Dark-Humor-Tongue-in-Cheek was the essence of the games, it separates Fallout from other post-apocalyptic games: Rage, Wasteland, Metro, Mad Max…
The show was dead serious. Fallout without dark humor is like McDonald's without fries, it's the most important product to the brands, and without the products the brands become meaningless.
PS. The show was boring.
I usually skip the fries and just get multiple burgers.
The fries are always cold a minute after being dispensed due to the large surface area to volume ratio they have
The fries are always too hot for me, almost burning my tongue. After they are served I have to wait a few minutes for them to cool down.
shareDid we watch the same show? Because it was quite tongue-in-cheek and packed with over the top violence. Even Tim Cain was impressed by how well it captures the spirit of the game.
shareDid you play any Fallout game? The games are absurd and ridiculous. And the praise from the creator means nothing, because adaptations help sell their original works, most creators wouldn't bad mouth adaptations… beside Alan Moore.
shareYes, the Wasteland is harsh, but definitely far away from e.g. Mad Max. Already in episode 1 you see Lucy first having humping like there is no tomorrow and then jump on a killing spree. The whole raider attack on Vault 33 is gory, but more as a joke like a pregnant fury woman cleaning up or the fad guy escaping.
Also everything about Maximus outside the brotherhood is more a long joke as anything else.
Never played the game, but there is loads of dark humor in the show.
shareI have played the games. And I suspect you're talking about the first 2 since Bethesda's fallouts are thrash and no humor.
Personally I found some dark humor in the show as well.
I still hate certain aspects (like the depiction of the Brotherhood as basically militaristic morons or the wipe of the NCR) but the humor was not what was lacking in the show ...