Fallout Series

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The Fallout Series is a series of three role playing games (named Fallout 1,2, and 3 respectively). The first two were developed by Black Isle Studios, released in 1997 and 1998, and the third was developed by Bethesda Softworks of Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion fame and released in 2008.

The series has been roundly criticized for their complete disregard for morality, as they include drug use, theft and murder.

Plot

The Fallout series is set against an alternate history backdrop in which technology advanced quickly but the U.S. (and presumably the rest of the world) stayed in a 1950's style culture (beehive hairdo;s, etc.). In the mid-21st century, however, competition for resources escalated, resulting in a Chinese invasion of Alaska. However, this was beaten back once the U.S. had annexed Canada and on October 23rd, 2077, one the Chinese had been expelled from Alaska, a two-hour nuclear exchange took place between the two countries (it is unknown whether any other countries were involved) resulting in the U.S. turning into a desolate wasteland of broken cities and mutated monstrosities (the state of China is currently unknown).

In order to protect their citizens, the U.S. government had previously ordered the construction of underground Vaults to shelter their citizens; however, not nearly enough were made and it is revealed that these were actually giant social experiments by the U.S. government, now known as the Enclave, who had retreated to an Oil Rig offshore. For example, one vault contained only children, another released hallucinogenic drugs into the air after ten days, and another contained only one man and 999 women (with a different vault containing one woman and 999 men).

The wasteland, as it is now known, is currently locked in a four-way war between the elitist Enclave, who seek to purge the wasteland of anyone not born in the Enclave, the Brotherhood of Steel, who seek to protect the weak and destroy the Enclave and Super Mutants, the Super Mutants, who wish to create more mutants and destroy all humans, and more unorganized groups such as raiders or mercenaries who pursue their own agendas (usually doing whatever they can to survive).

Reception

The mainstream Fallout games have been received very well by both critics and consumers alike. Fallout 1 is frequently ranked among the top 100 games of all time; Fallout 2 has an average review score of 86/100 on Metacritic, which also gives Fallout 3 an average review score of 92/100.