As a non-Fallout player, I loved the show – is it time I finally took the plunge and entered the games' tortured wastelands?

Opinion | You don’t need to plꦑay the games to watch the show, but could they offer more?

Fallout
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I have a confession. I’ve never made it past the first few moments of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Fallout 4 prologue. Now, that’s nothing to do with the game’s quality, and more down to an annoying bug keeping me stuck staring in the mirror during the ope🐻ning sequence. And, look, I didn’t have the patience to work out at the time but, in my defense,

However, after devouring eight episodes of Prime Video’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Fallout TV show, it feels like I’ve maybe missed a trick. I adored the show, falling deeply in love with its retro-futuristic vibe, which felt so immersive as a viewer, and its trio of leads as they explored the wasteland. Not only that, but I really resonated with the themes that the series tackled, and its perspective on what a world pushed to the brink of nuclear war might do.ꦫ So, given that I’ve found myself being so attached to this world, is it time to revisit the games?

The end of the world

Ella Purnell as Lucy in Fallout

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Now, the reason for this change of heart isn’t what you might expect🐎: I’m not in need of more context to be able to enjoy Fallout season 1. On the contrary, I don’t think it’s necessary at all to know much about the woꦡrld of Fallout ahead of diving into this adaptation. 

Just like Walton Goggins, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:who told us recently that he’s never picked up any of the Fallout games, I’d argue that the show’s creators ಞhave managed to make a world enjoyable to newcomers and fans alike. "I knew that what Jonathan [Nolan and Lisa Joy], Graham [Wagner], and Geneva [Robertson-Dworet], our writers, were asked to do was not to recreate a season or an issue of Fallout the game, but to introduce a new story that would fit seamlessly into the canon that is Fallout," he told us, and that’s exactly what they’ve done.ꦦ 

Fallout season 1 is not a direct adaptation. It’s a new story, created with three fully-realized leads in The Ghoul (Goggins), Lucy (Ella Purnell🦂), and Maximus (Aaron Moten), and as I watched their journey and stories develop over the course of eight episodes, I never felt lost or confused by this world.

In fact, with its interweaving narrative💟s of flashbacks to the Vault-Tec origins, life in Vault 33, and the journey across the unforgiving wasteland, it felt like a really solid introduction. By bein▨g given the freedom to bring original characters into this world, the creators have made FOMO feel almost impossible.

Game on

Fallout

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However, while I don’t mind not catching some of the niche 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Fallout TV show Easter eggs, and yes probably that finale reveal doℱesn’t mean as much 🧸to me as it doe𓃲s a diehard player, I’m wondering if the vast world of the Fallout games could give me something more. 

I do feel at a loss following the final moments of the show's ending as I wait in hope for a potential 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Fallout season 2. And as the series looks set to expand beyond simply world-building with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历ဣ史查询:the introduction of a major game location, it feels like now might be 💛the moment to up my in-game knowledge.

Perhaps, what I’ll gain is something similar to what I encountered playing 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Last of Us after I first watched that show. While both series approach adaptations very differently, I found my experience stepping into Joel and Ellie’s literal shoes made the story all that much more heart-wrenching. Maybe I’ll understand Lucy’🐲s plight better if I explore the wastelands as the naïve vault dweller of Fallout?

With multiple games featuring more than 50+ hours a pop of𝔉 gameplay – and that’s not even counting the various spin-offs – it is an intimidating prospect to embark into the wasteland unknown. But I’ve got to find something to itch that Fallout fix, and sadly I don’t have any chems at my disposal. Let’s just hope I make it further than staring at my reflection this time…

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Fay Watson
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Deputy Entertainment Editor

I’m the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering TV and film for the Total Film and SFX sections online. I previously worked as a Senior Showbiz Reporter and SEO TV reporter at Express Online for three years. I've also written for The Resident magazines and Amateur 🅠Photographer, before specializing 🦹in entertainment.