Where Will Fallout 4 Be Set?

[Right Hook]

In the state of Florida?

Supermutant alligators

So you've read the Fallout Bible, eh?

 

[Random Fella]

In New Vegas. It's already happened yo.
As for a legitimate answer, perhaps somewhere southern, could get some old country music going
Maybe Texas? and have large mutated bulls

 

[JordanXlord]

Personally i would like to see it set in en England/Scotland, there's something about the idea of blowing a mutated Scottish highlander that appeals to me...And London would be a good setting, think of the traditional London mist...then picture it in a steampunk, post apocalyptic world with mutants shambling through the fog.

You are a bloody Genius,

you win a internet my friend

 

[Soviet Heavy]

In the mysterious land, of Toronto Canada.

And Scott Pilgrim will be dating a high-schooler.

The whole thing is set along Yonge Street and the 401. Not really much in the way of major landmarks. The CN Tower and Air Canada Center would have collapsed. What does that leave? A highway and a bunch of low to the ground houses.

Toronto's a boring City. Put it in Montreal or Quebec City so that we could juxtapose modern with the older colonial parts of the settlement.

 

[RaNDM G]

Set it in Russia or China. We've had enough games in the U.S. already.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I want somewhere really out in the middle of butt fuck nowhere, i don't really know America all that well so i can't pick somewhere. But i want it away from the developing wasteland world, not what new vegas did, taking away the small settlements and such and giving luxury and gambling. It's common human methodology, you don't thrive until you can survive without doubt. That is what fallout is about, as well as the subtext towards war and human nature. So please, although it is in and of it's self a aspect of human nature to conquer and control, put us somewhere less developed, still barbaric, still barking up the evolutionary tree of anarchy. Give us a plot which demands respect, not American power fantasy's. Fallout 1 and 2 were beautiful for that, the 3rd to me, had the best story due to the extremely large group it's plot would effect. But new vegas was maintaining luxury, that doesn't fly in the wasteland. It's the renascence with guns.

New Vegas as an American Power Fantasy? That's an interesting take. I don't necessarily agree with it, but I can sort of see it.

However, if that angle was being played, it is undercut by New Vegas' insistence on showing just how flawed a supposedly idyllic world truly is. New Vegas is a beacon of progress in the post apocalyptic world. It is also rife with corruption, petty crime, and backstabbing syndicates only kept in line through the collective firepower of a Robot Army.

The New California Republic is the best chance at a functioning society, but it is falling apart under its own weight, and several of the Tribal groups feel that its death would be for the best.

Cesar's Legion was built on the corpses of countless tribes, showing just how bad organized society can become, stamping out smaller cultures in favor of a brutal regime. It is a dark parallel to the NCR, and just as fragile.

 

[strangemoose]

SEATTLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FTW

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Set it in Russia or China. We've had enough games in the U.S. already.

Russia's been covered by S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Metro 2033, so no need to worry there.

One of the main things about Fallout is its emphasis on 50's Era American xenophobia and paranoia. That culture makes up the visual aesthetic for the games themselves, which is why the series has never left North America.

That's not to say that it couldn't, but it would have to play things carefully when choosing an overseas location.

China and Russia are probably the best bets, because it would allow the juxtaposition of 50's paranoia against the communist ideologies that brought about the culture in the first place.

 

[craftomega]

Why does it have to be set in the states guys?

Why not Canada?

Why not Russia?

Why not ANYWHERE BUT THE usa!!!!

 

[ChaplainOrion]

Denver would be kind of cool, it's dog city baby. The city is covered with packs of roving feral dogs, and the skyscrapers are all connected as scavengers, well, scavenge the tops and stay away from the dogs. I'd want to see what happened to the Native Americans, as they didn't have land that would have warranted nuking, and I imagine they'd be back with a prejudice, I imagine that the government would have a huge forceful assimilation program.

 

[ChaplainOrion]

Why does it have to be set in the states guys?

Why not Canada?

Why not Russia?

Why not ANYWHERE BUT THE usa!!!!

Europe annhalted itself in it's own war, the mid east uber nuked itself, Russia would let down all the fans because in Fallout universe, it's far from being a super power. Also it's tradition.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Canada, obviously. Everything else good has been happening to them recently. I don't mean one city, or anything like that. I mean all of Canada. All of it. This of course would lead to a scenario where not all of the map would be Fallout-esque. Parts of it might even be, you know, livable. Not build around unexploded atomic bombs. With clean water, and things like civil police forces, where stealing and murder are still wrong, and there exists a federal currency, and places to exchange said federal currency for products that were lawfully traded and sold. Just think how much a loop that would throw you, as you stumbled into town trying to trade your in your bottlecaps, only to find them utterly useless. Imagine how much of a prat you'd look, wearing your leather skins and cooking pans, next to people wearing normal attire. Ha!

 

[Hal10k]

Why does it have to be set in the states guys?

Why not Canada?

Why not Russia?

Why not ANYWHERE BUT THE usa!!!!

