History NightmareFuel / Fallout1

* The intro has spades of this. The news that Canada has been annexed by the USA (the later games establish that this was done mostly by force), a clip of two soldiers killing a tied-up person (in a way that closely resembles some infamous photos of executions during certain wars), the soldiers then become glorified and a banner of the USA is shown...with far less stars than normal (it looks like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowpens_flag 13 star Cowpens flag]]). And then the camera shows that that's a TV still emitting... in the middle of an empty, ruinous building in a city equally as destroyed. The classic music playing then [[NothingIsScarier ends... with an eerie echo that resonates in the massive silence of the ruins. Only the sound of the wind remains as the echo dies.]] [[AfterTheEnd And then the narrator begins telling you about what happened in the beginning and what triggered everything.]] [[ParanoiaFuel It can be harrowing to see how it could all actually happen in real life if certain conditions occurred.]] Despite certain funny parts of the opening (the ads for the car and the Mr. Handy robot qualify), it's a pretty chilling introduction to the horrors you'll encounter in the franchise. [[FromBadToWorse And it only gets worse from here...]]

* The travel screen can be rather unnerving when you think about it, as unlike the later games, which [[SpaceCompression scaled down the regions they were set in]], your character is traveling the full length of post-apocalyptic California. Just imagine having to leave the only home you've ever known, a cramped but safe bunker, to walk across miles of radiation blasted terrain, [[NothingIsScarier each step a risk of encountering something hostile and dangers that you've never seen before]] just to reach the few locations left in the world with a spark of life remaining.

* The travel screen can be rather unnerving when you think about it, as unlike the later games, which [[ThemeParkVersion scaled down the environments they were set in]], with this game your character is traveling the full length of post-apocalyptic California. Just imagine having to leave the only home you've ever known, a cramped but safe bunker, to walk across miles of radiation blasted terrain, [[NothingIsScarier each step a risk of encountering hostiles and dangers you've never seen before]] just to reach the few notable locations left in the world.

"The radiation has taken its toll. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Your death was lingering and extremely painful.]] Your adventure is done..."

* The intro has spades of this. The news that Canada has been annexed by the USA (presumably by force), a clip of two soldiers killing a tied-up person (in a way that closely resembles some infamous photos of executions during certain wars), the soldiers then become glorified and a banner of the USA is shown…with far less stars than normal (it looks like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowpens_flag 13 star Cowpens flag]]). And then the camera shows that that's a TV still emitting… in the middle of an empty, ruinous building in a city equally as destroyed. The classic music playing then [[NothingIsScarier ends… with an eerie echo that resonates in the massive silence of the ruins. Only the sound of the wind remains as the echo dies.]] [[AfterTheEnd And then the narrator begins telling you about what happened in the beginning and what triggered everything.]] [[ParanoiaFuel It can be harrowing to see how it could all actually happen in real life if certain conditions occurred.]] Despite certain funny parts of the opening (the ads for the car and the Mr. Handy robot qualify), it's a pretty chilling introduction to the horrors you'll encounter in the franchise. [[FromBadToWorse And it only gets worse from here…]]

--->"Your bones are scraped clean by the desolate wind. [[KillEmAll Your Vault will now surely die... as you have...]]"\\

** [[BigBad The]] [[NuclearNasty Master of the Super Mutants]] [[EldritchAbomination himself]] ([[WasOnceAMan Richard Grey]]), a Vault City exile who goes into hiding and accidentally falls into a vat of FEV serum, and undergoes a hideous transformation into a biomass that looks like a cross between a Centaur (see the ''Fallout 3'' Nightmare Fuel page, not the one seen in the first two) and a Vault Terminal, whose only wish is to make the world [[WellIntentionedExtremist "peaceful"]] by [[AssimilationPlot turning every man, woman, and child into a Super Mutant]]. The worst part may be that he believes he's ''right'', unless you are charismatic enough to HeelFaceTurn him. How? The Super Mutants are a pre-War experiment for disposable super soldiers, and are thus STERILE. The Master's insane plan was doomed decades before he was born.

** [[BigBad The]] [[NuclearNasty Master of the Super Mutants]] [[EldritchAbomination himself]] [[spoiler:([[WasOnceAMan Richard Grey]])]], a Vault City exile who goes into hiding and accidentally falls into a vat of FEV serum, and undergoes a hideous transformation into a biomass that looks like a cross between a Centaur (see the ''Fallout 3'' Nightmare Fuel page, not the one seen in the first two) and a Vault Terminal, whose only wish is [[spoiler:to make the world [[WellIntentionedExtremist "peaceful"]] by [[AssimilationPlot turning every man, woman, and child into a Super Mutant]]. The worst part may be that he believes he's ''right'', unless you are charismatic enough to HeelFaceTurn him.]] How? [[spoiler: The Super Mutants are a pre-War experiment for disposable super soldiers, and are thus STERILE. The Master's insane plan was doomed decades before he was born.]]

