Hello all,
As the thread header already says, what states or cities would make a good location for future Fallout games?
Personally I always prefer states as a setting over cities as I feel that allows for more diversity in locations that can be used for NPCs, Quests, Plot etc, but cities seem to be the thing on the moment (I hope not for long).
I do research possibilities myself from time to time but I am sure that I am missing out on some obvious choices, perhaps people here, especially US natives can give me some good ideas.
Ideas from some Fallout mods and ideas are as follows
Fallout Lonestar;
El Paso - Good choice, military presence, oil refineries, a lot of variety in population and culture, high tech stuff, hooks to Fallout lore regarding the invasion and annexation of Mexico.
TorontRayne's Motorcity;
Detroit - Also a good choice, lots of pre war industry (I always imagined Detroit being reborn as an industrial capital when the US basically started to isolated itself and manufactured a lot of stuff such as cars, trucks, but also military equipment within their borders again), there is also some research and development going on here, close to the border to Canada which probably made it a jump off point to the invasion and annexation of Canada.
Fallout Resurrection;
I know Albuquerque appears in this but I have no idea what other places.
Fallout Between Good and Evil;
Absolutely no idea on what places would have been in this one.
Suggested locations for Fallout 4
Seattle; some of Bethesda's plans was to make this city an important transfer point to Canada during the Anchorage campaign.
Personally I feel we should downplay references to old conflicts in Fallout, it is not as if we in Europe are still feeling the after effects of the Napoleonic wars.
What would have this location of its own have that would make it an interesting setting?
According to Wikipedia it is home to a lot of 'old' and new industry such as computers and the internet.
Boston; somewhat of a similar idea to Washington DC, to really play up to Americana, especially the War of Independence.
Again I really think that should be downplayed, Bethesda made it a thing in Fallout 3 but Americana was of little relevance to people in Fallout 1 and 2 for many good reasons. They knew what America was about somewhat but did not go overboard on stuff like the founding fathers.
What does Boston of its own have that would make it an interesting setting for a Fallout game.
We know that Bethesda wanted to do something with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology but I really don't think we should have more androids indistinguishable from humans.
Clunky androids are fine but the Bladerunner/Cyberpunk androids are more a 70/80s thing, not something out of the 50s in general.
As the thread header already says, what states or cities would make a good location for future Fallout games?
Personally I always prefer states as a setting over cities as I feel that allows for more diversity in locations that can be used for NPCs, Quests, Plot etc, but cities seem to be the thing on the moment (I hope not for long).
I do research possibilities myself from time to time but I am sure that I am missing out on some obvious choices, perhaps people here, especially US natives can give me some good ideas.
Ideas from some Fallout mods and ideas are as follows
Fallout Lonestar;
El Paso - Good choice, military presence, oil refineries, a lot of variety in population and culture, high tech stuff, hooks to Fallout lore regarding the invasion and annexation of Mexico.
TorontRayne's Motorcity;
Detroit - Also a good choice, lots of pre war industry (I always imagined Detroit being reborn as an industrial capital when the US basically started to isolated itself and manufactured a lot of stuff such as cars, trucks, but also military equipment within their borders again), there is also some research and development going on here, close to the border to Canada which probably made it a jump off point to the invasion and annexation of Canada.
Fallout Resurrection;
I know Albuquerque appears in this but I have no idea what other places.
Fallout Between Good and Evil;
Absolutely no idea on what places would have been in this one.
Suggested locations for Fallout 4
Seattle; some of Bethesda's plans was to make this city an important transfer point to Canada during the Anchorage campaign.
Personally I feel we should downplay references to old conflicts in Fallout, it is not as if we in Europe are still feeling the after effects of the Napoleonic wars.
What would have this location of its own have that would make it an interesting setting?
According to Wikipedia it is home to a lot of 'old' and new industry such as computers and the internet.
Boston; somewhat of a similar idea to Washington DC, to really play up to Americana, especially the War of Independence.
Again I really think that should be downplayed, Bethesda made it a thing in Fallout 3 but Americana was of little relevance to people in Fallout 1 and 2 for many good reasons. They knew what America was about somewhat but did not go overboard on stuff like the founding fathers.
What does Boston of its own have that would make it an interesting setting for a Fallout game.
We know that Bethesda wanted to do something with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology but I really don't think we should have more androids indistinguishable from humans.
Clunky androids are fine but the Bladerunner/Cyberpunk androids are more a 70/80s thing, not something out of the 50s in general.
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