Where Fallout 5 Should Take Place

[@AntTooStoned]

I feel like Florida would be a a cool location think of it we can have swamp ghouls, inbred weird mutated families, and Deathgators just to name a few🤷🏾‍♂️

[@FilthyPeasant6]

there's a mod being made for Fallout 4 that takes place in Miami. called Fallout: Miami.

[@bheaven11]

That's pre-war Florida

[@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495]

Wisconsin because there’s truly a bit of everything, from beaches to “Appalachia” to huge cityscapes and rural areas,

[@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495]

or just don’t listen to me…

[@julianmarx2002]

@@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495 im from Wisconsin and I gotta say that's a no for me, dawg

[@PhantomSavage]

Cool idea, but my only problem with its somewhat counter intuitive to the lore of the universe. The Enclave, The Brotherhood of Steel, NCR, Caesar's Legion... all these massive organizations have been trying to claim and fight over territory for years, even decades in some cases, and the only reason one force or the other haven't conquered larger territories of the US is because travel is very, very difficult. Bombing didn't just destroy cities, it completely crumbled infrastructure across the entire US. Former cities and population centers are almost all that's left of known, civilized society... beyond that, the wasteland is plagued with miles open miles of open wasteland completely void of food or water of any kind, or worse yet, large areas constantly ravished by radiation storms filled with deathclaws, super mutants, and God knows what else.. To have a character or mechanic that can suddenly traverse painlessly from point to point across the US cheapens the struggle the fallout world suffers from a bit, and wouldn't really make sense logically.

[@alexanderharden9999]

oklahoma after the fall of the legion it has very different zones

[@alexanderharden9999]

also tulsa was the oil cap of the world so it would be a great city

[@charlie-yp2oq]

Nice argument but I'm in your walls.

[@username172]

I wanna see denver, see how dangerous denver hounds turn out to be when put into a game

[@nancyfulks9580]

Just saying legion was defeated canonically at Hoover dam and wiped out soon after

[@TheCoal27]

I think "the entire US" is probably a little too ambitious. I'd much rather they focus on just a single city or region, building it up and making it a lot more interesting, even in the minute details. Chicago sounds fun, as does NOLA, my hope, honestly is that something is done with height and how that completely changes the game. It was messed with a little bit in downtown boston in Fallout 4 but I'd like to see it go much much further.

[@ryangerrie228]

Maybe the South of America

[@breck4708]

If Chicago was the location for fallout 5, I wouldn't leave my basement for a month

[@SteveGodrich]

@@justincase1853 I agree, I mentioned Austin but Houston with all you mentioned would be fantastic!

[@demonpride1975]

@@justincase1853 we don't really need nasa tho, because things like repcon exist.

[@johnjones_1501]

The guy is clueless about Boston's deep rich history, so I think it is safe to assume he does not know jack about American culture and the scale of America, besides the tropes he learns from a few movies and TV that mostly take place in three or four places (California, DC, New York, and generic small mid west town). Europeans always give Americans a hard time for being ignorant on geography and history, but the truth of the matter is that when they do that they mean European geography and history. They are just as clueless about North America. That said Chicago would be a great pick, but so would numerous American cities. I would love to see Fallout taken on Atlanta, which if you include the greater metro area, North Georgia politics, the corruption of American conservatives (Republicans, but we can't come out and say that in a videogame) the bigotry of the Religious Right, and the history of the Civil Rights Churches on the Left (Martin Luther King Jr's Ebenezer Baptist Church is in Atlanta), plus the crazy crime, the over abundance of guns, and the location of military bases, land marks, and crazy weather patterns, Atlanta is perfect. I mean the Airport alone is a city within a city.

[@lordexohunter558]

Fun fact: In fallout lore, America annexed Canada while transporting troops to alaska in order to stop China from invading.

[@Zynet_Eseled]

could open a path to combine. Maine and canada would be an interesting backwoods area. like far harbor, if it was moreso a proper hunting place, with layers of nuclear snow, blown out wrecks, but maybe hidden inside a bunker, you could find a working vehicle to drive. Say, some form of small ATV? Modified to handle these conditions.

[@tylertucker9460]

Alright, hear me out… South Dakota. There is A LOT of Wild West type history, uranium deposits, gold mines, gambling, wild life, a military base, missile silos, famous monuments and landmarks, Native American myths and stories that can be incorporated into the supernatural side stuff, and there are a great amount of places for vaults scattered through the area. It could be very easy to translate the fallout universe to this area, and still feel like a very unique entry into the franchise.

[@kylewhite8434]

It's pretty much the same as Fallout 76 in Virginia then

[@mediocremenace4566]

@@kylewhite8434 West Virginia was part of the Wild West when we still used flintlocks

[@mediocremenace4566]

Both Dakotas and Minnesota would be cool

[@kylewhite8434]

@@mediocremenace4566 Guess my point was made then..

[@buklau837]

So Fallout 76 without multiplayer?

[@thee_yelwah]

I personally really like the cohesive theme of one city. I think it allows for richer content, more small and careful details, and a consistent theme to really immerse yourself with. I think the "Planet hopping" model (outside of DLC content) would really lose a lot of what makes fallout so great, a densely packed detailed single landscape. I'm all for making that single landscape larger though.

[@theinsalubriousgamer216]

I agree. I think it's too ambitious to make Fo5 about the whole America, but whatever it's going to be like, I hope it's quality over quantity and profit.

[@Theoszombie]

I like the maps in The Outer Worlds. The separate maps were big enough to be fun to explore, but not so big that they were filled with empty dull landscape. I also don't like when Fallout tries to fill in that empty space with uninteresting crap like burned out houses filled with garbage like milk bottles, soda bottles, ruined/burned books, etc. At least Fallout 4 made items able to be broken down into materials, which is nice and remedies a huge problem. I just hope whatever they decide, the next map(s) feels less dull and more purposeful, rather than having vast areas of dirt and rock like Fallout 3 and NV.

[@demonpride1975]

i don't think he understands how long it would take to build a us sized map, and fill it with named npcs and quests. it would take way to long. i like city sized maps, because it allows Bethesda to detail the devastation in each city.

[@demonpride1975]

@@Theoszombie that's what makes a fallout game good, as it shows the world has gone to shit.

[@Theoszombie]

@@demonpride1975 there are plenty of ways to show that the world has gone to shit without making it boring and tedious for the player to explore.

[@drewhanlon6446]

Boston had Diamond City which represented Fenway Park. It's arguably the most recognizable ballpark in the country and I really enjoyed being able to experience it in a non baseball/post apocalyptic video game.

[@demonpride1975]

yeah i feel he kinda skips over a lot of actual real life lore that is associated with Boston. the Boston tea party, Paul revere. fenway park. just to name a few.

[@FortuneZer0]

What is baseball? Anyone outside Japan and the US.

