“Have You Noticed the Genius Behind the Fallout TV Show Characters? #Fallout #TVshow #gameadaptation
What’s the real magic behind the Fallout TV show that gamers and non-gamers alike shouldn’t miss?
The Characters: Are they really just representations of different types of gamers in the Fallout world?
1. Maximus: A hardcore player who goes all out for armor and violence.
2. Lucy: The moral-centric casual player who starts questioning her choices.
3. Cooper: The master of the game system looking to navigate the world.
Why It Matters: The show’s ability to capture the essence of gaming and its potential for future adaptations.
Game Language: How the show perfectly translates game elements onto the TV screen.
Why You Should Pay Attention: Don’t let this gem slip by without realizing its significance.
Looking Ahead: Season 8 and the potential for more seasons to come.
Whether you’re a seasoned gamer or just love a good TV show, the Fallout series has something for everyone. Keep an eye out for more insights and entertainment as the show continues to unfold.”
Very rarely does a show outdo it’s source material, but fallout hasn’t been this good since new vegas
I like your analysis of the tritagonists as play styles. I see it a bit different though:
Lucy is the vault dweller. She’s got plot armor and she is inexplicably drawn to weird shit or it is drawn to her. It’s like fate. She’s also completely naive about the world around her.
Maximus is similarly naive, but has the benefit of growing up on the outside, so he’s not as immediately out of place, but obviously still green.
The Ghoul is the guy who’s seen it all. Twice. He doesn’t just revel in the chaos of the wasteland, he IS the chaos, the type of person you have to become to not only survive, but thrive.
It took me way too long into the season to realise the bags that the squires carries were supposed to be our own bags that we carry in game because it would actually have to be massive
I think part of why they were so successful is because they didn’t take “creative liberties” when it came to world building. While the story and specific characters are creative, they all are believably characters you’d see in the game.
To put it another way, they didn’t *mastercheeks it up*.
I wouldn’t call it a masterpiece. After 3 episodes I was bored watching it.
Its funny because I feel like compared to the halo show fallout had alot more to fuck up but they didn’t. Just shows when you don’t treat video games as a lesser art magic can happen.
Twisted Metal is heinously underrated as well.
This is a good insight, and I know because I thought the same thing about halfway thru. I turned to my wife and said “it’s like they’re all different styles of PCs!”
There is no such thing as a formula to tv adaptations of video games. Cause this formula would definitely suck for a lot of tv shows. They probably realised that fans and audiences resonated the most with the world and the freedom when it comes to Fallout and they made it their focal point. And once they got that right, they can pretty much write any story as long as it fully utilised the world
Take TLOU for example, they needed to lean on the story and if not, that show wouldve been terrible. Thats why they can take some liberties with the side characters, because the most important thing to get right was the core story
Definitely, seems like the show is a really good adaptation of the game. I was laughing the whole time out of enjoyment, I rarely do that with any show. I’ve played a few of the games but watching the show felt like I was playing fallout 4 all over again.
Fallout TV has become one of my top 3 of all time. “Okie dokie”
Don’t forget Norm! He’s totally another character archetype on top of the others. More focued on stealth and hacking.
“Thou shalt get sidetracked by bullshit every god damned time.”
Oh yeah, they played the games.
The wasteland has its own golden rule..
“Thou shalt be side tracked by bullshit every single time”
Episode 7 when the kid hacks the overseer’s terminal. I legit shouted out loud. Was pull straight from the game.
Although that kid doesn’t go for the special characters to remove options or reset his tries.
There are a ton of little nods to player behavior and other game-y stuff sprinkled into the show. Some overt, some a little more subtle.
1. Lusting after Power Armor but not being allowed to have it, so you loot it off a dead Knight’s corpse? Check.
2. Getting sidetracked by bullshit every god damned time? Check.
3. Failing speech checks when you finally leave the vault and encounter high level NPC’s? Check.
4. Rad Regeneration Perk totally healing crushed appendages? Check. (I’m playing fast and loose with this one)
5. Curiosity driving you into a spooky cave, the run away shouting “fuck” repeatedly when you discover what’s inside? Check.
