R.Graves
Confirmed Retard
It's also clearly and obviously meant as a non canon Easter egg but ok. So tired of this same old excuse.
Do Ghosts belong in Fallout?
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ElloinmorninJ
Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
Personally I have no problems with jokes or references in Fallout 2 or New Vegas with Wild Wasteland. They’re funny, it is a video game.
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Fuck no.
Gizmojunk
Antediluvian as Feck
...And thus the quote.
It is. Some of the designers just simply did not understand the setting; although not all of the —bad— special encounters were bad... some were just badly placed.
I suspect that we are thinking about two different encounters; this one is from Fallout 1, and the bodies are not shown in detail. They could easily be props from a hoax, or movie. The velvet Elvis painting really does add to the credibility issues.
*The fact that the 'blaster' is a functional weapon does not prove it of alien origin. The setting has energy weapons, and this one could simply be a unique [prototype?] device; possibly even decorated to look alien.
I don't have problems with easter-eggs either, but I despise the justification crutch of saying, "it is a video game" [
], as this implies an optional common flippancy for all games regardless of tone—one that could for instance see alien streakers put in a D-Day simulation, or perhaps the inclusion of cartoony physics. Imagine seeing in FO3, 4, or The Witcher series, the PC (or conventional NPCs) reacting to a situation in this way:
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Mr Fish
Slippy sloppy, The
There's a skeleton inside of Sierra Madre Depot that's the same art asset and it was supposedly after experimenting with mentats in some extreme way.
Ugly Kid
Still Mildly Glowing
I like the way Zetans are used in FNV or Fallout 4, but I feel like it shouldn't be any deeper than that.
Ghosts weren't done well in any game. Although there are some supernatural things i think were done well though, like sulik's ancestors, or (please don't call me cringe) the interloper in Fallout 76.
I also like the idea of flashes of the old world.
I also really like wanamingos, if they are so bothersome then you could just redesign them a little bit. The Fallout 3 concept art is great, but I would like them to still have tentacles as well.
I like S'lanters. I think they could be done differently but I like them.
Ghosts weren't done well in any game. Although there are some supernatural things i think were done well though, like sulik's ancestors, or (please don't call me cringe) the interloper in Fallout 76.
I also like the idea of flashes of the old world.
I also really like wanamingos, if they are so bothersome then you could just redesign them a little bit. The Fallout 3 concept art is great, but I would like them to still have tentacles as well.
I like S'lanters. I think they could be done differently but I like them.
ElloinmorninJ
Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
Wannamingos should’ve stayed
Atomic Postman
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Yes, this shit should be by default rendered surreal shit that is deliberately written off because it's in a Special Encounter in the desert, but not quite as farcical as the Fallout 2 encounters where it completely and totally rips you out of the experience like having literal characters from Monty Python or the Star-Trek shuttle. Safely weird and non-real, but enough there to leave a little bit of wondering. That was the point. Fallout 1 crosses this line the wrong direction with the TARDIS IMO.
JustAShcookius
It Wandered In From the Wastes
This is unfortunately the case with 2. Iv'e always had huge criticisms with the retarded "jokes" and shit.
Malpais Dominus
First time out of the vault
Fallout 2 falls into the trap of mistaking a reference to popular culture for humor.