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[โ€“] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I would tackle some of the sloppiness of Fallout's lore in relation to the Bethesda games.

Primarily, I'd set Fallout 3 like 25 years after the bombs instead of 200. It never made sense to me that creatures or people can survive 200 years in a location with poison water. I'd have to take out the Ghouls or alter the lore there a bit, though.

I'd revamp the plot of Fallout 4, either making it totally about the synths or removing them entirely, and also set it shortly(ish) after the bombs fell. Bethesda doesn't necessarily make bad games, they just don't fully consider established canon before making creative decisions. Which irks me tremendously, because really all you have to do is hire one obsessed nerd and run decisions by him.

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

all you have to do is hire one obsessed nerd and run decisions by him

If it's Henry Cavill, you've got your actor AND obsessed nerd in the same package!

[โ€“] Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

This right here.