[@Jiub_SN]

@@demonpride1975yeah thing is though diamond city is an utter shithole. Like realistically they should be doing better than they are, maybe reclaiming outside architecture and extending walls, because it's been around for a long ass time and it seems like the city is tiny and living in total squalor

[@petersulewski]

@@Jiub_SN the relative squalor and low population is a necessity of the game engine. an xbox or PS5 physically can't support NPC populations over 20-25 in a given area at any one time

[@bobhawke7373]

I think GTA 6 might have something to say about that when it comes out

[@Reddervetter]

I want a fallout spanning florida to new Orleans, and the plot should be absolutely ridiculous like factions stealing the space shuttle from eachother over and over for centuries

[@kylerussell6]

This needs more likes

[@Theoszombie]

Stole our shuttle agin? Dem possum humpers never learnt, did dey? Go gettim and make it hert. Datgum mud people.

[@ELFTHESAILORBOY]

Not to mention Florida has it's own brand of crazy. (Speaking from someone who lives there lol). Gators? hell ya

[@Reddervetter]

@@ELFTHESAILORBOY lol yeah I grew up in Florida so to me there's tons of opportunities for a wild fallout story

[@Theoszombie]

One of the biggest hurdles (or creative opportunities, depending on your point of view) is the inability to reasonably build anything underground in Florida, which would force them to handle vaults differently. Maybe we'd finally get the Bioshock-inspired underwater vaults they had planned for Fallout 4. It makes plenty of sense. Florida has buttloads of marine life to include as enemies in these areas. Could you imagine some sort of mutated shark deathclaw? Sign me up!

[@thescotslair]

Personally, I think it should take place in Alaska. Alaska was invaded by the Chinese military, and only briefly taken back by the Americans. So it would make sense that there would still be suvivors from both factions within the state. It would be cool trying to quell the fights that inevitably broke out between the two factions after the bombs fell, giving a cool ending about letting the Old World go, to look into the future together. It could also have a cool survival element. It can be hard surviving the winter, sure, but the summer has its own problems. Very little food, uneven terrain, dangerous animals, and long treks through the beautiful Alaskan wilderness. Doing the whole state would be weird though. I think the hotspots to focus on would be the Golden Heart Valley (the Fairbanks area), Anchorage (because its the largest city and the lore would be great) and the arctic tundra around and in Kotzebue (Its very beautiful and more varied compared to Anchorage and Fairbanks. It even has sand dunes!). Alaska is big, and the stories of the survivors of both sides of the conflict sound like an amazing story. It could also show the third partys, such as the Alaska Natives or even the NCR or Legion (If they are still around that is). I love my state and I think it would be a cool setting for a full game or even a story DLC.

[@chuppuchuppa3103]

Just play Operation Anchorage

[@hosybosy1119]

@@chuppuchuppa3103 but its linear, and you didnt read the whole comment

[@Adawgy-j4q]

I’m stationed up in Alaska and an Alaskan enclave would be dope, Fairbanks alone is home to Fort Wainwright and Eilson AFB is close to that.

[@thescotslair]

@@Adawgy-j4q Oh thats cool man! Been living up here my whole life! I went to go see the new F-35s on base and they were pretty kick ass

[@thescotslair]

@@chuppuchuppa3103 Operation Anchorage is probably the least accurate representation of Alaska I have ever has the displeasure of seeing in my entire life. Anchorage is mountainous, but not snowy to that extent. Plus, you cant even explore anything. Thats kind of the point of playing Fallout, and thats why Operation Anchorage sucks, it tried to be an FPS in a game with some pretty horrible FPS controls

[@cipherxi8513]

I want to see New York honestly. You got the US Officer’s Academy, Empire State building, the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier, and other locations. I like an idea of the Enclave being centered there with Manhattan and the US Officer’s Academy being the main bases of the Enclave. The Brotherhood could be expanding and find the Enclave. It could be where you have to decide who to back. Perhaps a more reformed Enclave vs. a more fascistic Brotherhood of Steel. It would be a cool setting in my opinion.

[@doctorswifto5422]

New York is a crater in lore

[@Dr.ArkTard]

As Will said, New York isn't even there anymore...

[@cipherxi8513]

@@doctorswifto5422 New York City, not the entire State.

[@skeleex]

@@cipherxi8513 New york city is the crater

[@707isnotfound]

Agreed! Fallout 4 was supposed to be set in NYC but they didn’t do that I hope they go back to the idea for fallout 5

[@soldierofgodrick2885]

Me when no one suggest Tennessee when I know for a fact there could be a whole faction whorshiping the giant statue of Athena in the Parthenon

[@ethanmerando7321]

Yeah I'm from Tennessee so I would LOVE to see a Fallout Nashville.

[@retrogamelover2012]

I actually did think how there'd likely be a group of fanatics, who were kind of like a more grim reflection of the Boomers from New Vegas, with how they could essentially be a logical extreme of a lot of materialistic obcessions with the 2nd amendment. Plus, not only could they be a sort of "grim reflection" in their overall practices, infrastructure and for the fact that they probably would be more bat-shit insane, compared to the Boomers, but also in how compared to the xenophobia the Boomers had before the courier's intervention, THESE guys would outright look for any opportunity to welcome people into their ranks, possibly even from their routinely pilgramidge trips, harassing and heckling to other settlers out their own gospal and "devine protection".

[@Sumschmuck]

If New Vegas didn't have the Kings I would've said a cult in Memphis that took over Graceland and worships Elvis

[@soldierofgodrick2885]

@@Sumschmuck all hail the king baby

[@yugitrump435]

The country music on loop would make me wanna go insane

[@Luckykohl_gaming]

In the fallout universe Canada is part of America! So it’s possible

[@dreydenwhelan8824]

What

[@Juan_Carlos386]

also Mexico

[@Luckykohl_gaming]

Yes during the resource wars

[@Luckykohl_gaming]

Oh didn’t know that!

[@memerman8766]

The US Annexed Canda and Mexico kind of just morphed into the US

[@jordanboyle539]

Fallout needs to stay in the state's, we need that 50s strep artwork.

[@pluto8404]

Could do China then have colonies of US sympathizers that adopted US culture

[@Saviliana]

Well.......Hawaii would be a great place to go.......

[@Skiritai]

@@Saviliana Or, border of the States and Mexico. Could have a lot of interesting callbacks to pre-war history. I'm looking at you "Republic of Texas."

[@jedaye47]

@@Skiritai yeahh, more Raul

[@egg5282]

Maybe Alaska

[@flameflamedramonva]

Knowing Bethesda, they would end up with a Mass Effect Andromeda worldscape, I think single areas should stay. And since Bethesda was scooped up by Microsoft, they could get the license lended to Obsidian as Bethesda works on Elder Scrolls and Starfield. I can even see a 343 possible Fallout of doing something like Tactics and it working due to hiw Infinite's campaign being amazing.

[@barb8409]

You can see 343 making a fallout game?

[@demonpride1975]

i love single cities being used, but massive ones, like Boston. new York would be amazing. new orleans would also, but i think it would lack that vertical sight seeing of boston and new york.

