Why Fallout Is Blowing Everyone Away

From life-long fans to franchise newbies, it seems everyone is asking one thing: Is Amazon's new "Fallout" series proof we're living in a golden age of video game adaptations?
#Fallout #BethesdaGameStudios #VideoGameShow
A wonderful apocalypse | 0:00
Franchise fortunes | 1:32
Loyal to the lore | 2:42
New territory | 3:36
The Prime factor | 4:52
Marketing machine | 5:57
A new age of adaptations | 6:54
Something for everyone | 8:20
Only the beginning… | 9:34
Voiceover By: Dexter Manning
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[@Looper]

How did you like Season 1 of "Fallout?"

[@Claude_t23]

Never played fall out. Have always been preoccupied with final fantasy , but after watching the show I’m definitely gonna play the games now extremely intrigued

[@Tobythefirst1]

@@Claude_t23 Then I recommend Fallout 4 or Fallout 76, they're the most like the show.

[@matthewlo55]

like a shopping cart

[@geeucantseegmail]

@Claude_t23 @@Tobythefirst1 Skip 76, New Vegas & 4 is the way to go!

[@lennysmileyface]

Mid

[@SirStrugglesAlot]

"Why Fallout Is Blowing Everyone Away" It got everybody reinstalling their favorite Fallout game, that's how good it was

[@JoseDuran-jv4uu]

I’m playing new Vegas & 4 I even bought all the DLC for new Vegas since I never played them before but I am now

[@588Board]

I installed 76 just to try out. So far at level 6, mid but I’ll keep going with it

[@JoseDuran-jv4uu]

@@588Board I gave it a try back when I first came out I couldn’t get into it but hopefully it’s much better lmk what you think once your far into it I might give it another shot

[@MEMEMAMA69]

76 was also mid in my opinion I bought it at launch and just recently picked it back up after watching fallout and I can sadly say I got to level 90 in 2 days the game gets much better past level 50

[@zedas1]

@@JoseDuran-jv4uu You're in for a treat. New Vegas REALLY shines in the DLC.

[@Zain-4677]

Lets be real what makes fallout great is Walton Goggins playing as the ghoul and his past self, he steals the show evreytime he's on screen.

[@dukaduka506]

He looks as weird as a ghoul as his real self in the past, too.

[@ThyDrunkenSailor]

To be honest, I didn't even really care about Walton. Sure he was cool. But I'm more so personally interested in the world it looks like they want to flush out.

[@mortagon1451]

The Ghoul was cool but for me the standout was Lucy, I absolutely adored her character.

[@zerodawn0994]

I'm more interested in Lucy and the general world of Fallout. The Ghoul is cool too! love him, but I LOVE Lucy, and the details of the world. Also, I love the dog.

[@randyrichardson4671]

Looks like u don't know what reality is lmao

[@psilocybe_reptiliensis]

Walton Goggins's Ghoul is simply a masterpiece...

[@JakeRivers-kb6qu]

Walter goggins is Boyd Crowder end of story 😊

[@brazwen]

It's a great casting choice for sure!

[@mohdshahariar5833]

Take some lessons Halo and Witcher show runners, this is how you satisfy fans who love their IPs

[@adamdavidsoddities8573]

It's definitely too late for Witcher. They would need to start completely over.

[@thegood9]

AND it’s too late for ROP too I’m afraid. They need to just fire the show runners and writers and “fake” “actors” (there is literally no decent acting in that whole show) and blow it up, starting over with a whole new storyline and cast.

[@damianwozniak3798]

Its great new age of Fallout. Golf club boys, 😆 Lucy's with to lowe speech / retoric skill, 😆 Norm "small frame" perk,😂 but the best is conclusion of that story question: " Do peopel from the past should have impact on present / future" 🤔 They rly did great job with crude humor, detailes, actors, violence, a plot. Its the best tv show adaptation (not like rings of power or Witcher crap) last years. OFC there were mistakes too like that great scene of first episode where atomic blow and i was missing scen when children should say "dad what happen with TV" when screen should be blank from EMP impulse that scen should be betwen thumb and explosion. But they made small mistakes with only 1 big one : Why corpos who ruled the world decide to destroy world to rule it ? 😆 Is it typical flaw of capitalism ??? "Make it to borke" ? 😆😆😆 Cant wait sezon 2 with Lucy mezalians child (with mutated man from 1 ep not brown guy😆) and papa from Enclave. 😆 Lets hope sezon 2 will rock too. 😂

[@MrBuketman]

I never had time to play the game it’s just a really good show from my perspective.

