The Den’s location is very similar to that of the real world town of Weed, CA, which is basically a pit stop and intersection between Interstate 5 and highway that heads Northeast that is notable primarily for its name.

In Fallout 2, the pipe rifle is about the best weapon available in Klamath, and is found in Trader Vic’s shack.Īfter Klamath, most players will end up in The Den, where they need to help Trader Vic escape from Metzger’s slavers. Its location would make it, after the end of the world, an ideal spot for trapping and agriculture. The city is located close to the Oregon-California border and is adjacent both to the high desert endemic to the eastern portions of both states as well as more fertile wheat fields and swampy wetlands to the south. A community of farmers, moonshine brewers, and especially trappers, the real world Klamath is a region around the city of Klamath Falls, Oregon. The first town most players will visit out of Arroyo is Klamath. After every town visited while following the main quest, the enemies get tougher and appear in greater numbers, so sharp players will get whatever weapons they can each time they get to a new town. This is integral to the plot, because save for those few characters who survive using melee or thrown weapon skills, obtaining better weaponry allows the player to move forward with the game without endless deaths and constant re-loading. These communities provide to most players the first Fallout 2 weapons more powerful than a spear. The First Plot-Significant Locales That Exist in Our World The Sierra Army Depot, found during a mob quest originating in New Reno, is analogous to a real-life ammunition storage depot fairly close to Susanville, California. The Fallout 2 town of Den, for example, is quite close in location to the California town of Weed. Other major locations in the game are also at least analogous to locations in our world if not named identically. New Reno, and San Francisco are all directly analogous to the real world towns and regions with similar, if not always identical, names.

Specifically, and in general order of appearance, Klamath, Redding, Modoc,

But aside from the village itself, many of the major towns in Fallout 2 can actually be found on a map of the US West Coast. Arroyo itself doesn’t exist in our world, and in the game was founded after the Vault Dweller of Fallout 1 led a group of people into the rugged terrain of Southern Oregon to find a decent, well protected place to start a settlement.

This attention to geographic detail is enjoyable as well as integral to the Fallout 2 plot, which deals with the meeting between the player’s character - the Chosen One of the village Arroyo - and the malevolent intentions of the Enclave.Īlthough the game begins in Arroyo with the Chosen One being sent out by the village elders to save the town, most of the action takes place further south, often in recognizable (to Northern California residents anyway) locations that exist in Southern Oregon, Northern California, and even bits of Nevada. The Fallout 2 Plot: Post-Apocalyptic Gaming In Towns From The Real Worldįor anyone who has lived or worked in Northern California, playing Fallout 2 is especially fun due to the ability to visit the hypothetical surviving cities of the region, many of which are based on real world locations.

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