Where would you like Fallout to be set?

[TimeLord]

Spoiler: Disclaimer

*Not a New Vegas thread!*

So all of the Fallout games have been set in America (yes?). Where else would you like to see and explore the ruins of in the post-apocalyptic future?

Personally, I want to wander round London and shoot Super Mutants from the top of Big Ben!

Or Paris for the reason above except swap Big Ben with the Eiffel Tower!

 

[TheAbominableDan]

As I've said in another thread. One of the major themes of Fallout is 1950s Americana. Which doesn't work in other countries.

Stick to the States.

 

[Jedamethis]

Somewhere in Europe.Probably London or Paris, like you said.

 

[grimsprice]

Hawaii.

The more you think about it the more it makes sense.

A: It would get bombed to hell by the Chinese. Plenty of mutation.
B: It would have significant military presence due to a large pearl harbor base.
C: Dlc based on adding small islands.
D: No invisible walls, just vast oceans, and mutant sharks.

 

[oplinger]

I want it to take place in another engine.

...On a serious note, Russia. Or the other side of the great war, China.

 

[sms_117b]

given Fallout's take on a different America, I wouldn't mind seeing it in London provided London advanced in a more Victorian cyberpunk (maybe gothic) style over the years, could be interesting.

 

[Composer]

on water
post apocalyptic pirates!

 

[Myrph]

People saying London ought to go play Hellgate London... Its close enough...

 

[Exterminas]

As I've said in another thread. One of the major themes of Fallout is 1950s Americana. Which doesn't work in other countries.

Stick to the States.

Exactly. I also have the troubling feeling that the fallout set in europe would derive to a nazi-zombie-mod.

 

[TimeLord]

As I've said in another thread. One of the major themes of Fallout is 1950s Americana. Which doesn't work in other countries.

Stick to the States.

Despite wielding Plasma/Laser weapons, solar powered satellite weapons, mini nuke launchers, power armour and such in a game set in 2077? I only get the 1950's feel from the song choices. Which could easily be replicated in a European location.

 

[Internet Kraken]

Oh, this thread again.

I don't get how so many people can play the Fallout games and miss the point that it has to be in America. Fallout isn't about a nuclear apocalypse, it's about an exaggerated nuclear apocalypse based on the limited scientific knowledge and fear surrounding radiation during the 1950's. Furthermore, it's about how American culture from that time period was affected by this war. Honestly, it makes no sense to make a Fallout game outside of America since it won't be Fallout.

The only place I would even consider outside of America would be Canada. That's only because America had annexed Canada prior to the war, so American culture was already having a huge influence on it. It would be interesting to see how this affected the people living in Canada. Still, it would have to be handled well otherwise it wouldn't be true to the Fallout franchise. Anything else would be missing the point completley.

As I've said in another thread. One of the major themes of Fallout is 1950s Americana. Which doesn't work in other countries.

Stick to the States.

Despite wielding Plasma/Laser weapons, solar powered satellite weapons, mini nuke launchers, power armour and such in a game set in 2077? I only get the 1950's feel from the song choices. Which could easily be replicated in a European location.

All of which is based on the culture from the 1950's. The game may take place hundreds of years in the future, but the culture is still from this time period in American history.

There's also the fact that most of the things you commonly associate with the Fallout franchise (Super Mutants, the Master, Poseidon Energy, the Enclave, the Brotherhood of Steel, etc.) could not possibly exist outside of America. How is it a Fallout game if it is missing most of the things that have been staples in the franchise?

 

[Snowden's Secret]

OT: If pushed for a foreign location, I say Slough. The only place in the Uk to not be hit by a bomb because everyone thought it had been hit already.

[sub]"Jesus christ that looks bad, how many did we drop there?"[/sub]

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It wouldn't be the first time something like this would have happened either. In the Half Life Universe, after the Combine took over and starting replacing city names with numbers, Swindon was 17th on the list.

OT: Hmm...bearing in mind how alot of the series' comedy comes from satire of the alternate USA, with it's ferocious (and stupid) patriotism and all, it would probably be more prudent to keep the game set in the States. BUT ignoring all of that, I would certainly like to see a Fallout game set in London too.

 

[TimeLord]

Oh, this thread again.

I don't get how so many people can play the Fallout games and miss the point that it has to be in America. Fallout isn't about a nuclear apocalypse, it's about an exaggerated nuclear apocalypse based on the limited scientific knowledge and fear surrounding radiation during the 1950's. Furthermore, it's about how American culture from that time period was affected by this war. Honestly, it makes no sense to make a Fallout game outside of America since it won't be Fallout.

The only place I would even consider outside of America would be Canada. That's only because America had annexed Canada prior to the war, so American culture was already having a huge influence on it. It would be interesting to see how this affected the people living in Canada. Still, it would have to be handled well otherwise it wouldn't be true to the Fallout franchise. Anything else would be missing the point completley.

