Fallout Season 2 has one controversy waiting to happen.

Amazon Prime's fallout tv Season 2 premieres on December 17th. The first season has already delved into the franchise's history and setting, revealing incredibly interesting information that fills out the franchise's story and introduces some notable and surprising new narrative elements. fallout Season 2 now promises to take audiences on a journey. This time, the beloved and nominal city dweller Fallout: New Vegas. From there, the characters are set to deal with the fallout from Season 1's events.

The premise itself is interesting, but it also requires major drawbacks (or at least significant compromises). fallout The recent trailer for Season 2 hints at a few things, which could eventually bring up the need for canon to end next. Fallout: New Vegas. And this may cause some friction among fans. new vegas It offered a variety of outcomes where players could choose and write their own stories about what “really” happened in the Mojave.

Fallout Season 2's Place in the Franchise Timeline

Fallout Season 2 and New Vegas' 15th Anniversary Perfect Storm

resource war – From 2052 to 2077
electrification– 2077
Fallout 76 – 2102-2105
Fallout 1- 2161
Fallout 2 – 2241
Fallout 3 – 2277
Fallout: New Vegas – 2281
Fallout 4 – 2287
Fallout TV – 2296-2297

The previous resource war in space lasted nearly two decades and caused constant conflict between major political powers. Of course, it was the great war that lasted two hours that led to the destruction of the world. every fallout The game explored the aftermath of World War I through ruins from around the world.

This show is the furthest along the timeline it has been so far, 15 years later. Fallout: New VegasThere are many different ways the show could show what happened in the game. Although it is technically possible to avoid endings across the board, such a choice is just as risky as standardizing endings. This could mean establishing the “true” ending based on the ending available in the game, especially since the show is working closely with Bethesda, but it's all a tricky balancing act.

All Fallout: New Vegas Endings Explained

Fallout: New Vegas There are four main endings, depending on which of the three major factions fans side with. There's also a wild card ending involving the player's avatar, the Courier, which undermines them all. There are some subtle variations here related to how extensively (or not) the Courier interacted with smaller factions such as Great Khans and Boomers, companions, and karmic levels. The outcome of siding with each other or going independently will all have a significant impact on what the wasteland will look like once the dust settles.

Choose a major faction	End result
New California Republic	The NCR drives out Caesar's Legion and takes control of Hoover Dam, New Vegas, and the Mojave.
Caesar's Legion	Caesar's forces decisively defeat the NCR, take control of Hoover Dam, and rule the region ruthlessly.
Mr House	New Vegas is isolated but relatively safe from the NCR and the Legion under the iron fist of Robert House.
Wildcard (independent)	The Courier, with the help of Yes Man, Mr. Betray the House and drive out both the NCR and the Legion.

Giving control to either Caesar or Legate Lanius would unite the Mojave, but at the cost of a dictatorial, slave-centric society becoming the norm, brutalizing the lives of most survivors. helping Fallout: New VegasAlthough NCR is generally considered a “good” ending, it is not without complications. Although this means a degree of stability in the region, the NCR represents the status quo of pre-war government bureaucracy with all its associated shortcomings.

Meanwhile, working with Mr. House, he came to dominate the Las Vegas Strip as a dictatorial capitalist, providing sanctuary and entertainment for those who could afford it. Finally, the wild card ending sees the shackles of all of this being lifted, but with the Courier taking on Mr. It also includes a wrinkle that hinges on whether the House was able to reprogram the Securitron army on its own. If so, some level of order is created, but if not, “anarchy rules the streets.” Nonetheless, in both cases the city survived and “took its place as an independent force in the Mojave.”

Why this will likely shake up some Fallout: New Vegas fans

What would New Vegas be like without Caesar's Delivery Service?

I don't know at the moment falloutThe new season of will actually choose one of these: new vegas' If you're trying to end or somehow circumvent the scenario, the former is much more likely to be the case. The bigger question, then, is what it will be like and how it will affect the plot and characters. Based on the data in fallout The trailer for Season 2 shows Mr. House appears to feature prominently. If so, this could be a speculative clue as to the way forward. If Mr. House is alive during the show's current events, that could essentially mean that version of that ending has become canon. This would still leave room for the Legion (also briefly seen in the trailer) and the NCR to join the mix.

Fallout TV s2 trailer screenshot, walking to Las Vegas.

But the bigger problem is that a show that confirms the ending for its own narrative purposes will have unfortunate, unavoidable side effects. Such a decision would naturally diminish the sense of authorship players have over their playthroughs and the fate they personally choose in New Vegas. This will disappoint some of the fans who feel that their choices are invalidated and that the shaping of events is, in at least some sense, irrelevant. falloutofficial canon. And while this is certainly a necessary sacrifice for the show to move forward, it will still be a bitter pill to swallow for some fans, considering it may retroactively tarnish their experience. new vegas.

Of course, it's important to note that players shouldn't feel that a separate experience invalidates their experience. Unfortunately, these are just the typical controversies that arise with this type of adaptation.