I guess that could be the first thing you think of after sex…Īfter some time has passed, a small child Dweller is born. A Dweller can either help produce resources like power and food, they can become a soldier and protect other Dwellers from Raider attacks, become explorers out in the Wastelands, or they can just simply exist in the social structure. To start off, your Vault is empty until a handful of Dwellers arrive from the Wastelands, and you begin by assigning them roles within your Vault. Vault creation begins by selecting a number for your Vault (between 0 and 999), and the introduction to gameplay mechanics begins. I guess ‘Vault Simulator’ could be an apt alternative title, as this is what it really is.įallout Shelter places you in the shoes of the Overseer and in control of your very own Vault.

If you’ve ever played games like Mega Mall Story or Tiny Tower, you’ll understand instantly how the gameplay style and mechanics for Fallout Shelter work. For realsies.įor those who are unaware of how Fallout games normally roll, here’s the TL DR version: you begin inside an underground shelter called a Vault, run by an Overseer, and then you get to leave and exit into the post-apocalyptic outside world called the Wastelands. And it is just totally and completely utterly adorable and addictive. Fallout Shelter is their third iOS title, and first for the Fallout series. However, for those looking for a different take on the post-apocalyptic setting then Scarlet Nexus has a lot to offer.In amongst all the shiny things that Bethesda threw at us on Sunday night/Monday morning during their E3 conference, like more Fallout 4 and Doom (yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!), Bethesda surprised us with their new free-to-play iOS game Fallout Shelter. It’s about as anime as it gets when it comes to characters and storytelling. Thematically, Scarlet Nexus is a very different experience when compared to Fallout 4. RELATED: Fallout 4:Things You Didn't Know About Sanctuary Hills Visually, it shares many themes with cyberpunk although it does feature a destroyed and desolate world outside the boundaries of civilization.

Its vision of the future was self-dubbed as 'Brain Punk' thanks to its characters being permanently connected to an “internet of all things”. It’s set in an alternate almost post-apocalyptic universe the remainder of humanity fights to survive against mutated monsters that seem set on destroying humanity. Released in 2021, Scarlet Nexus is an action RPG from a studio that worked on the Tales series, Code Vein, and God Eater.

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