. Here goes nothing. I stepped into the triage area and out into the open with my shotgun pointed at the soldiers. I heard Eden scream as they fired at the same time.

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Chapter 1

[fallout13-story]

The Neighborhood Watch

Episode 2

“And Then We Fall.” Part 2

Pages 190-199

[twosides--samecoin]

I normally play Fallout 4 (really, anything Bethesda that I've played for years) with an alt start mod and the one I have is set up so I can completely ignore the main story. I eventually will need to go research the institute and I need to go SEE the place to write the location and ugh I dislike dealing with the institute when I play

I might start a playthrough as Jack instead because he has to go there and maybe that will make get in the headspace to do it

[assumptionprime]

I need to rant about the Fallout show

Because this is the person I am. Full spoilers, so I’m putting it behind a Keep Reading:

I’m a huge sucker for Fallout (yes even 3&4). And I went into the Fallout show with some… trepidation. Amazon has been a mixed bag on adaptations, we could have been blessed with a Good Omens, or cursed by a Rings of Power. But early buzz and reviews seemed positive, so I slammed the whole thing in one night with my spouse (we were staying at my in-laws house and they have Prime. Time was a factor.)

And y’know? I was really enjoying it! The characters were fun, the plot was engaging enough, and the costumes and visual design were extremely on point. There were some minor lore quibbles to be had: Ghouls needing some kind of medicine to not go feral. Really, more Enclave holdouts? Timeline and date whoopsies. Wait are they in California? Where the hell is the NCR?

I made a face at Shady Sands being bombed and the NCR collapsing. But I wasn’t completely out of the story. Based on what I had seen so far, I thought it was building to a reveal that the Brotherhood had done it. That the more zealous turn they took in Fallout 4, which has clearly carried to how they are portrayed in the show, lead them to bombing the NCR. War never changes, as they say. Maximus even says when asked what happened to Shady Sands: “The same thing that always happens.” Yeah, it leans into Bethesda’s weird desire to keep the Fallout world in a state of perpetual wastelands full of raiders and no civilization, but it wasn’t so terrible that I couldn’t still enjoy the show.

But then.

BUT THEN.

Episode 8, and the reveal of Vault-Tec apparently being the ones who dropped the first bomb in the Great War.

I was surprised to hear that some fans have apparently been debating over who fired first? Some even asked Tim Cain about it?

That’s really odd to me because, in the games, there is already a pretty definitive answer to which side sparked the Great War:

Who fucking cares?

The world ended. What does it matter who shot first?

There is no China, no United States, no communists or capitalists left to fight about it. 

It's a powerful little bit of lore.

For all the posturing, all the promises from each nation that their way is the true way, all the nationalism, the militarism, and blind loyalty to flags over humanity, they both lost. Everyone lost. All that remains of the ideologies and nations that were so important to the people of 2077 is faint echoes over vast expanses of radioactive ash.

Who started the end?

No one knows. No one cares.

It only matters that their conflict was so bitter, so all-consuming, that one of them dropped their bombs, and the other dropped theirs in return.

The truest legacy of the old world is the devastation left by their final, most horrific war.

Can we do better?

Then the show says "Nah, Vault-Tec did it. It's not a commentary on human nature and the futility of self-destructive conflict, it was actually these guys, these mustache twirling villains huddled in a darkened room literally plotting to end the whole world so they can rule what's left."

And I can see the attempt to make this a critique of capitalism. I actually paused the show to praise a bit of writing when Coop is talking with Charlie before the war, when Charlie tells him that the “cattle ranchers are in charge” to illustrate how capitalism and corporations hold too much sway over the government, it felt very in line with how in New Vegas one of the recurring critiques of the NCR is that all the real power is in the hands of the “brahmin barons.” Nice parallel, spot on!

But “we’ll set off total thermonuclear war so we can rule the ashes and have a True Monopoly” isn’t capitalism. It’s just dumb “we’re the baddies” writing.

And then Shady Sands was also Vault-Tec?! Forget any meaning in the NCR falling to the same corruption and/or factional fighting that consumed the old world, they were literally just bombed by the evil shadow conspiracy that apparently also killed the old world. Hank gives this speech about factions fighting and the futility of it all while we see the Brotherhood fighting Moldaver’s NCR remnant, and like, no! You can’t say that when you’ve made it so neither the old world or the NCR fell to war with another faction! It was you! You and your band of cryogenic supervillains!

I don't care that they changed it. Timelines and dates and little retcons don’t bother me all that much. I care that they changed it to something so much worse.

[tau1tvec]

[ quote ]

Cain was invited by Bethesda's Todd Howard to the premiere event at the Chinese Theater in LA, and seemed to enjoy the big budget celebration of the Fallout series. As for the show itself, Cain had nothing but praise for the premiere, which consisted of the season's first two episodes. "I was literally at the edge of my seat," he said.

Cain appreciated the performances and storytelling, but singled out how the show nailed the Fallout "vibe" as its biggest achievement. "I was just looking at all the props," he said of one scene. "I realized after a few minutes went by that I had not followed the dialogue at all, because I was so engrossed by it visually."

On a more sour note, Cain took time to address the way fans of the series can behave poorly online, particularly regarding any perceived rivalry between Fallout entries developed by Bethesda (3, 4, and 76), and those from Interplay, Black Isle, and Obsidian (1, 2, and New Vegas). Cain spoke positively of Todd Howard, and said that "Some of the stuff you [series fans] say online is so off."

