Rumor: Bethesda Teases Next Fallout With New Website - UPDATED
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What exactly makes it inapproriate for Fallout to explore to other parts of the world? Other than "It's not how Fallout does things". What's the difference that makes Florida okay but UK not?Scorpid said:
Wherever they go there's gonna be new groups and factions, new creatures, and a new twist on 50's values and such.
I don't see why Fallout has to be confined to the things it has already explored. That just makes the series stagnant.
With that mentality, Fallout 3 would still be set in California and we wouldn't have things like the Capital Wasteland or Ceasar's Legion.
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I really hope it's real. It seems approriate for Bethesda to announce something new since I assume the devs that worked on Skyrim haven't just been sitting around doing nothing.
I wouldn't get my hopes up. There's will always be someone complaining about how "whatever-thing" was or wasn't in the previous games. Fallout-fans in particular...Darmy647 said:
I have serious doubts about this countdown, not getting my hopes up.
I personally wouldn't hate the idea of a Europe-based Fallout, but it does seem contradictory to what the other Fallouts have been doing all these years, the other games sort of pretend the rest of the world doesn't exist, (which I kind of hate, being Canadian), but they do tend to loosely tie in some things from the earlier games and trying to all-of-a-sudden tie events happening in Europe to those happening in the states, even though nobody in any Fallout game has ever acknowledged any contact with any other nation would be rather jarring.
I also remember an interview with the devs saying they wouldn't do that sort of thing because they would prefer to write what they know or something like that. But that may have been Obsidian saying that, so that may not count for much.
Anyway. HOAX.
I personally wouldn't hate the idea of a Europe-based Fallout, but it does seem contradictory to what the other Fallouts have been doing all these years, the other games sort of pretend the rest of the world doesn't exist, (which I kind of hate, being Canadian), but they do tend to loosely tie in some things from the earlier games and trying to all-of-a-sudden tie events happening in Europe to those happening in the states, even though nobody in any Fallout game has ever acknowledged any contact with any other nation would be rather jarring.
I also remember an interview with the devs saying they wouldn't do that sort of thing because they would prefer to write what they know or something like that. But that may have been Obsidian saying that, so that may not count for much.
Wow are you kidding? It definitely crashes less, but it was also much less complex than Fallout(in Fallout mutliple quests were woven together and interacted with each other, and almost every character you could talk to had their own unique dialogue, Skyrim had some quests that would affect the main quest in some ways, but not much else). I definitely wouldn't want Fallout-flavoured Skyrim, blech.Tiamat666 said:
Anyway. HOAX.
Not only that, but it's been well established in the Fallout lore that post-war Europe is dead. D-E-A-D DEAD!Scorpid said:
The understanding is that during the resource war, when the UN split up and America annexed Canada, the infighting and inability to agree on a plan of action rendered the nations of Europe incapable of defending themselves against the encroaching Nuclear Armageddon, and as a result, damn near nobody other then the United States and China still have livable atmospheres. The Fallout Bible has more on all this, and it's talked about from time to time in FO1&2.
OT: Even though I know deep down that this is probably a hoax, I reeeeeally want to play a next-gen Fallout title, and it has been quite a few years since New Vegas, so the time is about right.
I guess we'll see on December 11th...
Yes, but once again, American culture tends to spread, and it did so espesially in the 1950's. I can imagine that it was an even greater cultural force in the Fallout universe.Genocidicles said:
Pretty much all of the Western world in that universe were likely sipping Nuka-Cola and dreaming about big, nuclear mile-eaters.
The 50's World of Tomorrow certainly did exist in the outside world at that time. Perhaps as a localized variant, but the broad strokes were there.valium said:
Well, it'd still be worth their time showing us that. It doesn't have to have an entire game for itself, but it'd certainly be DLC material.Madame_le_Flour said:
Perhaps as an Institute thing, a rebuilt ship carrying scientists and their hired guns (including Mister or Miss Player) travels east or south to recover tech they've found out about in old Pre-War CIA documents recently uncovered.
It'd be interesting, perhaps there could be a gasmask/rebreather mechanic as you explore the lunar landscape, or whatever form it'd take.
