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- The map was created using Google Maps API, specifically Google My Maps. The map has been recently updated to include faction maps, in-game maps, and Fallout 4 locations (finally!) Any suggestions or feedback would be greatly appreciated! Sources include the Nukepedia, the Vault, and the Fallout Bible.
- Fallout 4 ' s map is 5.4 x 5.4 miles or 30 square miles. Fallout 76 ' s map is around 4 times bigger than Fallout 4 ' s map (Roughly 120 Square Miles). In Fallout there is a total of 12 locations. In Fallout 2 there is a total of 22 locations.
- Seems like the FO4 map is a bit warped compared to real life, which is not unexpected, just interesting. When you compare the actual and FO4 maps next to each other (instead of overlaid), you can see that the swamp area is a lot further north than in real life and the Charles River takes on a completely different shape.
If you played Fallout 3, and have ever been to Washington, D.C., you know Bethesda uses some artistic license on geography. The same is true of Fallout 4, but the game also includes a surprising number of real places that you can actually visit, from famous landmarks to more obscure locations.
Diamond City, AKA Fenway Park
Fallout 4 has a huge world map that might take some time to travel. This world map is confirmed to be almost 2-3x the size of Fallout 3 and bigger than the world map featured in The Elder Scrolls.
Mutants on the outside, snobs on the inside, booze and fighting in and all around it… it's nice to see that Fenway hasn't changed after the apocalypse. You can even go on a quest to help paint the Green Monster.
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Goodneighbor, AKA The Old State House
Early on in the game, you'll find the smuggler's enclave of Goodneighbor, which is supposed to be Boston's old Scollay Square. Download game psp highly compressed 10mb android. The geography is actually wrong, there, as Scollay Square became Government Center, a couple of blocks away. But Hancock, Goodneighbor's leader, hangs out in The Old State House, and that's accurate, right down to the fact that yes, there is in fact a subway station underneath the building. They even mostly get the interior right.
The Railroad's Hideout, AKA The Old North Church
One of the cradles of American liberty, the Old North Church is where Paul Revere saw those two lanterns and began his ride. Well, in the poem, anyway; in reality, thank Samuel Prescott. While the North End is a bit more cramped in the game than it is in reality, which is saying something, the Old North Church is in the correct location… and if you visit the steeple, you can find two lanterns inside it.
Feral Ghoul Central, AKA The Old Granary Burying Ground
No, Bethesda did not throw in a random graveyard full of ghouls just to mess with you: The Old Granary Burying Ground is a very real cemetery and the burial site of several major players in the American Revolution. In a nice touch, it does also happen to be along the Freedom Trail.
The Bunker Hill Monument
No, they didn't just recycle the Washington Memorial model from Fallout 3! Boston does in fact have a phallic stone monument of its very own, and it is indeed located in Charlestown. It's also a lot easier to get to in the game than it is in real life. Seriously, it's in the middle of nowhere: Couldn't the American Revolution fight its battles in places more accessible to public transit?
The Massachusetts State House
The general location is a little off, but yes, The Departed did not exaggerate, we really do have a statehouse with a gold dome.
Walden Pond
Yes, the pond memorialized by Henry David Thoreau in a book loved by high-school students who will dream of being environmentalists until they discover recycling is way easier can be found in the game. There's not much to do there, though, just like in real life.
The USS Constitution
While in the game, the Constitution has a few, ah, modifications, in reality, the Constitution is available to tour. It also happens to be a fully functional Navy ship, staffed by regular Navy, so why they didn't join up with the Brotherhood of Steel is beyond us.
The Boston Public Library
While the BPL is decidedly not just down the street from Fenway Park, the building is accurate right down to having Copley Station underneath it. No, we cannot explain why Boston has put so many subway stations under actual landmarks. It's a cramped city, OK?
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Monsignor Plaza AKA The Cambridgeside Galleria
Oddly, the game accurately portrays the location, of all things, of one of Boston's few malls. When you're sent here on a mission, the location in relation to Kendall Square is pretty spot on, and the name might even be a play off the Monsignor O'Brien Highway that runs right past the mall in real life.
Prost Bar, aka The Bull & Finch
If you poke around near the Hatchshell, you'll find 'Prost Bar.' Prost, of course, is German for 'Cheers!,' and that's more or less the location of the Bull & Finch, the original bar that inspired Cheers. Missing, however, are the throngs of tourists and residents snorting in contempt at said tourists.
