At this point, Fallout 5 doesn't even have to happen

Of course, Fallout 5 it will happen – I want it to happen, you want it to happen, and it absolutely should. Another major Bethesda series Fallout the game will almost certainly be one of the biggest RPG releases in whatever year it finally decides to come, and no TV adaptation can replace the feeling of stepping into a new wasteland for the first time. However, I will not shy away from being completely honest that at this point Fallout 5 doesn't even have to happen for the franchise to move forward.

Sure, I'm being dramatic, but it's hard not to be when we've been waiting over a decade for a new one Fallout game. However, the point I am trying to make is not that Fallout 5 would be undesirable or that Bethesda should abandon the next major game. That's the point Fallout no longer needed Fallout 5 prove that the franchise is alive and well. Among the Prime Video shows, there has been renewed interest in the older ones Fallout games and Todd Howard's latest commentary on the show exploring things fans have never seen in games, FalloutThe future is unfolding earlier Fallout 5 it is even real in our eyes.

Fallout is moving forward even without Fallout 5

for years Fallout 5 felt like the only real next step toward the future of the franchise. Fallout 4 launched in 2015, Fallout 76 eventually found its own place as a survival RPG in the live service, and fans spent years imagining where Bethesda could take the next single player Fallout story. In a normal franchise cycle, another numbered sequel would be what gives players plenty of new reasons to revisit the series.

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However, Amazon Prime Fallout the show has already begun to do a lot of this work. Season 1 brought the franchise to a much wider audience and turned heads Fallout back to mainstream hit. On a much larger scale, it just did Fallout felt relevant again and gave fans something to talk about that was more relevant than historical. And all this without notice Fallout 5showing the game or confirming the release window, if only to remind people that it's still here.

Now things get even more interesting with Fallout tv show. Todd Howard recently teased that Fallout Season 3 will show “new things” in the Fallout a world that fans have never seen before in games. That's a huge statement for a franchise with decades of history, as the show is now effectively moving away from just relying on what longtime fans are familiar with. Basically, it's getting to the point now where it no longer needs nostalgia and a dedicated fan base to move forward at full speed.

When it comes down to it, FalloutGeography has always been one of his greatest strengths. Each major entry gives players a new version of America to choose from, whether it's the Capital Wasteland, the Mojave, the Commonwealth, Appalachia, or another irradiated corner of the earth. So, when Howard talks about the show expanding geographically and showing things the games don't, it pretty much means that the next big act of franchise exploration may arrive on TV before it arrives in an RPG that players can actually pick up.

That's not possible Fallout 5 irrelevant, of course. That's what he does Fallout 5 less needed as the sole engine of the franchise. Even without a new game Fallout A TV show can introduce new places, new cultural pockets, new factions, and new issues in a way that sticks Fallout active while Bethesda is focused elsewhere. It's a huge change, to say the least, for a series that once seemed stuck waiting for the next game to put some fuel back in the tank.

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It also changes what Fallout 5 eventually it will have to be. Howard said earlier Fallout 5 will exist in the world where the stories and events of the show happened or are happening. This means that the show is not a disposable side story that Bethesda can ignore later, but is part of the larger context of the franchise Fallout 5 inherits, making the show feel more basic at its core.

So, if you had to ask me, I'd say another Bethesda Fallout the game doesn't have to happen for the world Fallout to keep growing. Newbies don't have to walk through its rusty 30-year-old doors to discover the world. It doesn't have to happen for the franchise to add new ideas, locations and stories. I'm willing to admit that the show is already doing things and can do more, even if I really selfishly want to Fallout 5 happen regardless.

Bethesda's Long Wait makes the show even more important

Timing is what makes this all the more important. Bethesda is currently focusing on The Elder Scrolls 6and Bethesda fans have been waiting for it even longer than the next one Fallout game. Todd Howard said the studio knows it needs it The Elder Scrolls 6 right, which is exactly what I and many others want to hear. Yet it also means Fallout 5 it's not exactly around the corner.

And that's always been Bethesda's biggest modern problem. Its main RPGs are too big, too expected, and too complicated to move quickly. Star field took years The Elder Scrolls 6 it took years and Fallout 5 it will still take years once it becomes the center of study. Plus, rushing any of these games would create another problem, because fans, even if they don't realize it, don't just want Bethesda to pump out more RPGs as soon as they can. Rather, they want Bethesda's next RPG to feel like it was worth the wait.

It will go away Fallout in a difficult place if the games are all that matters. A franchise can stick with the old versions for as long as its absence starts to work against it. Fallout 76 helps, sure, and Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas a remake could help ease the wait even more. Still, none of this fully replaces the cultural stamp of the brand new Fallout the story comes at the right moment.

However, this is what the show is there now, because it basically works as a bridge between Falloutpast and future in gaming space. It holds Fallout visible and relevant while the studio is working on something else, giving fans new material to analyze Fallout 5 is likely still a few years away, giving Xbox and Bethesda a way to keep the franchise going without the next game hitting an impossible timeline. In some ways, this is actually probably the healthiest outcome to hope for.

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To be clear Fallout 5 should still happen. If it never happened, there would be a riot. And it should be massive, ambitious, weird, funny, dark and unmistakably Bethesda. It should provide players with a new wasteland to live in for hundreds of hours. It should be treated as one of the most important RPGs of its generation, as that's how fans will view it once it arrives. But the pressure around that has undoubtedly changed.

Fallout 5 he no longer has the task of reviving with one hand Fallout because the Amazon Prime show has already done that. It doesn't have to be the only place where Fallout's world can grow, as the show already proves otherwise. And he no longer needs to convince people that this franchise is still alive, because millions of viewers of the TV show have already proven it. at this point Fallout 5 may not happen. It just has to happen when it's ready.

video games

Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, Fallout Shelter, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

Year of creation

1997

Developers

Interplay, Black Isle Studios, Bethesda, Obsidian Entertainment, Micro Forté

Publishers

Interplay, Bethesda Softworks

Fallout is a series based on a series of RPGs set in a post-nuclear world in which large vaults have been built to protect parts of humanity. There are six main games, various spin-offs, board games, and a TV series from Amazon Studios.