The writing is extremely lazy, it also pushes the same dangerous/fascist idea that western media is saturated with nowdays, that everything bad that happens is the product of some shadowy Illuminati puppetmasters.

Also If you look at the general response so far people are bending over backwards to invent reasons why the writers are actually very smart, this is the same thing that happens with all slop (Star Wars is the archetypal example I think) - ‘oh maybe the writers didn’t actually mean this/are holding back information for next season/have some bigger picture in mind that will make it all make sense etc.’

"worth"? Idk, I'm not paying for it. Yarrr matey!

Once again banging this drum: gigantic plot hole in the first 15 minutes. Lucy uses her PipBoy to detect radiation on Monty to figure out he's a raider. Literally everybody else in the vault had a PipBoy on for the entire wedding. Nobody noticed the radioactivity?

It's got the iconography and the aesthetics down pat. It's really worth it as a Fallout fan for that alone. For about an episode or two, anyway.

I'm finding the writing distractingly inconsistent, I outright dislike one of the main characters in a way that makes it hard to watch their scenes, and all of the thought provoking elements of Fallout lore is nudged out to explore Brotherhood and Enclave stuff again.

I would recommend it if you genuinely like Fallout. On it's own, I think it's a really, really messy show.

i hear it's bad, and not just because hodd toward is a piss baby

I thought it was very fun, I'm about to start the third episode. It's no Shogun, but it's quite fun. As other people have said here, they nailed the look and feel of the setting, and my slop devouring brain loves that they sometimes use sound effects straight from the games. It really tickles all my nostalgia neurons, and I quite enjoy it. But I'm a fan of the franchise, so YMMV.

I think it's essentially the Twisted Metal show, but better. Not by much, but better. And just like TM has Sweet Tooth as an incredible breakout character, Fallout has The Ghoul, but I think that says more about Walton Goggins than the show itself!

i just finished and came on here to talk about it great timing on the thread

dislike: some weak characterization, pretty weak comedy, obvious and annoying logistical problems, weak worldbuilding

like: i got hooked in by some of the fanservice, and i think the story wraps in a pretty satisfying way. the Brotherhood of Steel remain shitheads

spoiler rants/praise:

I'm 2 episodes in and it feels like they nailed the setting. That's all I got to say so far though.

A friend of mine, who is a huge fan of Fallout, recommends it. He said some of it can be half baked, especially with some of the goofier elements, but the horror scenes more than make up for it. I'm going to torrent it based on his recommendation.

Kinda sad that it skips over the most interesting time periods in the universe - but overall it is fun and not terrible. Sometimes the tone whip-lashes between serious and ridiculous too fast, which makes it hard to take either seriously.

fallout show comes out

nearly immediately, WW3 kicks off

what did they mean by this

I enjoyed it. Narratively I'm not particularly invested nor am I a Fallout fan, but the show has a lot of interesting things in sets/costuming/locations/etc and I like the cast. Walton Goggins is basically a cheat code for having at least something captivating in your show.

Given this is Hexbear I should though I should mention that if you're looking at it because you've heard it's got an anti-capitalist message, it'll be a disappointment. It's there but it's just so fucking stupid.

I'm enjoying it

no

When she saw the NCR flag and the music played.

I'm only 3 episodes in and i'm calling it: it's gonna be a mystery box show

I'm a big original fallout fan and it has been pretty entertaining so far. I like the setting they've done. It's camp in the right way and just enough to keep my disbelief suspended. The acting is also strong. There's a scene in the first episode that is extremely goddamn on point in terms of acting.

Also I want a vault jumpsuit like they have in the show.

Just finished the last episode. I liked it. It's got its warts like the CGI being meh and themes that never seem to amount to much ("Words have meaning!" - Betty, for some reason) but it's also fun and goofy in a very Fallout way with some likable performances. Walton Goggins must have a sore jaw from all the scenery chewing he does, and I actually came to like Maximus as a character even if he's a bit of a doofus.

There's worse ways to spend ~8 hours