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Fallout - Series Reviews
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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semiconscious
Member
well, it's called the bloody mess perk, actually...
Badlucktroll
Member
I wish it had the Fallout 3 aesthetic and not the Fallout 4/76 one
StueyDuck
Member
I mean if we gonna go on that logic then shouldn't only certain characters cause deaths like that. Or does everyone have bloody mess perk?
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
There existed mustachioed women and men with breasts long before hormone treatments existed. In an irradiated post-apocalypse the question should be why do most people look 'normal'.I fell asleep for half of the first episode.
Ill give it a shot tomorrow but its not really what I thought itd be so far.
Re moustache lady, my wife asked me why is there a trans person in this post apocalyptic world and where is he/she getting hormones
Sometimes you just have to go with headcannon - like I was wondering how a group of strangers could pass as vault 32 if they did these trades/marriages often enough to perpetuate the populations. Just decided that they did it with a different vault each time and it was just happenstance that this time it was with a vault only one number away.
The way they show it, vault 33 (or was it 31?) being just a short tunnel walk away, kinda makes you wonder why it would be a separate vault AT ALL. I guess the "wheat plague" thing as a way to isolate fairly small vaults is how they justify it, but unless they go into more detail about vault layout and design it's a bit of a headscratcher that
some bandits from the surface, TWO HUNDRED YEARS removed, could ever possibly impersonate vault dwellers. Though the one ladies comment "you look like your mother" implies she was once a vault dweller herself perhaps, or there is more surface contact than s1 sets up
AJUMP23
Gold Member
She wanted to watch the latest episode of 600 pound life.Your wife
kanjobazooie
Mouse Ball Fetishist
Tell her 600 Pound Life is based on a game too.She wanted to watch the latest episode of 600 pound life.
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semiconscious
Member
well, the ghoul guy obviously does. yet to see if the other 2 characters do. also, not all that surprising if raiders had it...
also: isn't including the bloody mess perk maybe indicative of bethesda also going for that adolescent boy type gamer? I mean, why is it in the games in the first place, eh?...
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Gold Member
Finished Episode 2 and Walter Goggin character is the best thing from the show
semiconscious
Member
well, not counting dogmeat, yeah...
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Gold Member
Dogmeat is awesome too
StueyDuck
Member
Well that's exactly my point. I'd hope they went a bit more serious in tone for the show. I mean I've used mad max before. It's also hyper violent and crazy too but the movies take themselves serious.
Like I think that glass to the jaw was a good kill... but the 500 deaths that followed that felt like it was made for teenagers just felt very "modern".
Hugare
Member
I love Fallout 3, but the more oppressive vibes isnt as marketable as the one in F4/76
The show would have to be more serious, but this isnt the tone that they are aiming for, and I dont blame them
Will watch it tonight. Seems really good.
Laptop1991
Member
Wasn't a fan of the writing in EP 5, popping a fusion core out of a suit of T60 so easily, then Radroaches biting through the powerless armor was ridiculous lol, The Enclave and all the other enemies would of figured that out decades ago and there wouldn't be a Brotherhood!. it's hit and miss the Tv show.
semiconscious
Member
while i hear what you're saying:
1) mad max is mad max, just like walking dead is walking dead. if I want those? I've got those. fallout is fallout. why would I want a max-ified fallout? I want fallout because it's fallout...
2) so the endless over-the-top bloody violence of 40 hours plus worth of a fallout game somehow doesn't feel like it's made for teenagers, or 'modern'? I'm having a hard time following you. there's a huge dose of juvenile DNA included in the composition of the fallout franchise. yes, the games feature legitimate, serious stories, but there's no way you can make your way through the radioactive wasteland of fallout without experiencing an overdose of ludicrously exaggerated violence & dark, post-apocalyptic wackiness...
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Last Hearth
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I watched the first episode it with my wife, and she has declined watching future episodes. She liked the show ok, but the graphic violence is a no go for her. I do wish that in the future, these streaming channels offer an PG option of their shows where the gore can be cut out of the show without affecting with general flow of the show and allow a large audience to enjoy them.
Hardensoul
Gold Member
Thought the same. It turned to trash!
I think there is an AI that will do that for you, wouldn't be surprised to see a streamer incorporate one to allows users to censor for sex, language, and violence.
Though I want an AI that can ADD that stuff if I so choose.
