Last week, Bethesda revealed that Fallout 76 is getting some new Expeditions next year that will take players to The Pitt. This is a location added to Fallout 3 in an expansion, and one of the best pieces of DLC I’ve ever played. I think that this reveal is more poignant for Fallout 3 fans than anyone else because of the knowledge we have of the area. We know exactly what we’re about to get into, but for those who have never experienced it before, there won’t be anywhere near as much anticipation. Clearly though, Bethesda has finally worked out who’s playing Fallout 76, because it’s giving us all exactly what we want.
Now, Fallout 76 is set a decent amount of time before Fallout 3. This means that the events of The Pitt in Fallout 3 won’t have happened yet, and the events leading up to those events are probably in the works instead. This is what makes these Expeditions sound so exciting because they build upon some established lore that hasn’t been touched for two entire games. At this point, The Pitt is a festering corpse waiting to rot away because no one is coming to find it, except for now.
In The Pitt in Fallout 3, players head into the area and are pretty much taken hostage straight away. They soon realise that it’s a place where most of the population are enslaved, including them. From there, you’ve got to fight your way out of the area by beating up other inmates and eventually earning some level of freedom. Once you’re out, you embark on a journey that leads you to some pretty dark places, as well as some incredibly hopeful ones. The ending is actually one of the brightest moments in all of Fallout 3. Unless you’re a cannibal.
Seeing how the world of The Pitt got to that point is something I’ve been thinking about ever since I first played it. I can’t wait to head back in a new version of the area and see what the world is like. I’m also hoping for some brilliant new cosmetics to adorn my Vault Dweller with because The Pitt has some of the best visuals out of the entire Fallout franchise.
