Along the best way, avid gamers get to study various sides of Japanese tradition like origami and tea ceremonies. The game takes place in a submit-nuclear-apocalypse Las Vegas that by some means survived the deadliest conflict ever seen on Earth. And unlike the mostly unpopulated world of Myst, Fallout is peopled with characters of all stripe including prostitutes, drunks and mercenaries. There are also, of course, plenty of casinos to go to as you play an "common Joe" exploring the grungy world in a quest to determine how he practically died before the story started.