Forum:Ideas on why they chose Vegas?

I'm just wondering if anyone on this site can think of any reasons why Bethesda and Obsidian may have chosen Sin City as the setting for New Vegas. Any ideas?--72.65.210.97 19:19, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Vegas is close to NCR.GodPlageon 19:37, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Vegas is a big town. Much can have happened since The Great War. AngryNorwegianDude 11:51, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm sure some of the older Fallout developers at Obsidian had a Fallout game set in Vegas on their wishlist before Beth gave them the oppoturnity. 77.25.136.111 12:48, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I bet the reason why they chose New Vegas was because everyone wanted to know what happened to all the major US cities,such as Vegas,New York and Hollywood.HuangLee 20:19, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Have you been to Vegas? It already manifested post-apocalypse morality before the bombs fell. The hardest part would be making it different enough so you could tell the difference. Maybe now, if you're caught counting cards, they make you part of the all-you-can-eat buffet. DreadPirateMurphy 17:20, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * True,i paid a visit to vegas once,but i thought i was strapped into Fallout:Virtual reality,christ,i could'nt go 2 minutes before getting an offer from a hooker,and don't get me counted on some of the casinos. You waste my time, motherfucker. 17:25, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

AREA 51. There, I said it.

area 51 i bet that will be in there so im guessing aleins arnt out the picture68.204.210.165 13:24, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

they might actually elaborate on the alien plot a bit!

Id love to see a bit happen outside of America. What ever happened to the British, European, Australian, Asian survivors? Surely there are other governments other than the Enclave that had their own agenda, especially in remote areas (Australia/New Zealand?) that were relatively unimportant/untargeted during the great war.

I think that a mayor reason for Vegas, is that they can start to tie together FO1 and 2 with FO3 and possibly future games, since FO1 and 2, both played out in the west coast. If you check the map at Fallout world article you can see that, (at least i see it), Las Vegas is located quite central and could have connections with NCR and of course the west coast BoS and still have some, just mabye, some connecton with the east coast. My totaly personal hope is that they revive some of the Van Buren plot and story. And they have J.E. Sawyer working on it, so i got my hopes for it. (Just wanted to say my opinion about area 51 and aliens... aint working for me, havent played mothership zeta yet, but it just seems faaaaaar out of the fallout feeling) --CptStarfish 10:59, September 24, 2009 (UTC)

Why Vegas? Well lets look at the obvious. It is already a desert so production value on the land scape does not have to be too high. Add a few cacti, maybe a few settlements and boom, you have a waste land. The biggest challenge would be making vegas look, well pretty much normal. Not to mention, that there is an Air Force base in vegas. I dont know if it exist in the FO universe but since Andrews did, why not that one. Area 51 could be a possiblity. Let us not forget that the United States did test a lot of atomic bombs there so massive radiation could be a factor. There are a lot of factors that could have gone into making FO:NV, that is if anybody actually did any research on the subject---Drop-Zone- 04:51, November 4, 2009 (UTC). And also maybe because it is mentioned already by TYCO, one of the characters of the fallout series, but it may have been picked because it is out west where the brotherhood of steel is. Any of these reasons could've been picked, but it is not our job to contridict, it is our job to play.

They just picked it because it's a different area. It'll probably be a more unique area than usual, because Vegas probably changed a lot in the Fallout timeline, and because the Vegas area in real life is different from the DC area, so therefore it could be a whole different wasteland than we're used to. Of course, it probably will be a desert, but as far as I know, DC/California have almost none of the same wildlife, so we could see giant cactus houses, giant scarabs, you know, stuff like that. I'm also looking forward to gambling minigames. --Toast 15:41, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

Lane The Slain: My geuss as to why they chose vegas is that its an major metropolis adn there is a nuclear missle outpost just ten miles away from Vegas. (Yes they had nuclear missles in the fiftiies.) What I'm particualry interested in is what kind of mutations there will be in Vegas... I'm hoping giant rattlesnakes or somthing...

Assuming it's in all of Nevada and simply focused on Vegas rather than entirely in Vegas, there is a ski hill and lake that would provide an interesting couple of areas. --Toast 22:03, November 19, 2009 (UTC)

And also maybe because it is mentioned already by TYCO, one of the characters of the fallout series, but it may have been picked because it is out west where the brotherhood of steel is. Any of these reasons could've been picked, but it is not our job to contridict, it is our job to play. Lord Vontavious 20:52, November 20, 2009 (UTC)

Bethesda probably wanted to stay close to the original series. This could be they're way of doing New Reno. Also i hope Area 51, the Grand Canyon, and the Brotherhood are essential to story. And lots of References to The Hangover and Fear and Loathing, with some Sinatra music and Godfather.
 * BETHESDA IS NOT DEVELOPING THE GAME YOU 'TARDS. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/4/4a/Naglowaa_se.gif/11px-Naglowaa_se.gif Tagaziel (call!) 10:45, December 13, 2009 (UTC)

People already have a good idea what Vegas is like, even if it's got to be "converted" to the FO3 timeline. It's visually impressive, allows alot of leeway in making it graphically "far out" and as above is next door to Area 51!! Gunner Bill 17:55, December 13, 2009 (UTC)

Holy Fucking shit if the guys who write this are even semi-intelligent there will be an enormous Enclave base at area 51. and a lot of military super tech. No fucking aliens though i know they will be there but i hope they Nix those little green bastards Antily3f 04:09, December 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Obsidian is intelligent and creative, so there won't be an enormous Enclave base there, but something original for a change. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/4/4a/Naglowaa_se.gif/11px-Naglowaa_se.gif Tagaziel (call!) 08:11, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Mabey you arent aware but Area 51 is a Military Aircraft Testing Facility where they experiment with the new ideas for Aircraft technology. The Enclave are The remnants of the U.S. Military so given a well thought out plot line they would instictivly reclaim all pre-war military bases and Area 51 would eb a very logical choice if it was still intact of course. Antily3f 04:27, December 17, 2009 (UTC)
 * If it's a well hought out plot, then the Enclave will be a minor footnote, not the core focus. They've featured as main enemies in two games already, putting them in a third one would be unnecessary and stupid. Van Buren didn't need Enclave as the main enemy, as the developers had other, better ideas and I expect the same from Obsidian. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/4/4a/Naglowaa_se.gif/11px-Naglowaa_se.gif Tagaziel (call!) 08:50, December 17, 2009 (UTC)

They probably decided to have in in Vegas because you can explore all of the abandoned casino's and i was playing FO3 today and i talked to Lyons, he said that the Brotherhood of Steel was made out west, so maybe they will incorporate the origin of the BOS
 * It's already covered and included. In Fallout 1. If you're posting here, at least have the courtesy to check on what was in previous games. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/4/4a/Naglowaa_se.gif/11px-Naglowaa_se.gif Tagaziel (call!) 08:36, December 18, 2009 (UTC)

Vegas' situation will probably be like Redding's in FO2 to the tenth power: a shiny bauble that's just within reach of several regional powers.--OvaltinePatrol 23:18, January 27, 2010 (UTC)