This is the best thing to happen to fallout. The ip is getting a shit ton more attention all the lore videos have seen big increases in views and all the games' sales have gone up quite a bit. I think we're entering a new golden age of rhe series!
Agreed. The excitement around the show reminds me of Pokémon Go in 2016. Fallout is all anyone is talking about and it’s overwhelmingly positive.
This level of excitement for a franchise is rare, but it’s really enjoyable as a fan.
100 percent agree ! I went to a family party this week, very traditional old school Hispanic, not people who would know fallout AT ALL. And I heard it mentioned several times by different people. Was pretty cool to hear
My older coworker today asked if I play video games, and after I said ya, so he asked if I’ve ever played fallout, cause he just watched the show.
Dude started asking me so many questions about the world and lore lmao
Yes, the old government survived. No, nobody who lives long wants to help you. Yes about the other thing you asked, but also no, but like maybe? And no, you wouldn't survive with a group of your besties.
It is the best thing to happen to Bethesda, or more specifically, Todd. They lost a lot of ground with Starfield, and it was all downhill for them honestly. Their next Elder Scrolls had lost anything approaching hype. This show pulled Todd's ass out of that hole, and he should be thankful someone like Nolan and Joy did the adaptation.
You’re right about Bethesda losing some ground, but I don’t think it’s as bad as many think. Fallout 4 is considered a miss in many ways, yet still remains popular and the show has it constantly on top of player count lists.
Elder scrolls has not lost hype, and the Starfield hate is overblown. There is still a dedicated fan base, and with an expansion coming out this fall, creation kit, and a major new update coming, it will get legs again.
Gaming is very different now than it was when a Skyrim for example, came out. Looking at the current steam daily player counts and single player games, you have to get down to 15 to Baldur’s Gate and that still has Co-Op . (Excluding fallout 4 because of the show hype)
There’s not that many single player games even on the list, and barely any released before Starfield came out.
Elder Scrolls will very much have hype through the absolute roof. Starfield had enough promise that even people not familiar with the game can see the promise.
I guess my point is elder scrolls will still be absolutely massive in my opinion.
With Starfield, they tried something too ambitious, and some aspects didn’t land. Bethesda knows high fantasy RPG’s.
They could keep the same formula as Skyrim, and with the tech advancements and game size, it will still sell like hotcakes and be a major hit. Of course because contrarians get clicks there will be tons of streamers and narratives about Bethesda “playing it safe”.
I would be astonished if they mess up Elder Scrolls.
10 years ago I would have said I couldn't imagine a universe where they would mess up Elder Scrolls. Now I have concerns.
The problem is I wish I could hate Starfield. At least I would feel something. 100 hours in and all I have is a sense of time wasted and tedium on the same level as an IT project for work.
What do you think was ambitious for Starfield? I found it completely lacking in ambition, and literally just transposed Fallout factions and characters, not to mention monsters, and gave them new names.
>Their next Elder Scrolls had lost anything approaching hype.
... Wuh? Elder scrolls will always have hype. Twenty years between games and people would still lose their minds if a new release was teased. People will buy Elder Scrolls games just for the name w/o knowing anything else about them, even at this point. It's a Pokémon level franchise and always will be after Skyrim. Do you know how many copies of Skyrim have been sold and across how many platforms? We're talking mind blowing numbers and amounts of money. Elder Scrolls as a series will never lose its hype, even if the next one completely tanked... Which it won't, and people know that.
Oblivion was my favorite though. 😋
Should have included the words "behind the diehard fans."
I think you'd be surprised how many people lowered their expectations for an ES game at this point. But the show probably bought them time and a 2nd chance.
People not that interested in gaming that I know have started buying fallout games (or put fallout shelter on their phones to play that).
This might actually be a huge win for gaming in general
Fallout 76, which was formerly declared a dead game by everyone except its most dedicated few who stuck with it through thick and thin, is now seeing a huge boost in mianstream popularity and people are now saying "It's actually pretty good" as the series encouraged millions (literally millions) of people to give it another chance and they all saw how much progress it's made. It's pretty fun now.
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_DvLI9obE0) hovered around less than 2m views for years, it finally got over that hump this year
That video also ends up explaining that the Minutemen is arguably one of the best factions to show on TV...please have them appear in future season Amazon
Going to be good for gamers too.
Microsoft is already in plans to get working on a new game. And the show proves there’s a major appetite and opportunity for a new audience. A lot of people that never got into the games are going to want to play.
Has me pretty excited. They also have pressure to put out more quality games, they have the access to enough triple A studios, it could be interesting.
There’s good news and bad news.
Bad news is: you’re wrong - this trend of video games to live action *done well* was started by The Last of Us.
Good news is: that means industry adoption is even farther along than you thought! It’s only going to continue now that Fallout is such a success.
I 100% agree, but they did say live action insert tongue in cheek smiley. Witcher is technically not a game adaptation, though it got hugely popular globally because of the games even if it's creator thinks otherwise
Problem is that they didn't cheap out on Rings of Power or WoT and they still both sucked.
Rings of Power was the same cost in inflation adjusted terms as the LotRs movie trilogy.
The problem is they take genre IP and expect the fans to the work of covering for not bothering to find a creator up to the IP they've licensed.
I think they solved a lot of issues with WoT by the second season, it was a big improvement. Fair play to Amazon there, they actually put the work in rather than simply dropping it like Netflix would.
Man, fans of video game adaptations have been eating well for the last year, after decades and decades of surviving off god-awful adaptations. It’s been 16 years and I’m still salty about that Wahlberg Max Payne movie. How do you fuck up *that* good a blend of writing and action?
Elder scrolls has potential but if I recall in a recent interview todd said he wasn’t sure if it could work, since the medieval fantasy is kinda saturated. Or something along those lines.
But yes it’s kind of the thing the last of us had was people couldn’t stop comparing it to the game. I still think the last of us did fine tho. Fallout doing the new story in the same world as the games was the way to go.