[@uszpdoz]

Witcher season 1 is great but its not video game adaptation

[@angelicagaldos]

It got me back into playing Fallout 3, New Vegas and 4. My parents know a little bit of the game from my brother and me. I had to warn my mom about the radroaches. She hates Roaches

[@theknave69]

Everyone hates roaches. But they explode good on a V.A.T.S. critical hit (with Bloody Mess perk).

[@DigitalSystematic]

It hasn’t been out that long. Surely you’ve not got any major progress on all 3 games?

[@WizardWithNoMana]

@@DigitalSystematic In the time that it's been out, I've nearly beaten my new runs of Fallout 1 and 2. Don't underestimate the fallout nerds lol

[@Trahzy]

​@@DigitalSystematic3 and New Vegas came out almost 2 decades ago, 4 almost a decade. What do you mean "surely haven't made progress on all 3 games🤣"

[@undergrad3346]

@@Trahzy shush some of us dont want to think about that

[@bobbyfootlong8422]

$150 Million for Fall Out but wasted $1 Billion on The Rings of Piwer 🤔 (sniff-sniff)

[@Karlach_]

RoP is such trash. Tolkien's world is so rich in lore and mystery, it really shouldn't be that hard to create new high quality stories within it.

[@nicklomas181]

The main reason for the cost of RoP is most likely acquiring the rights....which they only had the rights for the hobbit, lotr and the appendixes of lotr.

[@koop7266]

Imagine If fallout has ring of power money IMAGINE

[@pierluigiadreani2159]

The plot of fallout isnt that great, at least if compared to the lord of the Rings. Fallout has strong elements of parody in its lore. Characters and factions are intentionally over the top. Don't get me wrong, i like the fallout world, but It isnt anything Life changing.

[@summerwinter89]

@@koop7266 fallout is better with a low budget. they are in a wasteland after all makes the big things pop more. like the prydwyn

[@jonathanfeldheim6554]

The Ghoul steals every scene he's in; he's the best character since Lalo hit Better Call Saul, or Saul on Breaking Bad, or Ford from Westworld. Legend.

[@whatalife212]

Walton goggins steals every show or movie he's in

[@qjames0077]

Woah woah woah, let's be careful now. The Ghoul is legit and all, but that comparison is a stretch. At least comparing him to Lalo

[@czkmeister]

@@qjames0077 Lalo was another level.

[@HansyPants184]

100% great character that would fit into any FO game perfectly.

[@qjames0077]

@@HansyPants184 agreed

[@RoballTV]

Bethesda clarified the Shady Sands issue 2 days ago. The nuke cloud and the dated 'fall of shady sands' are not the same instance. 2277 is when Shady Sands starts to collapse and the NCR capital (likely in a governmental or economic sense). The nuke happens years later (likely 2283 or 2284, judging by the age of Maximus at the time).

[@DB-zp9un]

Bascially "oops, we kinda screwed that up, let's come up with a story and release it :)"

[@bastiwen]

@@DB-zp9un Or more likely "Oops, the fans can't read a timeline and prefer outrage over thought, let's release a statement so they calm down and actually understand". We knew back in New Vegas that the NCR was facing a famin and it wasn't doing so good so the fall of Shady Sands makes sense in 2277 while the bombing occurs after NV.

[@ManLikeChesh]

​@@bastiwenYeah the amount of people this show has exposed as not understanding what an arrow means is shocking 😂😂😂

[@DB-zp9un]

@@bastiwen or that

[@thomaswillard6267]

​@@bastiwenExcept they literally show a scene where the last time a library book was touched was 2076/7-ish, indicating a rather abrupt departure at that time. If Shady Sands entered an extended period of decline, why not reference some of the years of that decline? Not to mention that just before the blast Shady Sands was ostensibly on a major upswing given the interaction between them and the Vault 33 inhabitants. I understand the potential for it to be real, I just don't understand immediately buying it so uncritically that you become this toxic.

