EpicNate - Fallout & Elder Scrolls Lore

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and Fallout 4 are both massive games, and in such huge environments, there’s bound to be a few “out there” theories that seek to explain events and occurrences. Today we take a look at five of my favorite from across both titles. Here are 5 Skyrim and Fallout 4 theories.

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Fallout 4 was a pretty large game upon its release in November of 2015. However at various points in time, Bethesda had many plans for Fallout 4 to be even a bit bigger, that had to be cut, for whatever reasons. Today we look at five more pieces of Fallout 4's Cut Content.

Links to restoration mods:

"Off the Grid Quest": *Been taken down :(

BoS/Minutemen ending: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/12183/?

Enclave Patriotic Radio: https://bethesda.net/en/mods/fallout4/mod-detail/2936913

Atlantic Offices Building: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/25401/?

Paintball guns: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/15473/?

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Bethesda's Vice President of Public Relations and Marketing, Pete Hines, has an interesting past few days. However recently the Bethesda employee told an interviewer that the company had one more secret title dropping in 2017. This spawned quite a bit of excitement within the community, as hopes were high for a Starfield, or Game of Thrones game reveal. Instead, just hours later, Pete Hines took to Twitter to take back his statement, claiming he was just "rambling".

Full Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLkivZwAKxs

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Fallout: New California is an upcoming Fallout: New Vegas total conversion mod that looks to take the player to New California, 20 years before the events of New Vegas. The mod has been in the works for well over four years now, and is finally gearing up for a full release. As of September 1st, it's name was changed from Fallout: Project Brazil, so there's a strong chance you may have heard of it. All video in the background is from Fallout: New California released trailers and gameplay (even the animated short was created by them).

Moddb Page: http://www.moddb.com/mods/falloutprojectbrazil/news/fallout-project-brazil-is-now-fallout-new-california

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Fallout 4's Creation Club is here, and The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition's will be out soon as well. So far the Creation Club has been received mostly negatively by the community, and been accused of being "Paid Mods 2.0". However one prevalent criticism alleges that Bethesda is going back on their word and copying already existing mods. Thankfully Bethesda's own PR VP has taken to responding to these grievances, here's what he had to say.

Mod used in thumbnail: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/20959/?tab=4&&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Ffallout4%2Fajax%2Fcomments%2F%3Fmod_id%3D20959%26page%3D1%26sort%3DDESC%26pid%3D0%26thread_id%3D5219225&pUp=1

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The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim takes place during brutal times, in an equally brutal environment. However for some, it's taken a paticularly harsh toll. So today we take a look at 5 of Skyrim's saddest tales, that you may not have noticed.

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Fallout 4 and Skyrim's upcoming Creation Club has been a hot topic for debate within the Bethesda community. However today the Creation Club became available for Fallout 4, and my own worst fears were confirmed. Here's to improvement by the time it launches for Skyrim as well.

Bethesda's Creation Club trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRkrascT_iM

Chinese Stealth Armor Suit mod (Available on Xbox One as well): http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/20959/?tab=1&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Ffallout4%2Fajax%2Fmoddescription%2F%3Fid%3D20959%26preview%3D&pUp=1

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Bethesda's Creation Club has recently been added to Steam, as unlisted DLC, and thanks to a mishap on Bethesda's part, the prices of Creation Club "Credits" were also revealed. The Creation Club is set to to dramatically change The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and Fallout 4's modding scene, for better or worse. But regardless of how controversial, the Creation Club's imminence can no longer be questioned, whether that's good or bad, is up to you.

Link to Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/6w39km/creation_club_credits_can_now_be_purchased_for/

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"Bethesda Game of Thrones" Those are the words that can be seen on what seems to be an accidental listing by the retail giant Target. There's a strange amount of sense this makes, and while like all "leaks", this should be treated with skepticism, this is also as credible of a retailer as they get.

Target Listing: https://intl.target.com/c/game-of-thrones/bethesda/-/N-559pjZ55t8g

Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/6w9jk2/rumor_target_has_a_page_for_bethesda_game_of/

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Skyrim's a truly large game, but Bethesda was ready to make it even larger, with plans in the works to add in more quests, locations, features and NPC's that had to be abandon mid-development. Here's another look at 5 pieces of cut content in The Elder Scrolls 5.

The Skyrim "Opening Scene Overhaul" mod will restore much of what was cut from the opening scene, and the "Cutting Room Floor" mod adds in many instances of cut content. Both were used in this video.

Skyrim Original Opening Scene Overhaul: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/77027/?

Skyrim SE OSCO: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/168/?

Skyrim Original Cutting Room Floor: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/47327/?

Skyrim SE Cutting Room Floor: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/276/?

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