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Film and television adaptations of popular video games are often panned by critics, but Amazon Prime's new series “Fallout” is bucking that trend with strong reviews from critics in time for release on Wednesday. , in the world of “Fallout,” with many praising the series for creating an original story set.
The Fallout series is based on the popular video game franchise. (Photo credit: Tommaso Boddi/GA/The … [+]
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Amazon Prime's new “Fallout” series is based on the popular video game series, in which players navigate a post-apocalyptic future after civilization is destroyed by nuclear war.
The series was released on Amazon Prime on Wednesday and has a score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 43 critic reviews.
The Fallout adaptation was created by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, who previously directed HBO's Westworld.
The first “Fallout” video game was released in 1997 and spawned a popular series. Some of the “Fallout” games have been ranked among the best video games of all time by publications such as IGN, GQ, and Time Magazine.
This high review stands in contrast to many other television and film adaptations of video games. These video games often receive poor reviews due to the difficulty of satisfying fans and because the video game's story can be complex and much longer than the adaptation.
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In the first reviews of “Fallout,” published Wednesday, almost everyone praised the series for balancing comedic and dramatic tones and creating a fresh story set in a video game universe. Austin Gosselin, a critic for the video game publication Polgyon, praised the series, saying it “adapts the world and setting of Fallout without trying to directly recreate the game series' story.” It pointed out. Wrap critic William Goodman called the series “burstingly entertaining” and praised the decision to create a new story rather than explicitly retelling the original, which made Fallout Said to differentiate it from other video game adaptations. Empire Magazine critic Kambor Campbell called the series an expansion of the idea of a video game series and argued that it is “worth watching for both fans and those unfamiliar with it.”
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Studios have long struggled to perfect their video game adaptations, dating back to 1993 when the first live-action film based on a video game, Super Mario Bros., was released, with near-unanimous approval. received negative reviews. The film has a 29% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus of critics saying it is “too light in story and content to be much more than a novelty.” Many recent attempts to bring video games to the screen have also failed with critics, including The Angry Birds Movie (44% score), Five Nights at Freddy's (32% score), and Assassins. Movies such as have low scores on Rotten Tomatoes. Creed” (18% score). Netflix's adaptation of the Resident Evil game series received a moderate rating of 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, but was particularly poorly received by viewers, with an audience rating of only 26% and many people saying that the series decried it as having little resemblance to the video. game. Video game designer Carla Ellison told the Guardian that video games are difficult to adapt because many have at least 15 hours of gameplay, all of which cannot be included in an adaptation.
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HBO's “The Last of Us” series, based on the video game franchise, was a huge hit and was yet another outlier in the video game genre. The series has earned him a score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics unanimously calling it one of his “best video game adaptations of all time.” . The series won eight Emmy Awards this year, and HBO is currently producing the next season.
References
The Fallout TV series is more of a great sequel to the game than just an adaptation (Polygon)
Most video game movie adaptations are still terrible. Why didn't anyone break the code? (Parent)