[@Ugris]

I’m so looking forward to S2. The Show is absolutely incredible

[@Koozwad]

it sucks, many inconsistencies with the lore and of course the blatant 'wokism' at every turn we've got the classic strong independent female Mary Sue, all white men being evil/imbeciles/cowards(and dying violently) etc then there's the obligatory white+black(no, not asian+indian or any other combination) relationship between main characters of course there's far more to unpack but people who know, just know

[@thomaswillard6267]

​@@KoozwadThe Lore has never been super consistent, every entry has inconsistencies As for Lucy being a Mary Sue, you don't seem to know what that term means. The White Guys have always been villains in the Fallout Games, that's literally the premise of the series as a whole. Not to mention that Dr Siggy is a white man yet is portrayed as a somewhat heroic figure. And did I miss the scene where Lucy and Maximus hook up? Because to my understanding the show uses that set-up for a bunch of cringey jokes about Maximus being a virgin. Actually, better question, did you even watch the show, bro?

[@AdaWongMistress]

@@Koozwad The most loved and competent character in this show is Walton´s ghoul and i´m pretty sure he is white

[@Crackle_Shot]

​@@KoozwadLucy isn't all the strong nor independent, she has her moments but most of the time she needs assistance, not to mention a strong female character doesn't immediately mean bad. It's all about how the character is built up (unlike rey) also tf you got against interracial relationships.

[@oxzce]

​@@thomaswillard6267 lmao this guy really thinks the premise of fallout is white man bad, better better question, did you even play the games besides fallout 4.. bro?

[@theackinator5328]

This shows got so many references to the game that people miss. I haven’t seen anybody talk about the gameplay tropes they have in the show, and my favourite line in the show. “Thou shall not get sidetracked by bullshit every god damn time”

[@BadgerOff32]

Thaddeus missing every bloody shot in VATS - "God I suck without a scope...."

[@3isequal1]

"A product of one of life's tricky little choices"

[@user-sl9bv8bi7o]

I loved the way the show leaned into the structure of open world games where there is always a side quest, yet somehow it worked.

[@Gr8estspySterlingArcher]

Lucy was a luck build with a 2 charisma

[@AlanSmith88888]

Fallout is a world that many hold dear to their hearts, going back to our childhoods. They did the IP right this time around. Hopefully it continues.

[@Advokitt]

lol

[@BusinessMan1619]

As a Fallout fan for almost two decades with thousands of hours in the games all of this makes me smile.

[@Advokitt]

This comment doesn't look sus at all lol

[@BusinessMan1619]

@@Advokitt I'm about to hit 2900 hours in modded Fallout 4. Gamer for life 😉

[@Quethatguy]

I never played the games and im loving the show

[@shadowwylde]

Me neither. I think it’s even better for people who go into it with no knowledge of the games.

[@AvidZKTJo]

Same. It was great and I'd never played the games!

[@q3aryoko]

you need to, games are good. unless your not a gamer i guess lol. Since you never have, I'd say start with FO 4 just because the GRFX from the older games might make you cry lol.

[@Cricket0021]

that Filly shootout scene location looks really like diamond city market

[@joshuaanderson6609]

It looks like Diamond City market combined with Megaton, which I guess fits so good on them lol

[@AbhishekNag666]

No. Todd Howard himself said the "fall of Shady Sands" doesn't mean the destruction of Shady Sands. 2277 was when NCR defeated the Legion and Mr House in New Vegas (which is 100% coming to season 2). But this huge battle of Hoover Dam caused NCR irreparable damage. Which started a decline of NCR and their capital city of Shady Sands. The town gets destroyed at a later date.

[@AsherTheAwesomeONE]

Correct. I don’t know why people jumped to that conclusion. “Fall of Shady Sands” arrow ~~~~> Boom!💥…that board shows key points in the history of that location. Event->, another big event, -->. 🤷‍♂️

[@lennysmileyface]

@@AsherTheAwesomeONE Every other event has a date did they just forget when a nuke went off lol? I think Bethesda just made a mistake that they will try to fix next season.

[@AbhishekNag666]

@@lennysmileyface may be it was deliberately done because they still haven't figured out exactly when they should bomb Shady Sands

[@InitialPC]

winning caused irreparable damage to the NCR? wouldnt it just make sense to say they lost?

[@kevinpitts22able]

Hopefully this opens the door for a Bioshock TV series!!!

[@dustinbrown599]

I never played the video games, but just finished the season 1 & can’t wait for the second!