Because the franchise is inexorably linked with 1950s Americana. The unique flavor of the franchise comes from the contrast between the relentless optimism of the period (the retrofuturistic elements, happy-go-lucky advertisements) transposed against the underlying Cold War paranoia of the same era (the fact that all of the above has been blown to hell by a nuclear war). Removing one of the above elements would remove that contrast, leaving you with a flatter experience.

edit: Canada might be interesting though, given the background, but what Bethesda established in FO3 leads me to believe that their next game will be set somewhere in the American Northeast.

 

[Bryan Bear]

Probably in western South Dakota around the Black Hills. The reason being for this belief is that the two Fallout games I played were in an area that could be said to contain people, buildings, and places that are interesting or culturally important to America. South dakota contains the monuments of Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse, the Black Hills, Badlands, and Missori River, Indians and gambling towns, all of which could be combined to make a great area to base a Fallout game in.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Canada, obviously. Everything else good has been happening to them recently. I don't mean one city, or anything like that. I mean all of Canada. All of it. This of course would lead to a scenario where not all of the map would be Fallout-esque. Parts of it might even be, you know, livable. Not build around unexploded atomic bombs. With clean water, and things like civil police forces, where stealing and murder are still wrong, and there exists a federal currency, and places to exchange said federal currency for products that were lawfully traded and sold. Just think how much a loop that would throw you, as you stumbled into town trying to trade your in your bottlecaps, only to find them utterly useless. Imagine how much of a prat you'd look, wearing your leather skins and cooking pans, next to people wearing normal attire. Ha!

You watched that movie Gunless didn't you?

 

[Fijiman]

I think that a Fallout game set in either the Commonwealth, Texas, Louisiana, or somewhere in one of the states near Canada would be interesting.(Canada was annexed by the US before the bombs fell so a Fallout game could possibly be made there) And while a Fallout game in Europe or something would be cool, I doubt we'll ever see it happen because for all we know the European countries are fine and just don't want to acknowledge the US after it got nuked. I also don't think it would be a good idea to go to China because too many things would be missing and you would more than likely be limited to only being able to play as a Chinese person.

To anyone whining about Bethesda's inability to write story and lore, that any Fallout game after Fallout 2 does not count, or that Fallout 3 and New Vegas sucked because of all the bugs, get over it unless you plan on actually doing something about it aside from whining. And Unless you can see a big fat 4 in the title of Fallout New Vegas, it is not Fallout 4.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Canada, obviously. Everything else good has been happening to them recently. I don't mean one city, or anything like that. I mean all of Canada. All of it. This of course would lead to a scenario where not all of the map would be Fallout-esque. Parts of it might even be, you know, livable. Not build around unexploded atomic bombs. With clean water, and things like civil police forces, where stealing and murder are still wrong, and there exists a federal currency, and places to exchange said federal currency for products that were lawfully traded and sold. Just think how much a loop that would throw you, as you stumbled into town trying to trade your in your bottlecaps, only to find them utterly useless. Imagine how much of a prat you'd look, wearing your leather skins and cooking pans, next to people wearing normal attire. Ha!

You watched that movie Gunless didn't you?

Never seen it, actually. I just found the concept hilarious. You mean there's a movie about that idea? Neat. I'll have to pretend to look into it.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Canada, obviously. Everything else good has been happening to them recently. I don't mean one city, or anything like that. I mean all of Canada. All of it. This of course would lead to a scenario where not all of the map would be Fallout-esque. Parts of it might even be, you know, livable. Not build around unexploded atomic bombs. With clean water, and things like civil police forces, where stealing and murder are still wrong, and there exists a federal currency, and places to exchange said federal currency for products that were lawfully traded and sold. Just think how much a loop that would throw you, as you stumbled into town trying to trade your in your bottlecaps, only to find them utterly useless. Imagine how much of a prat you'd look, wearing your leather skins and cooking pans, next to people wearing normal attire. Ha!

You watched that movie Gunless didn't you?

Never seen it, actually. I just found the concept hilarious. You mean there's a movie about that idea? Neat. I'll have to pretend to look into it.

And American gunslinger accidentally crosses the border into Alberta, and becomes confused when nobody wants to have a high plains quick draw with him.

 

[Cain_Zeros]

Canada, obviously. Everything else good has been happening to them recently. I don't mean one city, or anything like that. I mean all of Canada. All of it. This of course would lead to a scenario where not all of the map would be Fallout-esque. Parts of it might even be, you know, livable. Not build around unexploded atomic bombs. With clean water, and things like civil police forces, where stealing and murder are still wrong, and there exists a federal currency, and places to exchange said federal currency for products that were lawfully traded and sold. Just think how much a loop that would throw you, as you stumbled into town trying to trade your in your bottlecaps, only to find them utterly useless. Imagine how much of a prat you'd look, wearing your leather skins and cooking pans, next to people wearing normal attire. Ha!

It'd allow for pretty varied terrain too. Although I'm not sure I want to walk across the prairies, but that's partly because I grew up in the mountains and find flat land incredibly boring. XD

 

[RuralGamer]

In the state of Florida?

Supermutant alligators

Definitely /thread

In all honesty though, Florida or Louisiana would be really awesome for that reason and that reason alone.

OT: Seattle area or New York would be good methinks; either would be interesting.