Iconic Boston Locations
Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas offered us various real-life locations in their post-apocalyptic versions of Washington and Las Vegas respectively. Hell, if you hadn’t found it previously check out the Lincoln Memorial above. Fallout 3 also included famous landmarks such as the Capitol Building and the Washington Monument.
As for Fallout: New Vegas, well it was filled with ’em, just check this comparison out here. So while we’ve already discussed about the ones we’d like to see here, there’s something about real-life locations being present in post-apocalyptic games that give the player a touchstone to the present day. Whether they managed to survive the trial of time and nuclear bombs, or not. Seeing these landmarks adds another level of immersion for the player.
As awesome as Skyrim was to go and explore, there’s always something satisfying about spotting a building and feeling that sense of familiarity in an otherwise unknown and unexplored world. Not to mention the fact that real-life locations tend to offer up some truly interesting experiences for the player. In the article previously mentioned there’s a few pretty good guesses at exactly what might be going on in a Fallout 4 version of Boston’s numerous landmarks, such as Harvard University.
