![]() ![]() Interestingly, though, it wasn’t the bunker but rather the resort itself that felt the most fitting representation of Fallout’s persistent narrative themes, which have always been concerned with some of the more peculiar particulars of American culture - capitalism, commercialism, militarism, optimism, exceptionalism. Marvel's Spider-Man review: An outstanding superhero action experience with good room to grow.Super Mario Party review: Imaginative minigames, terrific co-op play and potential problems for people with pickle fingers.Assassin's Creed Odyssey review: Come to tour picturesque Ancient Greece, stay to slay thousands.It was kept in operational readiness for some three decades before being decommissioned in the early 1990s after an investigative journalist outed its existence.Īfter passing through a 25-tonne steel and concrete door that clanged shut to seal us in and walking through decontamination facilities that made me feel as though we were entering a concentration camp, the dozens of game journalists in attendance sat down for a press conference in an underground auditorium where the American government would have convened in the event of a nuclear war. ![]() Built by the Eisenhower administration, the shelter sits under the west wing of the hotel and was designed to house 1,100 people – the whole of the U.S. Not only is the 250-year-old hotel property a featured location you can visit within the heart of the game’s sprawling free-to-roam map of the Appalachia (properly pronounced app-uh-latch-uh by locals, so I’ve learned) region, it’s also home to one of the most famous nuclear bunkers in the world. – I can think of no better place to have been given my first taste of Fallout 76, the latest entry in Bethesda Softworks’ blockbuster post-apocalyptic Fallout series, than The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. ![]() Photo by Bethseda Softworks Article content Join the conversation Fallout 76 is set in West Virginia’s Appalachia region, which was apparently spared a direct hit in the series’ fictional nuclear war, making it the first game in the series with a visual aesthetic that doesn’t shy away from bolder colours - even green. ![]()
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