[@nguyenkhue4021]

Or you know, have Inxile studio who was behind fallout 1 and the wasteland franchise do it instead

[@carelesstv5472]

I honestly agree with Arizona being a possibility to see Cesar's legion come back into the franchise and maybe bring the NCR back into it plus there is a decent amount of lore

[@mrvespuccia.k.ameganite1747]

I would really like Arizona and the states around it to be In a new fallout game not just for the legion but to also turn fallout van buren into a canon game

[@Necromediancer]

The Legion is probably not around anymore. One the Caesar dies, it'll just collapse back into various raiders and crap. He was the only thing keeping the Legion together, it's in the name after all

[@carelesstv5472]

@@Necromediancer or there could somehow be remnants of the legion like little groups that still roam together and they could be getting hunted by the NCR

[@matthewryan2060]

Yea I hate that Bethesda threw away the Legion. NCR gets one mention during the Kellogg questline and that’s it.

[@holyguy2940]

Bethesda will ruin the ncr and legion

[@MrFacemeltify]

Personally, I think a game set in the Pacific Northwest would have a lot of potential. You have the Nuclear American aesthetic, but also have the supernatural aespect of the region, native influence, as well as the setting being in the closest populated region to China, so the effects of the war will be more apperent beyond just nukes. There's also the aespect of seeing the effects of Americas annexation of Canada as well.

[@rpsmith2990]

There's a Fallout: Cascadia that sort of explores this concept.

[@seamusrichardson6011]

Okay, that should honestly span up through BC, and one of the remnants should be on San Juan, with people mistakenly believing their fragments of the pig war signs are ancient myths or something

[@dkiovo]

Seattle? Hmmm...

[@tuningequalyes]

I once had a dream about Fallout 5 and it took place in Oregon

[@BraydenHunt16]

That was probably real life. Portland in its entirety is a fallout game.

[@edwardsallow6518]

@@BraydenHunt16 hes not wrong

[@deltakitx7995]

Fallout the frontier was a mod that took place in a winter version of Oregon but I think it got taken down for sexual reason dunno but no one really liked the mod story wise

[@splurski]

Oregon da best

[@edwardsallow6518]

@@splurski except our version of Oregon is getting closer and closer to fallouts Oregon so no not really

[@Sheriffwoodie860]

I wanna see another fallout game where parts of the world feel frozen in different parts of time, like how tribals, a futuristic city, shanty towns, scavengers, and cultish figures existing at the same time

[@Dunki113]

I agree, I remember I once made a huge post about where the next fallout game should be and what it should have but sadly I can't remember where I posted it, it was something I thought was a really thought out idea since it got a ton of positive responses

[@Captianmex1C0]

Florida, You can have a university as the Pinnacle of Civilization in Florida, Only for you to have an inbred Gang just down the road, Now imagine What it will be like after the nukes hit

[@Enclave_Engineer]

That sounds like great idea. Contrast between factions is always interesting.

[@themanbehindtheslaughter8612]

thats... new vegas

[@Sheriffwoodie860]

@@themanbehindtheslaughter8612 thats…what we need

[@christhummel2751]

Chicago would be awesome to see. I think that the Midwest needs to represented more in video games they could also add Wisconsin and Missouri into the region you would have place’s like fort Leonard wood and Whitman Air Force base home of the b2. Also upper Wisconsin probably didn’t get hit to hard so there could be a new faction that mostly survived the war. seeing the Great Lakes would be pretty cool too.

[@Anbuexists]

Exactly

[@fistfightersclub]

I think MO while usually forgotten in alot of the states would be one of the least likely to be nuked and for Fallout having some areas untouched by Nuclear warfare but changing to adapt I think that would be super cool.

[@gaberodriguez7938]

Chicago is also mentioned a lot in 3, nv, and 4

[@Toe_Mater]

@@fistfightersclubMissouri would be a nuclear target as he said it had a airfield that houses B-2s

[@Toe_Mater]

@@gaberodriguez7938in Tactics you get to go to Chicago

[@esme4587]

I'd love to see Hawaii be one due to the cut ocean content in fallout 4

[@tankacebo9128]

the original 2 fallouts were the entire western seaboard. fallout 2 was everything north of and including San Fran, and the first was San Fran and south. I'd love to see that, or similar, again. you can procedurally generate most things in between towns and cities, just keep the climate correct. it's a legit desert just east of SoCal, and it's a heavily forested taiga east of Eureka. I don't think it kept with this in the original games, it was all blasted moonscape.

[@MrClean-ep7uc]

there were trees and nature in the first two games, arroyo's hunting grounds for example at the start, there's more but im too lazy to say. Another one is by the crashed vertibird if i remember right. Climate thing is def smtn I loved from the first game, loved SF in 2 cause Im from the bay(sad my town couldnt be seen at all lol) but yeah definitely a cohesive territory that feels large is amazing

[@demonpride1975]

they could get away with using the sea board because most of it was empty un-named locations, minus the places used for quests. this is different Bethesda would need to code every city they would use that isn't borked. and that is way to ambitious. death stranding gets away with it because most of the world is empty space.

[@castlepro9688]

Me a Texan thinking that a Texas Wasteland will be absolute hell due to most things in Texas that will kill you: Other people: San Francisco for whatever reason

[@retrogamelover2012]

Well, given this is where the Shi (Chinese survivors of the war, that made their new home somewhere in San Francisco) reside, I can see why. But yeah, given the only time Fallout's ever been set in Texas so far, was Brotherhood of Steel, it'd make sense. Could even kill two birds with one stone, by having it be a part of the state, that borders on Mexico, thereby having a chance to venture out there, as well.

[@retrogamelover2012]

@Aidan Ferreira Could always have it be set in the annexed Canada, if anything.

[@enclavesoldier1112]

Texas where ALMOST everything kills you: 😐 Australia where EVEEYTHING KILLS YOU: 🔫😱

[@30EastDallas]

In the fallout lore texas and arkansas form a commonwealth

[@davidselby3435]

mexico DLC be like

[@cultofmalgus1310]

Stay in the USA. Denver, lets see the Legion's formation!

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

That would be awesome

[@johngore1473]

@@drunkenmmamaster419 can u say hi back to me

[@FilthyPeasant6]

Obsidian: *cries in Van Buren*

[@NoOne-hr9ti]

Finish Van Buren

[@snailzzy1582]

Its suggested to took decades for Kellog to cross the U.S. It feels lore breaking. But as someone born in the south, a lot of the values that pre fallout 4 fallout had would fit right in in the south eastern states. Imagine seeing a place known for it's vibrancy and life brought to shades of brown and grey. I feel It should take place in Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia. It's more feasible and realistic while also giving diverse climate and ecosystems. You can feel the corruption at your feet and find long buried histories of segregation and violence, evidence of the civil war still standing, and a lot of rich and bloody history put together. Allowing blues and folk to come together to give the environment that specific feel of fallout and the old south would make it the perfect setting for fallout.

[@user-wc8xi9lw3z]

I think it would make sense to go with places affected by the bombs if it were in real life. Like if nuclear war really happened, what cities or areas would be directly affected obviously DC and LA would come to mind

[@JadeDude1973]

Does LA matter somehow?

