The ‘Fallout’ Present Will not Give a Canon Ending for ‘New Vegas’

Season two of Fallout is simply weeks away, and we’re going to all the way down to good ol’ New Vegas for a few of it. For followers of Obsidian’s 2010 recreation of the identical title, the situation’s return right here is an attention-grabbing one, because the present’s set 15 years after it wrapped. Which begs the query: how did that recreation canonically finish, and the way will the present handle this?

Within the recreation, your character the Courier can assist the Caesar’s Legion or New California Republic win management of the Hoover Dam, cede the Dam to Vegas proprietor Mr. Home, or drive all factions out and let the Mojave Wasteland be unbiased. These endings rely on the participant’s reputations with the completely different factions, and in line with Maximus’ actor Aaron Moten, the present goes to keep away from dictating which of those definitively occurred.

“A dialog [showrunner] Geneva Robertson-Dworet and I’ve been having, was really about how historical past is written within the wasteland by whoever writes it,” he advised The Spil. “Totally different views can have a unique perspective on who received and who misplaced. We see it actually early on that [Lucy and Ghoul] discover out who believes themselves to be successful, and the Ghoul providing a unique perspective.”

Variations of choice-based video games attempt to keep away from making a particular canon when doable—the upcoming Mass Effect show can also be going out of its method to do that—so it’s not too shocking to see Fallout go this route. Whereas recreation director Josh Sawyer beforehand gave the present his blessing to do what it pleases, the showrunners appear conscious of how beloved that entry is, and have solely used promos to counsel that Mr. Home nonetheless lives, or on the very least, lived just a few years post-New Vegas.

We’ll see the complete scope of what the present has in retailer for New Vegas and its numerous factions when Fallout season two hits Prime Video on December 17.

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