Todd Howard says Fallout season 2 has "the most badass Power Armor I think we've ever done," so it's "awesome" to have it in Fallout 76 too

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Lucy and Ghoul in Fallout season 2
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The Fallout TV show made a big mushroomed-sized bang when it debuted a brand new Power Armor into the world's lore in season 2, but not only was its appearance a standout moment in the streaming series, franchise steward Todd Howard thinks it might be the coolest Power Armor variant Bethesda's ever worked on.

The New California Republic Power Armor is a pretty big deal since it's the first time we've seen the suit in Fallout canon – it hadn't yet appeared in any of the games when the episode aired – not to mention how it recontextualizes the NCR as a major player in the post-apocalypse.

The video game version of the armor is slightly more divisive, however. You can only grab the NCR suit via a Fallout 76 DLC bundle that costs $30/£27 and includes mostly cosmetics, not to mention the fact that its inclusion in a prequel game doesn't really make sense considering... urm... the NCR didn't exist yet.

Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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