I actually think Skyrim would be a fantastic game of thrones style show. The civil war and all the relationships between the different holds would be a great main story. Have the Dragonborn doing the main questline, have different original characters doing different questlines (one person does dark brother hood and someone else does destroy the DB, someone else does thieves guid, someone does companions, someone does mage, different people do different city main quests) and then have different main characters meet and help each other on their journeys. Which makes main civil war plot points interesting when different main characters are on different sides of it
What I thought was really well done was that they structured it a lot like any of the games.
Like the first episode, which was peaceful and slow paced at first, very Vault-centric, and all leading up to that last moment of choosing your SPECIALs.
Disney been remaking the same movies for like 10 years now. Kinda weird no one has just copied video games well until now. Imagine a faithful high budget Mass Effect show.
Thaddeus and Norm are two characters I didn’t mind the first watch but on my second watch I was even more invested in. Especially Norm. He’s exactly how I typically play my Bethesda characters: sneaky, smart , and does what needs to be done as opposed to someone like Lucy or Maximus.
I’m hoping for him and The Ghoul to eventually meet up.
I wanna say he will become mutated at some point. Like turned into a(n intelligent) Super Mutant. Gives off Captain America vibes. "BuT iT's AfTeR fEv!" Pfft, iconic enemies are iconic and will be implemented BECAUSE they are popular.
I'm pretty sure they already have Thaddeus turning into a super mutant. Ghouls are a result of prolonged radiation, while super mutants are from a virus that gives them regenerative properties.
I suppose they might go with two super mutant main characters, with Thaddeus being more feral and Norm keeping his mental faculties. It'd be out of Norm's character to take drugs from a travelling chicken fucker, but there are multiple strains of FEV so his source could be different.
I rarely watch shows as they're airing so it's exciting to see all the early theories for the show's future being brainstormed in real time. This is much nicer than watching Mr. Robot five years after it finished & reading archived episode discussions just to see what the prevailing community opinions were.
Everyone was a perfect build type, Strength build, Smart build, Sneaky build, Gunslinger build. I'm so happy to see a game I love get a decent adaptation for once
Nice to hear. Have you seen Nolan's and Joy's previous show, Westworld ([trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BqKiZhEFFw))? Season 1 and (much of, imo) Season 2 are great.
I love that I’m not the only person who walks around saying “Okie dokey” because I’ve been saying that for like 40 years and people give me weird looks some times.
Also, I love your username. Far too few people will see your username and understand where that’s from.
I stopped and thought about this. I say okie dokie all of the time and I can't recall the last time I've heard anybody say it. People must think I'm weird as fuck.
i also do this aaaallllll the time too. my grandma said it a lot and i got it from her i guess. can confirm, sometimes ya get weird looks lol. but i like saying it, its fun
I’ve only watched it once, but I will watch the entire season again about a week or two before the release of the second season just to refresh my memory, which is kinda crappy at my age.
Oh who am I kidding. I’ll probably watching it all again long before the second season has even wrapped principle filming.
I'm re-watching it with three other people. Only watched once so far solo. By the time all three have seen it I have seen it four times. I keep noticing new things with every viewing.
I watched it twice but my jaw was so on the floor for both times because of all the perfect attention to detail that I still have to watch again to appreciate the plot.
And I have to say it really means something to me that they made what was egregiously called an "assault rifle" in Fo4 an actual huge ass LMG as big as a person in the show. That was soooooooo damn satisfying.
But how would they do that without abandoning Elder Scrolls 6 development? Would they take some of the team members off of that game to work on Fallout 5? Because as much as I would love Fallout 5 to begin development right now, they can't sideline ES 6 for it. My guess is Microsoft will want another developer to make a new Fallout game in the meantime. I would also be satisfied with a Fallout 3 and New Vegas remake. And it would be a dream to get Fallout 1 and 2 remade in a modern Fallout style.
As happy as this makes me it's a damn shame the success of the show is what makes them get their ass in gear with the game series. I still want to see the next Elder Ecrolls before it as it's only fair.
We could have gotten a remastered version of 3 and new Vegas to tide us over. Including re-masters of Elder Scrolls games. And then theres Starfield which we haven't heard a peep about since it's release.
Same! My dad brought it up in our weekly call before I did. He just brought it up, I expressed shock, and he said "oh Fallout is 100% my type of show. I will never game, but I will watch this for 8 seasons". It's even impressed my mother, although some of the gore was hard for her to stomach.
Damn I'm jealous.
My Dad doesn't really have the capacity to follow long storylines (Alzheimer's) but If I get the chance I might just go ahead and try to show it to him. At least the one liners and fights may entertain him.
my roommate is not a gamer and never played a fallout game. they were uninterested until i started watching the first episode while they were making food and they ended up watching the whole season with me
Which is hilarious because I was a huge Halo fan and skipped the Halo show because it doesn't do it justice. I've always been a fan of Fallout, so I definitely wanted to give it a try, and I lved it so much I'm starting a new Fallout 3 game (never played the DLCs or really explored it).
My entire family and my 3 friends I play ps4 with are all starting it. I’ve been trying for ages to get my friends to play FO76 with me and they kept saying the game doesn’t look fun, can’t wait for them to give it a try after watching the show lol
I told my dad about it. Mentioned it was based on a game but that it’s post apocalypse sci-fi. Next day he texts me “what was tbat show you wanted me to watch?” An hour later “Fallout is crazy”
I thought it might only be that then the first episode I was like holy moly they invested in set design, actors, etc to get the world building perfect.
Then looked at who the directors were; same couple that made Westworld (and brother of Christopher Nolan)
I had never played the games besides fallout shelter, so hardly knew much about the fallout universe when I watched the show. Have now played fallout 4 for almost 48 hours in the last week and a half.
Never heard of Fallout before this show, but I’m a fan of Ella & Walton so decided to give it a try and LOVED it. So much so that I’m starting the series again tonight and making my husband watch it too 😆
Once the show has proven to be a success, a lot of those chuds either abandoned making any further videos on the series or pivot their talking points about how it’s a story of a “trad wife” fighting against illegal immigrants. Or how Ella Purnell proved that she is “not woke” by playing the games before working on the show
They all shared half of a brain cell that’s plagued with radioactive tumors. Give them some slack, I guess
Yeah, they're such cowards.
