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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9316449" data-attributes="member: 18">6 episodes in, and I'm surprised so many non-genre critics responded so extremely positively to this show, though unsurprised genre-aware critics liked it but didn't seem to have their minds blown like some of the non-genre ones.I mean, it is a good show on a lot of levels - they're skilfully interweaving the stories of multiple characters, at least two time periods, and giving out an absolute ton of exposition and world-building much more elegantly than most shows manage. The dialogue is also a lot better than is common in genre shows - and often rather witty. The performances are mostly very strong too, some a little broad but only from character actors rather than the leads.But there's also been a lot of crude gore/hyperviolence and very trope-y/obvious situations, which is like, not at all off-brand for Fallout, but I'm surprised at the positive response. I think some of it shows the strength of the core ideas behind Fallout going all the way back to FO1.I'm also amused to note that the writers of the show are obviously vastly better writers than Bethesda (on every possible level), and understand the setting far, far better than Bethesda, ever, ever has. I expected, with Bethesda involvement, for it to be filtered through a Bethesda lens, which is kind of crap and limited one, but it seems like the writers must have at the very least familiarized themselves with FO:NV (I mean there are direct references like being a Courier is still a thing) and possibly FO1/2 because they seem to understand people wouldn't have waited for the Vaults to rebuild, and wouldn't have lived in squalor for centuries just because they weren't from the Vaults.Anyway, will update once I've seen the last 2 episodes.</blockquote>

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