6 votes

How do Fallout’s NPCs get home?

2 comments

  1. [2]
    vili
    Link
    I remember trying to follow one character in Fallout 3. Maybe it was the dad. I got quite far but then got ambushed and lost track of him. I worried about him. But later I found out that he was...

    I remember trying to follow one character in Fallout 3. Maybe it was the dad. I got quite far but then got ambushed and lost track of him. I worried about him. But later I found out that he was okay. It was a huge relief.

    I kind of miss having games create that illusion for me. These days I'm far too cognisant of how games work. But back in the late 2000s, I hadn't really played video games for over a decade and games like the then new Fallout or Morrowind felt magical, almost like real living places. I mean, obviously I knew they weren't, but the difference to something like Commodore 64 games or early PC games was massive. I didn't know where exactly the boundary was between what was possible and what just make-believe.

    Come to think of it, maybe I should take another decade long break from gaming. It might freshen things up again.

    6 votes
    1. Minithra
      Link Parent
      I couldn't take a break from games entirely... But something I find great was avoiding genres for years at a time. Then you jump back with the new tech and concepts and it pushes the nostalgia...

      I couldn't take a break from games entirely... But something I find great was avoiding genres for years at a time. Then you jump back with the new tech and concepts and it pushes the nostalgia button as well as the "this is so much better!" One

      1 vote