[@williamwalke1402]

We’re not living in a golden age of video game adaptations. Look at halo, look at Witcher past season 2 I believe, look at the potential disaster that is borderlands. Fallout is a diamond in the rough imo. And should be the standard for how video game adaptations should be. I’ll never EVER forgive that halo show. Bastards

[@Crocthunder]

You gotta remember Arcane/TLOUS hell Twisted Metal got a good one but fans of that series are a handful already

[@pragmaticskeptic]

I'm 75 and still play Fallout Four. Mods made the vanilla game so much better and I also think the tv series is amazing!

[@emperortivurnis9161]

No Shady Sands was destroyed in 2080s, its pretty clear. "The Fall of Shady Sands" in 2077 is referencing the possible ultimate economic failing of the NCR. What's actually a little rough about the Shady Sands changes is that it appears that it was moved into LA Proper instead of being out beyond the mountains like it was in Fo1 and 2.

[@ace448]

The economic collapse of the NCR makes sense even in FNV they have a funds and inflation problem. The collapse of new Vegas without Mr House binding the casinos together makes sense.

[@SirStrugglesAlot]

A lot of people still don't know how a timeline works

[@Jerga27]

Honestly, the NCR deciding to relocate and call another place Shady Sands in the 100 or so years since it's creation isn't the biggest stretch of imagination.. It'd just have been nice if the chalkboard timeline had mentioned that relocation, considering how easy it'd have been to include

[@LUNITICWILL]

in New Vegas, the NCR was facing a Famine. it probably started in Shady Sands in 2277

[@nicholassinnett2958]

Yeah, Shady Sands was basically on the northern edge of Death Valley National Park in Fallout 1. Fallout 2 moved it 100km west or so into the Sierra Nevada, since its map didn't go that far east, but still at about the same longitude. Relocating it doesn't really make sense either, since there's signs in the show saying it's the NCR's first capital.

[@throwdowninolytown]

Fallout resonates with Americans because it feels like we’re about to eat cowboy birthday cake against a nuclear backdrop ourselves.

[@kokocute123]

Even if I only played Fallout Shelter, I thoroughly enjoyed the TV series adaptation, it made me want to play all the Fallout games. The actor who played The Ghoul did a phenomenal job. Can't wait for Season 2.

[@nutbastard]

Do yourself a favor and start with Fallout 1. Yes it's dated and doesn't look great by any means, but you'll get more out of 1 and 2 than any other installments.

[@ManLikeChesh]

Hes amazing in everything he does, should see him in hateful 8

[@pragmaticskeptic]

Walton Goggins! He is also great in the original Justified!

[@NN-oz6rr]

Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 3 are great starting points

[@connieellerbe-maycock7115]

I had my doubts, but they were unfounded. This show is awesome.

[@JonathanOrtegaXXI]

Not unfounded, most shows produced lately are pretty shitty, pretty understandable to be doubtful at first

[@russianoverkill3715]

​@@JonathanOrtegaXXIpeople's standarts were so lowered, that this ok at best show is seen as incredible.

[@Desolaytore]

@@russianoverkill3715 The writing in this show is awful, several plot holes.

[@codyrockarano5220]

​@russianoverkill3715 we are just happy to not have a steaming pile of cow dung yes

[@russianoverkill3715]

@@codyrockarano5220 oh boy, back in the day this would be called steaming pile of shit

[@DeconvertedMan]

Fallout is amazing, I don't really know much about the games but really enjoy the series so far!

[@michaelmiller4138]

I hope Bethesda has a Fallout 5 surprise for us. Be a great time for them to capitalize. Just hope they have a dedicated team working on it so it doesn't end up like 76.

[@shotguncrucifix]

The 2277 thing isn't a "controversy." Some people just don't know how a timeline works. Shady Sands was nuked after New Vegas and before the TV show, confirmed by Todd Howard. Rome didn't fall in a day either.

[@InitialPC]

that doesnt make sense though because if they were already collapsing on their own then why the nuke? if you saw the show you would know *why* they were nuked, and if they were already failing it kinda negates that

[@goaway152]

then why not say 2287?

[@thedreadedshad6413]

So good made me play fallout 4 again . Damn it's hard

[@dbmikeyg255]

Same I played fall out 3 and New Vegas when they released did every ending. Just started fall out 4 never played it when it released I'm 33 now I haven't been gaming at all I kind off got bored over so many years, i very rarely play consoles now I have a family but The wife is letting me have a few hours a day so can't complain 🔥😂

[@oliltaz519]

Iam wating for the next Gen update on the 25th april to get back on

[@SatoshiOnPC]

Bought fallout 76 I regret that decision and downloaded fallout 4 right after that Thinking about buying a pipboy

[@Towkeeyoh]

Same.

