Forum:Alien weapons

i don't know if anyone else wants it and don't know why they wouldn't but more alien weapons and ammo would be awesome. if there were alien rifles or grenades and rockets as well as armor it would be cool plus a bigger house that has places were you can display your guns and armor would be nice and more things you can do with your house like turn it into a shop or armory or a hotel some way to make the house useful other than a place to store items. 17:55, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Not a good idea IMO, the alien weapons are only an easteregg. Making this a fully fleshed out element of the setting would ruin much of the atmosphere. Dunno about the house, but it doesn´t seem very Fallout´isch to me - after all, the game is about exploring and surviving in the wasteland, not about sitting at home and polishing your loot. Golan2781 21:26, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * This isn't an alien invasion sim, so I would not like to see more alien weapons. Someone might add more for the PC version using the G.E.C.K., though (or maybe someone already did).  --MadDawg2552 21:52, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

i fail to see the reason not to put more aliens into the game after all the game is set in a period were ufos were just getting to be put in the papers and aliens were very feared of almost as much as the reds. 22:53, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It totally removes the aspect of a destroyed wasteland at the verge of technological downfall if there´s a whole lot of mega-magical-alien-supa-omega-power-gangsta-overkill items. Golan2781 09:46, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I think the armor would be cool though, something that is close to power armor but is like black with green stripes that glow(RaZ0R3312 Feb 14 09)

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Well I don't know about the alien weapons; I think that's purposely just another plot teaser. Slap yourself on the knee-- get a good laugh and continue playing..I wouldn't expect them to expand on it at all. The house idea, on the other hand, actually seems rather plausible knowing Bethesda. They could after all pull the Ol' Oblivion house-mod-plugin and have you purchase a few new convenient accessories with your precious caps. Xdarkdragonx 05:21, 15 February 2009 (UTC) Dragon

why not alien weapons it could be cool. 03:01, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree, it's just not the world these people live in. Besides, where is the challenge in being a walking alien arsenal.  The Firelance can kill a Behemoth in just a couple shots.  If alien weaponry follows suit with human weapons, then the 2 pistols you find should be at the low end of the power spectrum.  Sure it would be cool to have an ion cannon that would blast a volleyball sized swath halfway to The Pitt, but that leaves the game totally unbalanced.  However, it could be a fun plot twist or side quest to find 1 living alien somewhere to aid/kill/enslave as you see fit.  I would also like to see the house be something more functional than a place to store my crap and have my followers wait.  Something to make trophies out of ones adventuring exploits, like taxidermied standing Yao Guai or a Deathclaw coatrack.--JiNX Bloodfang 12:13, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

aliens could be part of the game but only as a small part that's what im trying to say aliens have their part in the 40's and 50's world that is fallout but that doesn't mean they should go over board keep alien stuff to unique items like in all the games the aliens could have a small outpost there to watch the humans in fallout after all they are obviously watching whats going on what with the recon craft and all, so a small almost inaccessible outposts in the mountains of the Rockies or Appalachians. 19:12, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

aliens seems to have a lot of hate to them in this game wonder why? 00:28, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

i am a fallout 3 fanboy i owe nothing to the origional fallouts except the plot which is awesome i think something new to the series would be a good thing to help it come into the new gamestyles that are around today aliens as a small part would be a nice fresh thing that help the game in the long run like vault city which would be the place the true elite of the prewar era could have gone to wait out the holocast in a underground city much larger than any vault. 19:59, 17 February 2009 (UTC)


 * But what you're suggesting is not a gameplay change, it's a drastic change of the setting. Trading the current scenario of nuclear holocaust for a couple of E.T. plots is like making a Batman Movie featuring The Hulk as the main character - it might still be a good movie (or not), but ultimately there's no point in setting it up as part of the original series because the changed scenario means that the name is the only real connection. "Modernizing" a series by completely trashing it is idiotic. Golan2781 09:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Truth is, there should not be anymore alien weapons, they're meant as easter-egg styled, mecha weapons. I never go out of my way and get either of the two guns. I've found one twice, each on seperate characters...once on a character I made with the purpose of collecting all one-of-a-kind items, and the other time I just happened to stumble upon it. Plus i've never gone "Firelance Hunting". Sure during the 50's, UFO's and aliens were just staring to become a part of pop-culture, but being nuked by communist forces was more of a concern, you know, with the Cold War and all.

