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Fallout TV Show Could Now Last Five Seasons After ‘Immensely Surprising’ Popularity, Say Creators (wccftech.com)

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[–] FreeFacts@lemmy.world -5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's interesting that people are saying that this is so faithful, considering that they totally messed up the history of the California region. >!The series basically took place in NCR, but they just lazily disregarded the whole rebuilt NCR civilization and turned it into the east coast Bethesda wasteland. So what, did the NCR collapse back into wasteland in a decade or so too? Give me a break.!<

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's literally canonical.

[–] FilthyCheese@lemmings.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It put Shady Sands in LA.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The series is canon within the Fallout continuity. Howard wanted an original story, instead of an adaptation of the games,[10] though the series discreetly continues game storylines and factions, such as the Brotherhood of Steel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(American_TV_series)

https://www.gamesradar.com/is-the-fallout-tv-show-canon-bethesda-games-todd-howard/

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Being canon is not the same as being faithful. Bethesda Fallout games have not been faithful to the original games despite now being canon. The show, despite being relatively good, can be canon and also can not be faithful to the first 2 games.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Bethesda games are the series now. They're exponentially more popular than the first two.

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Bethesda games are the series now.

And? It doesn't make the older games disappear. Bethesda choosing to go their own way instead of being faithful to the original games does not invalidate the fact that Bethesda, and by extension the show, is not faithful to the original and breaks lore continuity. As for my personal opinion on the matter I've accepted since Fallout 3 that the lore is fucked and doesn't really matter anymore.

They’re exponentially more popular than the first two.

This doesn't really shouldn't even need addressing. This is something people say when they have no actual arguments. You're comparing games that are literally a decade apart. No shit modern Fallout games are more popular than Fallout 1 and 2. Gaming in general is exponentially more popular than what it was back in the 90s. Diablo 2 is considered one of the best looters ever, it sold over a million units in the first few weeks and got a Guinness world record for it. Fallout 3 sold 4 times as many units in the first week. That should give insight into how unbelievably pointless your comparison is.

And popularity doesn't mean good. COD is one of the most popular franchises in the world, nobody is singing praises of COD (at least not since the 1, 2 and Modern Warfare).

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You does really should get out more.

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I go out enough, thanks for the fake concern. But unlike you I don't go out with the purpose of becoming clinically brain dead. There's more to life than being the cool guy who has nothing to say.

[–] FilthyCheese@lemmings.world 0 points 5 months ago

That has nothing to do with them completely botching the location of Shady Sands.

It would have worked if it was Adytum. Maaaaaybe even the Hub. But not Shady Sands.