[@wingedsn8670]

@@JadeDude1973 coastal ports and high population makes it a target

[@oOo-dj7pt]

I think Hollywood or New York city would be interesting choices

[@nomoresuffer3833]

I didn't even know Hollywood was a cityXD

[@Reddervetter]

Hollywood might be interesting. I think nyc would be too obvious and use a lot of the same cues as 3 or 4 did. If we go back west coast we fall into NCR territory again, which I'd be curious to see.

[@francobenitez8954]

Problem with New York is that in the lore the city was hella targeted with nukes, meaning it’s all but a crater.

[@Reddervetter]

@@francobenitez8954 wouldnt doubt it

[@unknown-qp2kk]

We need Fallout 5 in New York City that would be so cool

[@knackwarrior8839]

I never played Fallout 3. The option of being able to go to many different U.S. landmarks and possibly revisit the Capitol Wasteland with better graphics is really interesting.

[@derekk2666]

go play it right now

[@dkaz0065]

It’s not as good as I remembered replaying it recently

[@void-master9077]

It takes place in Maryland, Virginia, and the city of DC, although they had limitations, if they had the technology and the know how of today, they really could’ve made it even better, it’s a great game, worth playing more than once, but you’ll constantly find yourself wondering, why is it so bleak, then you go to fallout 76, it makes no sense to me that all the plants died out in 200 years, radiation should’ve been dead and gone too, but in the end, it’s just a video game

[@XxeffinbackStabrxX]

It being placed in the Midwest would be awesome. Crazy rad storm tornadoes. Plenty of nuclear silos across the landscape. Only issue is there isn’t a lot in the way of landmarks.

[@duncanwinters8103]

Iowa could be a really cool location, you could have the coralville mall and the small town of Wellman as settlements. Iowa is the perfect mix of industrial, urban and rural areas to explore. Some locations could be the Capital, and the infrastructure of the rural areas could be less devastated from the blast, with cars still working in some areas and the least affected areas could have almost pre war buildings and societies.

[@duncanwinters8103]

Other key locations could be the cereal factory and it could be a part of a main questline.

[@conarr3639]

I don't know how well this would work, but I feel like I could see St. Louis becoming a really cool place. Seeing the (inevitably decimated) arch in Fallout would be really cool, as well as some stuff relating to the Manhattan project like the West lake landfill, as well as plenty of other interesting places in the area.

[@gaberodriguez7938]

In tactics it was stated that St. Louis was a complete mutant stronghold, that might be cool to see

[@yeeted9466]

4:31 no fallout game is seamless, the time you wait at a loading screen is proportional to the number of games we have

[@duglife2230]

Personally, I'd love a Fallout set in North Carolina since that is my home state, but admittedly I have absolutely no idea why they would set one there. It would be ridiculous.

[@HighSentinel]

Maybe as one of the biggest army base such as fort brag

[@downnice95]

The main settlement at Charlotte Motor Speedway

[@gamerftw1804]

I think they should do an open map of the entire US They should introduce vehicles or mountable animals Better graphics and a larger game engine for more content.

[@kerruo2631]

Oh yes my computer would love that

[@reubenmatthews5615]

Something similar to the Crew maybe? Not the entire US, but a region(e.g, the state of Florida or southern California)

[@dom4039]

@@kerruo2631 😂😂😂

[@thatnikkakris2339]

No. For a million reasons, but mainly 2 things. 1. The map, cities, towns, and factions already aren’t that big in the game world(that engine is ass). I think they should focus on making the areas they set the games in more intricate, and large. 2. The best fallout games focus on a contained region and conflict, and how that conflict will effect the world around it. You get to see every way of life, outlook, and ideology of everybody around you. Making a large US map would dilute the feeling that these conflicts are important. I do think that vehicles and mountables are a good idea tho.

[@shawty1564]

Hey, if they figured out a way to do that I'm all for it

[@Youarekenough]

I cant help but to imagine Bethesda's creative team and director developing ideas and stories from now while learning from past mistakes and fan's suggestions. Considering how successful the franchise is, i dont doubt theyre already working on the next one right now

[@syndicalistcat3138]

Emil Pagliarulo learning from past mistakes? Dont make me laugh.

[@Nathande1998]

A fallout centered around the lower peninsula of Michigan would be an ideal setting for a Fallout game. On the east you'd have Detroit, Saginaw, Ann Arbor. On the west you'd have Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Holland. And knowing how there could be add-ons, the add-ons could be Ontario, Michigan's UP, and a travel link between the 2 biggest shoreline cities of Lake Michigan(Muskegon to Chicago, vice versa).

[@Rebelwill74]

I want a Fallout: Memphis. Imagine different factions fighting for control over the Mighty Mississippi, a huge city in the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid, Elvis gangs who live in his mansion or something, and maybe even stretch down south a little into Southaven, Ms. and have factions take over the huge mall. Sounds fun!

[@Jiub_SN]

This sounds like new Vegas, factions fighting for Hoover damn, a gang of Elvis impersonators, a huge city (new Vegas)

[@sestearion5538]

A fallout game taking place in northern colorado, would both be fun and filled with more lore about vault tech than we've seen in other games prior. We would also see Cesar's legion again.

[@MrClean-ep7uc]

the og fallout 3 was there, I would honestly love an FPS version of the same lore, which was well written and never used sadly

[@mrvespuccia.k.ameganite1747]

I’m already working on two fan stories about Colorado using some of the lore from van buren like boulder dome and my own personal head canon. The first one takes place a few years after the Great War and establishes the lore and the sequel takes place 15 years before the events of new Vegas which is when the legion shows up to the state

[@TheFlawlessMercenary]

Personally, I think the next Fallout game should steer well away from the East coast and take place in the midwest or the south. Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Texas would be interesting locations as we don't know too much about what happened to those states. Plenty of room for new lore and factions, as well as expanding upon the midwestern BoS chapter operating in Chicago. Boston was a poor choice for Fallout 4 and felt like a copy. Too close to FO3's setting in D.C. and yet again having to deal with Lyons' chapter, only reformed.

[@notenoughmemes1847]

Honestly a Fallout game set in the Rustbelt would be hella interesting. With how many factories and the large amount of industry within the various states exists now I could see monolithic ruined factories as set pieces with small towns scattered around them. Heck maybe there could even be some sort of weird religious cult that worships the old automotive factories with maybe the old Packard plant in Detroit as their strange home. I remember seeing that kinda idea used in a mod for a strategy game and it would work well considering how we got stuff like the cult of Mothman and the Children of Atom.

[@carolusrex5213]

@@notenoughmemes1847 I always wanted a fallout in the midwest because in this post nuclear war world the Great lakes would be a huge source of power

[@christopherwinter2099]

@@carolusrex5213 fallout Tactics was but would be nice to bring fallout back to the Midwest in first person

[@Perrirodan1]

@@notenoughmemes1847 There is mod for Crusader Kings 2 that is set in a medieval post apocalypse America, in the rust belt there is the Cult of Rust, a cult to machinery.

