After years of waiting, Bethesda Softworks has officially unveiled Fallout 4, releasing a beautifully crafted announcement trailer made entirely from in-game footage.
This is a fan-pleasing move, as most AAA titles are given computer-generated trailers, unrepresentative of the final product. Bethesda have released the trailer as a precursor to the company’s E3 press conference due June 2015. Fallout 4 is expected to be the key attraction there, beating out competition from Doom 4.
To celebrate the game’s announcement we have taken a few of the best stills from Fallout 4’s announcement trailer (embedded below so you can watch it a second time, or a third, or a fourth, or a fifth, or a…), which shows the title’s post-apocalyptic depiction of a major US city. While the setting is yet to be officially confirmed, landmarks in the trailer strongly suggest that it is Boston.
The trailer’s star meets the game’s main character.
The most expansive shot of Fallout 4’s world.
The unlucky ones in the past as the old world crumbles.
he Massachusetts State House, the most obvious indication of the game’s setting.
The Paul Revere statue in Boston.
The trailer cuts together footage from the game’s post-apocalyptic setting with flashbacks of the chaos as the nukes fell.
Two armoured characters trudge through the desolation.
A robot character in a scrapyard.
A mutant beast stalks the wasteland.
Another of the varied shots of Fallout 4’s open world.
A makeshift post-apocalyptic market area.
The familiar Fallout alsatian walks through an abandoned house to open the trailer.