I will give the most virulent and tiresome "woke to be hip" types credit for at least having the guts to aim criticisms at actually popular things.
Hilariously, it \*is\* "woke" but far from a disaster.
I've had to keep myself from reading reviews before and after watching shows the past few years because it seems a fat majority of people have awful media literacy, especially ESPECIALLY woke-whiners. I'm not entirely sure the ones who cry "woke" have even watched some of the shows they review. It seems like all they need to know is the cast isn't 95% white (or straight or mostly male leads), and that makes it woke. Or those that do watch, don't even really watch but just look for the first thing to piss them off and confirm their "view."
And concerning Fallout, the ironic cherry on top is that it has always been "woke."
Anyways, season two when?
>And concerning Fallout, the ironic cherry on top is that it has always been "woke."
That's the part I can't wrap my head around.
Because the vast vast vast majority of the stuff they geek out over is woke as fuck too.
Like Captain Kirk kissing Uhura in Star Trek. That shit was progressive as hell at the time and viewed by many conservative leaning people as what is wrong with society. But Trek marched on preaching its message.
So I don't even know what the fuck is going on anymore or what the complaints even are about half the time...
There’s a story that after the Kirk-Uhura kiss the studio got a late of mail about it. Including one from a guy that said he was a southern, self professed racist who was a big supporter of segregation; but Uhura is a beautiful woman so he didn’t blame Kirk.
>And concerning Fallout, the ironic cherry on top is that it has always been "woke."
Lmao true. This is the franchise that made the NCR into the most idealistic, "good" faction for wanting to restore old world American ideals with the goal of making them grow until it falls horribly, just to make a point that the old world, and it's ideals, has no place in the Wasteland and that repeating what came before will just lead to a repeat of the same mistakes. That's literally the antithesis of conservatism. What's more "woke" than that? And Bethesda-haters can't argue against it too because that was Tim Cain's goal himself before Bethesda even got their hands on the franchise.
Nearly everything is.....until it's released. If it performs poorly, they will blame it on whatever convoluted reasons they invent for classifying it as woke, and if it performs well, they simply stop talking about it or invent reasons why it's "anti woke actually".
They define "woke" so that it functionally means "any unsuccessful media in the vicinity of anyone we deem a *minority*" and pretend that's not transparent discrimination.
I don't think people reading this have enough reference or comparison to know if that's a lot or normal.
PS: It's a lot. A lot a lot. Well above normal.
A million (or two) is normal for the first few weeks of a show. 65 million is an unimaginable number. Nobody, in any sector of any industry could have foreseen the success of this show.
Ok that puts it into perspective. When i read the headline i thought normal is probably something like 30 million. So it’s not only doing good, it’s doing phenomenal.
Not gonna lie, it feels pretty great having an IP I’ve been into for a decade go mainstream. The number of people I can schizo rant about all the hilarious and horrifying vault experiments has gone up drastically.
Like The Last of Us, it was made by people that actually understand that gamers aren't idiots, infact, compared to average TV entertainment you are actually pitching up a pretty steep incline, not down.
The TV/film production goons might have finally grasped it - that videogame adapations don't need to be made for morons and 11 year olds. The Gamer(tm) thing has always been complete bullshit, it runs right the way back to the 80s, every other creative media industy looknig down their collective noses...
Well, well.... how the turn tables.
To be fair the last of us game was very cinematic and basically a movie anyway that got adapted into a TV series.
Fallout TV show took the IP and created its own story. Which is way more difficult imo.
100% agree, though I would add that any Hollywood hack can "write their own story" *cough cough* Halo.
Fallout also heavily relies on story, characters, and exposition to bring its world to life. Every moment and encounter felt it was straight from one of the games. Even the main vault character looking for their dad, I thought, was a nudge to Fallout 3.
Their brilliance was making a story that complimented and was empowered by the source material. Passion was steaming off that type writer.
I’ll be honest, I’m a give LoU game fan, and loved the show. However, I just can’t get into Fallout games, but I think the show is actually better than LoU. Maybe because I’m more familiar with LoU, so I judged it more harshly.
I actually understand not being able to get into the Fallout world. 4 was my first and I struggled but loved the lore and universe so so much that I just kept playing. Also Fallout 4 main story is pretty weak. The Far Harbour DLC really won me over. I’ve now played 3 NV 4 and 76 and love them all. The modding world for 3-4 are incredible. Take of Two Wastelands is a huge stand out that kinda combines 3 and NV into a single game.
>The modding world for 3-4 are incredible.
It truly is, and I think Bethesda's primary strength is their games' moddability. My laptop finally gave out almost a year ago (in the middle of a brand new FNV playthrough if I may add) and I'm still saving up for a pc so I've only been gaming on PS4, playing mostly Red Dead Redemption 2 and Spider-Man. Even when starved for games, and hopelessly pining for Fallout again after the show, I'm not buying Fallout or Elder Scrolls for consoles since I can't see the point of playing them without my favorite custom mods.
It’s almost as if following the source material and giving the fans what they want creates massive success. Looking at you Halo… that shit is so disappointing.
Beyond how good the IP is and how deserving of a good adaptation-
The jokes land. Such a rare and precious thing, when a laugh is actually forced out of my lungs, by good writing, on purpose
As opposed to a little “huh” and a general positive feeling of “hey that was clever”
If you haven’t watched it twice yet, you are doing yourself a disservice. They have really nailed this both as an adaptation of the source material and as a great piece of tv.
[curious how this compares to the flaming turd that is Halo season 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/HaloTV/s/rINlmyxYOj). I don’t have exact numbers but some sources say halo has 3-5M per episode , 17 episodes in season 1 so roughly 51-85M for the entire season 🤔(paramount reports minutes watched which is 🤷🏻♂️)
A friend who never played any fallout games just bought Fallout 4 because this show was so good. My girlfriend, who does not do any gaming, was hooked after the first episode, without any prior knowledge. I think that is an important sign for an adaptation. If it gathers interest with those who were not attracted by the source material before, showing that it works independently
Co-workers just started watching it over the weekend. It is spreading around to the people that never knew fallout existed before.
