California, long after the the games. To try not to get too deep into lore, its a bit after the destruction of sandy shores, the main NCR base. This was an event previously mentioned but never fully explained how or why. The show goes into that a bit, and sets up a second season. Its pretty faithful overall. About the only thing that changes is Ghouls, but i like the change. They now have some kind of drug they can take to keep them from going feral. But they have to find or make it, so it becomes something very important to certain characters. They not only will go feral without it, but can suffer withdrawl effects which gives it some believeability as well. Its a smart addition to the lore as before it was kinda just like, “hey, i might go feral and i might not, if im lucky”. This gives a bit more of an explanation and grounded feel to them.
The rest of it feels very faithful. A couple creature designs change, and the power armor helmet works a little differently, but nothing that is so far out of the normal to affect the enjoyment of it.
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