Fallout TV Show Is "Almost Like Fallout 5"
Fallout 4 is nearly ten years old - it's been a long time since a new mainline game, to say the least. But we're getting a TV show set in the same universe on April 12, which executive producer Jonathan Nolan even likened to Fallout 5.
"Each of the [Fallout] games is a discrete story - different city, distinct protagonist - within the same mythology," Nolan said in an interview with Total Film (via GamesRadar). "Our series sits in relation to the games as the games sit in relation to each other. It's almost like we're Fallout 5. I don’t want to sound presumptuous, but it’s just a non-interactive version of it, right?""
It's almost like we're Fallout 5. I don’t want to sound presumptuous, but it’s just a non-interactive version of it, right?
The Elder Scrolls 6 only entered development last August, so we're a few years out from Skyrim's successor. That's not to mention that Starfield DLC just leaked, so Bethesda also isn't done with its intergalactic RPG yet. Fallout 5 is going to take a while, but the TV show looks set to fill its shoes in the meantime.
Fallout 3 and 4 director Todd Howard likewise sees the show occupying the same space as the games, "We view what's happening in the show as canon. That's what's great, when someone else looks at your work and then translates it in some fashion." It even follows the traditional format that has been used several times since the very first game - a Vault Dweller (this time Lucy) leaves their home after a "crisis", stepping into the harsh reality of post-apocalyptic America.
In the first game, the crisis was a broken water chip in Vault 13 that needed replacing, so off we went; in Fallout 3, it was to find our dad after he mysteriously left; and in Fallout 4, it was to find our son after he was stolen from the cryo pod.
The series takes place at the same time as Fallout 3, as it's set 200 years after the bombs dropped (i.e. 2277). It's set in Los Angeles, which we've never seen in the games, but that puts it on the West
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