I always thought there was something a bit grim about this time of year. The wildlife feels strikingly similar too, which is kind of funny it’s supposed to be a post-nuclear wasteland, but it really looks just like that awkward gap between the end of fall foliage and the first snow of winter. Bethesda hit it out of the park as far as achieving a truly New England aesthetic - many of the basic set piece buildings I’ve passed from Concord all the way into downtown Boston have had that very distinctive rustic look and New England structure that you can find in every town in Massachusetts. They mastered the western wasteland and now they’ve come for us here in New England.Īs someone who grew up not far from Boston, playing Fallout 4 has been a particularly immersive ride for me.
Each time they make a Fallout game, they choose their setting from one of many colorful and diverse areas of real-life America and then they load the game with as many visual and cultural references to that real place as is reasonably possible. This rings true for both the stunning fantastical landscapes of The Elder Scrolls as well as the bleak yet remarkably stylish wastelands of Fallout. When Bethesda makes an RPG, they really put their heart and soul into the expanse and detail of their open world.
