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'Fallout' Makes A Big Jump Ensuring A Unique Viewing Experience
Season 2 of Fallout remains true to game choices and avoids predetermined storylines.
The post-apocalyptic wasteland of Fallout shifts in season 2 to the iconic New Vegas, but fans need not worry that the series will fill in choices for them. According to showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet, the storyline intentionally remains vague about which outcome from the original game is considered ‘canon’.
In conversations with Bethesda's Todd Howard and executive producer Jonathan Nolan, it has been agreed that the series will not choose a definitive version of the ending of the game Fallout: New Vegas. “We wanted to avoid establishing one specific ending as the correct one,” said Robertson-Dworet in a recent interview. Thus, Fallout stays true to the open structure of the games, where players determine their own path.
In Fallout: New Vegas, players can join different factions such as the New California Republic, Caesar's Legion, or Mr. House, or choose independence with the Yes Man route. Each of those paths leads to a different power structure in the Mojave region. By setting season 2 about 15 years after the game, the creators can keep those diverse scenarios intact, without confirming or denying one version.
Robertson-Dworet emphasizes that this is a conscious choice: “We want every player to feel that their choices have had an impact on this world.” Although certain details may differ, this happens intentionally, “because behind every change is an implicit story that is hopefully as intriguing as it is entertaining.”
In season 2, familiar locations and elements return, but Vegas will look different from what fans remember. Due to the passage of time, new conflicts, and shifting power dynamics, the New Vegas of the series is a city in transition. “Not everything is as it once was, and that’s how it should be in the Wasteland,” says the showrunner.
Fallout season 2 will be available on Prime Video starting December 17.
In conversations with Bethesda's Todd Howard and executive producer Jonathan Nolan, it has been agreed that the series will not choose a definitive version of the ending of the game Fallout: New Vegas. “We wanted to avoid establishing one specific ending as the correct one,” said Robertson-Dworet in a recent interview. Thus, Fallout stays true to the open structure of the games, where players determine their own path.
Room For All Endings
In Fallout: New Vegas, players can join different factions such as the New California Republic, Caesar's Legion, or Mr. House, or choose independence with the Yes Man route. Each of those paths leads to a different power structure in the Mojave region. By setting season 2 about 15 years after the game, the creators can keep those diverse scenarios intact, without confirming or denying one version.
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Robertson-Dworet emphasizes that this is a conscious choice: “We want every player to feel that their choices have had an impact on this world.” Although certain details may differ, this happens intentionally, “because behind every change is an implicit story that is hopefully as intriguing as it is entertaining.”
A Changed City In A Changed World
In season 2, familiar locations and elements return, but Vegas will look different from what fans remember. Due to the passage of time, new conflicts, and shifting power dynamics, the New Vegas of the series is a city in transition. “Not everything is as it once was, and that’s how it should be in the Wasteland,” says the showrunner.
Fallout season 2 will be available on Prime Video starting December 17.
