The main concern about doing a new Fallout in the west is the issue about who gonna make it.
Let it be Obsidian or InXile, but none else, especially not bethesda.
At least we got a pretty decent trilogy with Fo1 - Fo2 - FoNV, let's not ruin it with Little Lampligth nonsense.
Another concern is the impact a future Fallout, happening later in the West coast, would have on FoNV.
Other fallout were linear (FoBOS, Fo3) or allowed some choices (Fo1-Fo2), but not on everything, and implied that some of thoses choices had a right solution, or issues that weren't relevant in the long run.
For instance, in Fo2, you're certain that The Enclave storm Arroyo/Vault 13, kill Matt/Gruthar and that the chosen one destroy the oil rig and help building new arroyo. You have choices on the Gecko/Vault City, but you know there is a right solution, by fixing/optimizing the central and make sure Gecko remains independant and trading with VC. For new reno, it is impied that the rise of the wrights and Bishop new son would benefit the city, both of which were made canon. The final fate of Redding could have different outcomes that remain in the gray area, but the town is not important enough that a canon outcome in needed.
About New Vegas, choices are going very far, about the main city, two entires nations, and many factions, that could get multiple good outcome, multiple neutral outcome and multiple bad outcome. It is not about your character being good or bad, not if he is successful or not, (failed quest, bad outcome) but what kind of fate he want for the entire country. The player activelly seek for those ending.
Any other game in the future west coast, highly risk to undermine some of New Vegas ending options and create complains from those who chose them.
It doesn't mean it can't be done, but it has more chances to happen than any other previous Fallout.
On the other hand, i hope to see oneday, a future Fallout game, add-on, spin-off, DLC, Mods, BD, movie, that would deal with the PAST of California.
One of the many qualities the first opus had, was the important backgound, factions, characters, or events mentionned that may have occured in the past.
I am not sure all of this can be included in the same period, but i would really want to see :
- A post-war wasteland that would make sense only a few years later. Not 200 years later.
- Various pre-cities, aborted cities, scavengers that would have work to do.
- Creatures that existed before the war, or evolved just after it, but weren't allowed by darwin evolution to survive until Fallout 1.
- Amongs those creatures, those who attacked Harold's caravans, before The master created super-mutants.
- About it, time to see Harold and Richard Gray, human faces and personnality. (eventually other chars, like Marcus or Lou)
- No super-mutants yet, of course.
- The foundation of the Hub, by Angus, and his assassination by an unknown assaillant.
- How The Khan, the Vipers, the Jackals and Shady Sands citizens left Vault 15 and started to fight each others.
- The Vipers when they were strong enough to be at war agains't the Brotherhood of Steel and kill their Elder Maxson.
- Maybe Vipers/Khan/Jackal as main antagonists, before they split up.
- The evolution of Brotherhood of Steel, from american army desertors to an organized group.
- The rippers, before they became the children of cathedral.
- The first people showing progressive signs of mutations, not knowing they will become ghouls.
- Quests and conflits about ressources and priorities between them. Like having to choose between scavenging and increase defenses. If there is enough food but not enough defense, you end up a target. If there is too much defense, but not enough food, you may attack the neigbour yourself, as your group was refused shelter by that same neigbour. No good choice. Enough reasons for various selfishess.
Personally i find those origins more fascinating that an NCR ruled california.
About a Legion Ruled land, if would have been great to have it in New Vegas, or a DLC, but i don't want to keep the same main antagonist on more than one game. And i don't see likely to have a city ruled by the legion withouth it being the main antagonist.
ault 13
, made you felt like a total boss to become a Made Man.
