With close to 1,000 hours in Fallout: New Vegas, and just a bit shy of that total in Fallout 3, I was a little nervous about watching this series. So many disappointments from so many game related movies and TV shows in the past. But I was more than pleasantly surprised by Fallout the series, and enjoyed all 8 episodes.
Though others complained about the "atmosphere", I found it very believable for California's southern coastline. You aren't going to get the urban sprawl of downtown Washington D. C., nor are you going to get the bleached desert of New Vegas. Instead, get a lot of beach sand, blown inland from the nuclear explosions, covering the ruins of L. A. and it's surrounding area. The series stays away from a lot of dungeon crawling, or wandering through the wrecks of buildings, which actually only make up a small part of the gaming environment. They did a very nice job of portraying the vaults, which I really loved. The depiction of Brotherhood of Steel was a little harsh, at least to my tastes, as I never encountered them being quite so harsh in either Fallout 3 or New Vegas, but each chapter could be different depending on the circumstances surrounding it, so I was able to accept that.
The genius of the series was the casting of Walton Goggins as Cooper Howard, as he was spectacular in the part. The rest of the cast was pretty good for a TV show, but nobody really stood out. Ella Purnell was good as the lead character, but not great. Too much of a tendency to overact the cheesy vault girl parts. Aaron Moten never really convinced me of his character until about episode 8. He just seemed bewildered and weak. Moises Arias was very good in the small scenes that he had. The rest of the case was just "ok", neither adding or subtracting much from the story.
All in all, though, I found the series a very fun ride, and hope they can keep it up for a second season.
Though others complained about the "atmosphere", I found it very believable for California's southern coastline. You aren't going to get the urban sprawl of downtown Washington D. C., nor are you going to get the bleached desert of New Vegas. Instead, get a lot of beach sand, blown inland from the nuclear explosions, covering the ruins of L. A. and it's surrounding area. The series stays away from a lot of dungeon crawling, or wandering through the wrecks of buildings, which actually only make up a small part of the gaming environment. They did a very nice job of portraying the vaults, which I really loved. The depiction of Brotherhood of Steel was a little harsh, at least to my tastes, as I never encountered them being quite so harsh in either Fallout 3 or New Vegas, but each chapter could be different depending on the circumstances surrounding it, so I was able to accept that.
The genius of the series was the casting of Walton Goggins as Cooper Howard, as he was spectacular in the part. The rest of the cast was pretty good for a TV show, but nobody really stood out. Ella Purnell was good as the lead character, but not great. Too much of a tendency to overact the cheesy vault girl parts. Aaron Moten never really convinced me of his character until about episode 8. He just seemed bewildered and weak. Moises Arias was very good in the small scenes that he had. The rest of the case was just "ok", neither adding or subtracting much from the story.
All in all, though, I found the series a very fun ride, and hope they can keep it up for a second season.
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