In the beginning,
there was conflict. Whether you believe one brother killed another out
of jealousy, or that one tribe of risen apes slaughtered the next, there
has always been war. The details don't matter-- the peoples involved,
the weapons they used, or the stakes in play-- there has always been war
in the pit of the human heart.
But in the 21st Century, these were the specifics-- mankind had depleted the world of resources. As forces like Russia and the European Commonwealth crumbled under their hungry infrastructure, the last two remaining superpowers, China and America, were at each other's throats. Then, on the 23rd of October in the year 2077, it all came to an end. Nuclear fire consumed the lands, the seas boiled, and radiation baked the skies. The world died.
But somehow, it didn't. There were survivors, eking out an existence in the wasteland. People band together to form new tribes, towns, cities, even new nations. New beliefs. A new world born out of the ashes of the old. But even in this new world, filled with both despair and hope, there will be strife. Because war...
But in the 21st Century, these were the specifics-- mankind had depleted the world of resources. As forces like Russia and the European Commonwealth crumbled under their hungry infrastructure, the last two remaining superpowers, China and America, were at each other's throats. Then, on the 23rd of October in the year 2077, it all came to an end. Nuclear fire consumed the lands, the seas boiled, and radiation baked the skies. The world died.
But somehow, it didn't. There were survivors, eking out an existence in the wasteland. People band together to form new tribes, towns, cities, even new nations. New beliefs. A new world born out of the ashes of the old. But even in this new world, filled with both despair and hope, there will be strife. Because war...
War never changes.
I think and expound for some length about ideas for a new Fallout game below the break.