[@falloutgamer836]

I agree with Michigan

[@TRIPPIEGUMDROP7525]

Bro fallout in space would be insane if they made the approach correctly

[@holdstartyt]

Lets hope Starfield captures that vibe

[@oOo-dj7pt]

Mothership Zeta definitely gives you a taste for what fallout in space would be like. Would be cool to get another like it, especially with all the teasing they do with aliens

[@adot704]

apparently the enclave was plotting to colonize another planet

[@alfiemitchell3026]

Idk I mean it seems kind of pointless to set a post apocalypse game away from where the apocalypse is set

[@TonyFapioni]

Fallout 5 will almost certainly be in New Orleans. With the culture, architecture, surrounding swamp and importance of the city during WW2, it would make an absolute excellent environment to build an engaging city and world space!

[@ThePrecipice66]

New Orleans is definitely my favourite out of those suggestions. However, I would love to see a Fallout game in the mountains and forests surrounding Denver and Colarado Springs. This is because I love this type of countryside for one thing. Also, I'm happiest in Fallout exploring mysterious remote locations far from urban centres, rather than going around the centres themselves. Makes me feel more lone wandery I suppose. More isolated and dangerous. The great thing about this location is that you could tap into a few real world things like the underground military bases such as Cheyenne Mountain, and above ground bases too, so you can explore more about how the US military and government coped in the days following the apocalypse. Some part of them might even survive as a faction. Depending on how big the map is, you could take in several National Parks with varying biomes, and even cities like Salt Lake in neighbouring Utah if you were really going big with it. The Navajo Nation is also located on the southern border with New Mexico so you could tap into the real world conspiracy theory of the Navajo knowing something about aliens (or in the world of Fallout, the Zetans). To make the most of the location I would also love for the game to have a weather/season mechanic so you could have a summer, a rainy season, snow in the winter, etc. Probably not going to happen as it's not iconic enough, but that would be my dream.

[@TommyElijahCabelloReal]

If we were to have multiple maps which one would travel across, I think Bethesda could benefit from reusing old maps. So, these are the areas I would want a theoretical Fallout 5. And it could try to pull off all of these over a long course of time, so maybe they could give us all of these to traverse: •Anchorage •San Fransisco •Seattle •Las Vegas •Helena •Denver •El Paso •Corpus Christi •Houston •San Antonio •St.Louis •Minneapolis •Chicago •Omaha •New Orleans •Miami •Atlanta •Appalachia •The Capital Wasteland •The Commonwealth

[@edwardsallow6518]

it be a god tier game if they did that the sacrifices of hundreds of computers and consoles exploding would defiantly be worth it though

[@FilthyPeasant6]

New Reno? Shady Sands? Los Angeles Boneyard? San Diego? Phoenix? Flagstaff? Tucson? Salt Lake City? Albuquerque? Santa Fe? these are pretty important places in the southwest. Flagstaff is the Capital city of the legion. and Shady Sands is capital of the NCR, these are important places, especially with a lore heavy place as California.

[@xptaco2298]

@@FilthyPeasant6 After you saying that I don't think people realize when the game takes place at. Like is that game set a few years after the war? Maybe a hundred?

[@mervynlan7727]

I think a Detroit game where there’s an artificial wall that blocks the passage to Canada, and seeing Canada actually having a functional government will be pretty cool.

[@ONXY_of_ARC]

The thing is Mexico and Canada got annexed by America which means the US government owns both countries now. The only location I could see them going in if they go to Canada is rontoe which is pretty much Toronto. it just gets renamed by the US after they take over Canada

[@louditalian1962]

Canada is just as bad as America.

[@Captianmex1C0]

They got annexed tho, The government in Canada is gone

[@Dr.ArkTard]

Detroit and Chicago already are a real life fallout though...

[@kylos1999]

Some good suggestions for where they should be would be is Texas, Florida, or Ohio For Florida mutated gators doesn’t sound like such a bad idea.

[@kylos1999]

@Montego I’ll have to check that mod out

[@ryanoldham3079]

They already have the gatorclaw in the nuka world dlc they could reuse that

[@rylandvance5304]

Alabama wouldn't be a bad location tbh, if they went with somewhere like the Mobile area. Within a 20 mile radius of the city (which isn't huge but does have a few sky scrapers), there's the coast, there's Dauphin Island with a Coast Guard base, sea lab and Fort Gaines (a pre-civil war era fort built in 1821), there's Mobile Bay with all it's water ways and swamps. There's tons of forest and wilderness, as well as plenty of urban areas ranging from lower income to high priced and ritzy. Mobile is actually the birthplace of Mardi Gras, even though New Orleans is far better known for it. You have some landmarks like the old train station with its gothic looking gargoyle statues, the port that sprawls for miles full of ships both civilian and military, the Bankhead Tunnel and Wallace Tunnel under the river, the USS Alabama battleship (along with the USS Drum submarine and aviation museum), as well as dozens of other places that would make for interesting locale. That being said, unless you've been there to some degree or another, the average person probably wouldn't be familiar with much of that, if any. So it wouldn't really fit the motif of being known far and wide like aforementioned places the video points out. Still though, as someone who knows the area well, I bet a FO game set in the area would be a blast.

[@cosmicdisaster02]

Local to New Orleans would be great. The city, the swamps, the cemeteries, the culture, the superstition. It would work so great

[@spencersholden]

New York would be amazing, but we have never seen a main series game in the South or Mid West.

[@johngore1473]

No

[@spencersholden]

@@johngore1473 what do you mean no?

[@JohnDonovan1968]

No

[@BossXygman]

NYC was nuked so much that nothing was left of it

[@urmom2438]

@@JohnDonovan1968 dumbass New York would be cool asf. There’s nothing I’d the south or Midwest that’s interesting

[@pancakeboi1609]

Alaska ? Winter radioactive wasteland lesgo :D

[@emilkubie]

Patrolling the wasteland makes you wish for a nuclear winter, Alaska.

[@ezraodocharty4400]

I was thinking China as a branch off game. Not Fallout 5 but something like New Vegas

[@tucolucious7128]

@@ezraodocharty4400 So China destroyed my country in game with nukes. And I'm supposed to play in "China" goddamn

[@ezraodocharty4400]

@@tucolucious7128 China also got hit and there is evidence that the US launched first

[@ezraodocharty4400]

@@tucolucious7128 Also Brotherhood of Steal>Enclave

[@samael5200]

Australia would be fun place for a fallout game considering the most evil creatures spawn there even without mutation 😭

[@Dunki113]

Australia doesn't need to be a fallout game. It should just be a game on it's own

[@sapi1572]

@@Dunki113 because it is

[@Sapwolf]

Dude, I'd go back to playing Dark Souls to just relax if they put it there.

[@AevisPrime]

Fallout 5 being the whole US, and every state being separate playable area released over time. Start in your state of choice, and as time goes on, you'll be tasked with going to different places across the US. Have each state being like, one Fallout NV size map, and maybe 3-4 small, dlc sized locations of interest. Like, release Florida, and have Miami be the main playable area, with Tallahassee, Orlando, and Key West be small areas to check out.