[@playboi.monke_7658]

​@@SatoshiOnPCI've never played 76, is it worse than people say it is?

[@DaiAtlus79]

3:01 you forget Mr House being directly in a scene, hes a main character in Fallout New Vegas.

[@Summon256]

Ughh...pretty sure main character is the Courier himself, but what do i know...🙄🥱

[@DaiAtlus79]

@@Summon256 a main character not the main character ie the protagonist. language is hard stuffs, but what do i know?

[@Summon256]

@@DaiAtlus79 Main character = protagonist...lol it's synonymous...

[@DaiAtlus79]

@@Summon256 aaaand so can antagonists and Mr House is considered one. ;) the heads of all main factions (NCR, Legion, Mr House/New Vegas Strip as he runs the 3 families there as well as owns REPCONN etc are the three factions are main antagonists/main charactersin the story, others are smaller players (Powder Gangers, Khans, BoS, Boomers, Super Mutants, The Kings, etc). in 3 Colonel Autumn, the BoS Elder, Your Dad, and you are the main cast in that game

[@AlucardPina]

Because it was made with love and no BS

[@KeytarArgonian]

‘A whopping 150mil budget!’ The whole of fallout cost 100mil less than a single Rings of power episode. 😂

[@sebastianfuentes3482]

Don´t forget the music! Merges beatifully with the apocaliptic anviroment and 50´ looks .

[@dequan4747]

This show really shows how much we really enjoy Todds games.

[@charlie7mason]

Wow, surprised Van Buren fans haven't jumped down your throat with dislikes and comments. I myself was introduced to the series through FO3's release, fell in love and played through all of them since and love this show as well, so he definitely did something right. But that isn't what you'll hear from rabid New Vegas fans.

[@VINdustry]

We're getting good video game adaptation because the kids that grew up with Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat are now old enough to make video game movies and shows the right way.

[@Cauldron6]

This show is so good it makes me want to try the game!!! Not a gamer but I’m loving this universe and want more!

[@arrowheadwaterbottle6815]

I highly recommend playing the games they're all extremely fun

[@NN-oz6rr]

I recommend starting with Fallout 3 then Fallout New Vegas

[@Tobythefirst1]

I recommend Fallout 4! It's similar to the show!

[@battlesheep2552]

I'm suprised we have something made by Todd Howard that didnt take community mods or years of updates to actually get good.

[@nougan_gamer]

A thumbs up from me just to mention Fallout Tactics - I fell in love with Fallout since 1997, and I maybe one of the few who actually enjoyed FO:Tactics. Looks like the show will adapt some lore from it too.

[@alexjgilpin]

4:35 Thank you, Looper, for perpetuating a mistake that Oxhorn created out of thin air. There is no continuity error, and Todd Howard explains that 2277 and the explosion are two separate events on the chalkboard multiple times in various interviews.

[@godemperorofmemekind4170]

Yh don’t know what Oxhorn was smoking, I’m a fallout super fan been one for decades and know the lore the series was VERY authentic to the games

[@ManLikeChesh]

Controversy sells, ox wants views

[@russianoverkill3715]

Shady Sands is still completely relocated to the Boneyard, making it non existent.

[@alexjgilpin]

@@russianoverkill3715 I'm not debating any other continuity errors. I'm pointing out that Looper decided to jump on the one thing that *wasn't a continuity error at all.*

[@AloisWeimar]

Eh The Master was relocated in Fallout from Mariposa the underneath The Cathedral

[@Dmv5]

You missed a detail: Jonathan Nolan's Background. He wrote and produced Westworld, but more importantly wrote and made the screenplays for Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and interstellar. Of course another elephant in the room is that he's Christopher Nolan's brother, but that doesn't affect much because he is also talented despite being his brother. Also, he produces his shows with his wife: Lisa Joy.

[@JasonHissong]

Never got into the Fallout Franchise, but after watching the first few episodes, I bought the complete package on Steam. I love the Atomic Punk aspect of the game. I enjoy the optimistic "American Way" fantasy contrasting with the reality of the Wasteland. Human nature still is dark and tribal.

[@simonhadley8829]

Never played Fallout but now I want to.

