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Rumor: Fallout 4 Set in Boston?
A post on CVG today reports on some new speculation on the setting of Fallout 4, with a few Reddit users’ claims pointing to the game taking place in Boston. One anonymous user claims to possibly be an employee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, saying “the rumors are true, Fallout 4 will take place in Boston.”
“In case you haven’t heard, Bethesda has recently been scoping out and researching Boston. They also have a strong connection to MIT. I may or may not be an MIT employee. But that’s really all I can say for fear of losing my job.
“Apologies for the vagueness of this post. It’s not just my job that worries me, but also getting the f**k sued out of me. Bethesda’s contracts are basically foolproof so if they were to discover who I am, or rather, who I got this information from, a few people including myself could get into a lot of trouble.”
Another user corroborates those claims:
“I’ve been hearing reports from people in the Boston area, where my fellow Fallout-obsessed brother lives, that Bethesda has been in the Boston area doing initial research for Fallout 4. It’s highly speculative, but the main rumors surround Bethesda’s connection to ‘The Institute,’ or what we call the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or M.I.T.
M.I.T., although in populated Cambridge and just across the river from Boston proper, still has a small-town feel when it comes to the way news propagates through the community. It is students and staff at M.I.T. that seem to be the ones talking the most about it, and they would be in a position to know. I wouldn’t be surprised, at all, if the rumors prove to be true in coming weeks.
Just thought I’d share! I’m not confirming anything, but all signs point to yes.”
The post notes that Bethesda declined to comment when asked about the rumors. As to whether or not any of this means anything, really, well—that’s all down to how much you trust in Reddit forums. I tend to think that, at least when it comes to relatively inconsequential things like where a video game is going to be set, rumors like this tend to be right more often than not. Why would this info trickle through if it were a mistake? How could a mistake like this even be made? And if it’s a flat-out lie, who would benefit from a lie like that? To me, it sounds as though it’s probably legit. Your thoughts?
Via CVG
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Hmm… Boston would be a nice setting, but I’m still hoping that Seattle is where its at.
yes! so if this rumor is true then we will be interacting with the institute and the commonwealth. i hope it’s true, i want to see some advanced cyborg soldiers with gauss miniguns.
I cannot wait for fallout 4 despite it not even being announced yet it is easily my most awaited game! Bethesda always deliver awesome rpg’s
I would love that Fallout 4 take place in a coast like Point Lookout :/ but Boston is nice :)
If Point Lookout wasn’t so gross (visually), I’d agree with you.
Boston is a coastal city, ever heard of Boston Harbor?
Being able to play around in a broken down MIT would be awesome, I hope this is true.
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Isn’t there a sizable Enclave outpost in Illinois? That’s not to far away from Boston, and if there’s a common wealth in Boston, the Enclave and Brotherhood will probably be swarming it. At this point in time I wouldn’t imagine Vaults remaining operational without outside support yet alone under Enclave control. Hmm Boston would be an interesting place.
You’re talking Planet Earth, right? Illinois is quite far from Boston, especially on foot.
Illinois is only about a thousands miles away from Boston, for the Enclave, that’s not hard to travel. Seeing as in a period of 50 years or so they went from the coast of Mexico to all over America. They got the tech.
Uhm, do I need to get a map out? Boston is on the West Coast, Illinois is in the North Central area of the U.S.
Boston is on the east coast
LOL
I’m not a yankee and even I know that Boston is on the East Coast.
I know The Pitt took place in Pittsburg but I would like to see 4 take place in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties.
I’m from around Boston and I’m excited to see what they do with it if this is true. I’m expecting a condensed map like they did for DC in 3, so hopefully we’ll get to see some other historical cities from around the area as well. Oooh, maybe a post-apocalyptic Cape Cod. How would that be for coastal? Providence, too…
Fallout 4 in boston = win im scottish but i know fallout and science go hand in hand so MIT? Well played if true. I think your player character should be the son/daughter or grandson/grandduaghter of the courier from fallout new vegas (canon male as it seems to from fallout history) but also the grandduaghter of the chosen one from fallout 2. That would be a great character backround. Also assuming bethesda make destroying the enclave movable base of fallout 3 canon you should establish contact with the dc chapter of the brotherhood of steel, who have crushed the super mutants of dc, reunieted with the outcasts and ventured fourth to new horizons. The lone wanderer of fallout 3 would have a mention and/or appearence if not a decendent of his (again the male canon lone wanderer) the decendent would be the opposite gender of your player beading the player of fallout 5 or whatever. Thoughts anyone?