--> [[spoiler: '''The Master''': So, what shall it be? [[JoinOrDie Do you join the Unity or do you die here]]? ''Join!'' '''DIE!''' ''Join!'' '''DIE!''']]

** If you enter the hallway leading to his lair without a psychic nullifier or the Mental Block perk, the results are pretty terrifying; to sum it up, [[spoiler: the Master [[MindRape uses his psychic powers]] to make your character [[HearingVoices hear voices calling their name from the walls]], see visions of old friends from the past, [[PsychicNosebleed start having heavy nosebleeds]], [[EyeScream have one of their eyes stabbed by a piece of bone]] that fell from the ceiling (resulting in lost of Perception and Intelligence) and overall trying to slow your character down and attack your mental state.]]
--> [[spoiler:The pain in your head is maddening. You feel the sins of others wash over your soul. And it gets worse, as your sins answer them. Like madmen, they fight through your psyche, and in the process tear your personality apart.]]
--> [[spoiler: Your head is pulsing with the intrusive thoughts of others. The pain grows and grows. Suddenly, as if it never existed, the pain vanishes. You fall to the ground and weep. But something does not feel right.]]

* If you get captured by 'Lou' (mind you this can happen as early as you can make your way to him through another mutant) you might actually wet the bed. The Lieutenant of the Master's army is [[GeniusBruiser a gigantic, strong mutant with an extensive vocabulary and sharp wit - the very definition of both brains and brawn together.]] This, coupled with his low, smooth tone make for an incredibly scary scene. You can remain relatively polite as he explains to you what he's going to do with you, until he asks you to tell him where the vault is. This is so they can enter and turn everyone into a better breed of mutants. Unfortunately, turning you into a mutant could [[spoiler: have the side-effect of making you forget where your vault is, and who you are, turning you into a moron like many other mutants, so he doesn't want to do that if he can avoid it.]] If you say yes, you get the ending below. If you continue to say no, you'll get more and more beat as he gets more and more [[ColdBloodedTorture sadistic in hopes you'll tell him]]. Even through the game's old graphics, this scene is chilling. [[TortureIsIneffective If you still say no,]] you will be captured to wait [[FateWorseThanDeath until you're turned into a mutant]].

* The intro has spades of this. The news that Canada has been annexed by the USA (presumably by force), a clip of two soldiers killing a tied-up person (in a way that closely resembles some infamous photos of executions during certain wars), the soldiers then become glorified and a banner of the USA is shown…with far less stars than normal (it looks like the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowpens_flag 13 star Cowpens flag)]]. And then the camera shows that that's a TV still emitting… in the middle of an empty, ruinous building in a city equally as destroyed. The classic music playing then [[NothingIsScarier ends… with an eerie echo that resonates in the massive silence of the ruins. Only the sound of the wind remains as the echo dies.]] [[AfterTheEnd And then the narrator begins telling you about what happened in the beginning and what triggered everything.]] [[ParanoiaFuel It can be harrowing to see how it could all actually happen in real life if certain conditions occurred.]] Despite certain funny parts of the opening (the ads for the car and the Mr. Handy robot qualify), it's a pretty chilling introduction to the horrors you'll encounter in the franchise. [[FromBadToWorse And it only gets worse from here…]]

* The intro has spades of this. The news that Canada has been annexed by the USA (presumably by force), a clip of two soldiers killing a tied-up person (in a way that closely resembles some infamous photos of executions during certain wars), the soldiers then become glorified and a banner of the USA is shown…with far less stars than normal (it looks like the 13 star Cowpens flag). And then the camera shows that that's a TV still emitting… in the middle of an empty, ruinous building in a city equally as destroyed. The classic music playing then [[NothingIsScarier ends… with an eerie echo that resonates in the massive silence of the ruins. Only the sound of the wind remains as the echo dies.]] [[AfterTheEnd And then the narrator begins telling you about what happened in the beginning and what triggered everything.]] [[ParanoiaFuel It can be harrowing to see how it could all actually happen in real life if certain conditions occurred.]] Despite certain funny parts of the opening (the ads for the car and the Mr. Handy robot qualify), it's a pretty chilling introduction to the horrors you'll encounter in the franchise. [[FromBadToWorse And it only gets worse from here…]]