Fallout Shelter is a sturdy platform for creativity. Players can pump out senseless mayhem as easily as they can tens of millions of babies. You can even date a Shelter dweller on Tinder, and Bethesda VP Pete Hines says there are still more features on the way. But few things compare to what the studio behind the game has cooked up.
As Bethesda said in a recent blog post, Matt Clinkscale’s Vault is innocent enough. Using custom names and appearances, he recreated the popular sitcom, The Office. “I have to make sure that Dwight Schrute is protecting the vault,” Clinksale said, “and keep Kelly Kapoor in stylish Vault clothing.”
Pete Hines’ latest creation relies on much darker inspiration. One part Game of Thrones and one part Vault 69, which consisted of 999 women and one man, Hines’ Vault is a faithful recreation of Craster’s Keep. That is to say, the Vault gets by on a single, shall we say, extremely busy man. Still, not even Hines has been daring enough to take on Vault 68, which paired a lone woman with 999 men.
But it was Matt Grandstaff who truly took the Shelter mentality to the extreme. A brutal mix of utilitarianism and Darwinism, his Vault’s entry process is governed by an aptly named Death Room. “I’m executing a process called Matt-ural Selection, where I weed out the weaker—and sadder—dwellers for the better ones,” he said.
If a dweller can maintain a happiness rating of at least 80 percent, they pass Matt-ural Selection. If not, they’ll have to survive three rounds of Death Room to gain entry on sheer endurance. And if they just aren’t up to the task, they stay in the Death Room until they prove its namesake. Their only hope is the legend of dweller Adam Murray, who survived seven rounds of the infamous room. “His name lives on as an inspiration for all mankind,” Grandstaff added, presumably with a tear.
Source [Bethesda Blog]
