The Fallout franchise is one of the most long-standing high-profile franchises in gaming history, and it is easy to see why. The dystopian RPGs have understandably altered core details of the IP over time in a bid to keep things fresh, but there is one factor of the games that has remained constant: the gripping locations in which they are set.
Across the mainline Fallout titles, their respective DLCs, and several spin-off titles under the franchise, there are numerous locations that the games have explored over the series' 25 year existence. Despite all being afflicted by nuclear warfare, these different locations all have their own unique charms and intricacies. Although Fallout Tactics and Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel feature unique locations including Colorado, Illinois, and Texas, their lack of canonicity means they don't appear here.
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The first ever setting featured within the Fallout franchise was the contested area of New California. Considering that the United States is practically unrecognizable in the Fallout universe due to nuclear war, many of the settings in the games are loosely defined enclave areas that have developed out of the ruins of pre-war locations, and New California is no different.
New California was the primary setting of the original Fallout, which released in 1997. A relatively ambiguously-defined area that shifts with the politics of the land, New California spans over most of pre-war California, Nevada, Oregon, and parts of Mexico.
The area is perhaps most well known for being the center of the New California Republic faction. One of the largest post-war factions, the NCR is a federal republic spanning well across New
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