Summary
TheFalloutcommunity has been discussing the franchise’s Holotapes, and fans want to see radio station songs added to the storage devices to appease in-game music collectors. Holotapes are laser-readable storage devices fromFallout’s fictional Wattz Electronics, and they’re found scattered across every main entry in the series. The latest models can store up to 4 terabytes (4,000 gigabytes) of data, and fans think that’s more than enough space for playlists.
Fallout 76was the last release into the franchise in 2018. Despite a rocky launch, the fan base welcomedWastelanders, the first major update in 2020, and the player count continues to rise. Arecent update fixed some of the technical issues facingFallout 76’s Caravans, a feature that faced significant backlash when it was first introduced. Regarding the franchise’s future, fans are deliberating where the subsequentFalloutgame will take place, despite the next main entry predicated to arrive after 2030 while Bethesda works onThe Elder Scrolls 6.
Posted on Reddit by not_an_alien__, a question was posed to theFallout 4subreddit asking if anyone else believed music should have been added to Holotapes found in the wasteland. There are plenty ofHolotapes to find inFallout 4andFallout 76, with most containing mini-games, cooking recipes, and written text. However, players cannot obtain physical copies of their favoriteFalloutsongs. Instead, they have to wait for the tune to circle on radio stations. As a real-life music collector, the original poster thought discovering radio songs on random Holotapes would be a neat addition to immersive gameplay.
Fallout Community Wants Radio Songs Added to Holotapes
TheFalloutfranchise includes several, stellar radio stations, and a majority of Redditors championed the idea of music on Holotapes. One user thought a side quest designed to find more music Holotapes for Diamond City Radio would have been a good idea to add more variety to the station. This notion has been circulating the fandom for a while, and many hope that future games will include this feature, similar toMetal Gear Solid 5’s discoverable cassette tapes for Snake’s Walkman.
I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fireby The Ink Spots,The Wandererby Dion DiMucci, and Dean Martin’sAin’t That A Kick In The Headare some ofFallout’s most iconic songs that can be heard on in-game radio stations. A good handful were featured in Amazon Prime’s live-action series, butFallout 4has several, memorable score tracksto match the game’s tone as well, and including music on Holotapes would create a deeper connection to the medium.
Fallout 76
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Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fell, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers—chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand southward to Skyline Valley – a brand-new region of Appalachia. Investigate the cause of the electric storm circling overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 and its dwellers, including a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost.