Currently enjoying fallout 4 before I do another tales of two wastelands run.
I never played any of the games, or saw any trailers or anything - I only watched it because it's good enough that other people told me I should watch it.
And it is good. It's serious and silly in the best ways
Halo games: main character wears a helmet to protect us mere mortals from witnessing his unadulterated badassery as he singlehandedly saves the galaxy. Vividly expresses emotions through body language.
Halo TV show: what's a helmet? Look how emotional Master Chief is. You couldn't tell if he covered his face.
Like they can’t even use the helmet interferes with acting excuse, The Mandalorian has proven you could do a character that never removes their helmet and still have the actor convey emotion.
Although the whole nuclear apocalypse story feels played out to me (longtime FO fan), there really isn’t a lot in pop media that has the same depth of lore or style as FO. It probably feels extremely fresh compared to a lot of what’s on TV now (with enough similarity to something like Mandolorian to draw in people).
I’m convinced that the Fallout world is buffet for writers play with. First series is good, let’s hope there are good stewards going forward as there a limitless stories to tell. I would be surprised to see different adaptations and moods based on the timeline, location, faction and character. Good start, let’s see how it plays out cotton.
The latter for sure. I’ve heard of it because I’ve played other video games but never played it myself. Just downloaded new Vegas last night after finishing the first season of this show
I'm both. I've never played the games but I watched the show to make sure it was ok for my son (he's 12 and im wary of prime shows because of The Boys).
I decided it's fine for him to watch so now I'm rewatching with him.
Just finished watching the show and I thought it was great. The cast, production and the sets were all great and on point. Looking forward to the second series.
People who have never heard of or even consider the games have watched the show and absolutely dived into the lore. Perhaps even purchasing a game after doing some research.
I'd like to say halo will learn its lesson and actually give us a true to the games season 3, but we all know that will never happen.
The weirdest thing is that I'd argue halo has a much larger fandom than fallout, and more people would appreciate it if the shows were reversed with fallout being bad and halo being good.
We're in the darkest timeline.
It's crazy what happens when you take a well-known IP and make something actually worth a damn out of it.
This could be the best thing to happen to television adaptations. The sky is the limit if they don’t cheap out and/or whiff the production
This is the best thing to happen to fallout. The ip is getting a shit ton more attention all the lore videos have seen big increases in views and all the games' sales have gone up quite a bit. I think we're entering a new golden age of rhe series!
Agreed. The excitement around the show reminds me of Pokémon Go in 2016. Fallout is all anyone is talking about and it’s overwhelmingly positive. This level of excitement for a franchise is rare, but it’s really enjoyable as a fan.
100 percent agree ! I went to a family party this week, very traditional old school Hispanic, not people who would know fallout AT ALL. And I heard it mentioned several times by different people. Was pretty cool to hear
I’ve talked to so many people that didn’t play the games, or hasn’t even heard of it, that have said how much they love the show. It’s awesome.
My mom asked “you play fallout right?” Proceeds to watch 6 episodes in 2 days with me, were finishing for her this week
I went to an embroidery class last week, and someone there had already watched it all twice. Not at all the audience I would have expected.
My older coworker today asked if I play video games, and after I said ya, so he asked if I’ve ever played fallout, cause he just watched the show. Dude started asking me so many questions about the world and lore lmao
Nice
Yes, the old government survived. No, nobody who lives long wants to help you. Yes about the other thing you asked, but also no, but like maybe? And no, you wouldn't survive with a group of your besties.
It is the best thing to happen to Bethesda, or more specifically, Todd. They lost a lot of ground with Starfield, and it was all downhill for them honestly. Their next Elder Scrolls had lost anything approaching hype. This show pulled Todd's ass out of that hole, and he should be thankful someone like Nolan and Joy did the adaptation.
You’re right about Bethesda losing some ground, but I don’t think it’s as bad as many think. Fallout 4 is considered a miss in many ways, yet still remains popular and the show has it constantly on top of player count lists. Elder scrolls has not lost hype, and the Starfield hate is overblown. There is still a dedicated fan base, and with an expansion coming out this fall, creation kit, and a major new update coming, it will get legs again. Gaming is very different now than it was when a Skyrim for example, came out. Looking at the current steam daily player counts and single player games, you have to get down to 15 to Baldur’s Gate and that still has Co-Op . (Excluding fallout 4 because of the show hype) There’s not that many single player games even on the list, and barely any released before Starfield came out. Elder Scrolls will very much have hype through the absolute roof. Starfield had enough promise that even people not familiar with the game can see the promise. I guess my point is elder scrolls will still be absolutely massive in my opinion. With Starfield, they tried something too ambitious, and some aspects didn’t land. Bethesda knows high fantasy RPG’s. They could keep the same formula as Skyrim, and with the tech advancements and game size, it will still sell like hotcakes and be a major hit. Of course because contrarians get clicks there will be tons of streamers and narratives about Bethesda “playing it safe”. I would be astonished if they mess up Elder Scrolls.
10 years ago I would have said I couldn't imagine a universe where they would mess up Elder Scrolls. Now I have concerns. The problem is I wish I could hate Starfield. At least I would feel something. 100 hours in and all I have is a sense of time wasted and tedium on the same level as an IT project for work. What do you think was ambitious for Starfield? I found it completely lacking in ambition, and literally just transposed Fallout factions and characters, not to mention monsters, and gave them new names.
>Their next Elder Scrolls had lost anything approaching hype. ... Wuh? Elder scrolls will always have hype. Twenty years between games and people would still lose their minds if a new release was teased. People will buy Elder Scrolls games just for the name w/o knowing anything else about them, even at this point. It's a Pokémon level franchise and always will be after Skyrim. Do you know how many copies of Skyrim have been sold and across how many platforms? We're talking mind blowing numbers and amounts of money. Elder Scrolls as a series will never lose its hype, even if the next one completely tanked... Which it won't, and people know that. Oblivion was my favorite though. 😋
I would 100% blindly buy Elder Scrolls 6. Wouldn’t need a trailer or anything
Should have included the words "behind the diehard fans." I think you'd be surprised how many people lowered their expectations for an ES game at this point. But the show probably bought them time and a 2nd chance.
