Fallout 5 - Six Potential Settings We'd Love To See

[Music] Fallout has taken many different forms over its long history but even though the series has changed dramatically over the years one area where it has always stuck The Landing is its retrofuturistic satirization from Southern California to West Virginia from Washington DC to Boston to even Los Angeles in the recent Amazon series Fallout has recreated the postnuclear remains of a number of American locations under that lens up to this point but there's still a long list of potential locations that the series could head into in the future that we haven't seen its take on yet Fallout 5 is of course a long long ways off yet with Bethesda unlikely to begin fall production on it until after the Elder Scroll 6 is released which itself is likely four to 5 years away at the very least even so amidst this ongoing wave of resurgent Fallout hype here we're going to take a look at a few locations where the post-apocalyptic series next Mainline installment could be set or at least locations where we'd like it to be set Alaska Alaska is probably the one location that series veterans have been most curious to explore for ages given the special place it holds in the series lore Fallout has a rich and expansive backstory with the war between the United States and China over a global shortage of natural resour resources being the Catalyst for the nuclear apocalypse that destroys the world in the year 2077 in that war between the two superpowers Alaska owing to its Rich reserve of resources is a territory that has fought over furiously for years in fact a lot of crucial lore details that have gone on to feature Fallout game stories like the nuclear super weapon Liberty Prime are directly tied to the role Alaska plays in the series larger backstory Beyond how Nar narratively compelling it could potentially be in a Fallout game Alaska should also make for a great map for any open World experience to take place in with active volcanoes peninsulas frigid climates icebergs a multitude of islands literally millions of lakes and more the states diverse characteristics and environments would lend themselves incredibly well to an open world map especially one designed through the post-apocalyptic lens of the Fallout franchise New York it's honestly a little surprising that that we haven't seen a Fallout game set in New York yet we have of course visited plenty of major American cities in previous Fallout games from Washington DC to Boston and more but the fact that we've yet to see the postnuclear remains of Manhattan and its surrounding areas is a little surprising at the same time perhaps that means it's about time that Bethesda finally takes the series to the city there's been no shortage of open World Games over the years that have let us explore New York or something directly INSP inspired by it anyway but visiting a version of the city that was devastated by a centuries old nuclear war would be another Prospect entirely Fallout games have often let players explore vast and open stretches of desolate Landscapes but New York would provide a very different landscape would Central Park be in a radiated jungle crawling with mutated Wildlife is Coney Island now the base of operations for a wacky Mad Max Style gang of Raiders hopefully these will be questions that Bethesda will be inclined to answer with Fallout 5 Miami speaking of locations that would allow Fallout 5 to deliver entirely different kinds of environments for the franchise Miami would serve as a particularly fascinating setting for a Bethesda RPG granted Miami tends to serve as a fascinating setting for pretty much all games as a rule but Miami in a Fallout game that would be too good to pass up if Done Right Not only would the uniqueness of Miami culture prove an excellent foil to zany and off-kilter Fallout so often loves to be it would also allow Fallout 5 to deliver an experience with a flavor and aesthetic entirely unlike anything else that we've seen from the series in the past there would be plenty of interesting opportunities for the game from a map design perspective as well standing on the beaches of a destroyed City and looking out at the ocean trying to avoid death claws in the Everglades maybe even dealing with super mutant alligators sign us the hell up Pacific Northwest stories across media from games to movies to books and everything else that you can imagine love the Pacific Northwest as a setting and it's easy to see why the abundance of natural beauty and gorgeous landscapes in the region is an absolute Feast for the eyes and in games a joy to explore especially if it's a well-designed map that you're talking about it would again also have a different flavor to it from the sort of locations that we have seen in Fallout games in the past beyond that from a narrative perspective should Bethesda want to distance Fallout 5 from Amazon Prime's recent series especially after the momentous and gamechanging events that the latter portrays in the California regions don't worry no spoilers here if Fallout 5 does indeed want to remain on or close to the West Coast as it often does while also not overlapping with the Amazon series too much the Pacific Northwest might be a great location to do that in and hey what do you know that also puts it sort of pretty close to Alaska that might just work out out couldn't it anywhere in Texas Bethesda could literally pick any spot in Texas to set a Fallout game and it' probably work as a great setting there's no shortage of cities throughout the state that would serve as an excellent backdrop for a Fallout story while outside of those dense hubs of civilization or whatever they would look like in fallout's Twisted and broken world the size and variety of text and Landscapes also mean that depending on how much of the landscape is incorporated the game could benefit from a massive varied map probably more so than any other game in the series beyond that tonally anesthetically that would just be a great fit for Fallout to the extent that it's already surprising we haven't seen a Texas Fallout game to date the franchise routinely channels Western tropes and over the years has proudly worn its Western Inspirations on its sleeve given all that how long can Fallout actually avoid Texas Canada Maybe yes it's difficult to imagine a Fallout game that isn't set in the United States given just How Deeply the American culture satire aspect is woven into the franchise's identity but technically speaking in Fallout lore Canada is part of the us after being annexed by it during the American China conflict we discussed earlier that in fact is a part of Fallout lore so a game that explores that particular bit of backstory might be an interesting Prospect hey did you know that we had gaming bolt upload new videos every day stick around drop a like subscribe and hit that Bell let us know what kind of content you'd like to see in the future with a comment below

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Published: Fri Apr 19 2024