[@prestongarvey4396]

I'm guessing everyone would like to see a Fallout game set in their home state, huh?

[@rosswortman8206]

New York, Chicago, or Houston

[@kerruo2631]

I'd like to explore more of the world. Maybe somewhere in Alaska.

[@emilkubie]

Big f*****g map filled with isolated hotspots of migration breeding grounds near anchorage or going out in the wilderness, now that’s real survival struggle.

[@superdays7933]

@@emilkubie with much more survival mechanics.

[@HighSentinel]

Maybe with the return of the enclave

[@justafic5287]

I would love to see California with The Legion starting to conquer it

[@downnice95]

The problem with California is in New Vegas it's stated that it's not really a wasteland anymore

[@jacobyoung4753]

I think the Seattle area would be cool, having the space needle and the world’s fair at set pieces would easily tie into the space age Jetson’s theme fallout has

[@somber9234]

I would love to see one of the more recognizable southern states represented in fallout in less stereotypical ways than people have been suggesting. Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia would are all filled with cities as well as rural areas that could make for interesting landscapes and give the opportunity to explore different facets of corruption in the US. There could be a more southern gothic atmosphere to the smaller areas and the big city destruction could also stay.

[@geesinc.1217]

Some great ones could be Seattle/Vancouver,Bay area CA (incl.Tahoe), Denver-Colorado Springs,New Orleans,Chicago, Philadelphia,NYC with some of CT and RI, Baltimore/DC, or Anchorage,AK.

[@LeeY0uTube]

I’d really be down for a fallout in anchorage, it has a lot of interesting lore in the world of fallout plus it could be more survival focused

[@AngelMartinez-kj4dh]

Seattle would be a great choice in my opinion

[@mrfrostrunner5192]

Colorado would be great because you child do he cheyenne mountain complex

[@Puzzlers100]

I've had an idea I've been calling "Fallout Red Dawn" for some time now, which would be set in China, where a lot of the prewar lore would surround how vault tech established itself in China as well as fun little things like all the robco stuff needed to make the vaults function (terminals, pipboys, the various robots) were actually knockoffs made by vaulttech, since House wouldn't work with china. I though It would be cool to set it in Taiwan and have a couple of major factions fighting to establish a government. The four factions I though of were the remnants of the chinese government who annexed the island before the start of the war, the remnents of the taiwanese government who had hidden out after the annexation, and bunch of people from a vault where the experiment was complete Laisse-faire capitalism, and people from a control vault (complete communism). I haven't really though about the story, and I understand that it doesn't make sense as a mainline fallout game (hence then name not being numbered)

[@Socomnick]

Fallout not on the US simply is not fallout

[@michaelmcwilliams5257]

@@Socomnick yea itd still be fallout. It doesn't need to be in the US

[@Socomnick]

@@michaelmcwilliams5257 that's the thing fallout is inherently American with out the weird pseudo 50s Americana it's not fallout it's just a different game

[@SteveGodrich]

@@Socomnick My thoughts exactly. The core theme is 50s Americana and its thoughts on the future. Leaving the US would completely rip the heart out of the whole style of the game.

[@gosteponyourmomslego5053]

A fallout game set in China shouldn’t just be called something like “Fallout: China”. It should have a different name but still be in the same universe

[@serenitygaming3553]

Damn, I've been away a lot, It's really good to hear your voice again man, I hope you keep up the good work.

[@thatoneguy1933]

Texas had deserts, cities, mountains, swamps, forests, rivers, lakes, canyons, plains, and everything in between. The history of Texas and the u.s. and amount of industry and lore that could be developed around such a vast, Immersive, multiple biomes, versatile and unique landscapes and environments. The largely diverse wildlife for each said habitats, the indifference of factions and characters including their conflicts and problems between each area or locations, the amount of firearms, military bases, bunkers private and commercial, the infrastructure of Texas, the different industries, and the open possibilities of DLCs, in new Mexico- roswell, more alien dlcs, Mexico- new outlook on fallout with endless ideas, Louisiana- dlc with new enemies, or point lookout expansion, etc. Oklahoma cattle Barron's warring over territory. Indian factions carrying on their heritage resorting back to the old ways of life, etc. Honestly I think Bethesda should listen to us fans. We all have great ideas. Thanks for reading. Let me know what yall think. P.s. new yourk would be insane too

[@Chasesrepairshop]

Fallout 5. Project Solar Storm. (My idea for a good fallout game) the sole survivor flew to the moon. But then they find out that china nuked the moon because the U.S was fighing with china to see who gets the moon. The survivor quickly finds out that the united states actually inhabited the moon and had it like a mini earth. Then we find out that the enclave BUILT a massive base underneath the moon. And when the nuke hit, The moon was severely damaged so the atmosphere is bad. The sole survivor now has to face challenges like his/her Oxygen tank, and theres like ways to upgrade your space suit. Then when theyre oxygen gets low, They have to find a Oxygen replenish station to refill it. If they dont, They die. This could add potential for New game mechanics, Vehicles, And a continued story with the sole survivor. Then, the BOS, Brotherhood of steel for those who for some reason dont know them, Upgrade the prydwen to fly to the moon to fight the Enclave. Then theyres a possibility to put the Chinese army in the game, Trying to retake the moon. The sole survivor then finds out that the moons condition is Critical, And that the moon would implode in 3 months. The sole survivor then has to Get off of the moon, and they can choose 1 faction to side with, To save and run back with. Once picked, They may fly down to Canada for example, And thats where the game ends. Or, For a secret ending, They can try to repair the moon. But after many years of trying, A solar storm hits the moon, Ending most of the enclave, The BOS, And a good fraction of the Chinese army. Or, They can win at trying to restore the moon to a habitable state, Ending the need for a Space suit. Then they have to pick a faction to join, That faction will wipe out the others, the enclave being destroyed by the brotherhood's forces, Then using leftover enclave nukes to destroy China, Or, You can side with china, And gun down the prydwen with an experimental nuculear railgun, Then use the nukes from the enclave on itself, Or you can side with the enclave, And they will Burn the prydwen to the ground, And then nuke China. Then the sole survivor must rebuild the Moon. And thats my idea for a good fallout. If anyone wants to reply and setup a kickstarter to make something like this, i will happily build a game like this with you.

[@MLundy98]

Now what would be a great place would be New York city it's in the lore that it was hit by one of the first nukes and would be an interesting to find out what happened make a long trek up the empire state building or maybe even go up the trade center towers assuming they were built in that timeline. Or even swimming out to the statue of liberty, that would probably have been blown up and have a planet of the apes reference, and go to the big apple just seeing such a large densely packed place, and even have locations from the surrounding states , stretch out to Philadelphia PA, New Haven CT. Hell if it takes place after Fo4 you could even run into Minuteman in CT, could even run into enclave remnants from D.C. in PA, or Boston BoS remnants on their way back to D.C. depending on the timeline of the game. And what would make it the best Fallout title if Obsidian was on board to make the game

[@liamball4643]

I've been running a Fallout tabletop campaign (using the Dark Heresy rules as a base) set in New York/the surrounding area, dubbed "Fallout: the Manhattan Project". The campaign's been going on for the last 3ish years and a lot of what you described has, funnily enough, happened is some way or another. I could tell plenty of stories as to what's happened - it's been a trip to say the least.

