DiddlePants
First time out of the vault
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Ever since I read the design documents for Van Buren, I was extremely intrigued with the various locations and lore that would have been in the final game. Things such as the Daughters of Hecate and The Reservation always stuck out to me as interesting ideas that should have been utilized even after the death of Van Buren. Imagine my shock when playing New Vegas for the first time and discovering all the Van Buren references (The Ciphers, Fort Abandon, Circle Junction, etc).
The Van Buren references just don’t stop at New Vegas though. Fallout 76 has a crashed space station that looks almost identical to one of the B.O.M.B stations from Van Buren. I was hoping there would be some lore or terminal in the crash site that would reference Van Buren to some capacity, but obviously I got my hopes too high it’s still interesting to note however.
What do you guys think? Is Van Buren canon? Is it semi-canon like Fallout tactics? Or is it completely non canon? I like to think the game is canon overall except parts that were retconed from later games. Similar to tactics, I like to think it’s canon unless stated otherwise. I hate to see all that lore go to waste. Thoughts?
The Van Buren references just don’t stop at New Vegas though. Fallout 76 has a crashed space station that looks almost identical to one of the B.O.M.B stations from Van Buren. I was hoping there would be some lore or terminal in the crash site that would reference Van Buren to some capacity, but obviously I got my hopes too high it’s still interesting to note however.
What do you guys think? Is Van Buren canon? Is it semi-canon like Fallout tactics? Or is it completely non canon? I like to think the game is canon overall except parts that were retconed from later games. Similar to tactics, I like to think it’s canon unless stated otherwise. I hate to see all that lore go to waste. Thoughts?