Developed by Bethesda Game Studios and Behaviour Interactive, Fallout Shelter is a base-building simulation video game, available for the Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS operating systems. The game released in 2015 to high praise. It takes place in the famous Fallout world, a post-apocalyptic wasteland. A variety of mutant creatures and humans inhabit the world. A few humans feel lucky enough to live in vaults. These are large technologically advanced underground bunkers. Built with the apocalypse in mind by shady corporations, these special vaults withstood the test of time and dangers.
Players take on the role of Overseer in this video game. The overseer leads vault-dwellers. Look after day to day activities such as food, water, and energy storage and accumulation. Assign the citizens to harvest these resources according to their individual skills. Play matchmaker for men and women, and bring new life into the vault. Venture into the wasteland outside the walls to explore. Outside isn't the only place dangers lurk, however. Raiders regularly attack and try to steal your valuable resources, so be prepared!
Fallout Shelter Features
There are tons of ways to play this video game. As overseer, players are directly responsible for the vault's survival. Weapons and armor equip citizens of the vault to ensure everyone stays safe from attacks. There are tons of different weapons and armor styles; each one has a unique perk from which dwellers benefit. Send scouts out into the wasteland, and track their movements from the vault. Bring them home after one day, or let them wander for many! Be sure to keep an eye on their health, though, or you might log in to a dead wanderer and no way to retrieve the good loot.
There are quests, too. Players save up a certain amount of resources or build and upgrade a variety of rooms within the vault. Raise citizens' individual stats by letting them train in the proper room. This allows overseers to make sure the best citizens are providing the right resources. Sometimes, players must go outside the vault. Pick a few dwellers and send them out in a team to explore. These expeditions are valuable for getting powerful weapons and armor. Sometimes the dwellers even encounter someone friendly. Players choose to invite these friendly NPCs to the vault and become a productive member or leave them in the apocalyptic wasteland.
In Conclusion
Fallout Shelter won awards and is free to play. Any fan of the Fallout video game series will love this building simulator. The chance to be Overseer and customize a vault entertains for hours. Challenges pop up in unexpected places. There are always new enemies waiting to be found, and new citizens to invite into the fold. Be a control freak, or take a back seat in this stellar post-apocalyptic simulation game!
