Chapter 1: What is the canon timeline of Fallout?
This is the canon Fallout timeline. Thanks to the Fallout TV show and its tie-ins with the upcoming Fallout 5, we finally know how to play Fallout the right way. Well, kinda. Hello, Internet! Welcome to Game Theory, the show that will look for canon lore outside the video game. Although, unlike some other examples of this, I've gotta say the one we're talking about today has been a joy to watch.
I'm, of course, talking about Fallout. It's been a while since we've covered this franchise over here on Game Theory, so for the uninitiated, Fallout is a post-apocalyptic RPG series set in an alternate timeline where a nuclear apocalypse occurs in 2077, known as the Great War.
We have different missions in each game and play as a range of characters, but ultimately, the series is about seeing how humanity has survived the fallout of those nukes. But in 2024, it became a TV series. It actually became one of the most successful video game to television adaptations to date.
Chapter 2: How does the Fallout TV show connect to the video game franchise?
It's also one of Amazon's top four returning series ever, only behind Rings of Power, which makes sense because duh. And Reacher? Wow, there's a whole world of television watchers I just have never met. Although there is one television watcher I do know that makes I have a thing or two to say about all of this. Hey, hey, hey, hey, I told you last time Fallout is mine.
I was there when- Yes, yes, you've been there since the beginning back when Fisto told you to assume the position. Look, I get it. But Fisto was in the show. But since you kicked me out of your episode way back when, I've actually done my homework and dug into both the show and the original games.
I'm actually a huge fan of games where your decisions matter, so I'm surprised I didn't pick it up sooner. However, while I was watching the show, I realized that with the existence of certain characters, locations, and events, it would mean that our decisions in the game actually might not matter at all.
That there might be a canon and correct way to play these games in order to achieve the correct timeline.
Well, if you have done your homework, then you'll know that the show isn't a direct adaptation of any of the games. Yeah, it takes place in the Fallout universe, but it's a completely original story. The writers of the show even said, We always wanted to avoid trying to make one canonical ending that led to the events of the show.
I did know that, and so for a long time I wasn't going to do this theory. But that was until Todd Howard did an interview where he said the events of the show either have happened or would be happening during the events of Fallout 5.
which we might get in 2037, which in itself is a sequel to Fallout 4, meaning it's all canon and therefore there have to be canon and non-canon choices within the games. Good old God, Howard. But look, while I've done my homework and I feel pretty confident about this idea, I could really use someone with decades worth of experience and someone who's more ingrained in the TV world.
What do you say, Truce?
You know what? It's a new year. Okay, Truce. I'll also let you be in my episode about how to survive Fallout 2. But for now, let's see which of these choices make a permanent impact on the Wasteland, and which ones simply get lost in the heavily irradiated fog of war.
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Chapter 3: What are the major events in Fallout 1 and its ending?
If you're not really into the whole democracy thing, you can choose to side with Caesar's Legion instead, the wannabe Roman centurions who love slavery and hate women.
One side is murdering people, enslaving them, crucifying them, and the other side is just vaguely problematic. But you can also side with Mr. House. He's an eccentric billionaire who built a missile defense system that saved Vegas when the bombs first dropped.
Or if none of those options are appealing, you can choose to put yourself in charge of everything with the help of an AI program called Yes Man.
since there have been no other Fallout games taking place on the West Coast after the events of New Vegas, the only way we could figure out exactly what happened here is by looking for clues left behind in my neck of the woods, the TV show. See, I knew keeping you around would be useful. Don't patronize me, you would have no chance without me.
Anyway, we've seen that a character named Fisto is alive and well. See, he's right here in the show. Fully integrated security technotronic officer active and reporting for due Since the Courier has to personally activate this guy during the Wang Dang Atomic Tango questline, that means that the Courier does officially exist, and made it to Freeside.
Then, Maximus and Xander encounter this Securitron. They promptly shoot the heck out of it, but if you look closely at its face, you'll notice that its display is a photo of an American soldier in a combat helmet with a cigar hanging out of its mouth.
This means that it's actually a Mark II Securitron, proving that the Courier has made it far enough into the game to activate these Securitrons either with Mr. House or the Yes Man.
The problem is, both of these quests can be done before you have to pick a definitive ending, meaning you can activate the giant robot army and then go completely off course with the Legion or the NCR. So, not super definitive, but we're not done. In the show, the NCR is very obviously not doing so hot.
We're winning the war.
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Chapter 4: How does Fallout 2's ending influence the series canon?
Yeah, but with Bethesda asking Obsidian Entertainment to remove lines about San Francisco getting nuked by the Enclave in order to keep options open for future games, and there being a bunch of references to San Francisco in Fallout 4, you can call it a rumor, but personally, I'd call it a theory. A GAME THEORY! Thanks for watching.