Fallout 4: 10 Locations That Could Be The Next New Vegas

3. Montana

The old American mid-west is one of the most characteristic, iconic areas in the history of the US - the home of country music, Native American reservations, and plenty of precious metal deposits. With its mix of mountains, vast rural plains, and small, sleepy towns and cities, it'd make a beautiful and haunting backdrop for the next Fallout game. There's little reason to think that Montana would've been targeted in the Great War, with no massive urban centres or places of strategic military interest, so it could act as a kind of 'forgotten land' in the Fallout universe. Of course, it'd still be blighted by radiation, and its lack of infrastructure compared to the more urban areas of other Fallout games means that the settlements scattered across its diverse landscape are living life on the very brink. In Fallout: New Vegas, we learn that there are still active coal mines in Montana, while in Fallout 3 we hear about a Brotherhood of Steel hideout out here known as the Montana bunker. We also know that the Great Khans raider gang and the savage White Legs tribe from New Vegas have a presence in Wyoming, so could easily have spread to Montana and made the area more hostile. Perhaps the main story could revolve around the over-powerful mining corporation, exploiting the unprotected locals to maximise profits. A Fallout game set in Montana should emphasise the scarcity of civilisation and lack of defences against attackers. Even as you're kicking back in a cosy bar while listening to a beardy old man strumming some tune on his guitar, towns and settlements would be vulnerable to attack from raiders capitalising on the fact that nobody has risen up to defend the area. It'd be a tough old life out in the mid-west, but an awesome one all the same.