Line #17 VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel


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2	[[caption-width-right:265:''In the 1950s, we dreamed of a better world...'']]
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4	''Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel'' is the first ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' game to reach the consoles. Released by Creator/InterplayEntertainment in 2004 for Platform/PS2 and Platform/{{Xbox}}, it's a large departure from the ''Fallout'' games that came before. The gameplay is a GenreShift from Turn Based RPG to an ActionRPG very much in the line of ''VideoGame/BaldursGateDarkAlliance''. Also of note is its soundtrack of {{metalcore}} rather than [[MisterSandmanSequence mid-20th century classics]]. It has since been declared CanonDiscontinuity by Bethesda Softworks.
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6	It's 2208, and [[RunningGagStumbles the Texas Wasteland is]] ''[[RunningGagStumbles far]]'' [[RunningGagStumbles from an okay place to live]]. there's raiders, mutants, and the occasional pests who plague the wasteland. That is why the Brotherhood was supposedly cleaning house here. While hunting for mutants, raiders and tech, of course, they all go missing in the town of Carbon and you are sent to find them before they are pilfered by the Raiders. Oh, the Vault Dweller from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}}'' is also here. Apparently, he took a WrongTurnAtAlbuquerque and is now in the Texan Wasteland along with Rhombus, [[RaceLift who is now white]].
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8	Of course, it didn't matter to you. You are the Initiate, one of the three new recruits to the Brotherhood of Steel, with the unenviable task of finding what happened to the Paladins who have gone missing and bring them back. All while taking out anything that opposes you.
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10	Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/FalloutTacticsBrotherhoodOfSteel'', a tactical RPG developed by Micro Forte and released in 2001 exclusively for the PC.
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12	!!Tropes present in this game:
13	* ActionGirl: Nadia is as tough as the guys, though a FragileSpeedster.
14	* AdaptationalHeroism: The Brotherhood of Steel, who are known for being an isolationist faction only interested in collecting pre-War technology, are depicted in this game as self-proclaimed protectors of the Wasteland and are far more willing to recruit outsiders--including Ghouls--than in the first two games.
15	* AnArmAndALeg: Attis cuts off the player's arm, but you get a replacement.
16	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: In Co-op, several items/weapons that the player can find are doubled so both players can make use of hidden weapons/armor that the player can find.
17	* ApocalypseCult: The player fights a ghoul cult led by Blake in Los.
18	* AnArmAndALeg: Attis [[spoiler: cuts off the player's arm, but you get a replacement. The player has to fight with only one arm for a bit as well [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration and can only use one handed weapons]]. Hope you remembered not to sell all your pistols.]]
19	* BatterUp: One of the three hidden weapons in the game is the Slugger, found in the early Docks levels and much more powerful than other melee weapons available at that time. You have to shoot some inaccessible enemies to spawn a huge glowing mutant and kill it to get the Slugger.
20	* BeamSpam: The Continuous Fire Laser and Turbo Plasma Rifle fill this role.
21	* BigBad: General Attis, the new leader of the Super Mutant Army. He's searching Texas for a second [=FEV=] facility that he thinks holds the cure for Super Mutant sterility.
22	* CainAndAbel: There are two mutant merchants who are twins and will pay the player to assassinate the other one.
23	* CanonDiscontinuity: Creator/{{Bethesda}} announced that the game's story was not canon, which was a pretty easy decision given how poorly it fits into the established canon.
24	* ClusterFBomb: Just about everyone in the game says "Fuck" or any other swear word every few seconds. Not before or after in the franchise has profanity been used in this sprint.
25	* DroppedABridgeOnHim:
26	** For some bizarre reason, in one sidequest you face off against [[spoiler: The Vault Dweller]] despite him having been on your side in the first chapter.
27	** [[spoiler: Rhombus gets killed in Los also.]]
28	* EvilMatriarch: Variant. The Raiders based near Carbon have a matriarchal system, with females ranking higher than males. Jane, the Raider Matron and leader, is especially evil.
29	* FaceHeelTurn:
30	** The Mayor of Carbon, whom you meet in the beginning of the game as a friendly NPC, turns out to be the second boss.
31	** Weirdly, The Vault Dweller appears as an OptionalBoss in Los. There's absolutely no explanation for this.
