The Fallout series prides itself on being a satirical take on a post-apocalyptic version of the United States, but many of its locations and structures are either based on or are straight copies of real world areas, and one fan has traveled to most of them. Although the more recent Bethesda-developed games in the Fallout franchise have taken place on the eastern coast of the United States, in areas such as West Virginia for Fallout 76, Washington D.C. for Fallout 3, and Boston, Massachusetts for Fallout 4, the original games all took place in the west.

Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout: New Vegas featured drastically different environments than those found in the Fallout series’ later entries. While Fallout 4 and, to and even greater extent, Fallout 76, feature large amounts of lush greenery and decaying civilization, the version of the future presented in the earlier titles shows a dusty, widely spread-out version humanity which has not only moved past the apocalypse but has nearly completely forgotten how things used to be before. Steep canyon cliffs, long stretches of empty desert, and the feeling of surprise a player has when suddenly discovering sigsn of life after so much nothingness are all things which made for a quintessential early Fallout game experience.

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One player decided to have that experience for himself, as evidenced in the YouTube video from Noah Caldwell-Gervais embedded below. In the video (which is one of multiple travelogues Caldwell-Gervais has uploaded to his YouTube channel) he travels to multiple locations in the real world which correspond to locations featured in the early Fallout games, documenting the similarities and differences as he does so. Notable locations include a visit to the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona (which Caldwell-Gervias says is quite like Vault 13) and the city of Belmont, Nevada, which looks suspiciously like Nipton of Fallout: New Vegas fame. Check it out:

For players familiar with the Obsidian Entertainment-developed Fallout games, Caldwell-Gervais’ video is likely not only interesting but also nostalgic, as many of the locations visited above do a good job of evoking feelings and thoughts associated with those earlier Fallout titles. From the real world version of The Glow from the original Fallout to the actual Hoover Dam from New Vegas’ finale, the video is filled to the brim with both interesting locations and informative commentary about both Americana history and the Fallout series in general.

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With much of the world stuck inside due to current global pandemic warnings, travel videos such as these provide a way to explore and experience new places and stories without ever leaving the safety of home. For anyone interested in the history of the Fallout series, or the real world locations which inspired the game’s developers, this video is a perfect way to pass a few hours of time.

Source: Noah Caldwell-Gervais/YouTube

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