[@LeMMingSlayeR]

Regarding the destruction of Shady Sands: if you look at the drawing on the blackboard, it says the fall of Shady Sands was in 2077, and then there is an arrow indicating more time passes before the next entry, which is the picture of a nuclear bomb. It probably could have been drawn more clearly, but when you look at the rest of the board and see that every event has an arrow leading to the next event, it makes sense that this is drawn the same way. Even Todd Howard has stated directly that they are two separate events and that the destruction of Shady Sands happens shortly after the events of new Vegas.

[@Redbeardian]

I binge watched the whole series 3 TIMES in 3 DAYS! I've never done that for anything and I've been watching TV and movies as my favourite hobby for at least 45 years as far as I remember.

[@judsongaiden9878]

4:35 All they had to do was have the destruction of Shady Sands happen in, say, 2282 instead of 2277. That's all they had to do to make it not come across as a retcon. 5:05 Coop's Jakobs Unforgiven is awesome, but it should have a front sight. It used to, but it was removed for no reason. Actually, it was probably to make it easier to holster. 7:02 Gotta at least appreciate how they worked in the authentic backstory detail of how Doomguy "assaulted a superior officer for ordering his troops to fire on civilians."

[@cvabuck5489]

Todd Howard said in an interview that they were quite careful with the lore and dates, and that everything still lines up, just some info isn't out yet. Regarding Shady Sands, he specifically said "the fall" is not concurrent with "the bomb."

[@khayos7746]

The nuking of shady sands wasnt in 2277....the chalkboard shows "The fall of Shady Sands" Then points an arrow further down the timeline at a mushroom cloud. They are each their own timeline event, as if they were having some kind of internal struggles, or external threats, that culminated in the nuke a few years later. It falls just fine into the timeline for new vegas.

[@brendanfogel4573]

I dont understand what took so long to take video game adaptations good

[@eduardoarmenta9232]

It took finding creators who are fans of the source material... Unlike some other attempts (the ones responsible for the Halo show didn't even played the game beforehand)

[@guybeleeve]

Steven Spielberg wanted to make a Halo movie over a decade ago. He is a gamer and Halo is one of his favorite games. Hollywood big heads think that video games are kids toys which is why most video game movies like doom, Mario brothers, double dragon etc. were just atrocious.

[@mikitz]

It's because it took an eternity for producers to realize that video games are a great art form with complicated writing for adults.

[@JP-wm1cc]

I would have loved to experience this series as someone who never played every Fallout game. It was am awesome series but can only imagine my reaction had I not known anything about Fallout

[@aaronlfcynwa2951]

i just love anything about post-apocalyptic movies

[@djlowtek]

Everyone already knew Walton Goggins' face as an actor. Now everyone knows his name.

[@michaelpotter2655]

It’s simple for the most part they kept true to the games. They didn’t try and change things for Director adaptation they didn’t try and adapt it to a different audience or anything like that. They kept true to the story they created some great characters. Obviously, the Cowboys and awesome character, but the main protagonist and her story how she grows and starts becoming a surface dweller Starts becoming the wanderer. What’s not it’s not 100% accurate people are going to argue but for the most part, it isn’t awesome adaptation and the set and the CGI costumes is so on point. I’ve seen so many failed adaptations that when I heard this was coming out I didn’t think nothing of it really but they have managed to blow away. Everybody’s expectations. On the keeping to the game, keeping true to the fandom and proving that if you keep true to the fandom, you will bring in new fans It’s so awesome that the franchise is growing and this will lead to more fallout games and hopefully movies even it’s always been one of my favorite franchises so I’m loving all of this

[@monkees71]

I literally dusted off my copy of Fallout 3 and threw it in to my Xbox One. Glad to hear I’m not the only one that got back into playing the series again!

[@gizmoandbackgaming]

Love the show! Had questions at first but did some digging into the lore and found that it was right on the money. With this show being set 19 years later in the timeline it will add to the ability of the dev to make more games for the next gen of gamers.

[@TheLampini]

Complete non-gamer here. I was halfway through the series when i realised it was based on a game! Really good series, cudos to the creators! Well worth watching for non gamers, good plotline, excellent performances, it has a feel o Westworld about it..

[@scottrobinson8590]

Why Fallout Is Blowing Everyone Away" Simple why any show is good or bad. most importantly it has great characters that were well acted and creators that are talented and passionate about their work. All the other things, music, costumes and even the fantastic world building were just icing on the cake.