As I've said in another thread. One of the major themes of Fallout is 1950s Americana. Which doesn't work in other countries.

Stick to the States.

Despite wielding Plasma/Laser weapons, solar powered satellite weapons, mini nuke launchers, power armour and such in a game set in 2077? I only get the 1950's feel from the song choices. Which could easily be replicated in a European location.

All of which is based on the culture from the 1950's. The game may take place hundreds of years in the future, but the culture is still from this time period in American history.

There's also the fact that most of the things you commonly associate with the Fallout franchise (Super Mutants, the Master, Poseidon Energy, the Enclave, the Brotherhood of Steel, etc.) could not possibly exist outside of America. How is it a Fallout game if it is missing most of the things that have been staples in the franchise?

So you are content with the series travelling around America, repeating the same things every game. F:3 and Vegas are different in their location, and that's pretty much it. Which, personally, I think will get boring if they just repeat for their next title.

By the way. I love F:3 and Vegas so I am not saying it's boring yet, but it could get there.

 

[Viking Incognito]

China, the other major player in the great war. I would love to see the fallout universe expand on the surviving elements of prewar china we saw in the Operation: Anchorage DLC. Other than china it would be cool to see post-war annexed Canada and that Hawaii idea above me sounds awesome.

 

[dicai]

China, China, China! Also hit by the bombs and too many people implies too many ghouls to fight so the land will be quite dangerous. And they had Stealth Suits instead of "Stealth Boy"s. And awesome swords. I could go on...

 

[Lord Doomhammer]

Someplace with motherfucking COLOR! I know its suppose to be post apoclypse, but good god, its been 200 years since that shit went down, can we please have some grass, or at least a cactus?

In the 1960s we vaporized most of the Bikini Atol, and now a mere 50 years later the islands are completely habitable, there is even shit growing IN THE FUCKING CRATERS! NOW GIVE ME BACK MY COLOR!

 

[secretsantaone]

Oh, this thread again.

I don't get how so many people can play the Fallout games and miss the point that it has to be in America. Fallout isn't about a nuclear apocalypse, it's about an exaggerated nuclear apocalypse based on the limited scientific knowledge and fear surrounding radiation during the 1950's. Furthermore, it's about how American culture from that time period was affected by this war. Honestly, it makes no sense to make a Fallout game outside of America since it won't be Fallout.

The only place I would even consider outside of America would be Canada. That's only because America had annexed Canada prior to the war, so American culture was already having a huge influence on it. It would be interesting to see how this affected the people living in Canada. Still, it would have to be handled well otherwise it wouldn't be true to the Fallout franchise. Anything else would be missing the point completley.

As I've said in another thread. One of the major themes of Fallout is 1950s Americana. Which doesn't work in other countries.

Stick to the States.

Despite wielding Plasma/Laser weapons, solar powered satellite weapons, mini nuke launchers, power armour and such in a game set in 2077? I only get the 1950's feel from the song choices. Which could easily be replicated in a European location.

All of which is based on the culture from the 1950's. The game may take place hundreds of years in the future, but the culture is still from this time period in American history.

There's also the fact that most of the things you commonly associate with the Fallout franchise (Super Mutants, the Master, Poseidon Energy, the Enclave, the Brotherhood of Steel, etc.) could not possibly exist outside of America. How is it a Fallout game if it is missing most of the things that have been staples in the franchise?

So you are content with the series travelling around America, repeating the same things every game. F:3 and Vegas are different in their location, and that's pretty much it. Which, personally, I think will get boring if they just repeat for their next title.

By the way. I love F:3 and Vegas so I am not saying it's boring yet, but it could get there.

I'm more than content for Fallout to stay in America, I'd rather see a game based on a series's continuity and setting rather than an obviously gimmicky move to a different location that doesn't fit in with the universe.

 

[Internet Kraken]

So you are content with the series travelling around America, repeating the same things every game. F:3 and Vegas are different in their location, and that's pretty much it. Which, personally, I think will get boring if they just repeat for their next title.

By the way. I love F:3 and Vegas so I am not saying it's boring yet, but it could get there.

You are completley and utterly wrong. There's no doubt that New Vegas and Fallout 3 are highly similar, but not in terms of plot. The two games deal with completley different factions in completley different settings. I don't understand how you can even say that. Even the factions that are shared amongst both games are very different, such as the Brotherhood of Steel. I don't understand you people. You act like America is the size of a small town. It's a big place. There are so many places in it that that Fallout franchise hasn't even talked about. To suggest that the series will run out of new ideas unless it leaves the USA is ridiculous. I mean Fallout 2 was in the same general area as Fallout 1 and it still felt different.

And again, making a Fallout game outside of America would mean it has to abandon almost everything you associate with the Fallout franchise. So it's not even going to be a Fallout game at that point.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

New York w/a climb buildings perk.
IT WILL BE AWESOME