TheFalloutgames feature some notably strange lore, a byproduct of the time they were created and the sort of roleplaying that defined the earliest entries. Of course, fans can really only be familiar with the content that made it into the franchise, as there’s plenty of cut quests, locations, and more that never saw release. ForFallout 4,specifically, one piece of cut content sounds like it could’ve spiced the experience up.
During a recent Reddit AMA,Bethesda’s Todd Howardspent some time discussingSkyrim’s 10th anniversary, among other things. Fans posed questions about Howard’s career, what sort of game he would develop with infinite resources, and about cut content in Bethesda’s games. Redditor inexplicablehaddock asked about Vault 120, an underwater Vault that was cut fromFallout 4,pressing Howard for information about what the Vault would’ve entailed. The answer wasn’t what many were expecting.
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According to Howard, Vault 120 was inspired bytheBioShockgames, which likely means that players would’ve gone through a madhouse of Vault Dwellers driven insane by their circumstances. What makes the Vault 120 concept particularly interesting, though, is that it would have featured a “massive sentient octopus living outside it.” Howard didn’t elaborate beyond that, though it was enough to spark some interesting reactions from fans.
The general consensus seems to be fans asking forFallout 4modders to restore the cut content, though it’s likely not feasible if it hasn’t been done already. Others simply commented on how interesting the concept is, wishing that it had made it into the final cut ofFallout 4.The franchise has done similarly bizarre concepts before, likeFallout 3’sMothership Zeta expansion orFallout New Vegas' Lily Bowen companion, who was a Super Mutant that believed herself to be a grandma.
It’s not uncommon for such interesting content to be removed from a game, the only remaining notion that it ever existed being leftover files in a game’s data or stories from developers years down the line. From time to time, that content will emerge later on, either as part of a DLC pack or in a future entry in a franchise.Fallout 4support ended years ago, though, so it’s unlikely fans will ever see it there.
However,Bethesda has a one-pager forFallout 5. That only means that high-level concepts are being thought of at the moment, and a final release could be nearly a decade away, but it’s possible fans finally get to meet the sentient octopus creature when the nextFalloutgame releases.
Fallout 4is available now on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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