*27 days from now*
This is Bethesda announcing a new installment in the fallout series. Its free to play and only on iOS.
This is Bethesda announcing a new installment in the fallout series. Its free to play and only on iOS.
Set it in Australia. Problem solved.
I am more interested in what bugs and glitches the games will contain rather than the game itself at this point.
I am more interested in what bugs and glitches the games will contain rather than the game itself at this point.
interesting but... what is Europe like in the eternally idealized post-war pre-sexual revolution 1950s-60s?
Hoping it's a numbered one...Loved New Vegas but I'm ready for number 4. Hoping it's going to take place in the east coast again, maybe New England.
Indeed. It's not Fallout until until I've completely wrecked the game and exploited all its bugs. It would take away the challenge if I didn't have to pay a visit to the Vault wiki to fix a broken quest. And I totally agree. The only thing the Fallout games need is better graphics and physics to make the world more interactive and add a few survival elements (please add weather!). I hope thisAkichi Daikashima said:
They should set it in Massachusetts (home of the institute), and have the main character learn that they're a synthetic humanoid halfway through the game. Extra points will be rewarded if your character finds out that a portion of the game up to that point never actually occurred anywhere but inside their own head.
And if they're going to set it comfortably outside of California there shouldn't be any references to groups that are unique to California. No more Super Mutants, no more Brotherhood Of Steel, etc, etc. Just take the 'rules' of the Fallout setting and apply them to bring us something creative and fresh. Stop reheating leftovers. New Vegas was like the perfect bookmark to the story that was started in Fallout 1 & 2. Lets see something new.
And if they're going to set it comfortably outside of California there shouldn't be any references to groups that are unique to California. No more Super Mutants, no more Brotherhood Of Steel, etc, etc. Just take the 'rules' of the Fallout setting and apply them to bring us something creative and fresh. Stop reheating leftovers. New Vegas was like the perfect bookmark to the story that was started in Fallout 1 & 2. Lets see something new.
Maybe this is just wishful thinking, but if we're assuming locations based on how the date is written then it's entirely possible that it'll be set in Australia. Which would mean something like Mad Max but with all the irradiated trappings of the Fallout series to boot. That would be pretty awesome to see, especially if the accents are non-terrible.
In Britain? Are you guys serious? Replace the USA with a setting so culturally similar? Please don't.
Use somewhere in continental Europe or - maybe even better - China (as the USA's primary antagonist in the war surrounding the nuclear holocaust). See it from their point of view, perhaps?
Also, I'm curious about Africa. I'm not that well-versed in the Fallout setting, but did Africa actually take part in the global war or was it mostly left to its own devices? What was the political situation/stability there during the conflict? Were they even hit with nukes or largely ignored as every major power bombed each other into oblivion? Was there a confederation of nations or were they still splintered?
Use somewhere in continental Europe or - maybe even better - China (as the USA's primary antagonist in the war surrounding the nuclear holocaust). See it from their point of view, perhaps?
Also, I'm curious about Africa. I'm not that well-versed in the Fallout setting, but did Africa actually take part in the global war or was it mostly left to its own devices? What was the political situation/stability there during the conflict? Were they even hit with nukes or largely ignored as every major power bombed each other into oblivion? Was there a confederation of nations or were they still splintered?
...Then clearly you are looking for a different series. With the exception of post WWII Japan, Cuba and Hawaii(?), American occupations or expat colonies don't register in American pop culture, which is the focus of the series.trty00 said:
EDIT: You could include Native American culture but that would just be seen as too sad and exploitative.
EDIT2: OH WAIT THEY DID DO THAT... and it was that ='(
So, the setting will be 18 years after The Courier made the Mojave his ***** and the main character now "The Survivor" has probably been through a lot before the plot even starts. Interesting. I hope Obsidian handles this as well. I was honestly surprised by the choices in New Vegas (not The Witcher - level choices, but it was good where it mattered). I hope they get the benefit of a full project timeline. As glorious my romp through New Vegas was, I have a constant fear of the game suddenly refusing to load my saves and random crashes. That and post-game content. I'll be tuning in to this one.