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Mild spoilers follow for Prime VideosFalloutTV series.
The golden age of video game adaptations is upon us.
Amazon’s TV entry in Bethesda’s beloved Fallout series is absolutely fantastic.
Having watched the first four episodes, I can confidently say thatFalloutis an atomically entertaining watch.
Essentially, The Great War is ground zero for the stories depicted in eachFalloutgame.
However, pockets of humanity survived the nuclear fallout.
Fallout’s plot is largely based around Ella Purnell’s Lucy, an idealistic Vault dweller who’s searching for her kidnapped father.
The richest retreated to underground bunkers, known as Vaults in-universe, that could withstand said destruction.
When the time was right (i.e.
once surface radiation levels had dropped to safe levels), future generations would re-emerge to rebuild society.
Maximus is a Brotherhood of Steel’s squire whose path converges with Lucy and The Ghoul’s.
This character-based divergence from the games might puzzle established fans who are used toFallouts singular protagonists.
Purnell imbues the idealistic and naive, yet surprisingly resilient, Lucy with panache and instant likeability.
Lucy isnt the onlyFalloutcharacter who embarks on a coming-of-age-style journey.
Lucy’s travels take her a junkyard-based community known as Filly.
That said, some story threads are haphazard in their execution.
Franchise dedication
No good video game adaptation is complete without honoring its source material.
Thankfully,Falloutis as stuffed with homages and callbacks to Bethesdas popular games as it can be.
Flashbacks of Walton Goggins' Cooper Howard provide a glimpse into the past ofFallout’s alternate universe.
Im not exaggerating when I say its packed to the rafters with Easter eggs, either.
Super Duper Mart!)
to look out for.
The post-Lucy Vault-33 storyline is janky in its execution.
Falloutis amusingly self-referential in its use of other gaming staples, too.
Hey, Amazons take on theFalloutgames wouldnt be fully respectful if it didnt ironically satirize them.
Falloutfanatics, myself included, arent the only ones wholl find lots to enjoy here.
The Ghoul is a clear throwback to the mutated humans in Bethesda’s multi-game series.
Without wanting to sound hyperbolic, I thinkFalloutmight be one of thebest Prime Video showsever made.