At the premiere Cain also caught up with Brian Fargo, founder of original Fallout publisher Interplay and currently the head of RPG studio inXile. In the past, Cain criticized Fargo when explaining why he left development on Fallout 2 to found his own studio, but Cain made it clear that their relationship is amicable, and that the development of Fallout 2 was a complicated situation from over 20 years ago: "People remember things differently, things happen differently, things affected people differently."

Unfortunately, Fargo seems to have experienced abuse online from fans reacting poorly to Cain's story, reactions which the developer strongly disavowed. "If we can get along, you guys can get along," Cain insisted.

"You guys can be really destructive," Cain said, "Which is odd, because you do it to people who are trying to make things."

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[galoogamelady]

What’s Fallout like? Like I know I can google what kind of game it is but more than that what games would you compare it to? and is it more story-based or gameplay-based?

That's a difficult one to answer and I'm not sure I have the authority to do it lol

But I'll try!

The Fallout fandom is fairly complicated due to the IP being passed around and the lore/values of its storytelling being muddied over the years. That being said I think both old-school and new fans would still agree that the story is the most important element, as they're meant to be role playing games where you make decisions on often heavy matters (especially in the games of the original devs).

Fallout 1 and 2 are turn-based isometric rpg-s from the late 90s. If you like that type of gameplay, they're fantastic games and cult classics. They don't shy away from heavy themes.

Then the IP got sold to Bethesda and their version of Fallout is a FPS/TPS action experience, as seen in Fallout 3 and 4. The combat is fun but even the newest game is shit by shooter standards. If you played an Elder Scrolls game (like Skyrim), they're like that but set in a retro futuristic post apocalypse. A large slice of the fandom has only played these ones and skipped the original turn-based games.

Fallout New Vegas was made by the original team but using Bethesda's engine. Many fans would tell you that out of the modern titles, that's the one with the best writing.

Fallout 4 was a very popular title due to the scrap and build system. As you adventure, you can scavenge all sorts of trash and then build your own little settlements in the wasteland and populate them with settlers. Add mods to that, and the community really did some magic. It made people connect with the world of Fallout on a personal level.

The story in a nutshell: in an alternate timeline, survivors of a devastating nuclear war are trying to rebuild and make the irradiated wasteland of the United States liveable again but every group and faction has a different take on how society should be rebuilt. When the writing is done well, your choices have weight and it's impossible to be fair and please everyone. You get to discover a variety of different factors that lead to the Great War and you have to wager whether humanity is doomed to make the same mistakes all over again. Is there a way to avoid them? What kind of sacrifices does that require? Etc.

A lot of it is supposed to be a critical look at war, 50s Americana and the dangers of nationalism, rampant consumerism, xenophobia, etc.

Hope this helped a little! It's difficult to find two Fallout fans who are on the exact same opinion of all the games. I personally think, the fun part of the games is when you get to carve a little slice out of the wasteland for yourself and your community and the stimulating part is the overarching story and lore.

It's no wonder the original writers made The Outer Worlds too, which I don't consider a legendary game but the similarities are obvious in the themes.

[91vaults]

Ok so here's the thing: I totally get where the Fallout New Vegas crowd are coming from

(Note: I haven't watched the show yet I'm only going off what's come across my dash so keep that in mind)

Fallout New Vegas is and always will be my favorite fallout game. But I also love Fallout 4. I'm a member of both camps.

I'm also weird in that I love Fallout but absolutely will not touch anything else in the post-apocalyptic genre because...I kinda hate it.

Fallout is Post apocalyptic, but not in the same way something like "The Last of Us" is. It's not grounded in reality for one, and whilst society isn't necessarily moving "forward"...it does exist in one form or another...and it is moving.

And then you have Fallout New Vegas which is very much post-post apocalyptic. It's not just about the wasteland and survival and fighting: Society is moving forward What direction do we want it to go? (oh that and Casinos! you have to admin the casinos were fun)

People are absolutely correct in that the games still exist. Nothing is stopping you from playing them It's not erasing the whole game from canon (I think?) and in a game series like Fallout canon isn't the most important thing anyway.

But here's the thing: By wiping out all that stuff on the west coast, the NCR etc. It shows us how Bethesda see's the series. You know that thing you don't see as much nowadays: when a movie had a sequel they would just undo everything that happens in the first one off screen?

It's like that: We have to maintain the status quo: . Because it seems to Bethesda, fallout is about pew pew chaos in the wasteland! it's why it still looks like the bombs dropped last week even though it's been like (200 years?). It's all wasteland rubble and shanty towns! Because it's fallout, that's the brand. Thats what people expect. The FNV fans are frustrated because it's Bethesda sending a clear message that their vision for the series is very much "stuck in one place perpetually" as is often the case with the genre. forever looking back, never looking forward.

But it doesn't have to be like that! the series can move forward whilst still being Fallout. In fact it would be super cool to see a setting where society has started to built more. Like we saw in F:NV . It opens up new story opportunities. New factions, all kind of cool new shit.

This isn't about who likes what games or why or even about the show (I've heard good things, so honestly I hope I like it) . I don't care. I just think I can see the argument that Bethesds wouldn't really want to take the series in any particular new direction because they've settled into "the brand"