"Welcome to Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.....SEX SEX VIOLENCE VIOLENCE MOTHERFUCKER!!!!"
IlGialloMondadori
Member
Really puzzled people don’t think the ultraviolence is part of the game. It’s been part of Fallout since Fallout 1.
Ogbert
Member
Indeed.
But it’s rather the stylised nature of the violence. Fallout is brutal but it is not gratuitous.
I don’t mind, of course. Just don’t think I would have chosen that approach.
John Bilbo
Member
The writing is inconsistent, but I like the visuality, soundtrack and some of the world building enough to keep watching until the end.
Badlucktroll
Member
Where is Ron Perlman?
Putonahappyface
Gold Member
I'm really enjoying it so far.
Laptop1991
Member
Finished EP 7, gotta ask, Brotherhood of Steel, advanced airship The Caswennnan, T60 power armor, not a single Laser rifle or Gatling Laser, what's going on!. no one has any energy weapons?. 1 left to watch.
ByWatterson
Member
The trailers were great but the clip was awful.
So the reviews are good news!
So the reviews are good news!
semiconscious
Member
um, vats kills, anyone?
I'm thinking there're some people who haven't played a fallout game in a while..
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Superkewl
Member
I saw a laser rifle on the wall in the shop in Filly, but that was it. I was a little bummed, as I usually play energy weapons builds.
Ogbert
Member
Again, it’s more the ‘fork in the eye’ or the ‘meat grinding limb replacement’. It’s good fun but makes you wince.
I just don’t think the game has ever had that level of gore. It’s not Doom.
I do like the VATS moments though. Well done.
Banjo64
cumsessed
IGN 9/10
Eurogamer 4/5
I’ve just finished episode one. Does this show get substantially better in all departments? Based on page one I thought this would be a tier or two below the finest television. I had issues with the pacing, the dialogue is really poor, most of the performances are shallow (Kyle MacLachlan did ok), far too much slow motion Marvel combat to 50s music.
Inoffensive beige slop.
Eurogamer 4/5
I’ve just finished episode one. Does this show get substantially better in all departments? Based on page one I thought this would be a tier or two below the finest television. I had issues with the pacing, the dialogue is really poor, most of the performances are shallow (Kyle MacLachlan did ok), far too much slow motion Marvel combat to 50s music.
Inoffensive beige slop.
simpatico
Member
Is this 9/10 dialog? I was planning on giving this a hate watch. The wife is always nagging to watch shows together and figured I could give her a few hours of satisfaction. But man after watching this clip, I'm thinking it's not possible. Who wrote this? What man, in any era or physical condition, answer that question like this? Gotta be one of the worst scenes I've ever watched.
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Laptop1991
Member
Yeah i know, the BOS should at least have a few here and there lol.
Ogbert
Member
It does get better.
Watching episode 5 at the moment. It’s being slightly overrated but stick with it.
simpatico
Member
Yeah, TLOU tried that oppressive vibe in their HBO show and it totally bombed with critics and viewers.
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semiconscious
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well, if you're doing vats kills, resulting in all kinds of bloody chunks, dismembered limbs, decapitations, & flying eyeballs, i'm thinking it's not really all that much of an extension, eh? I mean, while I guess there's a 'levels of gore' discussion to be had, i'm not sure i myself will ever be ready for it...
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
Most of the people praising it are hardcore console/xbox warriors who defend anything even tangentially related to their favorite plastic box manufacturer. Then many others are of a certain ideological persuasion who will defend anything that is associated with a particular 3 letter term.
It is boring crap *at best*. At worst it is barely above Rings of Power in the Shit-O-Meter. I am 2 episodes in and already about to drop it.
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Strategize
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Stop being a snowflake. You don't need to "hate watch" something when the show is considered good to great by most. Like everything, you give a fair shot and come to your own conclusion.
Ogbert
Member
MrTroubleMaker
Member
yup...
simpatico
Member
I gave this clip a fair shot I think. Am I missing something? Can a 9/10 piece of visual media have a clip like that in it? Perhaps it’s a deft spin on the modern condition. Subverting expectations and challenging viewers. Exploring the paradox of plutonic relationships in a post capitalism world. Daring the audience to look within, reflecting on their own dogma and accepting some hard truths.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
Would I like if I am not a Fallout or Westworld guy?
