Fallout Show, so bad that no one will remember it in 3 months

Weird. I really enjoyed it. Loved the characters, liked the story, and all the little nods to the games and fandom were nice and didn't feel out of place. Probably one of the better adaptations I've seen.

Same. Ragebait headline.
- Maybe the title was changed after posting, but it's more reasonable on the actual article
  “A bad TV show no one will remember in 3 months…”: Some Fallout Fans are Gatekeeping Pretty Hard after New Vegas Revelations and Retcons Send Them Over the Edge
it got better halfway through or so (as a person who never played the games) but really had to just go with the ridiculousness of the world.
- I'm glad they kept the ridiculousness. They could have made it super serious and edgy, and I don't think it would have fit as well.

Gamers are so fucking weird. Really enjoyed the show. Hope they make 2nd season.

Yeah this is the first I've heard of it being bad. Everywhere else, I've read it's pretty good.
I think it is extremely likely to get a second season one reason is because it has received tax credit to be filmed. source

Lol, bullshit. 94%/88% on RT.

The show is awesome, and has already been greenlit for S02. It would have been so easy to fuck this show up, but they knower it out of the park. I loved it! This reviewer doesn’t know what they’re talking about.

I think the show is solid, but I did notice at one point that it's basically a reskin of Westworld and now I can't unsee it.
I mean, naive girl gets the nature of her world redefined for her and is poised to become a revolutionary fighter? That happens.
A ruthless, cruel cowboy who isn't a cowboy but plays one for a long time, has god mode on and looks like an actor you know was left in the sun for too long? Surprisingly specific, but yep.
Is actually based on a videogame full of NPCs? In different ways but yeah.
Beloved older actor plays a figure of corporate authority with a secret plan? Getting into stretch territory but I see it.
I still enjoyed it, though. Looks so much better than the trailers, too, and it took me a while to realize it's because the trailers really had to hide the gore so they looked really cosplay-y. Hard to look cosplay-y with so many chunks flying around.
- This is such a high level description that it is a meaningless comparison. The fact that Fallout doesn't take itself nearly as seriously as Westworld is already a huge difference. Sometimes the implementation is what is valuable, not the idea.
- Most stories fall into one of a few archetypes at least since the time of the Epic of Gilgamesh.

The show is not high art. No one will be winning an Emmy for acting. It certainly doesn't warrant the high rating on RT. But it's entertaining, engaging, visually stimulating and a fantastic adaptation of the games.

If you're expecting a Last of Us calibre deep dive into society and the human condition coping with an apocalypse, you'll be disappointed. If you're expecting a fun romp through the wastelands with body parts gratuitously exploding into red mist, then look no farther!

The Ghoul definitely picked Bloody Mess as one of his perks.
- One of us! One of us!
Best review I've seen so far
It certainly doesn't warrant the high rating on RT. But it's entertaining, engaging, visually stimulating and a fantastic adaptation of the games
Which is it? because an entertaining engaging, visually stimulating show which is also a fantastic adaptation of its source material should have a good rating
I've basically given up on ratings and threads about ratings because every idiot thinking they sound bright, reduce everything to either "best ever, Jebus herself couldn't make it better" or "dog shit that will make you pray for cancer to take your disappointment away"
PS: not referring to you (person I'm replying to) when taking about idiots that polarize everything... Referring in general to polarizers (that's a word, right?)

I've played all the Fallout games, my wife has played none of them. We are both enjoying it quite a bit so far, at least two episodes in.

Yeah my wife and I have played both and were part way through the third episode and are really enjoying it.

I think the show is actually a pretty good adaptation.

Yeah I was thinking... would a Fallout show be goofy and colorful, or dark and horrific? Amazon said, yes. And it's great.

Psh everyone I’ve talked to that’s seen it loved it

Retconning the only modern Fallout game with a decent story and good writing as opposed to all the garbage they put out.

Never change, Bethesda.

The title/headline is purely for engagement, right? It has to be.

I haven't seen it yet but I haven't heard a single negative thing about the show yet. Only praise and lots of "it's way better than I expected"

Tbh the way some people dote on this show makes it a little intimidating to throw out a criticism.
It’s not bad, and I’ll certainly watch the whole thing, but as of the first two episodes I’m hovering around a 5-6/10.

Cold takes from crybabies.

According to my Steam stats I played the 3rd one for about twenty minutes. The game engine seriously hurt it. The show was worth watching because it had nowhere to go but up.

It's amazing how much potential the world of Fallout has when not shackled to a terrible engine, isn't it?

On the Prime Fallout site, they have a bunch of extras and bonus content that explains a lot of the background stuff like that. It’s kind of neat. You should check it out.
- Its a great show and Im enjoying it despite the massive, glaring world consistency issues.
  Like what the hell happened to the NCR?
  Or, you know, the lore of all of the games outside of Fallout 3 and 4.
  Its painfully clear that Todd is salty that the worst two games in the fallout series are 3 and 4. So he's erasing the pre bethesda games and the best game(that respects the original lore), New Vegas.

The show isn't that bad but it's also definitely not as good as the people here are making it sound. The copium levels in this thread are off the charts. The show is mediocre. That's all there is to it. Stop over thinking it

I stopped watching in the first episode when the tiny girl beat up a muscular huge man.

Felt like avengers but she is supposed to be a normal girl right? I felt it was so dumb.

Seemed pretty realistic, and Fallout to me.
- Yeah I don't know the fallout backstory at all, but A+ doesn't change things like physics.
Beat up? Are you kidding me? She's described as a combat trained woman in peak physical performance and she's still being overcomed by the man aggressor. She succeeded in winning buy using a blender as a weapon, and that sounds pretty realistic to me.
- I mean, as the previous posters have said, if this is supposed to be like a game, then sure. Anything is possible. But if it was reality, she would have no chance against that guy.
Her introduction montage at the beginning, where she was doing all the exercises and training, didn’t do it for ya? Between the two, I thought the guy was less believable given his circumstances.
- Really? So interesting to me that someone would think she could even hurt the guy.
It's a video game show that uses the rules of the video game world.

Anything I should be aware of if I decide I'd like to give it a watch?

It sometimes runs on video game logic (for example, some pretty bad injuries can be healed instantly with the right equipment while others can't) and is bloodier than I would have expected. I'd say you don't need to be too familiar with the games as the show tells its own story. It has quite a few references to tropes from the games but even if you don't get the reference, it should still be enjoyable.
In general don't trust sensationalist reviews that call it the best or worst show of the year.

Imagine living your life letting reddit be your filter for meaningful experience lmao.
Touch grass guy.

I played the games. I think the show's sets and designs are good, but I can't get into it. It just feels like sequalitis with no soul.