In the second part they suggest several alternative sites including New York, New Orleans, Colorado and Santa Fe as locations that would make a better setting.
Yes, yes, I know. I just spent a whole article saying western states are the heart of Fallout. But aside from the plot considerations I alluded to, there’s a major reason why the Boston rumor has as much credibility as it does.
Not only is the Northeast mostly untapped in the Fallout world, but considering the popularity of the game (and the supposed “lackluster” success of New Vegas) a direct, linear progression from Fallout 3 makes so much sense from a sales perspective that Bethesda would have to be pretty dumb to not follow up with Fallout: New Fan Service. Say what you will about their abilities as game designers – lord knows I have – they’re damn smart businessmen.
It seems that’s what happens when you dump all your points into Barter and Luck!
My argument for New York as opposed to Boston is simple: why settle for the opening act, when you’re really waiting for the headlining band? Like John Lennon said, New York City IS the Rome of the modern world, and there’s little reason this status would’ve changed by the time the bombs fell, so it seems inevitable that a Fallout game will get here eventually. If there’s going to be (ideally) alternating locations for the Fallout series, some in the East and some in the West, let’s just get to the Manhattan Project everyone’s expecting!
Discussion about the first article can be found here.
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A moderator has closed this comment topic for the time beingAlso before the nukes it had already seen a 10 year war, and there would be weapons, equipment, power armour. Chinese remnants could play a bigger role in the plot. It would also have a feeling of taking it back to where it all began, this is what set the world on a course for the apocalypse.
the only reason i have not bought NV is steam! if fo4 has steam, i most likely wont buy if ether, i hate steam. but if i do, i to would like to see more stability less CDTs, more diverse voice acting. more diverse weapons, i was quite unhappily surprised at the lack of selection, at least add all the ones from the other fallout games. more possible companion NPCs. i dont really care where it would take place, though i do think west of the mississippi would be a better choice, but that may be because i played everything from wasteland to fo3. i fear fo3 will be the last for me
Let's hope the FO4 Dev Team took cues from the modding community and added the cool, Fallout-Lore-Friendly stuff into the game (FWE, MMM, Busworld, DC_Interiors, some EVE stuff - no glowing weapons plz!) and crash free.
Seriously people, Fallout is a parody of the 50s in US. Not Russia, China and whatever you guys are recommending
I had never recogniced there was an enclave at all until shooting their boss with Fallout2.
Would be nice having such 4
I would love a Fallout World, where i can Nuke Europe and fight the Sony armed security forces xD
New Vegas is great: It's fresh and faster than any former fallout, almost as B.O.S. and still sustains a large world, even i don't comprehend why this is to e a single map| could be much more vast with multiple global maps sithout even adding more content, like scaling it to 0.25 stnglt.