Fallout 4 theories

[hentropy]

I really wish it's not some big, boring, eastern city like Boston or Chicago... you could make them interesting but it would probably be a lot harder than making a city like DC or Vegas is interesting. The originals could get away with being relatively bland because they did rely so much on visuals, but it's a huge part of the experience in the newer games.

My pick? New Orleans. It's an interesting city visually/culturally and outside of the city can be a nice, large swamp region along with mutated swamp critters. Like a much bigger Point Lookout with a much better city to visit.

I would also like a break from the Brotherhood/Enclave/Super Mutants and actually get new factions and conflicts.

 

[Draxz]

(In 1, 2, 3, where you escape The Vault).

In FO2 you start out as a tribal villager.

Wait, you do? Crud...

 

[Lovely Mixture]

Personally I would really enjoy playing from the perspective of an Enclave vault that hasn't been in direct communication with the rest of the enclave network since the time the bombs fell. Basically if you look at the Enclave they are the US government and outside of the crazy schemes that the higher command has, your goal is to rebuild the US.

I like this. For me, the themes of Fallout have always been about rebuilding and survival, a game like that would show how such noble ambitions can become corrupted.

However I also want some acknowledgement of the countries outside America (as per the London/European ideas spoken above).

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

(In 1, 2, 3, where you escape The Vault).

In FO2 you start out as a tribal villager.

Wait, you do? Crud...

Remember the Temple of Fuck-These-Ants-And-Scorpions?

 

[Gottesstrafe]

Gonna re-post something I put in another Fallout 4 speculation thread:

Glad it's not San Francisco. I was actually hoping it would be in New England, possibly near the border of Canada. I mean, Canada was annexed by the U.S. and supposedly vaults were in the process of being build there too. Not to mention that the continued existence of Toronto was hinted at in The Pitt DLC for Fallout 3. Perhaps Canada suffered less devastation from the nukes than the U.S. and there are still trees growing up there, and maybe the Commonwealth is trying to evict its current inhabitants to gain access to its timber, mineral, and water resources. It'd definitely be an interesting contrast with the shining technological utopia of the Commonwealth, featuring Canada supposedly being retaken by both nature and its former nationals.

Since then, however, I've been informed that Canada was pretty much almost stripped clean during the battle with China over Anchorage, so I'm not too certain about the trees and all. Still, since eastern Canada is pretty far away from the Anchorage front line (and it is going to be a Beth game after all) it's possible (however unlikely) that some of it might have survived. Or at the very least some of the natural resources further up north.

 

[Stormcloud23]

If I had my way I'd set Fallout 4 in the American northwest. Maybe Portland or Seattle. I think the irradiated forests would be a great setting, and the locale isn't something that's used often, save for Alan Wake. The Space Needle would be an awesome fort or bastion, or something of the like.

 

[Lonely Swordsman]

Fallout Hawaii. After all those deserts and ruined cities I wanna go somewhere nice next game.

But it's probably gonna be New Mexico or Texas or something. Oh well, at least it'll be interesting to see if how things developed along the border (I don't remember if Mexico got nuked as well, it would be kinda cool if they had survived and now the tables are turned with the US a tribal wasteland and Mexico as this magical promised land)

 

[Hawk eye1466]

Just as long as it's more in feel to fallout 3 I know new vegas was closer to the originals but I couldn't play more than an hour or two before getting really bored and going back to 3 to search for more bobbleheads because I'd already done every quest I could find. But it could be a lot of fun to run around boston as an android it could have a lot of cool things like switching your arms to a chainsaw evil dead style or any number of different alterations you could do and now I'm all excited for something that chances are won't be close to the finished product at all ah well.

 

[legend of duty]

im thinking the dakotas or montana type areas. id like to see more cowboyish and tribal places. Also more makeshift weapons like spears or homemade explosives.

 

[Substitute Troll]

I don't know about these rumors, but here's my theory of how the next Fallout game will be:

It will be set in New York,the map will be a lot more vertical than previous Fallouts, with people settling up high in the ruined skyscrapers, the lower down you go the more mutants you come across. There could be cities built on platforms that go across the city from building to building.

Developing this kind of vertical landscape could help them when making TESX: Valenwood, seeing as that region is very much about the verticality.

If anyone finds anything wrong with my theory, please comment. I'm not a Fallout expert, New York might be bombed to smitherines as far as I know.

 

[The Last Nomad]

My theory is... It will have a bunch of tedious quests, one maybe two above average quest line, An abundance of reused textures and assets,Though reusing assets still somehow ends with a buggy product. Narrative driven but very bland and uninteresting plot with many of the major tropes being reused with names/locations crossed out and replaced relevant to the new setting. Then after its release we get hit with a series of short choppy DLCs that are also narrative driven but clock in at about 10$ per content hour.

Just my best educated guess.

Educated by what? The book of stupid? This doesn't sound like a Fallout game to me...