[@nex-ex5100]

Didn't "The HUB" become the NCR's capitol after the destruction of Shady Sands? I don't recall mention of Shady Sands at all in New Vegas.

[@LUNITICWILL]

Shady Sands is mentioned a few times, and it was stated that it was suffering a famine and the rest of the NCR would follow soon after

[@pragmaticskeptic]

Y:ou are asked about it in a test near the Mormon Fort in Freeside in FNV.

[@thomaswillard6267]

​@@LUNITICWILLin 2291*

[@russianoverkill3715]

Bethesda fans mental gymnastics to fit Fallout TV show into canon be like

[@gurulimbo]

Never played the game, but I’m hooked on the show!

[@thalion3410]

I never played fallout 4. i need to. and I will.

[@russianoverkill3715]

Start from Fallout 1

[@Tobythefirst1]

@@russianoverkill3715 That game would bore the heck out of newcomers.

[@darillgarcia692]

The show was so good I couldn't stop watching it lol

[@ModernSurvivalSense]

4:10 No, Shady Sands was nuked some time AFTER its fall in 2177. A date was never stated and show designers have stated it takes place after any previous canon.

[@THEFORT89.]

The music is phenomenal too! Walter Googins Is perfect as a lovable villain! Lucy got me saying Okey Dokey a lot now lmfao. Even if you never played the games. Just look up a little bit of the lore and show is totally illuminating to watch. I watched it 3 times already and bought some merch stuff from the show

[@jeremiahwaller1283]

My brother and I have never played a fallout game. He started the show after hearing good things, and has been pushing me to try it. I'm gonna start it after watching this.

[@KeytarArgonian]

The blackboard didn’t say Shady Sands was destroyed in 77, it said it fell in 77 and was destroyed later.

[@InitialPC]

if it fell than why was it nuked? the reason it was nuked was because it was a threat, a collapsed society is not a threat

[@suatae]

The show is amazing and it brought me back to Fallout 4 after 3 years. Now I'm deciding on what mods to install. I've never used Sim Settlements 2.

[@thecapn3560]

It’s fun, feels very natural to the game. Just get ready to do a LOT of work and pull your hair out at the headquarters lol

[@russianoverkill3715]

Play Grounded Commonwealth mod😁

[@Dragonaut111]

New viewers haven't seen Deathclaws or Super Mutants yet either, they're in for a real treat in season 2.

[@effexon]

thats good point of "replayability" of tv show.... watched one time, but as it is only 8 episodes tightly packed with little details, better to watch again, rather than some 15-25 episode per season shows where that would be major chore.

[@meredithmaxon6490]

They made the characters relatable. Walton Goggins is killing it as the Ghoul, and Lucy’s character is strong and unique in her own way, but the writers didn’t turn her into a Mary Sue. Great show!

[@danelliott8548]

It really makes me want to pay my prime membership fee....

[@Zekiran]

I just wish that Bethesda hadn't dropped the most obvious merchandise tie-in in the form of Hubris Comics. God I would have loved to buy Grognak and other comics. They could have started the company the year that it was founded and hired some good artists... oh well.

[@johnmiller7682]

Do a complete season dump, was the smartest thing they could do. I'll be honest, if this had been a week to week thing, I probably would have stopped watching after a couple of episodes. It was interesting, but without having played the games, nothing really had an impact on me. And I really didn't know what was going on. Being able to binge watch it, is what made me a fan. Especially since, having seen the whole season, I can watch videos on all the lore and how it connects to this series. Something I wouldn't have done, before watching the whole season.

[@Shy_Izzy773]

I watch this season at least 4 times and going in for more

[@ch3cksund3ad]

Everyone but my gf who refuses to get into it... Even though before I got back into, she continuously told me she was at the midnight release for one of the games, and she had played it for a bit To then later tell me she barely played it, and was only there cause friends invited her...

[@BlackNRedBrawler]

After the Bethesda interview I’m going to continue watching the show now. The only thing that really just tick me off is that NCR main base shady sands has been nuke only to forget that the NCR is probably still alive and operating in the other states besides LOS Angeles

[@SaycoPworrell]

150million, thats less than what is put into most super hero movies. and this is long episodes shows too.

[@scarlettwoman7880]

The show did not say the bombs dropped on 2277 the board showed that sometime after the fall of the government a nuke was dropped on shady sands but the board did not give a date for when that happened.

