http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_map

As gaming technology improves at this rate, would be nice to have a random map generator to change terrains/NPC's with each new playthrough and add much replayability.

Fallout is a scripted set of events, so random maps would not work.

Actually it's one of the most open games.

It's a great idea but when the maps are based on existing cities it wouldn't work so well. I mean how would you explain why Pennsylvania Ave is suddenly next to the the super duper mart and not in front of the white house? Or the Washington Monument is suddenly in the corner of the map next to some satellite dishes?

Well I don't mean THAT much random. I mean like some new trees are there, some hills/pits are here, piece of debris and raider spawn point further away. Buildings and key things don't change.

Bethesda used to work with randomly generated locations. I wish they would do that again.
However keep in mind that the result would be very different from FO3 - you would get a lot of repetition and that is very off-putting to many.


Also, in a case where the 'meat' of locations isn't affected such as what you describe:

there's no real need for randomness, is there?


Also

It is not 'open' in the sense that, say, Daggerfall or Mount & Blade are open. It is big - still pretty much a scripted set of events, but a really large scripted set of events.

I don't think random locations on the whole would be particularly fallouty. Its harder to tell a story with random locations, and fallout is a story game, not a FPS or Hack-N-Slash.

Agreed. I dont see how it would work. Or function as anything more than a pointless gimick.