Fallout creator reveals his most surprising influences
Fallout creator Tim Cain has uploaded another great video to his YouTube channel talking about the games, books, films, and shows that influenced the creation of the RPG game‘s post-apocalyptic universe, with some really unlikely picks. If you want yet another great peek behind the curtain of the Fallout series creation, we’ve got a treat for you.
Cain is a co-creator of the original Fallout and director of the more recent space RPG The Outer Worlds, and he’s been using his new YouTube channel to talk all about game development and the history of the Fallout series.
From the true purpose of the Fallout vaults to revealing that the long-lost Fallout source code has been found, Cain keeps dropping bangers about the series, and he’s just done it again. He’s now dived into the biggest influences on the Fallout series, and it’s as interesting as you’d expect.
From the setting to the story, Cain explains which individual elements were influenced by what. There are some more general influences from games, movies, and books too, but Cain explains that there isn’t really one thing that heavily influenced the games as a whole.
“Vault-Tec was a stereotype of every greedy, poorly managed defense contractor that flourished in the United States during the Cold War and after,” Cain explains. “We just wanted to make fun of those.”
“Sugar Bombs were based on Calvin and Hobbes,” Cain adds. “Calvin’s favorite cereal is Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs, and Sugar Bombs just had to be in the game. Nuka-Cola came from Coca-Cola as you’d expect, with Cain adding that this was when the soft drink “really contained cocaine” (I’m unsure if this is still true, to be honest, but it’s interesting nonetheless).
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