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Fallout Shelter (working title) is a new reality competition series based on the hit Amazon drama and computer game of the same name. The dwellers (contestants) live together in a top-secret vault, where they will compete in a series of games that tests the seven core attributes from the Fallout world. Strength, perception, endurance, charisma, intelligence, agility and luck (S.P.E.C.I.A.L).

The series will not only test dwellers’ core attributes, but also their loyalty and alliances. It’s a game of power dynamics, popularity and social strategy which will ultimately result in a huge cash prize, but do you have what it takes to be the most S.P.E.C.I.A.L?.

I am sort of speechless, but for all the wrong reasons.

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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 111 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Enshittification comes even from previously unseen angles.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 week ago

This feels a step above. Dysenterification?

[–] wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 80 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A reality show vault? Not even Vault-Tec had any experiments that were that cruel.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] teft@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

Or vault 81. One side had a full community to be tested on and observed, the other side had scientists watching the experiment.

It’s just a shame hardly any scientists showed up. They’d have had some great tv to watch after starting their molerat experiments.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yeah... this seems pretty on brand really.

Actually, it seems really well themed, a messed up reality show is exactly the kind of thing you might find in a vault. The thing to remember though, is that Vault-Tec is supposed to be satirical... Bethesda should not become Vault-Tec because that would be unethical... Right Bethesda... Right?

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[–] markz@suppo.fi 59 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Games getting turned into a massive franchises tend to put me off of the entire thing

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah. This makes me really dislike Fallout now.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

fallout 1 sucks now because 30 years later they made a reality show

yeah i dont get it

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I think it's more like "I can't enjoy fallout 1 anymore knowing what it eventually became".

I don't agree but I get it.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't even get it. Everything after fallout 1 has no bearing on fallout 1. It's exactly the same as it was when it was released. It's not hard to not think about things you don't like lol

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It’s like how I can’t stand to watch Kevin Spacey movies after we all found out about who he is.

Does it mean he’s no longer a talented actor? No. Does it make his movies suck? No. Does it taint everything he ever did and now seeing him reminds you of how shitty he is as a person?

a Resounding and emphatic- YES.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

That would be a good comparison if Fallout as a franchise was a person who committed sexual assault I guess

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[–] gole@lemmy.zip 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good news everyone, we created the Torment Nexus reality TV show, from the game "Don't create the Torment Nexus"

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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

"Amazon announces a cheap way to bank on an existing franchise"

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is it just me or does this feel tone deaf?

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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

Reality TV. Reality TV never changes...

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just get people to agree to live in crowded vaults and have them sign a waver accepting any and all psychological torture performed on them. That's a functional Fallout reality show.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

that's just real life at this point, with algo social media

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[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plot twist: Nuclear war happens while contestants are in vault

[–] markz@suppo.fi 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A vault made of plywood and gaffer tape

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Well, the contestants are S.p.e.c.i.a.l

[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 week ago
[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

So Big Brother then. With a theme.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Exactly what I thought.

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 week ago

Lmao the Steam Post has 0 likes

[–] Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What the hell? Premise they’re going with just makes it any other gameshow. Missed opportunity to have each “Vault” have some kind of unique experiment or twist.

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[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This is like designing a Game of Thrones fighting game.

You can throw all the clever nods you want into the product. You can read the source material to high heaven and spend all the time in the world perfecting it. You can hire the best and brightest fighting game devs to come in and design the best game ever.

Fundamentally it will never work. Game of Thrones’ charm is in its politics, feeling of isolation, and world building. There’s no way to bring anything out of that in a fighting game. As soon as you put Renly against Joeffry in a match to the death anyone that’s a fan will just look at the product befuddled.

For this reality show you’re taking a franchise that’s known for its single player experience and tight top notch writing for both the games (at least 1 and 2) and tv show and stripping that away in favor of a format that encourages none of that. All it’s going to be is some weird challenge with loser kids going “OMG I WASNT EXPECTING THAT!!” and “What. The. Fuck. “ for 30 minutes. It’s not going to be good. And it’s gonna be a shit stain on the franchise.

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[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's fucking stupid. Why? Who asked for this? Just make the damn games. Maybe I'm biased because I think this sort of thing is unentertaining trash, but I legitimately don't think that Fallout fans like this sort of thing.

[–] wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This isn't for Fallout fans. It's for people who watch Netflix/Prime and saw the Fallout show. Reality shows are pretty popular on these platforms (Beast Games is #2 on Prime right now) so that's who they're going after.

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[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What do you call it when even the shark has jumped the shark?

[–] 46_and_2@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago
[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Sounds like Fallout-themed Squid Game.

Also, Bethesda is not going to make a new Fallout game while Fallout 76 keeps printing money. Same with Elder Scrolls Online. The amazing thing isn't just how far Bethesda has fallen, it's how many people keep propping them up.

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Breaking news! Zenimax is still completely out of touch with it's fan base.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

So... They're inventing Big Brother, but with lore?

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Of course, gotta milk the success of the show for all it's worth. Amazon is gonna fumble the bag so hard if they try to keep cashing in like this.

[–] matthewm05@ttrpg.network 12 points 1 week ago

It's cheaper to make hollywood slop than video games.

[–] Rinn@awful.systems 12 points 1 week ago

I had to check what community I'm in, still can't believe this is not the Onion.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

shut up todd.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reality show

a series of games

If you want a reality show, just drop people into one of the weirder vaults and that's it.

[–] LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Real life vault 106 let's gooooo

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[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm bummed there's no good single player fallout after fallout 4.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (5 children)

And Fallout 4 was kind of mediocre.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Agreed, but it is a great platform to mod the heck out of. I recommend Wasteland Reborn, if you're looking for a stable modlist.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Besides the main story (an incredible important element), it was good. The location lore was interesting. The radiant quests were fucking stupid. Most of the side quests were decent. It's overhated imo. Nuka-Cola World was boring as shit besides the Hubbologists, I'm not gonna lie.

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[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Okay but how are you supposed to test luck?

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 10 points 1 week ago

Russian Roulette.

Test for nat20's by using a semiautomatic handgun.

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[–] Binturong@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Swing and a miss.

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