Fallout Series to Take a Cue from Netflix’s The Witcher and Avoid Choosing a “Canonical” New Vegas Ending

Actors have explained how the series will depict the aftermath of the original game’s events while accounting for its multiple possible outcomes.

There are three weeks to go before the premiere of Fallout’s second season, and viewers will be taken back to a familiar location — New Vegas. Fans of Fallout: New Vegas, however, have long wondered: which of the game’s many endings will the show treat as canon? According to the actors, it won’t commit to a single one.

In an interview with The Spill, Aaron Moten (Maximus), Ella Purnell (Lucy) and Walton Goggins (the Ghoul) finally addressed how the series will handle that dilemma. Moten says the show won’t pick one definitive version of events.

Moten added that Lucy and the Ghoul will interpret the outcome in New Vegas differently: they’ll each try to determine who considers themselves the “winner,” but their perspectives will diverge because the Ghoul brings his own memories of the city.

As a result, the second season will preserve the ambiguity of Fallout: New Vegas’s many endings rather than endorsing any single one as definitive.

This approach is reminiscent of Netflix’s The Witcher, where the producers explained the switch from Henry Cavill to Liam Hemsworth by showing how a story can warp through retelling — a device used at the start of the fourth season.

It has already been confirmed that several key Fallout: New Vegas characters, including Mr. House and Caesar’s Legion, will still be present in the city at the beginning of the second season. What became of them after the game’s events, however, remains unclear.

The premiere of the second season of Fallout will take place on December 17.

Source: iXBT.games