Approximately 90 years after the events that shattered the world, humans come back to the surface, only to find the remains of a decrepit civilization. The subsistence in the Vaults is momentary while the world becomes adapted for life. In fact, until the year 1945, the chronology of Fallout places it in the real world, but from this moment, different political decisions take it to the result of the video game. Thus, when the great war of 2077 occurs, humans find themselves facing a future that blends landscapes of wilderness with architecture and scenery worthy of the science fiction anthology Worlds of Tomorrow, as we can see in the Fallout concept art. In this temporal line, the American culture of the 50s prevails while the technology advances. The policy adopted a totally different course that would lead to social stagnation, which explains those retro designs with advanced technology. The events that led to the post-apocalyptic Fallout world are framed in an alteration of the events that occurred after the Second World War, more specifically during the space race. A chaotic timeline Image Source: AlexIkeda Finally, the most recent release would be Fallout 76, a multiplayer incursion that has not quite taken off very well among the public due to many technical problems and development decisions. In 2015, Bethesda would be responsible for launching Fallout 4, a game that had divided critics. Only 2 years later, but this time from the hands of Obsidian Entertainment, one of the most famous titles would arrive Fallout New Vegas. The base game was released on October 28, 2008, and its content was expanded by 5 additional downloads. In this fantastic Fallout art, we can see the work done by Bethesda Game Studios, responsible for updating the series with Fallout 3. This is how the game would leave its turn-based past and would adapt to a more modern FPS mechanics, which in the same way would preserve RPG touches. The fallout was a saga that did not go unnoticed among the fans of the RPG, which made that, in 2004, the IP was acquired by Bethesda Softworks, parents of the Elder Scrolls saga. The evolution of Fallout concept art Image Source: Ray Lederer In fact, it can be seen how the SPECIAL skills and statistics branch is a direct inspiration from GURPS.

It is important to note that the roots of Fallout are much further back, in an 88 video game called Wasteland. Part of the concepts and essence of the saga would remain over the years. However, the Vault suffers from a tragedy when the Water Chip breaks down and has to be replaced to survive. Our character was an inhabitant of the so-called Vaults, which are nothing more than refuges for nuclear disasters. The scenario that the first Fallout presented us with was a post-apocalyptic environment with a futuristic retro look at some point in the XXII century.

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