Bethesda originally wanted Fallout 4 to be set in New York, but too many other games like Crysis 2 and 3 had the same idea: "You know what? Maybe New York's not the right call"

A screenshot from Fallout 4.

Fallout 4 could've potentially been set in New York instead of Boston, but The Big Apple proved too popular as a video game setting at the time.

Fallout 4 lead designer and writer Emil Pagliarulo explains in an interview with the PC Gamer magazine, "We wanted to do something grand and American: that's New York for you." However, the New York plan was quickly abandoned by Bethesda due to the popularity of the region.