I will agree with you on the house situation though. I enjoy the themes you can buy, changing the style of the house instead of just having less or more shit for the house, like in Oblivion. I would like to see either one of the DLCs comming up or another one, add a larger house...one that is a bit unique, and isn't cut frome the same cookie cutter all the other random houses are. Also adding more space, with the ability to actually fix up the interior.

But let's be real here...the game series is called "Fallout", not "Alien Beams", and the major aspects of the game circle around the devistation that humanity created with nuclear weapons, not aliens from other planets. --Esscex 22:32, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

wow y'all cant really believe that if you don't think you know anything about the fifties it was a time of fear from space and earth lots of people thought that they would die from not just communists but also from little green men, look at the war of the worlds broadcast in the in the 1930's people were scared they thought america was being invaded.plus more alien stuff would be awesome 23:59, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * OMFGpleaseusepunctuationmarksandcapitallettersreadingyourpostsmakesmyheadhurtallworknoplaymakesgolanadullboyallworknoplaymakesgolanadullboy.... *pops some mentats* Ehem, sorry. What I really wanted to say is this: the nuclear threat wasn't just fiction, but very real. Fallout lives from taking what there was (cold war, art style etc.), exaggerating it a bit (sometimes a lot) and then nuking it. When you come down to it, it's only the setting taht is fictional - most of the stories and characters are made to mimic reality.Oh, on a sidenote: the fear of aliens was basically the fear of something people didn't know and understand as they never faced it. This is brilliantly underlined in F1 and F2 (and to some degree F3), in which all aliens are dead and decayed. Plus, awesome doesn´t equal a good game element. Golan2781 09:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Here's what i think of having all this alien stuff. more guns: no, Alien references such as a ufo taking off just as you see it could look alright. being able to scrap some of that crashed saucer which gets you scrap metal fission batteries, conductors etc. heres a few ideas: people were scared of aliens, right?, so why arent there any crazy looking people ranting about aliens or a person you could occasionally see walking around with a cracked alien helmet on. heres an interesting one a building that is built around a saucer which uses it as power. like many have said more weapons ruins this but some alien type references would be nice Mr snip 11:58, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

i seem to be the only one here that isnt trying to be a prick so for the sake alien tech i dont care what golan has to say hes a rude little kid i just want to talk about aliens in the game as well as their tech. it would be cool to have some alien weapons that look cool and different doesnt have to be strong than human weapons just cool and alien fiftiesh stuff simple. 19:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

♠ It just wouldn't be Fallout anymore. I don't think people are trying to be pricks, I think they're just being honest. Put too much alien content, and people will start wondering what the game is all about. Fallout is a game set in a nuclear wasteland, wherein scavenging, mutants, radiation, and basic survival is a way of life. That's what makes Fallout...well, Fallout. I agree with most people: Too much alien content will detract from the spirit of the game. You don't need to be overtly hostile to people just because they don't agree with you...that's immature. Magnum101 22:42, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

im not being hostile people are attacking me for no reason just because they think their better than me and my ideas. and if you don't want a lot of alien content fine didn't say that i said more alien stuff and quests not base they game around it i just want to know why aliens are coming to the planet and if they are coming i want them to earth i want some of their cool stuff. and to be able to talk to them and interact with them not have them just be dead bodies. and you are obviously the immature one because you keep talking like your the smartest one here because if that's so just stop posting to me. 00:24, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

