2. Salem Will Probably Be In The Game
Another noteworthy fact about the map (that's way too exciting not to have its own heading) is that it covers Salem - the site of the infamous witch trials in 1692 during which over 20 women were executed for alleged witchcraft. Now, Salem in the 17th century and Salem in a post-nuclear 23rd century are probably two very different places, but surely Bethesda can implement some poetic license here and make the reputedly occult and spooky town a place of some note in Fallout 4? There could be an all-womens' faction, for example, embittered by events all those hundreds of years ago and now ruling over the town with an iron fist. Or perhaps it could contain an occult group, with a quest-line that sees you dig deeper and deeper into the organisation. Whatever the case, Salem - with its black wooden houses and creepy colonial architecture - will almost certainly be in the game, and it'd be a sin punishable by the Pear of Anguish (which I won't explain here) if Bethesda didn't take advantage of the setting.
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