I'm not familiar with the video game, so this is all new to me. I've watched the first two episodes and so far it looks promising as long as I can mute out that nauseating 30's and 40's background music.

The iconic music is absultely entwined with the gaming experience and is necessary for fan service. But I can see why it might get tiresome for sure.

The music is so part of the experience in both the games and the show.

I find myself humming "I don't want to set the world on fire..." more often than I should.

Yep. The alternate universe of the Fallout setting, from just prior to the nuclear apocalypse, is envisioned as an Early Cold War aesthetic despite the sci-fi trappings.

"Retrofuturistic" is the term.

It's 2077, and technology has advanced to include futuristic things like laser weapons, sentient robots, and genetic engineering. However, the fashion, music, architecture, pop culture, and social norms are stuck in the 1950s.

Picture Leave It To Beaver, just with robots and household fission reactors sprinkled in. And then the apocalypse hits...

And even a lot of the futuristic technology is through the lens of 1950s-era sci-fi. Think Flash Gordon, Forbidden Planet, et al. Ray guns, bulky/boxy robots, vehicles powered by nuclear reactors, supercomputers that run on vacuum tubes, etc.


In that light, the 1950s crooning music is setting-appropriate. And as mentioned, it has been featured heavily in the Fallout game series since the beginning, so leaving it out in favor of more modern music would be a huge disservice to the fans.

The 1940’s music background is one part I like the most.

Go figure…

I have not played 1 or 2, missed the boat on those. Played an absurd amount of 3, NV, and 4. NV, 3, 4 would be how I rank them. I skipped 76 and also was not excited when I heard Amazon was making a series about it. I watched this video about how much better 76 has gotten since it's release in 2018.



Sounds like it's on sale for $8.00 on steam right now until the 19th.

Is anyone here playing it, what are your thoughts?

I am going to check out the series out too.

Is Fallout 3 still playable? I see an updated version for the current Xbox. I played Fallout 4 extremely briefly - barely enough to know what it was about. Xbox has a sale going right now for trivial prices. I’m afraid both will be too much of a grind though.

Oz

I am currently playing Fallout 3 on my Xbox Series X.

Yes it is still playable.

I'm hearing
Bongo bongo bongo I don't wanna leave the jungle oh no no no no

The music is in the DNA of the game.

My son is playing 3 on his xbox x as well. i see that i own fallout 3 goty edition on pc (epic games version) i will see if it loads.