After playing Fallout 3 I got to thinkin

[MiracleOfSound]

Also, I'm not counting 'Resident Evil' because they're clearly making a statement about how terrible all these other countries are compared to America, and that an American should go in there and feed them some liberty, democracy and bullets.

Kinda like the entire history of colonial Britain?

 

[Aunel]

I liked the bits in Fallout 3, picking through debris to get a bigger gun, with bigger bullets, I have never been to DC, so the landmarks did not interest me a lot, it was still fun though, and the big tower thing (forget the name, it was nicked from Egypt) was real cool.
and New York is bigger, right?
so that would be awesome.

 

[NeutralMunchHotel]

I think it would be VERY hard to make a new fallout game that did'nt seem like the DC wastelands. You could set it in the middle of Wales, have mutant sheep, and super mutant chikens, but in the end, it would still end up as Fallout 3 with grey soil.

i would love to see a fallout set in wales imagine the super mutant chavs and the gun fightings in cardiff. but theres only one problem who would be the Bos? theres a british version of the enclave ( i think their called the commonwealth or something) but i dont know if theres a british equivalent of the BoS.

I believe that exists, and it's called Torchwood.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Watch Doomsday, wish theyd make Fallout : Glasgow.

...and the best thing is they could just 3D-map the place as it is now Heh, I kid, I kid.

How about we do over with the whole 'ruined US cityscape' idea and try something new. Maybe, an RPG with FPS elements set in post-apocalyptic London Can you imagen fighting your way through Parliament house with hordes of mutant politicians trying to claw your nipples off and take all your money.

I would much prefer a game set in England, why does that never happen? The closest thing we've come to an english game so far has been either GTA London 1960s or Fable, and even Fable tries to hide the fact that it's set in england by calling it 'Albion'.

England was originally named Albion, then it was named Anglo-land, then England. So it's not even a particularly clever disguise. But why disguise it at all? Are Americans completely incapable of accepting that there are other countries in the world? It's been assumed that if you don't set your game in America, then you won't appeal to the American market, but why? Americans aren't bad people who are self-centred and xeno-phobic (well most aren't anyway). So why not mix things up a bit.

Also, I'm not counting 'Resident Evil' because they're clearly making a statement about how terrible all these other countries are compared to America, and that an American should go in there and feed them some liberty, democracy and bullets.

Good idea, I concur.

Wasn't "The Getaway" set in London?

Most game designers are American, going with what you and your main audience know and can relate to makes sense.

Resident Evil & sequels were made by the Japanese weren't they? Can't blame the colonials for that, even if you do believe that is the implied message.

 

[Burningsok]

Yeah I think Vegas would be a little better of a city for Fallout to be in. NYC is just a huge jumble of tall buildings with not a lot of variety. Vages has tall buildings and most of the city is made up of small neighborhood homes and small buildings for certain companies or just abandon warehouses. Also Arizona isn't a bad idea but its all desert.. and after DC was destroyed, the whole are kinda looked like a desert anyways. The new DLC that's coming out is about the aliens. I guess the crashed UFO and the dead alien where hints of possible new content. I think its a bit of a twist for Fallout since its suppose to be post-apocalyptic, but something different like this wouldn't hurt

 

[Manbro]

New Vegas is a pretty good idea. But I'd like to see a game based in another country just to see what happened in other countries. London would be a pretty good place.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Really, what in New York would look good destroyed? It would just be ruined building after ruined building, with Central Park being the only recogniseable feature. What made DC work was the fact that there were so many cultural and historical landmarks that were destroyed, and that's what made many feel that it had hit home with them.

This.

I heard rumours of a possible Fallout being held in Vegas. Now that would be a much better area then New york. We could play poker with Super Mutants!

Rumors? It's been confirmed for a while now. =)

I know now. You and twenty other people have already confirmed it for me. I hope I'll be able Blackjack dealer.

 

[Costel]

An European landscape would be a very cool addition to the fallout 3 franchise. I mean, just imagine, you can have countless add-on cities, not necessarily related story wise, but just a glimpse into what happened some place else other than the U.S.

It can start out with London, Paris, Madrid, Rome... and then, la piese de resistance, Moscow. Just think about how many landmarks are there, the Kremlin, the Red square not to mention St. Basil's Cathedral and of course the fact that it would be the other side literally.

And while we're on the subject, why nobody mentioned China... I mean the Chinese invasion was everywhere in the Capital Wasteland... why not a little change of perspective

 

[Raregolddragon]

Well if they want to make a Fallout that would be cheep to make set it in Texas other then the parts in Central Texas you would not have to change much environment wise, we look like we have been hit by nukes already.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

An European landscape would be a very cool addition to the fallout 3 franchise. I mean, just imagine, you can have countless add-on cities, not necessarily related story wise, but just a glimpse into what happened some place else other than the U.S.

It can start out with London, Paris, Madrid, Rome... and then, la piese de resistance, Moscow. Just think about how many landmarks are there, the Kremlin, the Red square not to mention St. Basil's Cathedral and of course the fact that it would be the other side literally.

