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We can get through them relatively quickly because their canon endings are well established at this point.

Fallout 1 takes place in 2161 in Southern California, where you play as the Vault Dweller.

Just some dude in Vault 13 living a normal vault-dwelling life until the water purification chip breaks down.

We quite literally draw the short straw and get sent out into the wilderness to find a new one.

Luckily, figuring out what actually happened at the end of the game is super simple.

Fallout 2's entire existence depends on a specific ending of the game happening, which is then reaffirmed in the Fallout 2 game guide.

By killing the master and saving the vault, the vault dweller returns to their vault, only to be turned away.

Yep, which leads us directly into Fallout 2.

It's now 2241, 80 years after the original game, and we play as a character called the Chosen One, the grandchild of the Vault Dweller, who also founded the city we're now in, in Northern California.

So, close enough to be important, but not super close.

Once again, attaining drinkable water is the main focus of this

But before getting to New Vegas, we have Fallout 3, where you play as the Lone Wanderer.

They were raised by Liam Neeson in Vault 101, but technically they weren't born there.

Long story short, you stay there for 19 years until your daddy Liam decides to jump ship, so you escape to try and find him.

You are successful, but the Enclave is also looking for your dad.

Wait, didn't we

just destroy those guys in Fallout 2?

Well, those awesome guys are also looking for your dad because he was creating a water purifier capable of providing millions of gallons of drinkable water.

Yes, yet another drinking water-based plotline.

And again, the Enclave want to use this project to poison everyone.