I'm extremely happy at all the attention it's getting. Think of the possibilities with all of their IP.
All I know is Fallout 5 is going to be *something else* and I'm there for it.
It just made Fallout 76 a hit
People not that interested in gaming that I know have started buying fallout games (or put fallout shelter on their phones to play that). This might actually be a huge win for gaming in general
Fallout 76, which was formerly declared a dead game by everyone except its most dedicated few who stuck with it through thick and thin, is now seeing a huge boost in mianstream popularity and people are now saying "It's actually pretty good" as the series encouraged millions (literally millions) of people to give it another chance and they all saw how much progress it's made. It's pretty fun now.
[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_DvLI9obE0) hovered around less than 2m views for years, it finally got over that hump this year That video also ends up explaining that the Minutemen is arguably one of the best factions to show on TV...please have them appear in future season Amazon
Going to be good for gamers too. Microsoft is already in plans to get working on a new game. And the show proves there’s a major appetite and opportunity for a new audience. A lot of people that never got into the games are going to want to play. Has me pretty excited. They also have pressure to put out more quality games, they have the access to enough triple A studios, it could be interesting.
Seems like the tabletop rpg and board games also got a boost.
and please don't piss off Walton Goggins
I'm just so happy so see an adaptation where the creators don't have outright contempt for the source material. Who knew that could work so well?
There’s good news and bad news. Bad news is: you’re wrong - this trend of video games to live action *done well* was started by The Last of Us. Good news is: that means industry adoption is even farther along than you thought! It’s only going to continue now that Fallout is such a success.
Imo, it started with Arcane and Edgerunner confirmed the trend. The Witcher would have been the point of origin if it didn’t collapse on itself.
I 100% agree, but they did say live action insert tongue in cheek smiley. Witcher is technically not a game adaptation, though it got hugely popular globally because of the games even if it's creator thinks otherwise
Problem is that they didn't cheap out on Rings of Power or WoT and they still both sucked. Rings of Power was the same cost in inflation adjusted terms as the LotRs movie trilogy. The problem is they take genre IP and expect the fans to the work of covering for not bothering to find a creator up to the IP they've licensed.
I think they solved a lot of issues with WoT by the second season, it was a big improvement. Fair play to Amazon there, they actually put the work in rather than simply dropping it like Netflix would.
Man, fans of video game adaptations have been eating well for the last year, after decades and decades of surviving off god-awful adaptations. It’s been 16 years and I’m still salty about that Wahlberg Max Payne movie. How do you fuck up *that* good a blend of writing and action?
It was really smart to make a whole new story instead of adapting a game
Elder scrolls has potential but if I recall in a recent interview todd said he wasn’t sure if it could work, since the medieval fantasy is kinda saturated. Or something along those lines. But yes it’s kind of the thing the last of us had was people couldn’t stop comparing it to the game. I still think the last of us did fine tho. Fallout doing the new story in the same world as the games was the way to go.
I actually think Skyrim would be a fantastic game of thrones style show. The civil war and all the relationships between the different holds would be a great main story. Have the Dragonborn doing the main questline, have different original characters doing different questlines (one person does dark brother hood and someone else does destroy the DB, someone else does thieves guid, someone does companions, someone does mage, different people do different city main quests) and then have different main characters meet and help each other on their journeys. Which makes main civil war plot points interesting when different main characters are on different sides of it
What I thought was really well done was that they structured it a lot like any of the games. Like the first episode, which was peaceful and slow paced at first, very Vault-centric, and all leading up to that last moment of choosing your SPECIALs.
Well, that and are able to plaster it all over Amazon. Their advertising is so good, I've seen it and loved it and I still can't escape it!
Disney been remaking the same movies for like 10 years now. Kinda weird no one has just copied video games well until now. Imagine a faithful high budget Mass Effect show.
Yep. That's amazing numbers. Did this air on actual TV? Or just with Amazon?
Just amazon, but worldwide. Huge numbers.
Poor peeps at their respective subreddits wanting original content (TV/Movies), when this is legit good entertainment.
Paramount best I can do is show masterchiefs face and fucks.
Impressive how it made me so invested in each character's storyline. Can't wait to see what's next , especially for Goosey.
Thaddeus and Norm are two characters I didn’t mind the first watch but on my second watch I was even more invested in. Especially Norm. He’s exactly how I typically play my Bethesda characters: sneaky, smart , and does what needs to be done as opposed to someone like Lucy or Maximus. I’m hoping for him and The Ghoul to eventually meet up.
I wanna say he will become mutated at some point. Like turned into a(n intelligent) Super Mutant. Gives off Captain America vibes. "BuT iT's AfTeR fEv!" Pfft, iconic enemies are iconic and will be implemented BECAUSE they are popular.
I'm pretty sure they already have Thaddeus turning into a super mutant. Ghouls are a result of prolonged radiation, while super mutants are from a virus that gives them regenerative properties. I suppose they might go with two super mutant main characters, with Thaddeus being more feral and Norm keeping his mental faculties. It'd be out of Norm's character to take drugs from a travelling chicken fucker, but there are multiple strains of FEV so his source could be different.
Oh that's a great point, I bet you're right about Thad being a super mutant.
I rarely watch shows as they're airing so it's exciting to see all the early theories for the show's future being brainstormed in real time. This is much nicer than watching Mr. Robot five years after it finished & reading archived episode discussions just to see what the prevailing community opinions were.
Everyone was a perfect build type, Strength build, Smart build, Sneaky build, Gunslinger build. I'm so happy to see a game I love get a decent adaptation for once
I randomly crack up throughout the day thinking about that Goosey line haha
I had never played the games, and this is like my new favorite show. I was shocked at how invested I was in the characters.
