Fallout Revelation Blues: Burham Springs Demo Release

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Fallout Revelation Blue or Fallout Revelation Blues as it's called now is a total conversion mod for Fallout: New Vegas that attempts to recreate the abandoned Van Buren project. There's a demo out on Nexus that you can try and that feature the Burham Springs location.

Check out the first post of this thread if you don't believe me when I say that the mod was originally called Revelation Blue and not Revelation Blues. Why did they change the name? That's the real topic of this story to me. To be continued...
 
I feel like they always intended for it to be called Revelation Blues but they only recently realized that Revelation Blue doesn’t mean the same thing.
 
PaxVenire said:
I hope this isn't another case of "Here's a demo, btw we're cancelling the project". Looks nicely put together, I just wish they made the story of Van Buren fit into New Vegas' canon and not just throw New Vegas aside.
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That’s easier said than done. The two timelines are not truly compatible and share many characters that are almost the same but not quite. Van Buren’s Legion is more technologically advanced than the one in New Vegas. Speaking of that place, it’s not even mentioned in Van Buren, raising questions about its existence or importance. I think it was only mentioned once in Fallout 1, simply referred to as 'Vegas.' Additionally, some major events that occurred in Van Buren never happened in the official timeline, particularly regarding San Francisco and Shady Sands.

We tried to consolidate the timelines for Fallout Yesterday back in 2014 but failed. There were lots of issues but you’re welcome to try of course.

To quote Tagaziel, an ex-admin of Fallout wiki:

“Trying to reconcile Van Buren and New Vegas, which are mutually exclusive, is an exercise in futility. The sooner you realize that, the better.”
 
I stand corrected. Tycho specifically calls the place "Las Vegas" which drives the wedge between the timelines even further.

{118}{}{Not my place. I'd rather not cross Killian, after all. He'll clean up this town when he gets around to it. A good man, mark my words. But watch out for that fellow Gizmo. Reminds me of another fat freak my father told me about back in Las Vegas.}

The_Proletarian said:
Didn't Atomic Postman merge them in his Van Buren project?
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I must say that I don't know about that. It's hard to find time to browse forums and check out what others are doing
 
Yep, I know it's a reference to Wasteland 1 but it's still part of the game's canon.
From what I recall, special encounters are the only things that weren't considered canonical according to BIS.

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out. What I find most puzzling is how he managed to resolve the biggest issue of them all. The fact that the events of Van Buren lead into a new nuclear apocalypse. The world of New Vegas shouldn't actually exist after the events of Van Buren take place. For example, NCR troops were planned to have been morphed into raiders or "ronins" according to MCA.
 
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The_Proletarian said:
Didn't Atomic Postman merge them in his Van Buren project?
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Yeah I was about to say that.

hexer said:
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out. What I find most puzzling is how he managed to resolve the biggest issue of them all. The fact that the events of Van Buren lead into a new nuclear apocalypse. The world of New Vegas shouldn't actually exist after the events of Van Buren take place. For example, NCR troops were planned to have been morphed into raiders or "ronins" according to MCA.
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Well there's truthfully a lot of things he had to change around or remove as they were either incompatible with New Vegas or were recycled from Van Buren for New Vegas, so his VB isn't 100% accurate, but for what it is I think he did an incredible job.
 
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