Originally Posted by
Spore
And conversely 3D Fallouts try to give you a sense of emptiness. A few years or a decade after the bombs, the primary thought should be danger of visible and invisible variety. Predatory animals (and mutant beings) roam the land in an ecosystem not fully balanced yet. Some are vicious to the point of frenzy, some are diseased from having their territory pushed into radiated zones. But all things are hostile. Weather and radiated areas should play a role. Rain pushes radiation in the water, heavy winds make radiation move far.
The primary feeling should not be emptiness, but rather a resurgence of life that is very much threatened from all angles. But I feel at this point I should just play STALKER.