This is an experimental travel project where I tried to assess the similarities and differences between the Bethesda Fallouts and the places they’re set. It covers Washington D.C. and the Capital Wasteland, Point Lookout in Maryland, Fallout 4’s Commonwealth, Far Harbor in Maine, and the great state of West Virginia. It’s not completely comprehensive and includes some best guesses and mistakes. Nevertheless, this represents my best possible attempt to find the intersection of fact and fiction in the Fallout universe.
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Introduction– 0:39
Fallout 3– 3:30
Point Lookout– 49:05
Fallout 4– 1:06:46
Far Harbor– 1:59:10
Fallout 76– 2:12:44
Credits– 3:12:12
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01:46:46 The point here about it being a shame that the Fallout 3/4 maps aren't more verdant and colourful: I'm not sure it does make a lot of sense for the environments in those games to look the way that they do. Looking at the real world sites of nuclear disasters, you will mostly see the opposite of what we get in the 3D Fallouts. If anything these places are where nature takes the land back, growing through ageing infrastructure. I understand that wouldn't sell the world as post-apocalyptic as effectively as a grey horizon of burnt husks, but after 200 years!? Nature would have more than recovered and it smacks of missed opportunity i say. At least there are mods that address this 😛
3+ hours of smiling plays havoc on my cheek muscles
Well, now I can't wait for a new Fallout game despite not being particularly interested in one since New Vegas
So it's surreal to see my home town and city talked about in one of these videos, but hey, here we are. Concord, and the Minutemen Historical Reenactments, were just a part of life growing up there
You missed the "Hell house alter" when you were exploring Daniels.
Picturing the shadowy figure hissing "we'll get the bastard next time" as a crew in the background dismantles the naval yard
Thanks!
By Mothman's ROCKIN' ass, what a fun video :3
Your travelogues are amazing stuff Noah! I'm a Maine native living in the South now and this was like a scenic trip from where I live now to where I grew up. It makes me happy that you enjoyed Acadia so much.
I love the way you write, and the way you narrate it. Really great job on these latest two travelogs.
Growing up in the dc/md area and now being in boston, this was an electric video to me. It is absolutely amazing to learn so much about places I've passed by so often
Your travelougues are always my favorite but it's so wild to hear you talk about Boston! I'm so used to you visiting places i'm not familiar with!
2:25:37 – Noah's hands slightly quiver as they approach the absolutely swol Mothman ass.
very sick. thanks so much, hope to see more great stuff like this
General, another settlement needs your help. Here, I'll mark it on your map.
I've never been one for travel vlog videos and to be honest I skipped the last one you posted because it just didn't look interesting me. However, I took a chance on this video because it had been so long since seeing new content from you. This has got to be probably one of my favorite videos of yours. I never expected to go on a 3 hour history tour across so many different locations and learn so much, but here I am, utterly marveled at the fact that you went on this real life journey across the east coast all for the sake of checking out some spots related to a video game.
I love your work and love having your voice in my ear while I'm working. You are the best writer on YouTube I know and I was so glad I got to experience this. I now have a lust to go exploring in the same manner and hope I get the chance one day. Thank you for your hard work and dedication Noah, you are truly amazing and one-of-a-kind.
1:30:43 sleeping security guard
A couple of times in the latter parts of this video I looked away from the screen and looked back only to have to take a split second to figure out whether I was looking at game footage or your own irl footage. Well done!
Only in America can you hate it so much think so ill of it, and believe it will animate with all the power and fury of a totalitarian state. Then make a 3-hour documentary about that belief knowing that you will never be whisked off to jail for sedition, or unpatriotic sentiment, and make money from advertising.
Got to love how just so much smarter you are to be cynical about our nation. Good on you. You have the right of the world, you're just so much smarter than us dub rubes that like, I don't know like our nation. Must be really hard for you to live in this nation with use kinds of people. People that just cant like see the world for what is really is man.
Oh and yeah the Smithsonian is always a 3 trip to DC minimum to see all you would really want to. Best joke to have a tourists/family coming to DC is when they say "I want to see the Smithsonian," then you get to say, "Assume which one." It blows everyone's mind every time.
Also Also, the one grave it should have been the tomb of the unknown soldier. Oh hey look 46:02 there is even an arrow pointing to it, guess it has to be in a Pip-boy for you to notice. But at least you got the vibe of Arlington. I will take what I can from a socialist.
Loved the video, incredibly interesting – was really looking forward to seeing you stumble over my last name though lol
44:29 except for George H.W Bush