Developed by Interplay Entertainment in collaboration with Tim Cain, Fallout is a long-time-running game series RPG game, which takes players to a post-apocalyptic environment. The game’s timeline is set during the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd centuries. The franchise is inspired by the post-war culture of the United States during the 1950s.
Fallout 3, the third game in the series brought with it major changes to the franchise. The developers started using 3D graphics to replace their 2D graphics and also incorporated elements of real-time combat. The game saw a global release in 2008.
The creepiest enemy in Fallout 3
Fallout 3 was received well by critics and fans and went on to become a commercial success. However, the game had one enemy which had creeped out many fans. These are the Abominations that are exclusive to Fallout 3’s DLC and are found in Mothership Zeta. These creatures are the result of alien experiments on abducted humans.
Fallout 3 player @bear798 posted a video on YouTube talking about these weird creatures. The user also added,
They were human at one point
This is because, through the various Alien captive recorded logs, it can be deduced that the abominations were humans, who were captured by the aliens and injected with alien DNA to turn them into biological weapons.
Fallout player @KairuExplores also agrees with the experiments on humans theory and posted on X,
Experimentation, in fallout 3 they were messing with human DNA and their own and created the "abomination" alien. My theory is they were trying to make a new hybrid of soldier or trying to find ways to save their own race.
— KairuExplores (@KairuExplores) July 8, 2023
Moreover, as stated by the YouTuber, these enemies have now become a nightmare for the Fallout players. This is because after undergoing the bizarre experiment, these creatures turned into violent and ferocious beings, who will attack anyone who is not one of them.
When these weird enemies spot a target, they first point toward it and let out a loud howl. They then quickly move toward the target and attack them in a similar fashion to demons or ghouls. They try to use a combination of swinging and using their claws when attacking a target.
However, the Abominations are standard enemies in the game, and players can eliminate them using alien weapons. After killing them, players can collect conventional alien items from their bodies. Sometimes they also carry unconventional items such as cigarettes, money, and other objects commonly carried by humans. This in turn further supports the theory of they being humans once.
Fallout 3 became a commercial success
Fallout 3 which came out in 2008 was the first game to be developed by Bethesda bought the franchise rights from Interplay Entertainment. The game went on to become a critical and commercial success. The game managed to surpass the total sales of all the previous chapters in the Fallout series.
Additionally, the game even managed to surpass the launch week sales of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which came out in 2006. Fallout 3 also became a fan-favorite and became one of the most popular games on the Xbox Live, and the Games for Windows- Live platforms in 2009. The game managed to come back to the list again in 2011, and 2012.
Moreover, according to estimates made by market research company Electronic Entertainment Design and Research, by November 2015, Fallout 3 had managed to sell more than 12 million units globally.
