Americana Naivete Essential to Fallout Series Will Remain in U.S.
"Keep mysterious lands mysterious!”.
Whether exploring the irradiated monuments of Washington D.C. in Fallout 3 or gambling away your last couple of Caps on The Strip in Fallout: New Vegas, the series' North American setting is an essential piece of the puzzle. And while players have previously been given tantalising glimpses of how the rest of Bethesda's bleak world might be faring, studio head Todd Howard says the plan is to keep the series set in the U.S.
The Fallout series retro-futuristic setting is littered with the remnants of U.S. institutions, from The Enclave clinging onto some shreds of governmental authority to the cruel excesses of corporations like Vault-Tec. It's always been a savage satire of the concept of American exceptionalism, which just wouldn't feel right in other parts of the world.
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