Amazon has thrown the curtains back on its upcoming Fallout TV series whilst simultaneously celebrating the franchise's 25th birthday with... a single image. That's it. But what an evocative image it is!
Shocking absolutely no one, the series looks to concern itself with a Vault, one of the eponymous structures built to withstand the nuclear fire that would engulf the world. And, as is so often the case in this universe, it provides the opportunity for the cartoonishly criminal company Vault-Tec to run some creepy, psychosocial experiments in the process.
We know virtually nothing about Vault 33, or the show's direction, for that matter. Due to leaked set images, we know that a Vault 32 will also be involved in the narrative, and that's about it. The picture above appears to show the iconic unsealing of the Vault, which we, as players, have experienced in several games now. On closer inspection, you will notice a body lying by the door, so it's likely our protagonists, whoever they are, had to fight their way to freedom.
In related news, we learned that Fallout 4 is getting a PS5 patch, although there remains some confusion about its exact nature.
Are you excited by the prospect of a big-budget Fallout TV series? Mutate into something more in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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"What's the point, it's not like PlayStation will get a sequel anyways".
Am I doing this right?!
No, but seriously, I am looking forward to seeing how this turns out. I mean, I am not a huge Fallout fan (I lose interest after a few hours of play); but I am intrigued by the universe and the stories that can be told.
@GamingFan4Lyf
This show definently looks authentic I can give it that for sure. Just curious what made you stop playing? I'm traditionally Anti-RPG games and even I love Fallout.
@GamingFan4Lyf i tend to fall off Fallout games pretty fast too. Im just not in to the whole post apocalyptic vibe, which i know is the whole point of the games.
I'm excited about the show. It's in the hands of some good showrunners so I think it has a good shot. The tone of the show is going to make it or break it. I think the Bethesda games have started veering too far off course. There's a delicate balance of dark humor, bleakness and the wildly absurd.
@PegasusActual93 I think it's because the games are a little too...open-ended.
For me, if an RPG is 80 hours, but 20 of those hours are the main story and 60 hours are just you exploring and doing side quests, it's not for me.
This is why I more prefer JRPGs where an 80 hour game is more like 60 hours of main story and 20 hours of side quests.
I guess I am the type of person who wants to play someone else's story and not make my own.
I also don't like the character progression. I like a more controlled system. FromSoftware games are about as deep as I will go in terms of complexity - but even that is still more "traditional" than Bethesda RPGs where you have to improve a skill by "doing" rather than simply gathering up enough XP to simply level the skill you want.
I guess the simplest way to put it is that I liked to be guided to a certain degree - not being told exactly where to go all the time, though. I want to "read the book" not "be the book" if that makes sense.
Curious to see more, how they handle the whole 'wacky 1950s' vibe will probably make or break it for me. I like the general Fallout premise of survival vaults and the experiments that happen inside them, but even though I enjoyed the Fallout 3 commercial with 'I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire' and frequently chuckle at the Vault-Tec Vault Boy PSAs the whole 50s aesthetic is generally a miss for me.
@GamingFan4Lyf
Well the way the Fallout games work is almost like a more old school episodic based tv show. There is an overarching plot but the quests you play are pretty self contained stories. There is a main questline you can take but the beauty of Fallout is just randomly encountering seemingly minor things while exploring that brilliantly snowball into giant storylines. And most of those self contained storylines are of the same quality and caliber as the main quest line. I love that style of gameplay but if that is not your style thats fine. It's still well worth playing though. I would recommend trying out Fallout 3 and New Vegas on PC as a starting point as both games can be run pretty well on even basic PCs today. Sure the games are perfectly playable on console but on PC for these types of games particularly it's a much more comfortable experience.
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