I wonder how the Fallout show plays to people who have not played a Fallout. Like it's so full of nods to elements from the games and the gameplay itself that I wonder how it comes off if that's all just stuff in the show.
@bombsfall The first episode seriously soured me on the experience and I'm a huge fan of the games. I've even done some work with Bethesda, I don't know if you remember speaking with me a couple of years ago about Todd Howard, but I've been doing similar work since. Way too violent.
@bombsfall 2 episodes to go, but imagine mystery & intrigue plays a bit better for the clueless, considering us gamers already know the general deal w/ vaults, etc. Also, most scenes are contextlessly entertaining, for better or worse, so making sense of every detail doesn't matter so much.
@bombsfall Two family members who have no idea it’s based on video games have recommended it to me. So seems like it’s working for those unaware?
@bombsfall my fallout experience amounts to playing five minutes of 4 and watching the hbomberguy video on fallout 3. i barely know anything about this series. not a single thing in the show confused me. it's actually pretty accessible to non-fans.
@bombsfall I have no experience with the game and I think all the little winks and nods that go over my head just contribute to it feeling like a really fleshed-out world.
@bombsfall I'm asking my wife to watch and let me know. She knows nothing about fallout, keeps confusing it with minecraft
@bombsfall Never played a Fallout game and to me it just feels like very strong and confident world building. The best fantasy and sci-fi always gives the sense that everything is there for a reason, even if it isn’t all explicitly spelled out in the text.
@bombsfall My friend is watching it and his main comment was “how is this a game?” Meaning he was actually confused how a TV Series like this could ever exist as a game. I guess that means it’s doing the adaptation thing right