Fallout 4

Boston wasteland game

Fallout 4 is a 2015 open-world video game set in a post-nuclear Boston, the fourth main installment in the Fallout series.

Players emerge from an underground vault two centuries after atomic war to explore the irradiated wasteland, build settlements, and navigate conflicts between factions.

The game is known for its retro-futuristic aesthetic, extensive modding community, and the companion Dogmeat: I lost another weekend to Fallout 4.

setting

Commonwealth

Association of sovereign states

Bunker Hill · Fenway Park · Massachusetts · post-apocalyptic · wasteland · vaults · ruins · settlements · Quincy · USS Constitution

themes

nuclear war

Armed conflict using fission weapons

survival · rebuilding · moral ambiguity · identity · humanity · technology · isolation · scarcity · hope · desolation

gameplay

crafting

Skillful manual creation

levelling · scrapping · fast travel · lockpicking · hacking · bobbleheads

factions

Minutemen

Colonial instant-ready militia

Curie · Hancock

franchise

Bethesda

Maryland city near Washington

Opposites
franchise sequence

Fallout 4Fallout

Post-apocalyptic gaming franchise

New Vegas · Arcanum

game setting/atmosphere

Fallout 4Animal Crossing

Life simulation franchise

The Sims · Minecraft · Journey · Breath of the Wild · No Man's Sky

post-apocalyptic vs utopian fiction

Fallout 4Star Trek

Spacefaring TV franchise

Utopia · Brave New World · The Jetsons · Wakanda · solarpunk

Family

fall, out, falls, fell, fallen, falling, faller, downfall, outfall

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Rated PG-13