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[–] Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 59 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Makes sense, I guess. At it's core, the series is a critique of US government and society.

[–] Titou@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago

You're right, i don't always agree with Bethesda but this one is just common sense.

[–] maxwisecracks@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Autocorrect is a bitch ain't it?

[–] Shadowedcross@lemmy.world 43 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Of course it won't, as going outside of the US would require them to develop a lot of new high quality lore, something I think Bethesda is wholly incapable of.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago

Best I can do is procedurally generated lore. It may not be high quality, but there will be a lot of it.

[–] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 37 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Fallout outside the US sounds more interesting than fallout post NV imo. It kinda feels like they are worried to work on the lore because it will fall apart in Emils hands.

[–] BaronVonBort@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

FREEDOM IS NOT OPTIONAL

[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 32 points 6 months ago

Is that why they stealth launched the next gen patch just before the launch of Fallout London?

[–] HorreC@kbin.social 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

why would you ever say that?? So many places and stories you could tell from this, it doesnt even have to be in vaults, they said it was mostly china and the US that were nuked, you could still tell awesome stories in like Greece or the Nordic areas. What a dumb thing to say and even contemplate.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Imagine Assassin's Creeding the Fallout franchise all over the world.

C'mon down to Australia, we have Kangaroths which will skip over your head and kick you into an irradiated spiders nest, only for a six foot Drop Bear to slash you to pieces.

[–] Chickenslippers@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

you described Australia pre nuke but what do you think post nuke would be like?

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 7 points 6 months ago

Take my upvote and get the fuck out of my country.

[–] Renacles@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago

Fallout is one giant US critique so it makes sense, there's no need to leave when there is so much that could still be told within it.

[–] urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 6 months ago

…that’s fine. Kind of boring though.

Think about it: do you really think Bethesda can expand this universe in a way that wouldn’t come off as stereotyping or downright racist in another nation? Could they make a story that’s interesting and authentic? Their writing has been pretty bad lately. They’re just not up to it.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Why not Canada? We have RobCo headquarters in Montreal

[–] Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If they go by fallout lore, technically Canada is part of the US lmao

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago

In my mind, island of Montreal would be the last holdout to resist American annexation.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

That would have been perfect DLC for FO4

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

Ronto sounds like an excellent place for a Fallout game. There's so much Canadian lore that could be expanded upon.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 5 points 6 months ago

There's a Canadian Invasion reenactment random encounter in Fallout 2, does that count?

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.de 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There is a DLC where you go up into space, due to this Fallout already had left the United States once.

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Jokes on you, commie! Space is part of the US of A. You put a flag up there, it's yours. Thems the rules.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

Even if space is US of A, then the Mothership Zeta is a extraterritorial location like an embassy. Commie always win 😄

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Not sure why this is news, given Bethesda’s current state I would be surprised if a Fallout game leaves their studio and gets released.

“GRR Martin’s next book won’t leave Westeros and Essos”

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 6 months ago

People have been asking to see the rest of the world since before Fallout 3. For quite a while the excuse was "Only America had a Vault program" but then they added in random British and Irish people so who knows?

The thing is while the retro-Americana has become the accepted standard of Bethesda's Fallout it was never that big of a deal beforehand. There's no actual reason you couldn't see what happened to China or whatever.

Do they have weird ghoulified American troops over there still fighting the war? What's going on in Africa? India? They're fun questions.

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why do this? If they leave the US. They don't have to hear about how they broke the lore.

Bethesda should have made a new Fallout timeline. When they got the rights.

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They should have gone New Zealand. It would be one of the few places likely devoid of direct nuclear strikes yet still affected. Could have done a whole set of lore where a US Carrier group shows up and demands right to port and the conflict from there.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

There was a really good novel, On the Beach which did a very good job of almost that exact plot.

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oh nice. Will check it out, thank you.

Edit - holy shit, read the book and the 2000 Showtime movie synopsis. That is some bleak stuff. Going to read it to my kids for bedtime.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I can't wait for Todd to retire. Or otherwise no longer has a say in the direction of Fallout.