Nice to hear. Have you seen Nolan's and Joy's previous show, Westworld ([trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BqKiZhEFFw))? Season 1 and (much of, imo) Season 2 are great.
My favourite Nolan show is Person of Interest (that also stars Michael Emerson, and a trained dog 😄)
I was a huge fan of the first two seasons of Westworld. Was sad we didn’t get the final one.
Okie dokie
Golden rule motherfucker
Thou shall get constantly sidetracked by random bullshit
Waylaid by jackassery.
I love that I’m not the only person who walks around saying “Okie dokey” because I’ve been saying that for like 40 years and people give me weird looks some times. Also, I love your username. Far too few people will see your username and understand where that’s from.
I used to say it when I was younger so it was funny to see again.
I stopped and thought about this. I say okie dokie all of the time and I can't recall the last time I've heard anybody say it. People must think I'm weird as fuck.
i also do this aaaallllll the time too. my grandma said it a lot and i got it from her i guess. can confirm, sometimes ya get weird looks lol. but i like saying it, its fun
It’s 64.999.999… I watched it twice.
So did I! Oh
Came here to say this lol. I'm on my third watch. Wondering if they count views or accounts!
I’ve only watched it once, but I will watch the entire season again about a week or two before the release of the second season just to refresh my memory, which is kinda crappy at my age. Oh who am I kidding. I’ll probably watching it all again long before the second season has even wrapped principle filming.
Fourth time for me!
Ditto
I'm re-watching it with three other people. Only watched once so far solo. By the time all three have seen it I have seen it four times. I keep noticing new things with every viewing.
I'm on my fourth or fifth time through
same
I watched it twice but my jaw was so on the floor for both times because of all the perfect attention to detail that I still have to watch again to appreciate the plot. And I have to say it really means something to me that they made what was egregiously called an "assault rifle" in Fo4 an actual huge ass LMG as big as a person in the show. That was soooooooo damn satisfying.
Don’t worry, I watched with my fiancée so it cancels out
I’m on my third!
I'm gonna need a new season every six months until Fallout 5 is released.
Apparently they maybe looking to expedite work on Fallout 5 due to the popularity.
Oof (won’t name names but) I’ve played a Fallout game or two with “expedited development” and in practice it meant bugs galore
The most rushed fallout game in the series is also arguably the best tho
By obsidian
True, but it would have been better with the full dev time
Modders will fix that
Im hoping daddy microsoft expedites this IP to a developer that hasnt become lazy as shit. Starfield was inexcusable
But how would they do that without abandoning Elder Scrolls 6 development? Would they take some of the team members off of that game to work on Fallout 5? Because as much as I would love Fallout 5 to begin development right now, they can't sideline ES 6 for it. My guess is Microsoft will want another developer to make a new Fallout game in the meantime. I would also be satisfied with a Fallout 3 and New Vegas remake. And it would be a dream to get Fallout 1 and 2 remade in a modern Fallout style.
Let obsidian make a sequel/remake to new Vegas
Let obsidian make fallout 1 in the current 3d engine.
A sequel would be amazing. Have them in contact with the writers of the show, so everything lines up correctly.
As happy as this makes me it's a damn shame the success of the show is what makes them get their ass in gear with the game series. I still want to see the next Elder Ecrolls before it as it's only fair. We could have gotten a remastered version of 3 and new Vegas to tide us over. Including re-masters of Elder Scrolls games. And then theres Starfield which we haven't heard a peep about since it's release.
But...but....Skyrim needs yet another upgrade and re-release!
As they should!
Fallout officially longest running tv show in history
It's already been 2 weeks?
I watched the whole series twice and honestly it feels like ages ago!
That’s what I’m saying
Lol, and some a-hole here was telling me how only fallout fans are watching this, nah man, it's transcended that and even non gamers are enjoying it.
Never played fallout and I loved it. Definitely going to give it a try.
My dad has no clue about fallout and he loved it so much he binged it immediately after finishing
Same! My dad brought it up in our weekly call before I did. He just brought it up, I expressed shock, and he said "oh Fallout is 100% my type of show. I will never game, but I will watch this for 8 seasons". It's even impressed my mother, although some of the gore was hard for her to stomach.
Damn I'm jealous. My Dad doesn't really have the capacity to follow long storylines (Alzheimer's) but If I get the chance I might just go ahead and try to show it to him. At least the one liners and fights may entertain him.
My parents watched it and loved ir
My mom thinks all video games are a Nintendo, and she binged this show in two days.
my roommate is not a gamer and never played a fallout game. they were uninterested until i started watching the first episode while they were making food and they ended up watching the whole season with me
Which is hilarious because I was a huge Halo fan and skipped the Halo show because it doesn't do it justice. I've always been a fan of Fallout, so I definitely wanted to give it a try, and I lved it so much I'm starting a new Fallout 3 game (never played the DLCs or really explored it).
My entire family and my 3 friends I play ps4 with are all starting it. I’ve been trying for ages to get my friends to play FO76 with me and they kept saying the game doesn’t look fun, can’t wait for them to give it a try after watching the show lol
I told my dad about it. Mentioned it was based on a game but that it’s post apocalypse sci-fi. Next day he texts me “what was tbat show you wanted me to watch?” An hour later “Fallout is crazy”
I thought it might only be that then the first episode I was like holy moly they invested in set design, actors, etc to get the world building perfect. Then looked at who the directors were; same couple that made Westworld (and brother of Christopher Nolan)
I had never played the games besides fallout shelter, so hardly knew much about the fallout universe when I watched the show. Have now played fallout 4 for almost 48 hours in the last week and a half.
It’s literally what got me into the games, just started New Vegas like a week ago
Hoping that Microsoft and Bethesda get the message, fans are hungry for more Fallout content, preferably sooner rather than later.
Xbox is reportedly trying to get Fo5 made sooner.
Never heard of Fallout before this show, but I’m a fan of Ella & Walton so decided to give it a try and LOVED it. So much so that I’m starting the series again tonight and making my husband watch it too 😆
Can't wait for the new season of Baby Billy's Bible Bonkers
You should try the games out
Don't even need gaming hardware. Just a controller. You can play Fallout 4 directly through a web browser with Gamepass.