32	* FanService: The pinups extra video.
33	* FragileSpeedster: Nadia. She has lower health than the other two characters, but she's quick and proficient with [[GunsAkimbo dual guns]].
34	* GunsAkimbo: So far the only game in the franchise that has this. Pistols and laser pistols can be dual wielded by Nadia and Cain.
35	* {{Interquel}}: The appearance of The Vault Dweller puts the timeline of this game somewhere between ''VideoGame/Fallout1'' and ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', specifically after The Vault Dweller founded Arroyo and subsequently left the village behind.
36	* JackOfAllStats: Cain. He's in the middle for stats, and can use both heavy weapons and dual guns but isn't as skilled with either.
37	* MightyGlacier: Cyrus. He has high health and is good with heavy weapons, but he's slower and can't use dual guns.
38	* MsFanService: Jane, the raider matriarch, wears a stripperific outfit. Not even an S&M-''inspired'' PostApunkalypticArmor like in ''[[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Mad Max 2]]'' or ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', but a straight-up leather bondage outfit.
39	* NewGamePlus: Completing the game allows a replay with your previous characters or certain [=NPCs=] who can be unlocked who are basically reskins of the three main characters.
40	* ObligatorySwearing: The game aims for a more humorous and in-your-face style, which involved quite a lot of swearing in the dialogue.
41	* OneWingedAngel: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Attis injects himself with the modified [=FEV=] hoping to cure his sterility. While it doesn't do ''that'', it does make him stronger and eventually even causes him to grow to Behemoth size. However, he eventually starts to mutate out of control into a giant blob monster that expands throughout the entire facility.]]
42	* PaletteSwap: The extra player characters in the game that are unlockable are reskins of Cyrus (Rhombus and the Vault Dweller) and Nadia (Patty).
43	* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: The Vault Dweller appears as an NPC.
44	* ProductPlacement: In a bizarre example of this, Bawls Guarana replaces Nuka-Cola for most purposes, and Bawls bottlecaps are worth 100 regular bottlecaps.
45	* RaceLift: So, apparently, [[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Rhombus Rhombus]] is white now.
46	* RatStomp: The player's first quest is to clear out rats and irradiated bugs from the town of Carbon.
47	* ReligionOfEvil: The Church of the Lost, whose main purpose is to [[spoiler:guard the Secret Vault and ensure that nothing or nobody can get in or out.]]
48	* SecretLevel: If you jump off of one section of Los, you can get to a secret area and find the meat cannon.
49	* ShoutOut: One of the hidden weapons is the Red Ryder BB Gun, which does 1-100 damage with each shot. While the Red Ryder BB gun is a real thing, its inclusion in the game is a reference to its appearance in ''Film/AChristmasStory'' and ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}}'', the predecessor to the ''Fallout'' series.
50	* SoundtrackDissonance: On a meta level. The other Fallout games utilize bleak ambiance and golden oldies in their soundtracks, while this game interjects boss fights with instrumental versions of heavy metal songs.
51	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Jane, the Raider Matron, wears a black harness that leaves most of her body exposed. One wonders how she remains so pale in the desert sun wearing next to nothing.
52	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: [[BigBad Attis]] is a thinly veiled stand-in for the Lieutenant from the original ''Fallout''; both are highly intelligent super mutant leaders with cybernetic implants over their right eye, and share the same voice actor (Tony Jay). In the end he turns into [[spoiler:a giant blob monster somewhat similar to the Master himself.]]
53	* TakeThatCritics: The credits call out a ''Fallout'' fan messageboard that had been a particularly strong source of condemnation for the game during its production and tells it, "Thanks for the laughs!"
54	* UniversalAmmunition: Bullets are basically divided into big and small bullets, simplifying the ammunition system from prior (and subsequent) games, which means the [[HandCannon Desert Eagle]] essentially takes the same ammo as a [[{{BFG}} heavy machinegun]].
55	* YouNukeEm: [[spoiler:A nuclear explosive is built into the Secret Vault as an emergency SelfDestructMechanism in the case of a biological disaster. The Initiate activates it and then escapes in order to destroy the heavily mutated Super Mutant leader Attis.]]

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