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Shopping in Korea is like playing Fallout without using guns

 
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sarbonn



Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Michigan

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:15 am    Post subject: Shopping in Korea is like playing Fallout without using guns Reply with quote

Yeah, nerd alert. I know. But honestly, I was playing the original Fallout game before I left to come here, and as I've been wandering around the different districts of Seoul, I find myself going into random shops, looking for things that might make my life more enjoyable. Almost every shop I go into feels like I've found yet another thing that can make the experience a little better. And it's like finding random things at random places.

To me, it's a lot like the game where you practically do the same thing, wandering the unknown lands looking for things, and every now and then you hit the jackpot and find a store (like the Itaewon international markets) and you jump for joy. But most of the time, everyone is selling mass items, like kimche and other unusable items for the "adventure".

Fortunately, no 20 foot long radioactive scorpions have attacked me during my journeys (like the game), but I haven't exhausted the number of subway stops on the subway system yet. So I guess anything can happen.
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red_devil



Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well Fallout 3 is out now, so enjoy.
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sarbonn



Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Michigan

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd just be happy if I could find a bottle of Nuca-cola (or diet Dr Pepper would do nicely, too).
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PBRstreetgang21



Joined: 19 Feb 2007
Location: Orlando, FL--- serving as man's paean to medocrity since 1971!

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh man just reading the title of this thread put me in stitches..... true at ridiculous levels.
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Scotticus



Joined: 18 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:20 am    Post subject: Re: Shopping in Korea is like playing Fallout without using Reply with quote

sarbonn wrote:

Fortunately, no 20 foot long radioactive scorpions have attacked me during my journeys (like the game), but I haven't exhausted the number of subway stops on the subway system yet. So I guess anything can happen.


Adjummas are kind of like the ghouls you meet throughout the game.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Image:FO3_feral_ghoul.jpg
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sarbonn



Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

PBRstreetgang21 wrote:
Oh man just reading the title of this thread put me in stitches..... true at ridiculous levels.


Unfortunately, those who have never played it will ever understand how similar the experience is. The big difference I'm noticing is that in Fallout there are no hills. Don't remember being this tired every day after walking around in the game world.
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