Similar here- I played Fallout first, never played FO2, then went into FO3- and I don't want to revisit or rehash any of'em. I want to go forward, not backward. :fallout:

Some parts of it sounds interesting but FEV? Again? Talking Deathclaws? Again? Deathclaws vs Gun Runners? Again?

We could go to some cut places that were in VB
like
Dogtown
or the grand-canyon

This is the best idea I've seen so far, I love the Hollywood idea (I'm a movie scholar so something like that excites me) I also like the area 51 idea. I loved the Dunwich building, but I think there should be more of a pay of at the end then just a UFO flying away.But I love everythign that came before it.

Hollywood is a pretty good idea .
Just imagine an "escape from LA" type feel to it.
With a faction of twisted cosmetic surgeons .

Dogtown also, run into large packs of dogs 6 to 8 at a time. that would be great.

I would love Necropolis just cause it's based off of Bako, but anyplace inCali would be great.

Wouldn't you want someplace that you know... hasn't been done to death in Fallout?

Necropolis isn't interesting enough for an expansion IMO.
Just play fallout 1 and you'll see.
It had it's problem and the Vault Dweller fixed it.
Not much reason to go there really.

In fact, I think they should leave all old locations alone.
Why not do a DLC in a completely new area instead?

I like the Hollywood idea. Imagine ghoulified, delusional movie stars convinced that they're still as beautiful and famous as they ever were, and maybe some kind of feuding factions that started off as an argument between two pre-war child stars that blew out of proportion as their skin fell off and turned into an all-out war?

Hell, what about a mad scientist and his teenage protege who are convinced they've traveled into the post-apocalyptic future, when in reality they're just pre-war actors who went ghoul and can't tell the difference between their characters and themselves anymore?

There's too much ghoulish fun to be had.

Hollywood would be the perfect place for Wild Wasteland stuff to not actually be out of place, too.

I like the idea of the Grand Canyon. Could have lots of mercenary groups fighting in and around it, some small settlements within the canyon etc. As well as an Indiana Jones easter egg ^.^

I have a feeling that any DLC made will take place relatively far away and away from the direction of the West Coast. I say this because I would think Obsidian would like to utilize the rare opportunity of creating 5~ new settings that are separate from the main game to expand upon The West's lore, like Bethesda did with The East. Take for example The Pitt and Point Lookout. Not only did those DLC mention a handful of new locations on the East Coast that were never mentioned in the vanilla game, but they also provided additional lore for locations that were. And they also expanded upon the locations on the East Coast we've been able to visit. Fallout 1 and 2 were able to take place in an entire state and more, but Fallout 3 did not have that luxury and used DLC to go around that problem. Or rather, attempted to. The Pitt and Point Lookout were the only DLCs that did so, but I expect that Obsidian will want to create DLCs like those two.

I feel that doing this (expanding upon the lore of the West via DLC set in various new locations) would be a great way to ensure that Obsidian will have a new place to set their next game, if Bethesda ever talks to them about doing another. Just like Fallout 3 was based off a real location (Washington D.C) and how Fallout 4 will likely be set in a fictional location (The Commonwealth), I suspect that Obsidian will want to base their next game on a fictional setting that they came up with, after getting a foothold in the West again with New Vegas. And the best way to do that, imo, is to expand upon the lore of the West using DLC.

Just my two cents.

I love this idea and Dogtown. Very interesting places(I think I may hate Dogtown because of Resident Evil...effing dogs..)

reaper no. 122 all i can say is this

U LOST ME !

i think a dlc in salt lake city would be interesting because i never heard of anything that took place there, they could make there own story line there and its not really far away

To be honest, I'd take 1-2 expansions over 5 DLCs. Expansions usually have alot more love crafted into them, DLCs are basically speedily rushed with new weapons or armor.

Don't think that's possible:

I think you're misconstruing that. I think it's simply being used as a methods of saying 'Rats and Mantises could end up populating and reproducing at such a rapid rate it'd likely conquer that of a dense city.'

That doesnt neccassarily mean that it's saying Salt Lake City specifically.

Sure it's possible, we'd just be doing nothing but killing Mantises is all. Fun.



I see no reason why he would use Salt Lake City unless they specifically breed in that city. It'd be like describing the rat problem in New York City by saying the number of rats there could cover San Francisco. Why not just use New York City?

Because he never specifys what type. It could either specifically mean SLC, or it could mean a city the size of SLC. Theres a myriad of possibilitys to what Chris Avellone meant about those.

When he says "they cover the Salt Lake City area like blankets," it sounds an awful lot like he means they do actually cover it like blankets. I imagine if he was talking hypothetically he would say "could cover the Salt Lake City area like blankets," or "could cover an area the size of Salt Lake City like blankets."

But, of course, you could always just shoot his http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/user/591393-chris-avellone/ here a PM and ask him yourself. Or ask him in the Meet the Devs thread. I'm sure he wouldn't find it too much trouble to answer a quick lore question, provided he remembers what he really meant when he wrote that.

Wow, my minds going rogue. When I first read Gabs qoute, I read it as 'COULD cover', and now that I reread, I dont see that could anymore. Damn misreadings. :cryvaultboy:

Oh yeah because the run and gun dungeon crawlers were awesome in fallout 3.
Actually.. I loved O:A... :blush:

The only things i care to see carried over from 3 is hearing of project purity and its progress in cw. Maybe some BOS convoys with water, or the discussion of a pipeline. Liberty Prime died. Maybe having him return as a conputer mainframe, but so many of his components would have been one-off exotic components, hes damn near irreplaceable, RIP Prime. You fought the good fight well.

This is nothing that hasn't already been suggested in previous threads, but I think it's worth reiterating in this thread.

I'd love to see Obsidian's take on an "Area 51" DLC.

The Mothership Zeta DLC from FO3 had storyline potential with the dialog between the survivors of different time periods and the alien archive recordings, but it ultimately wound up being an excuse to put a spaceship in the game, to blow up a bunch of aliens and score some gear you wouldn't otherwise get in the capital wasteland and despite the cool gear, it wound up being the least favorite DLC, at least in my book.

I'd love to see more B-Movie Sci-Fi camp mixed in with some 50's McCarthyism style paranoia induced by the evidence of these aliens.