Summary
AFallout 3player online has noticed an interesting piece of foreshadowing relating directly toFallout 76. It’s cool to see that players still have some things to discover aboutFallout 3, 16 years after its initial release.
When it was released back in 2008,Fallout 3received a ton of praise for its attention to detail. In fact, it’s a praise that has been levied at plenty of Bethesda titles in the years since. The gamewas Bethesda’s first effort into the post-apocalyptic franchise, and there are plenty ofthings players missed inFallout 3thanks to the sheer level of detail included in the game. With the game now 16 years old, it’s fascinating that players are still discovering new things aboutFallout 3, even if this particular detail was retroactively made relevant by the mere existence ofFallout 76.
Redditor BoyDynamo shared their discovery online, which is found on a terminal inFallout 3. When scouring the terminal for a list of “DC Area Vault Listings,” Vault 76 appears. There’s even a full entry on the terminal, mentioning the goal of thisFalloutVaultis to reopen to the world after 20 years, just as it does inFallout 76. While it’s almost certainly not the case that Bethesda planned the existence of the game as far back as 2008, it is cool to see that the studio pulled from existing lore when it came to deciding the Vault to be featured inFallout 76.
Fallout 76 Foreshadowing Found in Fallout 3
Other gamers in the thread pointed out thatFallout 3features plenty of foreshadowing that can be seen in later games in the series.Fallout 4’s Institute storylineis heavily alluded to in the quest, “The Replicated Man,” showing that some of these Bethesda references are thought through years in advance. The discovery of these kinds of things leads many to wonder about the kind of foreshadowing details that currently exist forFallout 5that are currently unknown.
Bethesda remains quiet on the future of theFalloutfranchise. The studio is currently in the middle of development ofThe Elder Scrolls 6, which certainly doesn’t seem set to release any time soon. It will be interesting to see what the solution is for Bethesda, as it certainly won’t hand out the IP to a third-party developer lightly. It was recently revealed thatBaldur’s Gate 3developer Larian was interested in making aFalloutgame, and while it’s unlikely at this point, revisiting this idea would certainly be the dream scenario for many.
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