[@MLundy98]

@@liamball4643 I can see it now A city of survivors made inside an old skyscraper, fighting other groups and cities for supplies and resources and both of the groups wants each other gone and the one group is planning on knocking down the tower to end the war. Either aiding the city in the sky or the subway city, knocking down the tower (poor taste for NY but hey,it's fallout) causing a massive shift to the map via debris across the landscape or doing the hard way systematically charging through the subway searching for the sub city taking out everyone in your way or the easy way collapsing the tunnels causing sinkholes and collapsing smaller less stable building on the surface. Both cities have done terrible thing to each other no real moral side to take, they've been at war for years with little to no hope of reconciling, 2 of 5 options leads to untold amounts of damage 2 of 5 leads to minor damage and are difficult and 1 of 5 is just near impossible.

[@Dr.ArkTard]

City of nothing though... It's a crater in the lore. Got hit by the biggest nuke china had...

[@liamball4643]

@@Dr.ArkTard Yeah, but that's boring and badly thought out from a story/worldbuilding standpoint. Why the hell would the writers erase one of the biggest, most intricate urban adventure zones in the USA just for the sake of grimdark? Fuck that

[@Dr.ArkTard]

@@liamball4643 Idk why they did it, they just did. Therefore not an option unfortunately. Plus the engine wouldn't be able to handle it. I have Vietnam flash backs of down town Boston for fucks sake...

[@gelatoruntz1191]

definitely Florida, Hawaii, California again, or even New York.

[@theodorehazel6920]

think california but after the second battle of hoover dam or even before the first on before legion or ncr stepped foot maybe playing as ulysses this time adn seeing the world through his eyes i feel like that would be very very very interesting

[@theodorehazel6920]

@PyroSanity Pro KANSAS

[@gelatoruntz1191]

@PyroSanity Pro florida

[@johnkittz]

@PyroSanity Pro California multiple times? Those games are PC only and very old. I've never played fallout 1 or 2 all the way through due to it being PC only. A California setting with the new engine would be far more amazing. Not everybody plays Old pc games and not everybody is old enough to play it on release.

[@dubstepgod123]

@@johnkittz fallout 2 was also in the states of Oregon, and nevada as well with California.

[@hihowareya7143]

I honestly want to see 5 take place in during after the bombs. Not 20 years after or frozen 200 years after I mean literally a month later maybe in Detroit. I feel it would really be showing how much hell people had to deal with when the bombs dropped since there are some who turn ghoul and some who were spared but left with mutations.

[@hotdesertroks889]

Wouldn't be too true to the franchise and would have a totally different flavor as that is more of an apocalypse game instead of a post-apocalypse game. I mean, what quests would there be? Avoid radiation and find canned goods? Where would the dark humor be?

[@ej_22]

Would 3 weeks be to soon to explorer the new waste?

[@Creeperluv02]

I honestly think the Midwest would be super cool. A combination of rural countryside with large city Milwaukee or even Chicago. Give me the snowy wasteland!

[@DeathDontWait4NoOne]

That thumbnail was by far one the coolest fall thumbnails I've seen awesome.

[@ambriasaunders1869]

I would LOVE to see a game set in Europe, and I would also love to see another location in the United States, such as New Orleans or Chicago. Spanning it across the United States is just a recipe for disaster. Bethesda is famous for flaws and glitches.

[@Jack-dl5rw]

I would personally like Pennsylvania or New York since they’re the first 2 states that got hit. New York would be the first choice

[@702boi]

We already have enough east coast settings. My opinion the next fallout should take place on the west coast preferably LA or San Francisco. Would love to see how California looks like after the bombs fell or maybe even Arizona.

[@MrCommodorebob]

​@@702boi If it is set at the time of New Vegas or Later the NCR would pretty much control everything and it would not be a wasteland anymore. If you want to see San Fransisco, Fallout 1 and 2 are there.

[@nitroraptor5316]

Canada is America in the Fallout universe. (America annexed Canada in 2076)

[@Generaloliverswanik]

Canada and Mexico I belive

[@nitroraptor5316]

Robert Renick yup

[@Chuchel-hh6hq]

Imagine Fallout texas , with a section of raiders called 'NEW CONFEDERACY' .

[@Ulysses_S_Grant1870]

I thought Oregon because I think Portland would be a great place since after basically all FNV endings it would say how the great Kahn’s went north, and Portland would be perfect as a trading city in a wasteland world, also the tillamook forest would be awesome since it houses a lot of life

[@George-real]

For fallout 5 I’d actually wanna see one city like New York since there’s endless possibilities of what you can do there and loads of room to expand the map to include parts of other states but if they were to make another NV style spin off game I’d want it to be in Mexico or divided between Mexico and Texas I wanna see a more western style fallout game like nv but with modern mechanics and I feel like it would be cool to see maybe a collapsing ceasers legion where you can side with freedom fighters, opportunistic generals, or some sorts of Mexican outlaw gang maybe even a cartel

[@jamesroberts673]

If they go Texas they need to DO San Antonio closest major city to the border. Plus it has the Alamo

[@totallynoteverything1.]

if it's near Mexico, Raul should be a cameo, even just a small worldbuilding story during dialogue mentioning "The Ghost Vaquero"

[@Mad-rg9sz]

Im pretty sure in the Lore NY is almost completely destroyed and essentially a massive crater.

[@Jiub_SN]

It would be the glowing see from fallout 4 with post war towns on the outskirts most likely (if at all)

[@aidankorff6831]

This is a good idea, though the 11 cities idea should be tweaked a bit. Instead of 11, it should be 13. One city in each Pre-War Commonwealth, or at least 13 in general, matching America’s 13 colony founding.

[@nelsonquiroz8692]

Imagine if fallout 5 is going to be all of Florida(key west, Homestead, Miami, Orlando, tampa, Naples, Panama city, Jacksonville and Tallahassee) that would be insane 😁

[@baplz5796]

And cape canal? That would be amazing seeing the abandoned space station

[@nelsonquiroz8692]

@@baplz5796 yes and also vehicles to drive

[@baplz5796]

@@nelsonquiroz8692 yeah

[@jeffparker2369]

Something I should say as an American, Boston is culturally kinda important. It had a major impact in the American Revolution and Prohibition, both of which deeply affected Americans. Boston is today not talked about as much, but retains some influence as a major university town.

[@ytmld]

the only solution is to bring back the highwayman from fallout 2 so we could travel state to state from ncr to institute

[@misskranky]

Seattle could be a great place to bring in more aquatic mutants, and exploring what nukes would realistically do to fault lines under the city.

