This is in many ways great TV with plenty of absurd twists and lots of gore. The scary thing is that this feels real, like this is actually what we have to look forward to in our future. Kinda strange saying that since this is weird world with contradictions, and characters that both feels out of place and right at home at the same time.
I played Fallout 3 when that came out, pretty good game, but I am not really a fanboy or anything and never played anything before or after. But from what I can tell this is pretty close to that game and we get a lot of nuggets of game hints, lots of funny signs hanging on walls and a lot of tech directly game related.
Although this is based on a post-apocalyptic game and the show plays out in a ghoulish wasteland, I get more fantasy vibes. The hero need to gather a McGuffin and gather a team to go on a quest to find item A which will lead to the next quest and item B. It sounds a bit formulaic, and it sort of is. Probably my one big complaint that things move kinda linear and mostly one can figure out what will happen before it does. I could also complain about a few details, a few actors, and a couple of story-points are not hundred percent, but at the end of the day this is very well made, sky-high production value, with great music, and interesting characters.
The contradictions with happy peppy people getting their limbs cut off and evil folk being kind and animals getting slaughtered in one scene and eaten in the next, puppies incinerated while the doctor save another puppy. It is all very strange, and fits perfectly with the vibe of the games and the vibe of this show.
The first season (because there will be more) is far better than most things on TV today. Yea, it does not say so much because the competition is garbage, but this is more than watchable. This is good, even great at times. I give this a 8/10 and I am all for expanding on this universe. Give this a go, even if you do not like everything this is definitely entertaining.
I played Fallout 3 when that came out, pretty good game, but I am not really a fanboy or anything and never played anything before or after. But from what I can tell this is pretty close to that game and we get a lot of nuggets of game hints, lots of funny signs hanging on walls and a lot of tech directly game related.
Although this is based on a post-apocalyptic game and the show plays out in a ghoulish wasteland, I get more fantasy vibes. The hero need to gather a McGuffin and gather a team to go on a quest to find item A which will lead to the next quest and item B. It sounds a bit formulaic, and it sort of is. Probably my one big complaint that things move kinda linear and mostly one can figure out what will happen before it does. I could also complain about a few details, a few actors, and a couple of story-points are not hundred percent, but at the end of the day this is very well made, sky-high production value, with great music, and interesting characters.
The contradictions with happy peppy people getting their limbs cut off and evil folk being kind and animals getting slaughtered in one scene and eaten in the next, puppies incinerated while the doctor save another puppy. It is all very strange, and fits perfectly with the vibe of the games and the vibe of this show.
The first season (because there will be more) is far better than most things on TV today. Yea, it does not say so much because the competition is garbage, but this is more than watchable. This is good, even great at times. I give this a 8/10 and I am all for expanding on this universe. Give this a go, even if you do not like everything this is definitely entertaining.