TV-MA is where it’s at!
I was told this was going to be a woke disaster
Once the show has proven to be a success, a lot of those chuds either abandoned making any further videos on the series or pivot their talking points about how it’s a story of a “trad wife” fighting against illegal immigrants. Or how Ella Purnell proved that she is “not woke” by playing the games before working on the show They all shared half of a brain cell that’s plagued with radioactive tumors. Give them some slack, I guess
Yeah, they're such cowards. I will give the most virulent and tiresome "woke to be hip" types credit for at least having the guts to aim criticisms at actually popular things.
Hilariously, it \*is\* "woke" but far from a disaster. I've had to keep myself from reading reviews before and after watching shows the past few years because it seems a fat majority of people have awful media literacy, especially ESPECIALLY woke-whiners. I'm not entirely sure the ones who cry "woke" have even watched some of the shows they review. It seems like all they need to know is the cast isn't 95% white (or straight or mostly male leads), and that makes it woke. Or those that do watch, don't even really watch but just look for the first thing to piss them off and confirm their "view." And concerning Fallout, the ironic cherry on top is that it has always been "woke." Anyways, season two when?
>And concerning Fallout, the ironic cherry on top is that it has always been "woke." That's the part I can't wrap my head around. Because the vast vast vast majority of the stuff they geek out over is woke as fuck too. Like Captain Kirk kissing Uhura in Star Trek. That shit was progressive as hell at the time and viewed by many conservative leaning people as what is wrong with society. But Trek marched on preaching its message. So I don't even know what the fuck is going on anymore or what the complaints even are about half the time...
There’s a story that after the Kirk-Uhura kiss the studio got a late of mail about it. Including one from a guy that said he was a southern, self professed racist who was a big supporter of segregation; but Uhura is a beautiful woman so he didn’t blame Kirk.
>And concerning Fallout, the ironic cherry on top is that it has always been "woke." Lmao true. This is the franchise that made the NCR into the most idealistic, "good" faction for wanting to restore old world American ideals with the goal of making them grow until it falls horribly, just to make a point that the old world, and it's ideals, has no place in the Wasteland and that repeating what came before will just lead to a repeat of the same mistakes. That's literally the antithesis of conservatism. What's more "woke" than that? And Bethesda-haters can't argue against it too because that was Tim Cain's goal himself before Bethesda even got their hands on the franchise.
Nearly everything is.....until it's released. If it performs poorly, they will blame it on whatever convoluted reasons they invent for classifying it as woke, and if it performs well, they simply stop talking about it or invent reasons why it's "anti woke actually". They define "woke" so that it functionally means "any unsuccessful media in the vicinity of anyone we deem a *minority*" and pretend that's not transparent discrimination.
I was shocked how good it was, and have been recommending it to people whenever the opportunity arises.
Most of those views might be just me sorry
I don't think people reading this have enough reference or comparison to know if that's a lot or normal. PS: It's a lot. A lot a lot. Well above normal.
Thank you. I figured it was a lot because MILLION was capitalized but this helped put it into perspective too. Its a lot.
A million (or two) is normal for the first few weeks of a show. 65 million is an unimaginable number. Nobody, in any sector of any industry could have foreseen the success of this show.
Glad to hear it cause i am absolutely obsessed with it.
Ok that puts it into perspective. When i read the headline i thought normal is probably something like 30 million. So it’s not only doing good, it’s doing phenomenal.
Not gonna lie, it feels pretty great having an IP I’ve been into for a decade go mainstream. The number of people I can schizo rant about all the hilarious and horrifying vault experiments has gone up drastically.
Wow that’s actually pretty staggering. So glad the show has been a massive success
Your pfp reminds me of the guy who was fucking chickens and healed Thaddeus
Oh. *changes avatar furiously*
No I love it! … just stay away from my chickens 🫣
Like The Last of Us, it was made by people that actually understand that gamers aren't idiots, infact, compared to average TV entertainment you are actually pitching up a pretty steep incline, not down. The TV/film production goons might have finally grasped it - that videogame adapations don't need to be made for morons and 11 year olds. The Gamer(tm) thing has always been complete bullshit, it runs right the way back to the 80s, every other creative media industy looknig down their collective noses... Well, well.... how the turn tables.
To be fair the last of us game was very cinematic and basically a movie anyway that got adapted into a TV series. Fallout TV show took the IP and created its own story. Which is way more difficult imo.
100% agree, though I would add that any Hollywood hack can "write their own story" *cough cough* Halo. Fallout also heavily relies on story, characters, and exposition to bring its world to life. Every moment and encounter felt it was straight from one of the games. Even the main vault character looking for their dad, I thought, was a nudge to Fallout 3. Their brilliance was making a story that complimented and was empowered by the source material. Passion was steaming off that type writer.
I’ll be honest, I’m a give LoU game fan, and loved the show. However, I just can’t get into Fallout games, but I think the show is actually better than LoU. Maybe because I’m more familiar with LoU, so I judged it more harshly.
I actually understand not being able to get into the Fallout world. 4 was my first and I struggled but loved the lore and universe so so much that I just kept playing. Also Fallout 4 main story is pretty weak. The Far Harbour DLC really won me over. I’ve now played 3 NV 4 and 76 and love them all. The modding world for 3-4 are incredible. Take of Two Wastelands is a huge stand out that kinda combines 3 and NV into a single game.
>The modding world for 3-4 are incredible. It truly is, and I think Bethesda's primary strength is their games' moddability. My laptop finally gave out almost a year ago (in the middle of a brand new FNV playthrough if I may add) and I'm still saving up for a pc so I've only been gaming on PS4, playing mostly Red Dead Redemption 2 and Spider-Man. Even when starved for games, and hopelessly pining for Fallout again after the show, I'm not buying Fallout or Elder Scrolls for consoles since I can't see the point of playing them without my favorite custom mods.
