Is the City/the Tower near Russia?
Against: you can't see the Traveler from anywhere in Russia, as far as I can tell
The map lists them as separate places
The Tower has signs in English, French?, and an Asian language, but I don't think I've seen Russian. (Although the Tower is definitely post-collapse, so maybe that's more indicative of surviving peoples than location.)
Pro: Even though you can't see the Traveler from Russia, your first trip to the Tower shows it to be obscured by large mountain ranges and heavy clouds
The Wall. The Wall protecting the City looks a lot like the Wall in Russia. The one you have to get inside of during the very first mission, immediately after you're brought back to life. There's repeat mentions in many places of the Fallen being "at our walls," but the visible conflict with the Fallen takes place near the Cosmodrome, along the Russian wall.
Thoughts? Any info I've missed?
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It would be nice if we knew anything about the city. Anything. We know there's a city down there, it's the last human city, we protect it. But we have not seen a single piece of it. Not even in cutscenes. I know some stuff was cut from the game due to time constraints, but this is a massive drag on the player investment/ immersion factor. Was there absolutely nothing they could show us? Was anything even made for the city? Time will tell, hopefully.