Current Events > The Fallout show really nailed the aesthetic but god I hate it *spoilers*

(+) Yeah! (+)

One of the few video game shows where it feels like it actually cares about the source material

But some of the acting and special effects are killing me inside

Max losing control of the power suit and whizzing around the sky like a Loony Toons cartoon felt like real hack shit

And Ben from LOST losing his leg and giving out a few half assed "ooh ooh aahs" and like not even screaming?

The Ghoul guy and general asthetic is really bumping up this 4/10 show to like a 6 or a 7

agreed. its weird to see so much accurate production value and seemingly caring about the source material to have some blatantly shit writing and acting in my experience

Thats the tone of the show. It doesnt take itself seriously and I love that tbh

WizardPowers posted...

Max losing control of the power suit and whizzing around the sky like a Loony Toons cartoon felt like real hack s***

THIS IS 100% on brand with Fallout humor

It shat over obsidian lol

luigi33 posted...

THIS IS 100% on brand with Fallout humor

This.

Are... Are people not aware that Fallout has always been a satirical WRPG with a generous helping of comedy interwoven into it's narrative?

The Fallout TV Series strikes the same balance of seriousness and comedy that the games do damn near perfectly.

luigi33 posted...

THIS IS 100% on brand with Fallout humor

Admittedly 90% of my game experience is from 3, NV, and 4 but that doesn't seem accurate.

Unless you're talking about the unintentional humor of the physics systems in those games sending you flying into the sky?

The humor from the games definitely didn't feel like this does

Bladesyphon posted...

Are... Are people not aware that Fallout has always been a satirical WRPG with a generous helping of comedy interwoven into it's narrative

The comedy I always got from the writing/character dialogue, not like what I described

Maximus whole character is cringe. I think most people agree on this.

Its because while the show did the aesthetic and source material really well, it was still mostly Bethesda-brand Fallout. Which to be clear isnt necessarily me shitting on it - I love 3, 4 and even 76 - but I also love 2 and NV and Obsidian has a very different writing style.

Bethesda Fallout is basically over the top campy satire with the iconic 50s aesthetic with a thin narrative to justify the back drop. Notice how much emphasis they put on the pre-war aspect vs current day and how often they have to desperately try to make characters from pre-war era work in the new era they are obsessed with the aesthetic and tone and make games based on that, not stories or narratives. Their writing has been pretty shallow since after Morrowind.

Obsidian is a smarter, wittier take on the aftermath and human tribalism and factions and human nature (bureaucracy like NCR, war never changes, etc). Not to mention the writing and actors like Ulysses, Lanius, Horrigan are far more eloquent in general. They write characters that will have you mulling over and going back to listen to their speeches and monologues years later.

WizardPowers posted...

The comedy I always got from the writing/character dialogue, not like what I described

Fallout 3 dialed back the humor significantly, as Bethesda didn't really understand the satire side of things when they developed the game. 4 was a bit closer to the original design intent of Fallout, but still erred too heavily on the serious side, rather than the satire and humor of the original games.

The humor in NV, and especially 1 and 2, are much more on point with how the TV series handles it's humor and serious tone, which is surprising since Obsidian to my knowledge did not have a hand in writing the TV series.

Fallout has never been a serious WRPG series, and the TV series captures that pretty damn well.