[@ApollusBrutusSeverillus]

I want a remastered Fallout New Vegas, where we get all of the storylines and finished product that obsidian ran out of time to put in, on the Fallout 4 engine. I want the NCR and Legion to feel substantial and massive. I want Cottonwood Cove, Nelson, and the Hill fort to feel like they have more than a dozen people in them. I want the Battle of Hoover Dam to be bigger than a couple squads fighting each other.

[@g_huff7642]

yea but this would take forever and i want fo5 now 😫

[@edwardsallow6518]

we all do good sir we all do

[@aidanniblock6186]

I think Washington state would be a great setting as there is a great difference in the landscape. You could roam the misty mountain of Olympia, head into Seattle, cross the cascades, head through the scab lands all the way to the edge of Spokane. There is just so much potential as it can be a much different perspective on a corner of the us as well as have future docs for Portland, anchorage, and even parts of Canada. It's just perfect.

[@mikeb5063]

Alaska, Your a family member(Child?) of an enclave officer evacuating to a fallback position in Alaska on a Vertibird when it crashes in the wilderness, find your lost family members,hard moral decisions , badass power armor ,nuclear winter, rad moose,old bunkers,old battlefields,Descendants of Chinese forces, ect

[@custyzone]

They need it to make sense as well, you become leader of the minute men to just become a grunt and have to do everything. The settlements system needs a lot of work also. I love mods but I shouldn't have to depend on them to fix a 60euro game and how in gods name is the place still such a mess 200years on, did humans forget how to make a straight wall without holes or a roof without holes. I'm also growing tired of them not having vehicles or some sort of animal to traverse the waste on/in.

[@Uisci81]

BINGO!!!!!!!!

[@julianmarx2002]

Frankly, though it'll never probably change, Im tired of all these world-saving stories. I want something more emotionally intimate, and on a smaller scale. Like Heavy Rain or RDR2, I'd like a Fallout game where maybe similar to FO4 you're in search of someone, but you don't ever end up becoming the savior of the land or some sort of God. It'd be cool if Bethesda stories were more character driven and less plot-driven

[@custyzone]

@@julianmarx2002 ya I think a great start would be in a tribe and your tribe gets wiped/kidnapped and the story branch’s from there. The longer it takes you too save them the more of them die due to being enslaved. You could build allies on the way set up alliances and missions. They have some great writers who could make some amazing scenarios. I just want to actually give a fuck about what I’m doing not just run and gun and then hey look something shiny 😂

[@franklinrjmcgovern390]

I was going to say a story about a man going on a radier killing spree after his family was was slaughtered by them. Later on finds out hes one of the most advanced synths ever made with A titanium endo skeleton.

[@SheaN10266]

It’d be cool to see one set in Omaha Nebraska or Denver Colorado where the citizens are fighting the legion, who is invading from the East. Factions could be 2 political parties inside the new country, the legion, or even a 4th faction that is another expansionist state from the west

[@nancyfulks9580]

I think it should take place in all major locations and the last main part be wiping out Portland even though I don't think it's possible I think they should use all locations already used and add a few more like Portland or Los Angeles

[@charlescooper3855]

Texas can be an expansive Fallout game. It can include remnants of Ceasar's army, robots from Vault 0, quests into Northern Mexico, and varied landscape.

[@funkyfrogsicle]

I would rather them wait until Fallout 6 to go back to the east coast. My ideal location for Fallout 5 would be Oregon/Washington with DLC in Vancouver. Then, by the time we get Fallout 6, tech will probably be at the point where we can finally have extremely immersive cities. We go back to the east coast for a NYC Fallout.

[@ItzNiekoyo]

I’ve always wanted to see what England would look like, mostly just so there could be a ghoul named Charlie Mange who’s trying to rebuild the kingdom

[@katherinegarcia4960]

As a louisiana native I would LOVE for them to make one here, especially centered in New Orleands and/or Baton Rouge. It could be amazing

[@starofdabloc]

Yeeesss! Swamps, alligators, bayous!!

[@katherinegarcia4960]

@@starofdabloc Absolutelyyy!!! It just baffled me how there were never any monsters IN the water in fallout games, like, ik it would be unfair since we couldn't really fight underwater, but it still didn't make sense

[@starofdabloc]

@@katherinegarcia4960 Well they were going to put some in I think as you can see in fallout 4 with the mutated dolphins and half eaten fish but they took it out the game maybe time constraints?

[@katherinegarcia4960]

@@starofdabloc honestly I expected there to be some mutated whales or sum in the water with all the massive skeletons on the shore.

[@starofdabloc]

@@katherinegarcia4960 yeah me too oh well I guess we can only wait to see what they do in Fallout 5 I guess 🥲

[@Callsign_Prophet]

MIT wasn't the big land mark. I'd say the Revolutionary War locations were the major locations.

[@rolay7730]

Most people don't know about it, but fallout 2 actually had a hovercar upgrade. Something like that would be interesting to get from one location to another.

[@aconcernedcommissar6261]

I'd like somewhere in texas as that would be close enough to the original fallout, fallout 2 and new Vegas to have interactions with the legion, NCR and so on But far enough away to not have to fully address what new Vegas ending is cannon

[@CrudCar]

Space could happen since in the museum of freedom, there is a picture of soldiers fighting on the moon. Meaning that there is something there worth fighting for e.g a base

[@Accreal]

Mexico is the obvious choice for me, more specifically Baja. In lore it's where the veteran rangers originated so you could maybe be the founder/ general of the rangers

[@FastFuriousFan-il8lr]

I want Fallout 5 to take place in the Northwest Commonwealth (Northern California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, I know Alaska's part of the Northwest Commonwealth but that can be a setting for a DLC of Fallout 5). Update: Todd Howard said that Bethesda won't touch the West Coast as that was under the domain of Obsidian/Black Isle etc.

[@Erfan_N_Kinslee]

Arizona, the vast warmth of the weather, the big space, also, it’s almost gives you a feel like Las Vegas

[@allofmynope.mp4888]

Why am I not seeing people suggesting New York City? The Statue of Liberty could be some kinda plot point like it was converted into a missile silo and the local factions are at war over control over it. It could be a universe where the original WTC is still there but Falloutified, and areas like Queens and Brooklyn are home to rival gangs that have taken up the stereotypes of each area to an extreme, almost cult-like extent. A huge sprawling city with very little countryside would be an amazing sight in the world of Fallout

[@schizoowen3971]

I can to the realization of why Fallout 4 takes place in Boston. What my current thought is that Boston is where the American revolution started and its where many of the Factions in fallout either take their last stand or rise up just as the United States did. Now I know that not everyone is familiar with US history and that is fine but it explains it to you in the first part of the game in the Concord museum.

[@dannymankkd8167]

Houston, far after New Vegas. After the fall, there are Ceasar's Remnants, The NCR has a small presence, and a faction of brotherhood who are all trying to survive 'the swarm', a whole faction made of feral and normal ghouls unified under the banner of a ghoul that is mutated far beyond looking like a normal ghoul.

[@closetman7757]

new york was a planned location for fallout 4 but was scrapped because of the engine limitations

[@TheMaLiK5966]

I’m Canadian and even I can say this guy understands the assignment from the first couple things he says in this video