Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to ha...
To be fair, Fallout tries to maintain seriousness. It takes itself very seriously, even the humorous aspects, it doesn’t point itself out as absurd.
In my opinion, it better highlights the commentary the series is making by grounding itself in reality and using a sort of dark comedy to draw attention to the points it makes.
Fallout 1 did. Everything that came after absolutely was absurd. Harold with a tree in his head named bob, dogmeat coming back from the dead, porn shoots in new reno for fallout 2. Bethesda’s versions were a bit more tame than 2, but still off the wall. There exists some purists who only like fallout 1 for that reason. My favorite is fallout 2. I think fallout 1 was still trying to be wasteland, but after that the series became a parody. That doesn’t mean parody doesn’t make commentary, of course, because it does.
I honestly disagree a bit with that. 1 was a dark comedy, 2 was half dark comedy half absurd references, 3 was bleak absurdism, New Vegas was back to dark comedy, then 4 went to less dark absurdism.
In general, the classics and New Vegas better carried the serious tone, while 4 was pretty close to pure parody. Like 2, 3 seems split in half, while 1, NV, and 4 were more consistent in tone, though not necessarily with each other.
To be fair, Fallout tries to maintain seriousness. It takes itself very seriously, even the humorous aspects, it doesn’t point itself out as absurd.
In my opinion, it better highlights the commentary the series is making by grounding itself in reality and using a sort of dark comedy to draw attention to the points it makes.
Fallout 1 did. Everything that came after absolutely was absurd. Harold with a tree in his head named bob, dogmeat coming back from the dead, porn shoots in new reno for fallout 2. Bethesda’s versions were a bit more tame than 2, but still off the wall. There exists some purists who only like fallout 1 for that reason. My favorite is fallout 2. I think fallout 1 was still trying to be wasteland, but after that the series became a parody. That doesn’t mean parody doesn’t make commentary, of course, because it does.
I honestly disagree a bit with that. 1 was a dark comedy, 2 was half dark comedy half absurd references, 3 was bleak absurdism, New Vegas was back to dark comedy, then 4 went to less dark absurdism.
In general, the classics and New Vegas better carried the serious tone, while 4 was pretty close to pure parody. Like 2, 3 seems split in half, while 1, NV, and 4 were more consistent in tone, though not necessarily with each other.