♠ I'm beginning to see why you've been banned on multiple forums, friend. Calm down, grow up. You can't talk to people and expect that they won't think you're idea is bad. They are entitled to that opinion. Just because they don't agree with you it doesn't mean they think they're better than you. Taht's just you being insecure for some odd reason. Take it as constructive criticism instead of taking it personally. Magnum101 02:52, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

didn't know you were a psychiatrist. and your wrong on all fronts go get a girlfriend kid and stop bothering me.PS its not constructive if they end every sentence by saying im a retard that's why you all are so immature. 03:08, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

♠ Stop taking it personally, again. I really think you would be a lot happier and a lot less insecure. As I've said, people aren't always going to agree with you, and some of them will think what you say is just plain bad, but that's no reason to act out. Otherwise you're just an immature kid. Take things in stride. Learn to accept negative feedback like a man instead of like a child, and turn it into something positive. Magnum101 03:12, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

you keep talking but Ive stopped listening you obviously don't know what your talking about and yet you keep at it, kid you should just give up before you sprain your brain. unless you have something constructive to say just stop talking to me. 03:20, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

♠ Lol. Being constructive was exactly what I was trying to do. I guess once you have that sort of negative outlook it's difficult to change, but I hope you manage to do so, it's just not healthy. But as I see that rational or mature conversation is not to your liking, then I will gladly end it with one final plea: Please be a litttle less negative to everyone around you. :) Magnum101 03:24, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

does anyone know why bethesda put so little guns into fallout 3, the originals had a lot of different guns but f3 doesnt seems like a shame to me wish we had put more time into them so we could have more options not just the same guns with different names. a alien rifle and armor with a power pack and helmet would have been nice, as well as some more things to do with our houses doesnt seem like they wanted people to be able get into the guns. 03:32, 22 February 2009 (UTC)\

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Guys, please. Stfu. You're spamming the forum. You, ermm....person..'Gametalk guy' w/e you prefer me call you; I think you're misinterpreting the idea of hidden content here. The Alien Blasters don't seem to be of any relevance to anything, they're just a teaser. I think you as the gamer can assume whatever you please. Its kind of like an indecisive ending in literature...same concept here. And they purposely wont include anything else. Xdarkdragonx 03:42, 22 February 2009 (UTC) Dragon

would go so far as to say that they wouldnt they did put they fatman in after all and anyway this is all just what people want in the game not whats actually going in it. but still. 03:46, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

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That weapon is such a waste =\ Xdarkdragonx 04:27, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

'' "i seem to be the only one here that isnt trying to be a prick so for the sake alien tech i dont care what golan has to say hes a rude little kid i just want to talk about aliens in the game as well as their tech." ''

You're right, you do, but no one else does. Please just go enjoy that fabulous website you've created. If you'll promise not to bother us here, we'll promise to go visit your site a couple times so you can get some hits and feel good about yourself. Okay, we probably won't. I lied. LVTDUDE 05:40, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

so does anyone have anything to say, this is getting boring with just me talking. 06:11, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * My apologies if I offended you in this thread. I don't see on which occasion I even supposedly addressed you instead of your arguments anyways, aside from voicing my frustration about your confusing use of punctuation, so my apologies if I seemed to be rude towards you, it wasn't meant to be. Anyways, back to the topic at hand, I feel that adding more backstory for the Aliens that is in any way more than a negligibility or clearly an easter egg will open Pandora's Box. Once there's an established alien presence, quests, interaction etc. they will automatically be interwoven with Fallout lore which would ultimately require them to be fully fleshed out, possibly diluting the setting more and more with each instance. Golan2781 10:42, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

all i was ever saying was that i personally want more of a alien presence in the game. if they do put fallout back were it belongs on the west coast i hope that they make area 51 a testing place that is still functioning and is full of lots of cool tech which would hopefully include, alien technology.Maccy Man the man with no plan. 16:38, 22 February 2009 (UTC)