Fallout Show, so bad that no one will remember it in 3 months (fandomwire.com)

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[-] millie@beehaw.org 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This person has zero IMDB credits. Call me after making literally anything even remotely approaching the quality of anything Bethesda has ever sneezed out.

Does he maybe have some semblance of a point about NCR and New Vegas? Sure, but if that makes it a 'bad show' that 'no one will watch', please let me point you at Star Wars, which jettisoned its own extremely substantial extended universe to the chagrin of long time fans and is doing fine.

Can't you just, like, look at it like anime or like Douglas Adams?

Yes, we get multiple iterations of more or less the same story in different mediums. No, they aren't exactly the same. Is that a problem? Does the Ranma 1/2 TV series have to match the OVH or they're both shit?

Do I have to choose only the Hitch-Hiker's Guide books, or the radio series, or the show, or the movie? Am I not allowed to enjoy them all?

Is it really more economically viable to make a living being an entitled and cynical jackass about other people's work than to go make your own?

[-] CuttingBoard@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

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.

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[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

They should have made one more episode to where after she gets out, they explain some of the factions, the monetary system, and where in the Wasteland they are. All in all, I liked it and can't wait until season 2.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[-] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

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[-] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

My friend described it with the phrase "reddit liked it," and I immediately crossed it off our list

[-] Broken@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

If the best description of something can only be broken down to "reddit liked it" then either the person doesn't know how to describe anything, or that's an accurate description in itself.

I watched the first episode and found it not interesting. Certain things were good and others bad, but I just didn't care and was waiting for it to end.

Apparently I'm in the minority as fans seem to flock to defend it. To each their own.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago

I'm not a "fan", haven't played the games, other than some of the shitty mobile one, but knew some of the lore.

Just binge watched all episodes... and judging all of them by just the first one, is a mistake. There's much more to the show than what amounts to a basic introduction.

But to each their own, as you said.

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[-] realitista@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

I've finished 3 fallout games but fortunately don't remember any of it well enough for any of this to mean anything to me so I can just enjoy the show.

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Same... but the caveat for me. I remember the gameplay and main story of each game...i can't for the life of me remember any of the flavor text/ world text... so little details that the series gets wrong will likely not erk me like other shows have in the past.

I'm only a couple episodes in at the moment though... who knows, watching might spark all sorts of memories.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[-] flumph@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

It's a video game show that uses the rules of the video game world.

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[-] Whayle@kbin.social 2 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

i am a big new vegas fan, and follow a lot of youtubers and other parts of the fandom - I havent seen this backlash against the show this article mentions? Most NV fans are pretty happy with it that Ive seen.

Maybe this is only happening in the more toxic circles?

[-] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

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

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[-] DoctorButts@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 4 months ago

I agree, it's not very good.

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