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Fallout 3’s subway was mapped by walking the real one

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To perfectly capture the post-apocalyptic misery of the capital's metro, Bethesda developers physically trudged through the real-world stations. They painstakingly recreated the confusing layouts so players could get hopelessly lost in digital tunnels while being actively hunted by radioactive ghouls.

Fallout 3’s subway was mapped by walking the real one
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