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25 FALLOUT FACTS
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The events of the Fallout series
occur during the 22nd and 23rd
centuries.
Fallout follows a world that,
post-World War II, never saw the
invention of the transistor. This
resulted in the Resource Wars, with
countries competing for energy
sources, and the “Great War”
in 2077 saw a two-hour nuclear
exchange that levelled most of
North America.
Bethesda have the rights for an
MMORPG adaptation of Fallout,
although whether or not it’s
actually undergoing production is
a mystery.
Only 122 Vaults were ever built
in the Fallout universe, in
comparison with the 400,000 that
were initially planned.
Some of these Vaults had their
usually self-sustaining conditions
altered as a sort of social
experiment on the dwellers;
some were exposed to diseases,
others the open wilderness, and
others still housed heavily
disproportionate amounts of men
and women.
Bottlecaps are the common form of
currency in Fallout’s Wasteland.
Fallout Shelter is the first mobile
app from Bethesda that allows
you to be the Overseer of your
own Vault and its inhabitants, and
debuted at #1 in the App Store and
on Google Play.
Fallout 3 won Best of Show at E3
2008.
Hellboy’s Ron Perlman voices the
Narrator in all the Fallout titles.
The Regular Show’s Courtenay
Taylor voices the female
protagonist of Fallout 4, while
Brian T. Delaney voices the male.
The Gun Runner Gunsmiths
of Fallout: New Vegas bear a
remarkably close resemblance
to the main characters of
Mythbusters.
During production on Fallout 3,
there were plans for a surgery
mini-game that would allow you
to patch yourself up if you got
too injured. This was abandoned,
however, when the devs thought it
would slow down the game too much.
In Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics,
Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas,
you can go cow (Brahmin) tipping.
Most of the wrecked cars seen
scattered around the landscapes
of Fallout are based on the Ford
Nucleon; a concept car that would
have had a steam engine powered
by uranium fission.
Liam Neeson voices the player’s
father in Fallout 3.
The Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting
System (VATS) was prototyped by
artist Grant Struthers by filming
his Incredibles action-figures
fighting.
Fallout: New Vegas’ Robobrains are
voiced by Wil Wheaton.
There is a gnome figurine in New
Vegas directly modelled after lead
world builder Scott Everts.
Dogmeat in Fallout 4 cannot die.
You can come across a TARDIS from
Doctor Whoon your travels that
will slowly dematerialise as you
get closer.
If Officer Kenny dies in the
original Fallout, you will
hear “They killed Kenny! Those
bastards!” as a reference to
Kenny’s many deaths in South Park.
One of the thugs guarding the
Brotherhood Initiate prisoner on a
quest will occasionally say, “Have
you ever danced with the devil in
the pale moonlight?”, just as the
Joker did in Batman.
Fallout 3 contains a quest called
“A Nice Day for a Right Wedding”,
a nod to the Billy Idol Song.
There’s a perk called Escalator
to Heaven.... we shouldn’t have to
explain that one.
Fallout 4’s huge open world will
be more than twice the size of
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s, and will
contain more than 111,000 (yes, you
read that right) lines of dialogue
- more than Fallout 3 and Skyrim
combined.