A lot of playtime in the 3D Fallout games is spent traversing across long stretches of desert, hoping you'll come across a new location or at least a new terrifying mutated creature to run away from. It can get awful lonely, let alone boring. That's why Fallout 3 had those two radio stations you could tune into. Radio stations which replayed the same couple of doo-wop songs and bits of chatter from either the infuriating shock-jock Three Dog, or else Malcolm McClaren talking a lot about baseball. That ended up being more irritating than just strolling along in silence for hours. The return of the pip-boy means, presumably, a return for the radio. Galaxy News Radio has been glimpsed on advertising banners in the Fallout 4 trailer, and voice of Three Dog Erik Dellums has hinted at a return. In the age of Grand Theft Auto V's multiple, dynamic radio stations with scores of songs and different shows depending on your environment, that level of between-battle banter just won't cut it.
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