I’ve the opportunity to watch it and i want to know if it’s worth it or not, because game-based shows are known to be not that great.

Edit : at the moment i write this, im at episode 3, they seems to have respected the game’s lore even if i disagree with the cause they choose in the scenario to force the hero to left the vault.

  • @Odelay42@lemmy.world
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    171 year ago

    So far so good 3 episodes in.

    The look and feel of the world is great.

    The characters are pretty believable.

    Writing is good so far.

    • @tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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      21 year ago

      Is the writing like fallout though? Or is it gonna just be some soap opera like the walking dead?

      • @iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee
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        91 year ago

        Trust me… The writing is very much with the same dark/silly humor as the game. You even get characters ignoring their main quests and going to clear side quests.

        • @tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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          51 year ago

          I just watched the first episode and I’m pretty pleased. However, my friend watching with me had never played the games and I’m sure was rolling their eyes each time I said, “that’s in the game, that’s in the game!” And my reflex to hold my thumb up the moment I saw Vault Boy with that lasso.

  • claycle
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    121 year ago

    It constantly makes me smile, whether it’s being smart, the actors are giving perfectly calibrated performances, or the action suddenly goes wham-bam VATS over the top.

    3 eps in. Happy.

  • @8ender@lemmy.world
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    111 year ago

    Finished episode three and it’s good. Credentials: played every Fallout game ever made.

  • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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    101 year ago

    Basically binged through everything but the last episode and it’s really good. I was skeptical that the concept could even work, but it’s knocked my stupid socks off.

  • @Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    71 year ago

    Great show so far. We used to complain about how Hollywood would change everything we loved from a game series, when translating to the screen. This show literally takes place within the canon of the games, and shares every bit of lore and design that games do.

  • Jay
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    I’ve watched the first season (8 episodes) and I think it’s pretty good. I personally think the first episode was a little slow getting into things. If you don’t know anything about Fallout it may be a bit confusing at first because they don’t really explain much of the Fallout lore or how things work in that world, but it mostly all comes together by the end of the season.

    Apparently they’ve already greenlit a second season so that’s awesome, I’m just sad we’ll have to wait until probably next year to see it.

  • gregorum
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    51 year ago

    It’s extremely good. They really knocked it out of the park. It’s already been renewed for season 2.

  • @beardown@lemm.ee
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    41 year ago

    Watched 6 episodes and I think I’m done. It’s boring and very contrived and simply written. I’m not enjoying any of the characters or performances either

    The prop and costume design is well done. That’s about it

    Also, they erased the New California Republic despite setting the show in California. Not sure why Bethesda hates ideas that they didn’t personally create, but it’s very off-putting

    • Too Lazy Didn't Name
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      31 year ago

      The NCR plays a big part in the show. I think that revelation is in episode 7 though.

      I agree on the plot being contrived, but I still enjoyed it regardless. That could just be because I’m a huge fallout fan though.

  • @pr06lefs@lemmy.ml
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    31 year ago

    Having a hard time sticking with it, partway through episode two. It seems very tropey and cliched, which I guess is part of the feel of the franchise. For some reason I don’t feel drawn into the story.

  • Elaine Cortez
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    31 year ago

    I’ve only just got done watching the first episode but I’m really enjoying it so far!

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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    31 year ago

    All my coworkers were saying they loved it this morning. Source: Nerdy bartenders.

  • @Broken@lemmy.ml
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    21 year ago

    I watched episode 1.

    I’m delighted they kept the feel and aesthetic of the games. I thought they might change it and just be Fallout in name.

    That being said, I thought the majority of the show was boring, slow, directed poorly, and I just didn’t buy most of the characters and therefore didn’t feel anything for them.

      • @Broken@lemmy.ml
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        21 year ago

        I’m not sure what you’re getting at. There’s no rule that says first episodes have to be slow. But more to my point, slow also doesn’t mean it has to be boring. Most of it was.