In the new game "Fallout 4," you've got a role to play in rebuilding human civilization following the nuclear apocalypse.

At very least, you've got an obligation to build the craziest shanty anyone in post-apocalypse Boston's ever seen. Like so:

The latest game in the long-running "Fallout" series puts players in "The Commonwealth," which is essentially the Boston metropolitan area (think: Cambridge, Jamaica Plains, etc. in addition to Boston itself). "Fallout 4's" contribution to the series is a building system, which enables players to create some unbelievable settlements: places where you and other settlers can live, ranging from small homes to...well:

Indeed. Here are the best player-created settlements we've found thus far, care of Reddit and Imgur and forums.

Since your settlements can be attacked by raiders, supermutants, and other bad stuff, it's good to have strong defenses. There are more than a few turrets here:

This incredible settlement has a massive bar, appropriately named the "High-Way":

Despite the broken glass, that is a functioning greenhouse in the foreground:

Here's a closer look at the bar:

Since you're using recovered components from before a nuclear war that took place 200ish years in the past, settlements don't look shiny and new very often:

But that's not stopping many intrepid builders:

Towers are quite fashionable at the moment:

Likely because you can see threats coming from afar:

And you can do something about them all the more easily:

Don't forget to relax in some lawn chairs.

You can't just plant settlements anywhere in "Fallout 4's" massive open-world. There are several areas you can liberate from enemies which turn into settlements:

But some players on PC are using "mods" — tools that enable you to do things with "Fallout 4" beyond what the developers allowed — to build even more incredible works:

This room has beds for 21 settlers.

It also has plants growing indoors, free from the irradiated soil outside.

And generates plenty of power, off the grid:

But maybe you're feeling like taking a quick flight? Hop in this rooftop vertibird and take to the sky!

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