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What's wrong with the world map in Fallout 4? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 3 months ago by Trudov@lemmy.world to c/fallout@lemmy.world
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Hey everyone, I noticed some weird things on the world map in Fallout 4 that completely contradict the lore:

  • US and Canada: Why are they still divided by a border? According to the lore, the US fully annexed Canada in 2076 after years of occupation.

  • USSR vs. Russia/CIS: Why do we see the modern borders of the Russian Federation and CIS countries instead of the Soviet Union? In the Fallout universe, the USSR never dissolved and lasted until the Great War of 2077.

  • The Mediterranean Sea: And most importantly, what happened to the Mediterranean? It's filled with the same green color as the land, just like the Black, Caspian, and Baltic seas. Could the Atlantropa project have been implemented in the Fallout timeline?

Is there an in-game lore explanation for this? Or is it just lazy developers?

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[-] mcz@lemmy.world 47 points 3 months ago

Actual lore explanation:

they flood filled it

[-] dabu@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I am 100℅ sure nobody gave a thought, they just put the first sepia map on there

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

There is a weird pair of islands to the bottom right of Australia.

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

New Zealand?

[-] thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.app 7 points 3 months ago

Before looking it up, I could excuse that a few land masses resurfaced after the ocean got cooked a little

[-] scholar@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

It's possible that whoever owned this map hadn't updated it after Canada was annexed. The rest is more difficult to explain away.

[-] rowinxavier@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Some things I have noticed.

It looks like the Red Sea is also filled in.

It appears that other areas at the north of Europe have had some areas filled.

Sri Lanka now appears to have a land bridge to India.

Lake Victoria and Lake Malawi are both also filled in.

Sudan and South Sudan are just one country, which makes sense given that change was only recognised in 2011.

[-] albbi@piefed.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Great Lakes? No. Independent states? Yes.

[-] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

RIP Hawai'i.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

There is no baltic sea

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 12 points 3 months ago

And the Mediterranean has become ... terrainean.

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There is though. It has merely shrunk.

[-] Klear@piefed.world 4 points 3 months ago

It's because Bethesda doesn't give a crap about Fallout, the whole game is basically a post-apocalyptic theme park.

[-] 5oap10116@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

They permanently closed the Strait of Hormuz for shipping traffic

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