Fallout (Amazon Series)
Quote from James Carrick on April 13, 2024, 7:50 amI just finished binging season 1 of the Amazon Prime Fallout series. Having never played the games, I’d love to hear what those who have thought about it.
What were some of the major changes and which worked and didn't?
I just finished binging season 1 of the Amazon Prime Fallout series. Having never played the games, I’d love to hear what those who have thought about it.
What were some of the major changes and which worked and didn't?
Quote from CoffeeMe on April 27, 2024, 11:38 pmWhile I enjoyed the series immensely it differed from Fallout 3 in one pivotal way. Both the series and Fallout 3 involve a vault dweller finding her father (though the game lets you play as a male) and in both the protagonist meets various factions along the way.
But in Fallout 3, pretty much everyone is on your side. The Brotherhood of Steel are good soldiers who help you, the average citizen is happy to help you; even the bounty hunters seem to be generally good people. Bad things happen, sure, but they’re done by clear villains (with exceptions *cough*Roy Phillips*cough*) and obvious villains are easy to spot.
I struggle to find any likable characters in the series. The closest thing they have to likable is a bumbling soldier who can’t lift a finger without causing problems (and dangit he’s such a good actor I DO like him) and the protagonist. That’s it. There’s basically nothing to like anywhere in the wastelands.
Mind you, I like the series, even the Ghoul. But I’m getting a bit tired of all this hopeless fatalism in media. What’s wrong with good people working together to solve a problem independent of humanity?
While I enjoyed the series immensely it differed from Fallout 3 in one pivotal way. Both the series and Fallout 3 involve a vault dweller finding her father (though the game lets you play as a male) and in both the protagonist meets various factions along the way.
But in Fallout 3, pretty much everyone is on your side. The Brotherhood of Steel are good soldiers who help you, the average citizen is happy to help you; even the bounty hunters seem to be generally good people. Bad things happen, sure, but they’re done by clear villains (with exceptions *cough*Roy Phillips*cough*) and obvious villains are easy to spot.
I struggle to find any likable characters in the series. The closest thing they have to likable is a bumbling soldier who can’t lift a finger without causing problems (and dangit he’s such a good actor I DO like him) and the protagonist. That’s it. There’s basically nothing to like anywhere in the wastelands.
Mind you, I like the series, even the Ghoul. But I’m getting a bit tired of all this hopeless fatalism in media. What’s wrong with good people working together to solve a problem independent of humanity?