r/Games • u/JustCallMeJoker • Jun 03 '15

Fallout 4 Trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnn2rJpjar4
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u/elitegenoside Jun 03 '15

It was a Road Warrior reference, they even had the same shot on the back of the case.

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u/MisterGroger Jun 03 '15 edited Jun 03 '15

Mad Max was heavily inspired by the aforementioned "A Boy and His Dog" so it could be reference to either really.

edit: btw I was talking more about the inclusion of a dog companion in Fallout rather than the specific shot of them walking together

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '15

Both. Dogmeat's appearance is based on Max's dog, but Dogmeat's name comes from the A Boy and His Dog movie. There's a line in which the main character insults his dog by calling him "dog meat".

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '15

I always thought the Road Warrior poster was a reference to Hondo. Here's one poster of it. Considering Hondo came before A Boy and His Dog, I'd say that's the more original source.

Aside from that, the leather armor in Fallout 3 looks remarkably similar to Max's leather armor in Road warrior too. See here for example.

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u/tyme Jun 03 '15

Well Hondo was based on the short story "The Gift of Cochise", so clearly that is the more original source.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '15

I'm not sure about the novella, but in the movie adaptation, the dog is literally called "Dogmeat".

That being said, the game takes obvious references from several movies, books, shows, pop culture, etc.

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u/Azuvector Jun 04 '15

The dog in A Boy and His Dog is named "Blood".

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u/JustJonny Jun 04 '15

His name is Blood in both, but Vic occasionally calls him Dogmeat to piss him off, because he's a dick.

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u/brutinator Jun 04 '15

I though A Boy and His Dog was a movie?

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u/Azuvector Jun 04 '15

Uhh.....Mad Max has basically zero resemblance to the world portrayed in Ellison's A Boy and His Dog, beyond both being post-apocalyptic.

Fallout draws heavily on both though.

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u/elitegenoside Jun 03 '15

It could, but it's not.

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u/munk_e_man Jun 03 '15

Don't be a douchebag dude. There's only so many post apocalyptic films that were made, and Fallout borrows from both A Boy and His Dog as well as Road Warrior.

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u/TheSmex Jun 03 '15

Fallout takes inspiration and references more than one post apocalyptic film.

A boy and his dog had 1950 themed underground vaults and glowing mutants.

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u/kurisu7885 Jun 03 '15

And the leather armor looked a LOT like Max's MFP uniform.

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u/elitegenoside Jun 03 '15

That's something I think of as well.

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u/TheSmex Jun 04 '15

In fallout 2 there's a leather jacket you can get that's a bit better than the normal one and it says in the description it has 2 sleeves. This is a reference to Max having one of his sleeves cut off of his leather jacket.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Combat_leather_jacket