In Fallout 4, as in all the major games in the series since Fallout 2, food is available in two forms. It’s the video game equivalent of finding those frozen mini dim sims in the freezer at 1am after a few drinks. In the Fallout games, when your character eats an ‘Iguana on a Stick’ to regain health (a consumable that’s been present in the series since the first game in 1997), you probably don’t think “boy, that sounds delicious!” Instead, you’re simply relieved that, in your desperate condition, you managed to find something edible at all. Likewise, if a character is forced to eat something revolting, we instantly understand on an innate level.
We might not know what it’s like to lose our spouse and child, to be lost somewhere dangerous and unfamiliar or to be attacked by Super Mutants, but we know what it’s like to be hungry. So when a character goes desperately hungry, no matter how bizarre and unrecognisable the rest of the world may be, we can relate directly. Regardless of our individual experiences, our need to eat is universal. Within science fiction and fantasy- be it a game, movie, TV series, book, graphic novel, comic or tabletop game - food is often used as a concise and effective way of grounding the fictional world in a familiar reality. Though often steeped in radiation, food is a far more ubiquitous way of regaining health than the chemical alternatives, with snacking opportunities scattered all over the post-apocalyptic environment.īut food in the Fallout universe isn’t just crucial for survival, it’s a critical part of what makes Bethesda’s remarkable world as immersive as it is. In a desolate environment where Stimpaks are in horrifyingly short supply, food is fundamental to survival.
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