Depending on how big the world map is Chicago, Chicago and Detroit, Chicago, Detroit, and Windsor, you get the idea.



Then if Obsidian gets another crack, I say Oregon and New Arroyo.

Well, if I can recall, the real-life US puts the NCR to shame when it came to corruption and coporatism, (Remember the days when the Army and the Pinkertons would violently break up strikes and dismantle unions?) and yet none of these manifested into a revolution. Political enfrancisemant is a powerful thing, it gives the population a stake in the continued existance of the government, of course, Marxists and Anarchists would argue otherwise, but that's how the mainstream citizens feel.

That dosen't mean that they can't be angry with their government, but it encourages people to try to change the system from within rather than overthrow it with force. A lot of people in the US today are fed up with the government, but if you asked even the most bitter critics if they would take up arms to overthrow the US government, I imagine you'd get a lot of puzzled looks of confusion. I bet the solutions they would offer, regardless of their race, gender, or party would be about fixing Washington rather than burning it.

And on top of that, the NCR has proven itself a pretty tough customer over the years. They have been under siege pretty much since the day of their birth, and they've stomped the [censored] out of every enemy that's tried to wipe them out. If they didn't rise up in arms after decades of war against a bunch of walking tanks with laser guns, a continued low-intensity insurgency by said walking tanks with laser guns, and a financial recession after their gold reserves were destroyed by aforementioned walking tanks with laser guns, it's a little funny to think they would rise up over taxes or some other petty problem a century down the line. I mean, as serious as the NCR's problems are, they are transitory, not systemic. The war with the brotherhood won't last forever, the economy will eventually recover, and life will go on. As far as I can see, I think there is really no catalyst for a major revolution within the NCR well into the forseeable future short of a deus ex machina falling from the sky.

Anywhere that doesn't involve the boring NCR, what a US government wannabe......

And even then they forget about the 10,000 man army the Spartans had with them

Also vote for Chicago

Chicago.

What partly made fallout 3 great for me was downtown DC. The fact that you could see the Washington Monument from almost anywhere (especially just after escaping 101) was cool. It felt desperate, but not hopeless.

I think Chicago could provide this same thing, recognizable monuments:

- Seers Tower (obviously)
- Wrigley would be sweet
- Mich. Ave could be incorporated as a trading hub maybe?
- The Lake would offer so many different opportunities as well.
- The El could be interesting as well, broken down train cars, a way to cut through the wastes like the DC subways.
- Suburbs, you could include some suburbs spaced distantly away from downtown (Like Olney & minefield in FO3)
- And it would be totally believable if you go west at all you are back into the wastes.
- BTW Milwaukee could be feasible to be in there too

Also, the BOS is already established in Chicago as well - its the perfect setting.

I have to ask....

What kind of settings do people prefer outside of their locational preferences?

Not where, but what alike?

An atmosphere that keeps the player on his/her toes.

apart for the seers towers nobody outside America knows monuments from Chicago. Washington, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles are well known but for those who haven't been to the united states that's it.Bethesda is unlikely to do a game that speaks for American only.
they will do New York landmarks are very well known.

They did Las Vegas and how many landmarks do people know there? Hoover Dam and that's about it and that isn't even in the City of Las Vegas. Landmarks aren't what makes Fallout. Fallout has been to LA and San Francisco and we didn't see any famous landmarks but for the arch into China Town. If you were only going for well known landmarks that people outside of America would know then the only place left for a Fallout game would be NYC, after that the series would be out of locations.

I also would like to point out that buildings built after the 1950s wouldn't be in the Fallout Universe. The Sears Tower was built in the 1970s so it wouldn't even be in the game.

Edit: And yes I know Obsidian made New Vegas but they made it for Bethesda.

I agree with Styles, don't need any specific landmarks. Most be blown up anyway.

But, I disagree on the Sears tower. If they want it in game, it is in game.

FO has regularly made references to or had in game things that came after 1950s.

The only question is if something seems out of place. If no, it is ok.

It could just be a more retro looking sears tower. If it not dust.

The two worlds didn't completely diverge after the 50s, that is only where certain things began to diverge.
Granted, if Chicago were hit even somewhat closely, Seers would likely be destroyed.

Possible cool idea, a Seers tower with the top 20 or so floors missing. That'd look BA in the skyline.



And...the point is not necessarily landmarks that you recognize (Although that was nice in D.C.). No, what made FO3 great was seeing something in the distance and thinking, "Dam, I wanna go there." For instance the Washington Monument, Olney, Tennpenney etc. And then 3 hours later you're doing side quests and not upset about it at all.

Ok I shouldn't have said it wouldn't be in the Fallout Universe but there is a possibility it wouldn't be.

The important thing is that landmarks don't mean jack. FO can create their own landmarks. As long as the story is good and the design fits, they can put the setting in genericville, USA. But I still prefer Chicago/Midwest setting.

According to tactics, Chicago is looking pretty good. http://images.wikia.com/fallout/images/2/21/Chicago2.png

Add another 90 to 100 years of decay to that and we go one hell of a setting for a game

I don't even see seers tower in that.

Is it pronounced sears tower, or is it see-ers tower?

It's "Sears", like the company. Only nowadays, it's the Willis Tower.

It is Sears like the department store, but the name of the building has been changed.

Ninja'd

That's what I thought, I asked because I saw this guy in a game and he was called seer, but it was like a magical person who could "see" stuff.

Edit: Upon looking it up, it is spelled Sears and not Seers because the company sears acquired the naming license when it was first built. Their license ran out in 2003 and in 2009 some British guy leased part of it and acquired the naming rights, his first name us Willis.

Seriously? No one is gonna say anything about the http://www.nps.gov/badl/index.htm? Or the http://www.arizonaguide.com/places-to-visit/arizona-parks-monuments/the-painted-desert? Or even http://fwp.mt.gov/mtoutdoors/HTML/articles/2003/makoshika.htm?

personally I'm not particularly interested in trekking through a desert or national park with no real points of focus. Especially with the current map system.

Well its just an idea, but since fallout is into flashy places. i was thinking hollywood would be an interesting place where fallout 4 can grab a new aspect, just as fallout NV revolutionised the fallout world by introducing new themes and concepts. And maybe, find out where dean domino went... O.o

A fallout game that takes place in New York City would be amazing, but the world map would have to be huge in order for this to happen.
chicago would be very cool
Hawaii would be interesting
China would be cool

A dismal fungal forest in Oregon.

Mutated by the radiation this organism has gorged in size and has enveloped a large section of the area by many acres under and over.

It may also have a concioness and causes eery things to happen when one sleeps in the area, dangerous to go out at night.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus

If they did Philadelphia they could have a swampy area to the east in New Jersey, and a normal wasteland in the west.