I have no expectations or thoughts about it. A Fallout game on the Skyrim engine was kinda what I've been waiting for as soon as I saw the gameplay trailer for Skyrim.

 

[Brad Monk]

I hope it's in more of a urban setting, can't really say where abouts exactly.. I always felt that they have been going towards the more space theme of things. First with F3 and the alien expansion, then with F:NV and big MT. I know big MT wasn't set in space but it had alot of futuristic weapons, robo-scorpians that shot lasers and cyber-dogs. They also had aliens if you chose the 'wacky wasteland' trait. I think they might have it around something like a NASA shuttle launch base or something around those lines. I could really care less as long as it's a little more urban with alot of new messed up mutants. I was also hopeing they might go towards choosing a 'race'. They made super mutants more civilized in the last installment so I was hopeing before you start the game with F4 you might actually be able to choose whether your a ghoul, a super mutant or a human each with thier own drawbacks/benefits. Though I could also see them messing that up so maybe its best they just leave that be..

I hope they try and mix the good of F3 along with F:NV, I really enjoyed both and I play both for different reasons. The reloading bench and the weapon system in NV is definatly better and I find its more of a challenge which I also like, however in F3 I found exploring to be more exciting as you are completely free to wander the world. Where as in NV they push you to go south and continue the main story because everywhere else has deathclaws, giant radscorpians or cazadores. I also found in F3 there are alot more large locations to explore such as abandoned buildings and subway statons then in new vegas where it was mostly abandoned shacks and a sh*t ton of desert. Which makes sense but its not as satisfying.

Long story short, I think they will go with something space themed, and it better be good

 

[Mr Cwtchy]

Dunno really. I'll be perfectly happy if it fairly close to the atmosphere F3 had. That and the explorative aspect was the best parts of the game for me. Picking up long ago written letters and old terminal entries was a 'hobby' of mine within the game.

 

[Draxz]

(In 1, 2, 3, where you escape The Vault).

In FO2 you start out as a tribal villager.

Wait, you do? Crud...

Remember the Temple of Fuck-These-Ants-And-Scorpions?

Ohhhhyeah. I completely forgot what Fallout actually used to look like. Now I feel dumb.

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

Boston is all well and good but I was hoping for Chicago

Fallout Tactics was non-canonical (I think) and light on story but it was set in the Midwest and primarily concerned the Chicago chapter of the BoS (if I recall)

It is and it isn't [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_Tactics]. Basically, some parts of the story contradict the previous games, but the important events in the story are still considered to have happened.

 

[DragonChi]

As much as I want to see a new location with more interesting scenery, I am more concerned with getting more robust and dynamic gameplay and mechanics. They need some updating. I also want REAL multiple endings. Not the BS we got at the end of Fallout 3. I want what Fallout 2 gave. I want my choices to have a much larger impact on how the story ends.

 

[Jimb Mulholland]

I think there would be a great deal of material to work with from an Enclave slant. The Enclave's tech was always much better and cleaner, to imply that it was new or at least able to be reconditioned after the bombs fell. Their methods were always written to be incredibly self centered and even malevolent, but as a PC playing the role of a new Enclave trooper, or even just a citizen, there would be a lot of paths and lore to explore in such a setting. Seattle or the Northwest in general may make a great environment; it is implied in Lonesome Hearts DLC that rain is indeed possible in the Wasteland. The northwest could very well be restored to verdant pastures by now, with all the natural rain they get up there. Just a thought.

 

[The Last Nomad]

As a general rule I find that the "Fallout 3 vs Fallout NV" argument can be split into two groups:
1. People who like the novelty and exploration of Fallout 3 a whole bunch.
and
2. People who like the coherent world and writing in Fallout New Vegas a whole bunch.

The point being that they scratch different itches.

I don't mean to just outright dismiss you're theory, but I found Fallout 3 did all of those things alot better than New Vegas.

 

[I am Harbinger]

I'd like to see the Rockies. We've done the desert, we've done the wreckage of the East Coast. What about the mountains?

This, basically. There was some rough terrian in NV, but if you've ever been to the Rockies, you know it's a whole different ball game there. If I had to narrow it down to a state, I'd say Colorado, because of the varied terrian and central-ness to the continental United States. You've got the mountains on one end, plains on the rest, and Denver for a city center. I'd be curious to see Denver, or Boulder, or a vacation town in the Rockies, post-nuke-age.

As for story, not gonna speculate, although, if your a fan of pattern recognition, it seems every other "canon" title had the standard "Vault Escape/Departure" opening, so that may be what we'll be getting in 4.

I started with FO3, and I've played NV, 1, and 2 since then, in that order, so I'm a fan or this series. I honestly don't much care where it's set or what the story is, as long as I can get me some more Fallout-y goodness.

 

[Aarowbeatsdragon]

I thought the Commonwealth was largely Canada was it not? That's the impression I got but I don't know all the FO lore.

I'm afraid you're wrong The commonwealth is located at MIT university in massachusits boston.