Here’s why shows like Fallout and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners stand out.
Televised adaptations of beloved video games are becoming more common.
However, how those stories are told can be vastly different from one show to another.
What’s different, though, is that new characters, stories, and tweaks unfold.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners includes an excellent example of this.
While it’s discussed and explored in the video game, Edgerunners offers a deeper look at it.
This level of first-hand knowledge wouldn’t have been possible if not for the show.
The series follows suit, opening on a vault located somewhere in Southern California.
However, Fallout’s method of adaptation is a bit different from that of Cyberpunk.
Edgerunners and Fallout weren’t the first shows to take this approach.
In fact, Pokemon has been doing this since the series first debuted in 1997.
Like both shows, Pokemon is based in the same world as the game.
The Pokemon show is heavily influenced by the latest mainline game that is currently out.
In the Sword and Shield games, Leon is the final gym leader players face off against.
But this isn’t the case for shows like The Last of Us.
From the series premiere, fans of the games already knew how it would end.
It can expand on characters and side stories that wouldn’t be possible in a game.
Still, it is retelling an iconic story that many people have already experienced.
With shows telling new stories in existing worlds, though, there are practically endless directions to go.
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