Fallout thrills TV critics as video game adaptation is released

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Fallout “It’s a perfectly paced story that is both funny and self-aware without winking at the camera, undercutting our increasing emotional investment in characters who reveal – and sometimes unexpectedly redeem – themselves layer by layer,” she wrote. “But if you’ve had enough of the dark and stormy Oppenheimer and would rather look at the bright side of nuclear annihilation, Fallout delivers the perfect payload of OTT action and childish humour. It’s hard to think of another video game adaptation that better conveys the sheer, giddy hedonism of a top-notch shoot ‘em up.” open image in gallery Walton Goggins in ‘Fallout’ In the States, reviewers are similarly satisfied with the adaptation. Variety’s critic Aramide Tinubu described the show as “twistedly fun”, adding: “Bizarre but intensely fun, Fallout is like nothing you’ve ever seen; for that reason alone, you won’t be able to turn away.” Elsewhere, a glowing review from IGN reads: “A bright and funny apocalypse filled with dark punchlines and bursts of ultra-violence, Fallout stands up there with The Last of Us among the best game adaptations ever made.” Fallout is streaming on Prime Video now.