Fallout, Black Isle's innovative post-apocalyptic RPG, finally forced me to face my darkest fears. In Fallout, the world has been reduced to rubble - yet you survive. You begin the game inside a community fallout shelter called a "Vault," where you have lived for your entire life. The Vault Elder informs you that there is a problem. The water purifier is failing, and the elders have decided that someone has to go outside to find a new one. They've chosen you.