[@electricdreamer]

Fallout reminds us that companies like Vault-tech that profit over war do exist in real life. Large corporations owned by BlackRock is acting in the same manner.

[@brianthornton5026]

It’s amazing what happens when a video game adaptation tries to do right by the fans of the game, don’t go absurdly “off script” from the source material, and gives us interesting characters and well written stories

[@canaan5337]

I loved the show and want more episodes

[@andrewmoluf4299]

I'm so happy and proud for Ella. She truly deserves all the praise she gets.

[@Bukejuice22]

I'm 3 episodes in and while I appreciate how faithful they are to the games, it's not grabbing me like it seems to be everyone else. I'll keep watching though. Hopefully it gets better for me.

[@jfb3361]

I loved every character. I was surprised that could be possible.

[@davidgreen3001]

How? They're all lifeless psychopaths. The black guy & ghoul in particular are just irredeemable evil trash.

[@sebcw1204]

it felt like multiple playthroughs happening concurrently. and i mean that in the best way. so often i've wondered how my bloodthirsty murder hobo would be seen by my good guy playthroughs.

[@theackinator5328]

The shows finally made me install fallout 3 for the first time to play through the story. New vegas and 4 are games I love and I’ve been putting off playing 3 but now seems a good a time as any

[@theysellsoulscheaphere8501]

Its blowing me away by the fact how they could fuck up something that was already inevitable to be garbage

[@HansyPants184]

It's no Last of Us but I went in with no expectations out of self preservation but I'm really enjoying it. I feel like they respected the fanbase but still made something that people with no knowledge of the lore can still enjoy.

[@zacharybrown3700]

Now I wish they would make some of my favorite open world games into movies next, like Bioshock or Red Dead Redemption. If they paid this much meticulous detail to Fallout, imagine the lore and set design of Bioshock. would be an experience!

[@jermmarshall2670]

They got this show right. It encompasses everything we need along with a few new adaptations. It's brilliant

[@kharnthebetrayer1575]

Good cast , good writing, and people in charge who CARE about the source material!!! And I was about to be PISSED when you said Doom , and I heard Dune …… Blood was Going to flow !!!

[@DaemonJuice]

I've got 30 dwellers in my new shelter and gave fallout 4 a serious go for the first time. Blown away by how dynamic the game is.

[@EvanRunner]

After watching that whole show I decided to recreate the terminals from fallout for an em

[@wtfmanicanthaveaname]

Ive wanted to be a fan of the game, but the lore was lost on me and i tapped out, this show, plus sharing my excitment about it to a buddy who is a fallout fan since the 90s sent me on the rabbit hole and im starting with New Vegas and really enjoying it.

[@sjdablink3064]

I am a huge fan of the series FNV is my favorite can’t wait to see what they’ll do with it in season 2

[@andrewmoluf4299]

Goggins has acting chops that would shame even the biggest names in Hollywood, to say he owned this role would be to discredit the notion of the word "role"

[@SCAR16L]

I love the Fallout games. The first one I played was 2, then I bought 1 after that. Loved 3, New Vegas, and 4. I wanted to like Tactics but it was unplayable because I'd get 300 encounters per mm on the world map. There is no 76. I watched the first episode of the show. It has potential, but I can't shake the feeling that it's going to throw some garbage in my face before long. I just can't bring myself to trust ayone in the entertainment industry to NOT destroy whatever it is they're working on. I also found myself skipping bits of it. Advance 10 sec, "Oh, this guy is still talking?", advance 10 sec, "Still talking...", advance 10 sec, "STILL talking???" I think the first episode will probably be the only episode I watch. I'll just go back to playing Fallout 4 or Cyberpunk 2077.

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

Never played the game and probably never will, but I'm thoroughly enjoying the show to the point where I only have episode 8 to go before I realised it was the final episode of the series! Gonna be hungry for S2.

[@TrippleEgis]

"no character from the games appear in the show" Mr. House - Am I joke to you ?

[@wolfjouett2048]

There was quite a bit of lore breaking for this show to have such high accolades. Not horrible but not the peerless show it's purported to be. I think folks are rating it through the lens of modern crap, which does improve it in comparison.

[@brianlawson1758]

Great vid. Great series. Can’t wait for season 2

[@Lucifinos]

I love the games and the show. It's a must watch

[@dandrake337]

I was pleasantly surprised in the lack of THE MESSAGE in this.

[@davidgreen3001]

Are you a bot? It's filled to the brim with the message.