Loving the New "Fallout" Show? Now Is a Great Time to Start Exploring the Wastelands

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Has the success of Fallout’s live-action adaptation left you giddy for more? Good news! You can revisit the best of the game series relatively easily, and you might not even need to spend any caps to do so.

The Fallout TV Show Is Good

Video game to screenplay adaptations don’t always go well, but the team behind Amazon’s production managed to pull off something special with the first season of Fallout. You can watch the show right now with an Amazon Prime membership, and it’s absolutely worth your time.

Fallout is faithful to the source material, packed with cheeky references, and has all the trappings of a worthwhile watch. With a good foundation of solid acting, a suitably hostile setting, and a cast of interesting new characters, the show feels right at home in the Fallout universe. Everything from the color palette to the occasional echo of haunting ambient music feels worthy of the series.

But don’t take my word for it, reviews are good across the board. The show has been praised for feeling like it was made by gamers, for its clever representation of some of the game’s core systems, and for staying loyal to Fallout’s dark comedic brand of violence and political commentary.

The show succeeds at being both a worthy entry point into the Fallout brand for newcomers while ticking the boxes that seasoned veterans expect thanks to generous lashings of familiar paraphernalia and references. The show thankfully avoids hitting you over the head with its lore callouts and feels more like a tribute than pandering to fan service.

Or maybe I’m just biased because I love Fallout. If you also love Fallout, buckle up because the show will almost certainly make you think about donning your PIP Boy and getting eviscerated by Deathclaws all over again.

Fallout 4 Is Getting an Update

Fallout 4 was released in 2015, making it a nine-year-old game at the time of the show’s debut. Despite its age, Fallout 4 is probably the most accessible version of Bethesda’s