Fallout 3 will need to keep the 50's retro-style humor and ethos. I loved that! It was so original. all of the vacuum switches and cars with fins.
I don't think Fallout Tactics stayed true 100% to the 50's style ethos of Fallout one and Two. Of course it was Fallout "TACTICS" not really a...
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You cant take Fallout of the wasteland! The Ethos of Fallout is based on the wasteland. If you want pirates then buy cutthroats. Raiders are the pirates of the wasteland.
Fallout: Gauss Pistol. One powerful ballistic pistol.
Fallout 2: SOLAR SCORCHER. The most self sufficient weapon in the wasteland.
Fallout Tactics: GAUSS MINIGUN. that weapon was powerful and made the coolest sound.