If you played Fallout 3, and have ever been to Washington, D.C., you know Bethesda uses some artistic license on geography. The same is true of Fallout 4, but the game also includes a surprising number of real places that you can actually visit, from famous landmarks to more obscure locations.
Diamond City, AKA Fenway Park
Fallout 4 has a huge world map that might take some time to travel. This world map is confirmed to be almost 2-3x the size of Fallout 3 and bigger than the world map featured in The Elder Scrolls.
Mutants on the outside, snobs on the inside, booze and fighting in and all around it… it's nice to see that Fenway hasn't changed after the apocalypse. You can even go on a quest to help paint the Green Monster.
Fallout Real Life
Goodneighbor, AKA The Old State House
Early on in the game, you'll find the smuggler's enclave of Goodneighbor, which is supposed to be Boston's old Scollay Square. Download game psp highly compressed 10mb android. The geography is actually wrong, there, as Scollay Square became Government Center, a couple of blocks away. But Hancock, Goodneighbor's leader, hangs out in The Old State House, and that's accurate, right down to the fact that yes, there is in fact a subway station underneath the building. They even mostly get the interior right.
The Railroad's Hideout, AKA The Old North Church
One of the cradles of American liberty, the Old North Church is where Paul Revere saw those two lanterns and began his ride. Well, in the poem, anyway; in reality, thank Samuel Prescott. While the North End is a bit more cramped in the game than it is in reality, which is saying something, the Old North Church is in the correct location… and if you visit the steeple, you can find two lanterns inside it.
Feral Ghoul Central, AKA The Old Granary Burying Ground
No, Bethesda did not throw in a random graveyard full of ghouls just to mess with you: The Old Granary Burying Ground is a very real cemetery and the burial site of several major players in the American Revolution. In a nice touch, it does also happen to be along the Freedom Trail.
The Bunker Hill Monument
No, they didn't just recycle the Washington Memorial model from Fallout 3! Boston does in fact have a phallic stone monument of its very own, and it is indeed located in Charlestown. It's also a lot easier to get to in the game than it is in real life. Seriously, it's in the middle of nowhere: Couldn't the American Revolution fight its battles in places more accessible to public transit?
The Massachusetts State House
The general location is a little off, but yes, The Departed did not exaggerate, we really do have a statehouse with a gold dome.
Walden Pond
Yes, the pond memorialized by Henry David Thoreau in a book loved by high-school students who will dream of being environmentalists until they discover recycling is way easier can be found in the game. There's not much to do there, though, just like in real life.
The USS Constitution
While in the game, the Constitution has a few, ah, modifications, in reality, the Constitution is available to tour. It also happens to be a fully functional Navy ship, staffed by regular Navy, so why they didn't join up with the Brotherhood of Steel is beyond us.
The Boston Public Library
While the BPL is decidedly not just down the street from Fenway Park, the building is accurate right down to having Copley Station underneath it. No, we cannot explain why Boston has put so many subway stations under actual landmarks. It's a cramped city, OK?
How Small Is Fallout 4 Map
Monsignor Plaza AKA The Cambridgeside Galleria
Oddly, the game accurately portrays the location, of all things, of one of Boston's few malls. When you're sent here on a mission, the location in relation to Kendall Square is pretty spot on, and the name might even be a play off the Monsignor O'Brien Highway that runs right past the mall in real life.
Prost Bar, aka The Bull & Finch
If you poke around near the Hatchshell, you'll find 'Prost Bar.' Prost, of course, is German for 'Cheers!,' and that's more or less the location of the Bull & Finch, the original bar that inspired Cheers. Missing, however, are the throngs of tourists and residents snorting in contempt at said tourists.
And Even The Little Stuff
For all the stuff that Bethesda changes around, they do get the smaller things right. For example, the subways stops you can explore all more or less correspond to their actual locations. Park Street is indeed on the upper right edge of Boston Common, 'College Square' stands in for Kendall in Cambridge, and you can find the Andrew stop in South Boston, although your Pip-Boy doesn't agree with the signage. That said, don't expect them to be full of radioactivity and mutants. Just giant roaches.
These are just our favorites; there are plenty of others to stumble over as you explore the Commonwealth. Although there is one major location you won't find: Settling their rivalry once and for all, it appears the Institute has erased any trace of Harvard. Eh, good riddance. It was getting touristy anyway.
For Boston residents, playing Fallout 4 is an often unsettling experience. Here is Beantown as we know and love it, but someone has twisted it into something else, thanks to the game's alternate history and post-apocalyptic setting.