6. Initiating a friendly conversation with an NPC while pointing your gun at their face? Check.
7. Misunderstanding a conflict and accidentally choosing the wrong side? Check, and Check.
8. Mutant corpse containing a bunch of random items? Check.
9. Taking a time out during a battle to eat snacks and recover some health? Check.
So many more that I’m sure I’ll catch on a second watch.
After my first viewing, I was just relieved that it didn’t suck. But after thinking about it and talking about it with others, I’ve realized… this show is fucking great. No it doesn’t nail EVERYTHING but come on, let’s have realistic and fair expectations. It did so many things so well, so right, that I don’t even care about the occasional weak effects, plot holes or contrivances.
I just hope they keep the same creative spirit going into Season 2 and don’t pull a Mandalorian on us.
I like that they played around a bit in the pre-war era and established a bit of lore about what actually caused the war. And they dove a bit deeper into what we already knew about vault-tec.
Also, this show’s sense of humor is not only spot on for the games, but also very refreshing in today’s entertainment market. I love that the show doesn’t take itself too seriously and isn’t trying to be some edgy 8 hour drama/thriller or a boring dystopian social commentary.
I loved seeing stimpaks being used in the show. There are so many adaptations that almost seem ashamed of their video game origins; it was incredibly refreshing to see a show say: “Yeah, our characters have healing items, you got a problem with that?”
They did a good job of also not gamifying things whilst still having stuff that you recognise from the games. Like taking a stimpak and it healing serious wounds – the casual audience will just accept that they have magical medicine whilst gamers will laugh about how that’s what stimpaks can do in the game.
The other one that jumped out at me was when the hacking mini game came up and he just completed it first try. It would have been bad TV to have him sit there trying 4 different words but just showing enough of the mini game gives a nod to the gamers.
Then the whole plot is really how the games play, they stumble into these zaney POI with their own little stories that really can have very little to do with the main quest.
Its not even that hard, you just gotta KNOW your material. Lucy said it in an interview, she actually played the game and loves all the lil details. And the details are what this is all about. Just a guy in a powerarmor won’t do it here. We want abraxo, cram, the computers, everything to look like in that damn game, plus a story that is vault-worthy! All accomplished and topped with a great cast.
i love the fact that walton goggins can show his great acting talent and is not the typecast redneck
Running away from large monsters while in power armor yelling FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK is an integral part of every fallout game.
The creators of the halo and Witcher shows should be embarrassed after the clinic the fallout show put on.
I think it ***really*** helps that each fallout game is a (mostly) disconnected story. Each is pretty free to tell whatever story they want.
Maximus is when you use intelligence and charisma as a dump stat
It’s so good.
All the tiny details that show up all the time just gives me incredible joy. Oh, the kids are watching a Grognak cartoon! Oh, there’s a busted up Sunset Sarsaparilla truck!
So many things!
The Elder Scrolls 6 is canceled. Bethesda is moving straight to Fallout 5 😂
My gf and I never played fallout but enjoy the series very much so far. I want bioshock done by the same team lol
If it had me replaying Fallout4, it means they have done it right in my book. I also got the dlcs in steam while it’s on sale. Show was great imo.
I dont think that they necessarily fall into a gamer archetype, but I’m glad that they made the world brutal. I think that is sometimes missed in the videogame, if you have been playing FPS shooters a lot, it can come across as just another point at thing and shoot it, run past skeletons and ignore them etc. But to have it adapted to a real world scenario and witnessing it, makes it really sink in that this is actually a really bad time to be alive.
It’s definitely the most game-faithful show i remember watching. Also let’s not overlook the fact that Lucy DID kick some arse when she needed to 🔥
I really enjoyed the show. Usually games that they turn into movies aren’t great but this one is amazing