Mr. Emil Pagliarulo of Bethesda Softworks said,Fallout 4' is the male protagonist of 'Nate(default name)” appeared in a certain scene in the original “Fallout”, and the surprising secret setting has been revealed, causing a stir in the community.
Is Nate an executioner?
At the opening of the first “Fallout'', a TV video is broadcast with The Ink Spots' “Maybe'' in the background, and commercials full of dark humor such as advertisements for Vault-Tec are shown. After that, the camera gradually pulls back, revealing a devastated world, which is typical of Fallout.
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In one of the news programs, a shocking scene is shown in which an American soldier who annexed Canada executes an unarmed Canadian prisoner of war with a pistol, waving at the camera. It is this scene that is being discussed.
According to Mr. Pagliarulo, the soldier pictured on the left in this scene was actually Nate. Although he does not directly kill the prisoners, there is a scene in which he laughs at the prisoners being killed, which is cruel enough.
On the other hand, some people in the community expressed interest in the interesting connection, while others were disappointed, saying, “Was the main character, who we should sympathize with after losing his wife and child, laughing when he saw him killing a prisoner?'' Were they complicit in war crimes?'' There are also many negative opinions. Also, some people think that when Nate was not selected as the main character (when a female main character was selected), she was shot in the head and died early on.
If there is a setting that the player thinks of, then that is canonical.
In response to this reaction, Pagliarulo posted additional information. He said that he posted what he thought was cool trivia without imagining how controversial it would be, and that not all information about Fallout that he posts is automatically stamped as official history. Explain that. He denied allegations that Nate was committing war crimes.
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In the early stages of development, we talked about a lot of things about Nate's background, and there was a setting where he lived a life of hell as a soldier. Therefore, in order to configure the character, a setting was created that had a slight connection with the original “Fallout”, but it was not intended to be the image of Nate that players thought of, so it has not been revealed until now. It is said that it was not done.
Therefore, we made it clear that whatever the player thinks of Nate's past as a soldier is canon, and that will never change.