Daddy Go Bot said:
ChupathingyX said:
There are still many areas of America that haven't been explored, or even talked about.
So no, especially if Bethesda are the ones making it.
I wouldn't even trust Bethesda with America. Instead of coming up with something new and original they just took a lot of the stuff from the old games (F.E.V., super mutants, the Enclave) and just shoved it into D.C. That just pisses all over the lore.
So... by faithfully following the lore, Bethesda pissed all over the lore? That doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
Bethesa can make only about 2 more games, one in the Southern part of the U.S. and one in the Northern part. After that they'd have pretty much covered every corner of the U.S. and would have spread out to other countries to have any more new material to work from.
There are 2 arguments against having Fallout in another country that I've seen on this thread, and neither are valid:
1. America is central to the style, story, technology, etc. of the Fallout universe.
Wrong, Fallout is a series commenting on and mocking humanity as a whole, a game set in even a drastically different country wouldn't change that. There are several other countries that can easily be commented on and mocked that we can identify with too, a country that is very unimportant to us now would not be a good idea, but ones like Canada, China, and England would be good places because China is the "enemy" country of Fallout, while Canada and England are countries that aren't that different from America, so they're easier to identify with.
2. Changing the country would make Fallout so different that it couldn't be considered "Fallout" anymore, that it might as well be a new series.
Wrong again, while commenting on the human condition is the main theme of Fallout, there are several others that are universal, post apocalyptic devastation, desperation, the stuggle to survive against mutated creatures(including the Super Mutants, and there's plenty of ways mutation can happen) and homicidal maniacs, transhumanism, etc. These themes can fit with any country anywhere, how they'd be implemented would probably be different but in no way would make the game "not Fallout" That, and the gameplay, which unless they come up with something better (and I honestly can't imagine one) I hope it's basics never change, though improvement is fine.
Above all, the feeling one gets running around a post apocalyptic wasteland is the most important thing, Fallout gives a very unique one, and it's not it's country alone but it's themes that make this happen. Fallout will end up set in another country eventually, and as long as the developers put real effort into the game it will do just as good there as it has set in the U.S.
