When pondering of vacation locations, Fallout 76’s irradiated wasteland won’t be the primary place that springs to thoughts. But the state of West Virginia desires you to give attention to the landscapes, surroundings, and terrifying mutated creatures folklore, and take into account heading out to see them in particular person. They’ve put out a video of a Vault-tec bobblehead hanging out subsequent to the state capitol constructing to entice you in:
Sorry-not-sorry for getting that music caught in your head once more.
West Virginia governor Jim Justice said of the partnership: “We have it all: beautiful scenery, the best people you could ask for and more. And now, we get to share a piece of that with people all over the world through the unique lens of this video game.”
The game actually seems to be fairly, however Bethesda’s slew of anti-griefing measures could not encourage confidence that the game will include solely “the best people you could ask for.” On the opposite hand, Governor Justice made a surprise switch from the Democratic occasion to the Republican occasion in the course of a Trump rally in August 2017, calling him a “great president,” so suffice to say that his interpretation of “best people” doubtless differs from mine anyway.
Regardless, I’m certain West Virginia itself is beautiful, and that it has many great inhabitants. The tourism board says that there can be “promotional events, exclusive tours and special Vault Boy sightings…announced in the coming weeks,” as a part of the scheme.
It’s not the primary time that the Fallout collection’ real-world places have capitalised on their video game equivalents. The Pioneer Saloon in Goodsprings, Nevada, has a framed copy of Fallout: New Vegas hanging on the wall to greet Courier 6 impressed vacationers. Personally, I recall getting excited at the opportunity of a layover in New Las Vegas’s McCarran International Airport after I was travelling a couple of years in the past (and equally ending up disenchanted when it didn’t occur), so I can positively see the enchantment.
What the tourism board thinks of the truth that Bethesda appears to be extraordinarily excited to allow you to obliterate its in-game model of their lovely state with nuclear weapons isn’t clear.
Fallout 76 can be releasing on November 14th.