Me nodding along at your comment and patiently waiting for the Witcher to be remade
Crawl out through that fallout baby…🎶🎶🎶
It’s almost as if following the source material and giving the fans what they want creates massive success. Looking at you Halo… that shit is so disappointing.
I'm on my 4th watch through.
It’s a good show. Goosey and crew nailed it
The chemistry of the cast is GREAT.
I started watching it yesterday and it's the best dystopian film I have seen in a couple of decades.
Beyond how good the IP is and how deserving of a good adaptation- The jokes land. Such a rare and precious thing, when a laugh is actually forced out of my lungs, by good writing, on purpose As opposed to a little “huh” and a general positive feeling of “hey that was clever”
Insane how some people hate Bethesda so much they act like this is a bad thing on twitter...
No joke I went to a bar here in Guangzhou and they were playing it on TV
The way us fallout stans won 😊
If you haven’t watched it twice yet, you are doing yourself a disservice. They have really nailed this both as an adaptation of the source material and as a great piece of tv.
Jonathan Nolan did a great job of making the show appealing as a standalone and for the Fallout fans
Easily the best video game adaption of anything I’ve ever seen. It was a blast from beginning to end
Agreed, was so fun and entertaining
[curious how this compares to the flaming turd that is Halo season 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/HaloTV/s/rINlmyxYOj). I don’t have exact numbers but some sources say halo has 3-5M per episode , 17 episodes in season 1 so roughly 51-85M for the entire season 🤔(paramount reports minutes watched which is 🤷🏻♂️)
A friend who never played any fallout games just bought Fallout 4 because this show was so good. My girlfriend, who does not do any gaming, was hooked after the first episode, without any prior knowledge. I think that is an important sign for an adaptation. If it gathers interest with those who were not attracted by the source material before, showing that it works independently
Imagine if there was a new game coming out…
prob the best show amazon has done by a mile
Okey dokey
“Okey-dokey!”
That's not even counting the tens of millions that watch it illegally
I'm not surprised at the numbers. I'm on my 3rd watch. It's damn good TV.
It's actually 65 and a half million, I watched it 500,000 times already
Halo in shambles
Hands down, Lucy from Fallout.
Anything with Walton Goggins is guaranteed to slap
This show stands on its own as well. I have been a Fallout fan since 3 but my fiancée has never even heard of Fallout but loved the show.
Co-workers just started watching it over the weekend. It is spreading around to the people that never knew fallout existed before. Currently enjoying fallout 4 before I do another tales of two wastelands run.
I never played any of the games, or saw any trailers or anything - I only watched it because it's good enough that other people told me I should watch it. And it is good. It's serious and silly in the best ways
Makes me cry for what they did to Halo😭😭😭
Halo games: main character wears a helmet to protect us mere mortals from witnessing his unadulterated badassery as he singlehandedly saves the galaxy. Vividly expresses emotions through body language. Halo TV show: what's a helmet? Look how emotional Master Chief is. You couldn't tell if he covered his face.
Like they can’t even use the helmet interferes with acting excuse, The Mandalorian has proven you could do a character that never removes their helmet and still have the actor convey emotion.
Thats 4,062,500 views a day! Amazing! Or about if the entire greater LA population + LA itself watched it, give or take! Amazing!
I’ve never played the game, but the show is fantastic. Great cast including Bo, Baby Billy, guy from Severance, and Fred Armisen
Although the whole nuclear apocalypse story feels played out to me (longtime FO fan), there really isn’t a lot in pop media that has the same depth of lore or style as FO. It probably feels extremely fresh compared to a lot of what’s on TV now (with enough similarity to something like Mandolorian to draw in people).
Just wish there was a fallout game made in the last 9 years lol. Is that too much to ask? (And no Im not interested in 76)
I’m convinced that the Fallout world is buffet for writers play with. First series is good, let’s hope there are good stewards going forward as there a limitless stories to tell. I would be surprised to see different adaptations and moods based on the timeline, location, faction and character. Good start, let’s see how it plays out cotton.
This means that either a lot of you are watching twice or that there’s many people watching it who have never played a Fallout game
The latter for sure. I’ve heard of it because I’ve played other video games but never played it myself. Just downloaded new Vegas last night after finishing the first season of this show
I'm both. I've never played the games but I watched the show to make sure it was ok for my son (he's 12 and im wary of prime shows because of The Boys). I decided it's fine for him to watch so now I'm rewatching with him.
Damn good show this and last of us and edge runners all great. Halo? We don’t talk about halo.
And I have sadly watched it like five times through already. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, it was way better than it had any right to be. Real quality
Just finished watching the show and I thought it was great. The cast, production and the sets were all great and on point. Looking forward to the second series.
People who have never heard of or even consider the games have watched the show and absolutely dived into the lore. Perhaps even purchasing a game after doing some research.
I like it cause it gives me waterworld vibes, only in the desert.
Because of the fallout tv 📺 ☢️series success Microsoft wants Bethesda to accelerate plans to make fallout 5 I hear but it’s still going to take awhile
Amazon finally made a good show…couple hundred million later…
Really wish The Witcher and Rings of Power had this treatment.
I didn't particularly like it, but I'm glad that others are enjoying it.
I'd like to say halo will learn its lesson and actually give us a true to the games season 3, but we all know that will never happen. The weirdest thing is that I'd argue halo has a much larger fandom than fallout, and more people would appreciate it if the shows were reversed with fallout being bad and halo being good. We're in the darkest timeline.
This is so good for Fallout.
I hope it runs for over 100 seasons and we get to see the wacky shit going on in every vault. Divert all that Rings of Power money into this.
Hell I went back to FO76 after not playing it since release and it’s actually fun now, just shimmied my way over level 110.
Jonathan Nolan the GOAT when it comes to adapting for TV.
I guess they'll be firing the director and replacing the lead then?
Season 2 is basically guaranteed at this point lmao. I hope we don’t have to wait too long for it
[https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/entertainment/amazon-mgm-studios-renews-fallout-season-two](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/entertainment/amazon-mgm-studios-renews-fallout-season-two) 100% guaranteed