If Kinggath—the creator of Sim Settlements, Sim Settlements 2, and a major voice in the Fallout modding community—developed Fallout 5, the game would radically shift in design philosophy, placing player agency, settlement simulation, dynamic storytelling, and in-world logic at the core of the experience.
Here’s a structured deep dive into what Fallout 5 by Kinggath would likely look like:
1. Core Design Philosophy: "Systems Over Scripts"
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Emergent storytelling over rigid plotlines
Quests would evolve based on your actions, not pre-written outcomes. Expect procedural quest systems with branching logic determined by settlement status, faction relations, and NPC needs. -
Player-built narrative foundation
The game wouldn’t just ask “What did you do?” but “What did you build, nurture, destroy, or save?”
2. Settlements: The Beating Heart of Fallout 5
Kinggath’s Fallout 5 would treat settlements as more than side features. They’d be the main game.
2.1 City-Building Evolution
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Fully autonomous NPC-run cities
With AI mayors, logistics teams, security patrols, and production chains (water → food → trade → industry). -
Zoning systems and citizen class structures
Players assign commercial, residential, industrial, and military zones. Population types would vary by skillset, faction, or origin (raider, ex-Brotherhood, Vault dweller).
2.2 Dynamic Economy & Trade Networks
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Caravans connect player settlements into a true wasteland civilization.
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Prices, resource availability, and crime rates fluctuate based on player governance style.
2.3 Settlement Consequences & Politics
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Mismanagement could lead to uprisings, raids, or even a coup.
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Factions could pressure your leadership, manipulate elections, or infiltrate your workforce.
3. Questing Reimagined: Modular, Responsive, Deep
Kinggath excels at modular quest systems. Fallout 5 would embrace:
3.1 Procedural Quest Engines
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Missions spawn dynamically based on:
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Local events (raider threat, famine, cult uprising)
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NPC wants and fears (companions could defect, betray, or build factions)
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Settlement needs (someone goes missing, resources are stolen, a factory malfunctions)
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3.2 Player-Scripted Events
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A Story Architect System lets you build your own faction questlines, choose key NPCs, outcomes, and branching story paths within the engine itself—in-game.
4. Advanced NPC AI: Memory, Morality, and Loyalty
4.1 NPCs with Evolving Personalities
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Memory systems: NPCs remember your decisions and treat you accordingly.
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Skill progression: Citizens can level up, change jobs, or become legendary figures in your settlement.
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Relationship tracking: Romance, rivalry, mentorship, betrayal arcs.
4.2 Named Settlers & Generational Legacy
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Your settlers have family trees. Children grow up, join factions, or become raiders.
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Legendary settlers can form their own splinter factions over time.
5. Combat and Strategy Overhaul
While Kinggath’s mods are RPG/management-focused, Fallout 5 under him would feature:
5.1 Tactical Defense Simulation
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Auto-town defense modules: Settlement can defend itself during attacks using AI-built turrets, guard patrols, and NPC tactics.
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Battle scripting system: Players can draft pre-battle plans (routes, ambush zones, fallback points) before defending.
5.2 Squad-Based Assault Missions
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Launch attacks with your best settlers. Squad members have morale, command loyalty, and permadeath stakes.
6. Faction Evolution and Diplomacy
6.1 Customizable Factions
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You build and name your faction.
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Faction ethos: diplomacy, domination, isolation, integration.
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Faction identity changes based on your leadership decisions.
6.2 Dynamic Faction Reputation System
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Actions in one part of the map ripple outward.
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For example, killing a Minutemen emissary at your eastern border leads to increased hostility in trade talks with Diamond City.
7. Tools for Modders and Players
Kinggath would open the gates.
7.1 Built-In Creation Kit Lite
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In-game tools to design:
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New buildings
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Custom settlers
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Entire cities and questlines
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Faction doctrines
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Dialogue trees
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7.2 Seamless Mod Integration
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Fallout 5 would ship with a mod injection framework to let players integrate community content mid-playthrough without breaking saves.
8. Narrative Themes
Expect a more grassroots, community-driven story about:
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Rebuilding in a world long past collapse
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The tension between order and freedom
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What it truly means to be a leader, not just a hero
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The philosophical divide between old-world blueprints and new-world experimentation
The main story wouldn’t be about chasing MacGuffins. It would be about how you change the Wasteland—and what it changes in you.
Final Thoughts: Kinggath’s Fallout 5 = The Wasteland Simulator
In one sentence:
Fallout 5 by Kinggath would be the closest we’ve ever gotten to Fallout Tactics + Fallout 4 + Dwarf Fortress + RimWorld + Mass Effect.
It wouldn’t just be a game.
It would be a persistent world that lives with or without you.
You wouldn’t just play it.
You’d shape it, govern it, and leave your mark on it—forever.
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