Are the Fallout games a believable interpretation of post-nuclear life?

[YUPPIE]

If anyone's played them, just wondering. The prospect of a nuclear apocalypse is a lot less frightful with how I've enjoyed these games over the last few weeks and their interpretation of post-nuclear apocalypse life.

[zlygork]

Nope, the world would pretty much become unlivable for most species including humans very quickly due to all of the world-wide nuclear reactors not being maintained anymore. Also, IF (which is not the case) nuclear waste created some savage zombies, that wouldn't be anywhere near as fun as it is in the game.

[Molis]

Nope, the world would pretty much become unlivable for most species including humans very quickly due to all of the world-wide nuclear reactors not being maintained anymore. Also, IF (which is not the case) nuclear waste created some savage zombies, that wouldn't be anywhere near as fun as it is in the game.

Mad Max is real and I will not hear otherwise

[Rudkobing]

It is just as believable as Corey in the House is an anime.

[Clone]

No. Nuclear winter will freeze everything to death. Anything that lives will eventually die from cancer.

Edit: why do you keep making these threads man? The Fallout series is not real.

[Daedius]

Not in the slightest.

[Ivanstone]

No, they are a hilarious interpretation of post-nuclear life.

[YUPPIE]

They are pretty okay in that there would be life on earth even after nuclear war. Difficult to say really, seeing that fallout history deviates from our's already way before the actual nuclear war.

mainly, is the probability of becoming a zombie from too much exposure to nuclear radiation probable or would you just die

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

If anyone's played them, just wondering. The prospect of a nuclear apocalypse is a lot less frightful with how I've enjoyed these games over the last few weeks and their interpretation of post-nuclear apocalypse life.

Yes. Immortal Zombies, Super Mutants, Two-Headed Cows, and Giant Radioactive Scorpions are all entirely plausible.

Also, Marvel Comics are a how-to guide to get Super-Powers.

[Pony Soldier]

Super mutants, flying robots, mech suits, giant airships, the fact that you can just cure yourself of radiation instantly by just taking some medicine, I think not.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

mainly, is the probability of becoming a zombie from too much exposure to nuclear radiation probable or would you just die

That's nonsense. Over-Exposure to radiation doesn't turn you into a zombie....it turns you into the Hulk, or maybe one of the Fantastic Four.

[Arrashi]

Nope they are not. Fist of the north star is only realistic post-apocalypse scenario.

[Antbregante]

It would be nice if RadAway actually existed. Would help people caught in Nuclear disasters.

[Ailil]

No, and they don't even try really
The game is full of satire of post-nuclear cliches

[Rhaide]

Fact. Getting rid of rad sickness is damn near impossible after a certain exposure. Also you won't know if your getting rads (without a Geiger counter) until it's far too late. Rad sickness isn't a pleasant way to go.

What? You don't like the idea of losing your hair, fingernails, skin, eyes, etc. Puking your literal insides out while convulsing until the end?

Weird. This thread is the oddest game fetishization I have ever seen... fallout... fun? Pretty sure anyone actually living in the world of fallout would either be completely insane or would kill themselves. Game is fun, prospect of that being real life? That's stupid as hell.

[YUPPIE]

What? You don't like the idea of losing your hair, fingernails, skin, eyes, etc. Puking your literal insides out while convulsing until the end?

Weird. This thread is the oddest game fetishization I have ever seen... fallout... fun? Pretty sure anyone actually living in the world of fallout would either be completely insane or would kill themselves. Game is fun, prospect of that being real life? That's stupid as hell.

Why would it be insane and what isn't plausible about mutated wildlife and people resorting to raiding to survive?

[callipygoustp]

I've enjoyed "the hell" out of them, all of them. I think the representation is way more optimistic than reality would be.

[Afrospinach]

No, and they don't even try really
The game is full of satire of post-nuclear cliches

Yeah it is a styled "1950s" scifi, nothing more.

[Taso]

It depends. As far as I’m aware looking at Chernobyl as a living fall out example life could come back. How long probably more then the fallout series time period but now the real question which is hard is where would these bombs fall? If it’s in a desert it’s much harder save for global trade winds to force society into living underground. We would be probably be wearing radiation suits and taking iodine pills to reduce the radioactive air. In that situation. If it’s an area with huge population like nyc or London then their will be issues which could force society to live underground far longer then we think. Thus making a fallout world far less appealing.

[Chinese Bootlickers]

If you mean by 50s SCIENCE!/Sci-Fi interpretation of a nuclear holocaust than yes.