10 Best US Cities For Fallout To Use As Its Next Game Setting
The franchise takes places in a post-apocalyptic America, following a nuclear war that nearly destroyed humanity. Across the official titles, the series has explored a dystopian California, Nevada, Massachusetts, West Virginia, and even a dilapidated Washington D.C. In every game, the distinct geography and history of the chosen setting has played into the plot and long-running themes of But the U.S. has countless other cities and states that would make excellent locations for future titles in the franchise.
Effective settings tend to revolve around three main criteria. The first is how much the location stands out historically and culturally, especially if that history takes place before World War 2 (that being roughly when the timeline diverges from our own). The second is if the location includes unique geography or infrastructure to provide variation from previous games. The last criterion is the location's relevance to existing lore, at least for the mainline titles in the franchise: and
Game
Year of Release
Metacritic Score
Fallout
1997
89
Fallout 2
1998
86
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
2001
82
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
2004
66
Fallout 3
2008
93
Fallout: New Vegas
2010
84
Fallout 4
2015
87
Fallout Shelter
2015
71
Fallout 76
2018
52
Baltimore works as a setting for numerous reasons. For one, it being on the East Coast would allow groups and characters from other games to be close by.and take place nearby geographically, and groups like the Brotherhood of Steel and the Minutemen are set up in the general area. All of this would make it easy to fit a game set here into the established lore.
In addition, Baltimore is historically significant in a way similar to Boston, the setting of. It's importance during the Revolutionary War and its connection to naval development could both lend some thematic connection to the ideas of hyper-patriotism and militarization, common themes in the franchise. Not to mention that the
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