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It sometimes runs on video game logic (for example, some pretty bad injuries can be healed instantly with the right equipment while others can't) and is bloodier than I would have expected. I'd say you don't need to be too familiar with the games as the show tells its own story. It has quite a few references to tropes from the games but even if you don't get the reference, it should still be enjoyable.

In general don't trust sensationalist reviews that call it the best or worst show of the year.

Yeah my wife and I have played both and were part way through the third episode and are really enjoying it.

I think it is extremely likely to get a second season one reason is because it has received tax credit to be filmed. source

Yeah this is the first I've heard of it being bad. Everywhere else, I've read it's pretty good.

@0xtero @delitomatoes same here but I guess it rakes the clicks in.

Old fart FO player since the very first btw.

This is a great TV adaptation of a game (that isn't exactly known for it's "great" story writing as well)

Beat up? Are you kidding me? She's described as a combat trained woman in peak physical performance and she's still being overcomed by the man aggressor. She succeeded in winning buy using a blender as a weapon, and that sounds pretty realistic to me.

Seemed pretty realistic, and Fallout to me.

Her introduction montage at the beginning, where she was doing all the exercises and training, didn’t do it for ya? Between the two, I thought the guy was less believable given his circumstances.

Tbh the way some people dote on this show makes it a little intimidating to throw out a criticism.

It’s not bad, and I’ll certainly watch the whole thing, but as of the first two episodes I’m hovering around a 5-6/10.

I finished watching it yesterday. Personally, I loved it and this is the first negative thing I've heard about it.

It's amazing how much potential the world of Fallout has when not shackled to a terrible engine, isn't it?

I think the show is solid, but I did notice at one point that it's basically a reskin of Westworld and now I can't unsee it.

I mean, naive girl gets the nature of her world redefined for her and is poised to become a revolutionary fighter? That happens.

A ruthless, cruel cowboy who isn't a cowboy but plays one for a long time, has god mode on and looks like an actor you know was left in the sun for too long? Surprisingly specific, but yep.

Is actually based on a videogame full of NPCs? In different ways but yeah.

Beloved older actor plays a figure of corporate authority with a secret plan? Getting into stretch territory but I see it.

I still enjoyed it, though. Looks so much better than the trailers, too, and it took me a while to realize it's because the trailers really had to hide the gore so they looked really cosplay-y. Hard to look cosplay-y with so many chunks flying around.

On the Prime Fallout site, they have a bunch of extras and bonus content that explains a lot of the background stuff like that. It’s kind of neat. You should check it out.