Why Fallout New Vegas’ Sci-Fi Writing Is Some of the Best in Gaming
Everyone’s excited about the new Fallout TV show. Fallout, the long-running post-apocalyptic 50s-throwback multi-hyphenate franchise, seems perfectly suited for a TV adaptation, focusing as it does on a collection of short, interconnected stories centered in a single location, usually culminating in some kind of climactic event at the end of a game. Of Fallout’s narrative high notes, the peak is arguably Fallout: New Vegas, the much-loved installment set in post-apocalyptic Vegas and crafted by Obsidian Entertainment, members of which have shepherded the Fallout aesthetic all the way from the Wasteland games to the Outer Worlds. In the case of New Vegas’ DLC, Fallout ventured into truly uncharted territory… and some of the best sci-fi writing ever seen in games. Let’s explore why.
Everyone’s excited about the new Fallout TV show. Fallout, the long-running post-apocalyptic 50s-throwback multi-hyphenate franchise, seems perfectly suited for a TV adaptation, focusing as it does on a collection of short, interconnected stories centered in a single location, usually culminating in some kind of climactic event at the end of a game. Of Fallout’s narrative high notes, the peak is arguably Fallout: New Vegas, the much-loved installment set in post-apocalyptic Vegas and crafted by Obsidian Entertainment, members of which have shepherded the Fallout aesthetic all the way from the Wasteland games to the Outer Worlds. In the case of New Vegas’ DLC, Fallout ventured into truly uncharted territory… and some of the best sci-fi writing ever seen in games. Let’s explore why.