Often, wandering through the game strikes startling memories: here's a theater that looks a lot like where I once saw Batman Returns. There's a group of shops that resembles Downtown Crossing where I've spent a lot of money at Filene's Basement. There's the red line marking the Freedom Trail wandering through the heart of the city that generally leads tourists to all the historic sites.
It's both entertaining and eerie visiting Boston in this unique setting. But the question we have to ask is this: how does the Fallout 4 version of the city and its surrounding area compare with the real-life version of Boston?
In Fallout 4, The Commonwealth Is Smaller Than The Greater Boston Area
Let's start with Malden, which is part of what's considered the 'North Shore.' In the game, it only covers a few city blocks, when in reality the area is much larger than that. However, the town's square looks similar enough to the real thing that it's recognizable. The only thing missing is the candlepin bowling alley right off the square.
However, this is the main problem with the Boston of Fallout 4 and the real world Boston: in Fallout 4, everything gets downsized. Take the Public Garden and Boston Common, for instance. Both are fairly large, covering scores of city blocks, but in the Commonwealth, the two get squished together into one block. In fact, Bostonians probably wouldn't recognize the Fallout 4 Public Garden save for one thing: Fallout 4's version of the Garden features the infamous Swan Boats, those swan-shaped vessels that take tourists from one end of the public park to another.
Fallout 4's Faneuil Hall also gets downgraded to a single building and not the area generally referred to as Faneuil Hall in the real Boston. In the real Boston, this is a pretty large area with lots of buildings, shops and one of the most famous comedy clubs in the world, Comedy Connection. The area around the Faneuil Hall building comes alive during the day with street performers. In Fallout 4, the only entertainment around the Hall comes in the form of ghouls and super mutants.
Even the town of Salem suffers from squishing in Fallout 4 and is much smaller than its' real-world counterpart. That's actually a shame, because the real Salem has a lot of interesting details, including the oldest candy shop in the U.S., lots of new age and witchcraft retail establishments and a city logo that includes a witch front and center.
What Fallout 4 Gets Right
However, Fallout 4 does get the Salem Witch Museum right, although in the game, it's called the Salem Museum of Witchcraft. But the building looks nearly identical.
Once inside the building, the similarities remain: the exhibits on the Salem witch hysteria in Fallout 4 resemble those in the Salem Witch Museum, except the mannequins in Fallout 4 are generally missing most of their clothes. There's also one key difference: there's not a deathclaw living in the real Salem Witch Museum.
Although most of Fallout 4 compresses New England, for some reason, Harvard Square (Cambridge Square in the game) looks about right. That's probably because much of the action takes place at CIT (the Commonwealth's version of MIT) and it takes up a lot of space within the game and real life.
One of the best depictions of Boston in Fallout 4, though, happens in Diamond City, the ruins of what was once Fenway Park. However, Fenway looks pretty good in the game, maybe because someone at Bethesda respects baseball history. And of course, Fenway is nothing without the Green Monster, the enormous green wall at the back of the baseball diamond. It's still as beautiful as ever, but that's because the residents of Diamond City keep it painted (and there's actually a mission that sends the player in search of paint in the perfect shade of green).
Another building Bostonians will instantly recognize in Fallout 4 is the Combat Zone building, which is almost a complete replica of the Orpheum Theatre. The only difference is that in the real Boston, the walls of the buildings beside the theater are often covered in graffiti.
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The Not So Accurate
Of course, with Fallout 4 happening in a different version of history than events in the real world, some things just aren't going to look the same. There's the whole apocalypse thing to take into account that also changes the way the Boston landscape looks in-game. For example, the skyline is completely different.
The real Boston skyline features some rather iconic buildings, at least to those from the city. Notably missing (or perhaps changed) in the Fallout 4 version is the John Hancock Tower and the Prudential Tower (lovingly referred to as 'The Pru'). It's likely that they're included in the game, but have changed so much that they're not recognizable.
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Another completely unrecognizable building is the Old Corner Bookstore. Of course, it hasn't been a bookstore for several hundred years and the real-life version of the building hosts a Chipotle now. However, as the nation's oldest commercial building, the architecture hasn't changed much. Unless, of course, you consider how different it looks in Fallout 4.
The oddest difference in Fallout 4 from real-world Boston, though, is probably the placement of the USS Constitution. One of the oddest sights in the game is seeing the legendary battleship sitting atop buildings, hanging in the sky like Columbia in BioShock Infinite. There's probably a reason for this (and a character briefly mentions something about this when in the area). But in the real Boston, the USS Constitution sits in the bay, where it belongs and where it's been docked in Charlestown for as long as anyone can remember.
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