And while we're on the subject, why nobody mentioned China... I mean the Chinese invasion was everywhere in the Capital Wasteland... why not a little change of perspective

Firstly, welcome along to the Escapist.

I like the idea of a European setting for a Fallout game. European cities tend to have very distinct, interesting landmarks.

Screw blowing up weedy metal shacks like Megaton, let's have a destructable Eiffel Tower or Big Ben to bring down.

Imagine a raider settlement in the Coliseum in Rome, pitting slaves against eachtother in arena battles... the post apocalyptic marketplace in the Forum... western civilisation ending where it began... awesome.

 

[irishstormtrooper]

After playin Fallout 3 I just have to say going into ruined landmarks was AWSOME, it was one of the greatest parts of the game the landmarks. So I got to thinkin what bout a Fallout game in Fallout 3 style (in other words a RPG with first person shooter elements) in New York, I know it would be a HUGE task to undertake, but it would be a awsome final product, does anyone agree with me disagree with me?

Well, there's inFamous. It's an action game with RPG elements, and takes place in fake New York, and once beating the game while Infamous, it looks pretty ruined. It's as close as you're going to get nowadays.

 

[kiltmanfortywo]

the new one is new vegas, made by the spiritual successor to the original fallout dev team(company folded, as many as possible are on the new team). I can see it now, hunting for treasure in the Luxor, shooting super mutants on the strip, and ghoul george clooney stealing things with too many people...

 

[tehweave]

It would probably work only on manhattan, seeing as how they've used that for every other game that happens to take place in new york.

 

[Duskwaith]

Fallout:Ireland.

Mutant potatoes attacking you, ghouls etc. and theres a reasonable explination for weapons to be found in random houses.

 

[x434343]

Fallout games I'd enjoy seeing:
A new Fallout in L.A.
A Fallout in Honolulu, Hawaii
A Fallout in Florida
A Fallout in London
A Fallout in PAris
A Fallout in Moscow
A Fallout in Berlin

Yeah, last 4 give a new perspective.

 

[Durahan2]

I'd liked to see, fallout Florida. Can't say the same for europe. Besides that would never happen. You'd lose too much of the icons that are in Fallout. BoS, enclave, etc. Plus power armor tech is american only. So you'd lose that aswell; It would never be a stand-a-lone game. But what about DLC?

Well first they'd have to get over that huge body of water called the atlantic. I doubt any ships big enough to go over that aren't already sunk. Then you also have the mutated wild life. Whales, sharks, squids, etc. I would like to see those mutant animales though XD.

And The Commonwealth is already taken. It's the Massachusetts area in fallout.

 

[Jeremy Skitz]

fallout set in greece that would be cool, lots of historic buildings or prehaps rome.

 

[Spineyguy]

How about we do over with the whole 'ruined US cityscape' idea and try something new. Maybe, an RPG with FPS elements set in post-apocalyptic London Can you imagen fighting your way through Parliament house with hordes of mutant politicians trying to claw your nipples off and take all your money.

I would much prefer a game set in England, why does that never happen? The closest thing we've come to an english game so far has been either GTA London 1960s or Fable, and even Fable tries to hide the fact that it's set in england by calling it 'Albion'.

England was originally named Albion, then it was named Anglo-land, then England. So it's not even a particularly clever disguise. But why disguise it at all? Are Americans completely incapable of accepting that there are other countries in the world? It's been assumed that if you don't set your game in America, then you won't appeal to the American market, but why? Americans aren't bad people who are self-centred and xeno-phobic (well most aren't anyway). So why not mix things up a bit.

Also, I'm not counting 'Resident Evil' because they're clearly making a statement about how terrible all these other countries are compared to America, and that an American should go in there and feed them some liberty, democracy and bullets.

Really? Seriously dude, really? An Englishman (UK citizen, at least) is accusing Americans of being self-rightous imperialists? Do I really need to go into just how hypocritical and ironic that would be?
I can only assume the original fallout took place in America because the developers were American. Fallout 2 was a direct sequel, so it wouldn't make much sense for it to take place elsewhere, would it? I guess Fallout 3 took place in America for continuity's sake.

I believe there are several games that take place in London. In fact, Unskippable did an episode on the Getaway, if I'm not much mistaken. Also, don't Americans play an awful lot of games from a little place called Japan? Last time I checked, the land of the rising son hasn't applied for statehood yet.

I said that the majority of Americans AREN'T self-rightious imperialists. (This might have been unclear typing on my part) Some of my best freinds are American and why would I badmouth one of the most powerful nations in the world?

Yeah, you can bring up 'The Getaway' if you like, but I was actually referring to good games. Maybe something a little more mainstream. And I wasn't even referring to Fallout specifically, I just think that by broadening the range of places you set your games in, you would probably attract a wider, not narrower audience.

Besides, the Englishmen who ran the empire a hundred years ago were miles from the hypochondriac, safety-obsessed, desparate people we are today. Half the country live in fifty bedroom houses with butlers and massive govornment paycheques, and the other half live in council provided housing, refusing to find jobs and living off the state benefits and free healthcare. In some ways, we are already a post-apocalyptic wasteland.