TwoвЂ™s company: Here are the best Fallout companions Yes, you are underground, but the same principles of pre-war life apply: uniformity reigns supreme, you know your neighbours, and optimism abounds. For the first half an hour of Fallout 3 you are living in a bygone era, from cradle to adulthood you grow up in roughly the same world that existed before the bombs dropped. Of course, it doesnвЂ™t take long to get acquainted with the various quirks of post-apocalyptic life, but that initial pang of anxiety never really leaves you. No tutorial or introductory set of missions does more to immerse you in its world than Fallout 3вЂ™s all-too-brief stint in a populated, functioning Vault-Tec vault вЂ“ stepping out into the serene devastation of the Capital Wasteland for the first time is not a liberating experience, it is one of sheer terror. I have played through the opening of Fallout 3 upwards of 30 times, but leaving the comfort and safety of Vault 101 never gets any easier. The last thing I remember about growing up is escaping, which was a blur of brawls, radroaches, and people IвЂ™d known my whole life turning on me.

The test didnвЂ™t go too well either вЂ“ according to the results, I was Vault 101вЂ™s designated fry cook. I fought them until Butch gave up and called his goons off. They were harassing my best friend Amata by the water cooler, threatening to break a few of her bones for telling on them. My mid-teens featured a particularly nasty run-in with ButchвЂ™s gang, the Tunnel Snakes, ahead of the life-changing Generalized Occupational Aptitude Test. I didnвЂ™t tell any adults I said that I was the innocent birthday boy. I may have also brought up the fact his mum is an alcoholic, which no doubt angered him further. NeвЂ™er-do-well Butch DeLoria tried to steal the sweetroll that Old Lady Palmer gave me вЂ“ he started attacking me when I said no so I went back at him. before settling on the idea that adult me would be built like a brick shithouse, dumb as a bag of hammers, and extremely lucky. I recall escaping from a playpen and leafing through a copy of S.P.EC.I.A.L. It was not a usual birth but I am not a usual boy. I remember being born: the blinding bright light, the gentle voice of my father, Liam Neeson, asking me all sorts of philosophical questions like who I want to be when I grow up. May 10,2021В This article was originally published as part of our week-long celebration of FalloutвЂ™s 20th anniversary back in October, 2017.

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