Fallout season 2's treatment of Caesar's Legion reveals a larger New Vegas problem
Caesar's Legion deserves better than what Fallout is giving it in season 2 of the Amazon Prime Video show.
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This isn't the New Vegas we were hoping for
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Hail, Caesar! Finally,we're getting closer to New Vegas Fallout season 2. While season 1 ended with a clear look at the iconic location from the 2010 game, the show’s writers don’t seem to be in a particular rush to get there. We didn't get to the post-apocalyptic den of hedonism in episode 4, but we were introduced to one of Fallout: New Vegas's iconic factions: Caesar's Legion — for better or worse.
[Ed. note: Major spoilers ahead for Fallout season 2, episode 3.]
Seeing the Great Khans have set up shop in Novac in the season 2 premiere was exciting. Sure, the Khans are a third- or fourth-tier faction, at best, in New Vegas. Clearly, though, the game's inspiration is on full display. Episode 2 teased the introduction of perhaps the most iconic faction in the game, Caesar's Legion. Cut to episode 3, and we actually meet the faction.
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For those unfamiliar with New Vegas, the Legion is the faction you tend to run into the most. They are basically an army LARPing as Julius Caesar and his men, eager to rule over the Mojave Wasteland. And in pursuit of that goal, they will definitely hunt and kill you, should you wind up on their bad side. At least, that's how they used to be as one of the most-feared groups in the Mojave Wasteland, standing apart from the others roaming the desert, clad in football pads repurposed as body armor and ornamental warrior helmets that made them look far more regal in a sea of dirty rags and rusty armor.
Theoretically, introducing the Legion should be a major moment for Fallout season 2. The faction even gets its own title card at the beginning of the episode. Not only is the group a key player in the story of New Vegas, but two of the game’s potential endings see the group taking power over the region and ruling it with a bloody iron fist while violently rebuilding the city of New Vegas in their image — which includes enslaving or murdering anyone who opposes them.