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Game-Time report/The series adaptation of the classic wasteland RPG game “Fallout” has become the latest hit in the popular game-adapted film and television projects in recent years.
The highly anticipated video game adaptation has been well received by viewers and longtime fans after it was released on Amazon’s streaming platform Prime Video on April 10.
Fallout episode trailer
According to official information, the timeline of the Fallout TV series is part of the timeline of the Fallout series of games. The story takes place after “Fallout: New Vegas” and “Fallout 4” (2287), in 2296.
The main plot of the first season of the Fallout TV series is similar to a road movie. It tells the story of the protagonist leaving Vault 33 in order to find his father, meeting his teammates and facing himself on the way to Los Angeles.
At present, the series has received a high score of 8.7 from nearly 10,000 people on the IMDB platform, which is at the same level as last year’s “The Last of Us” series, which also had a post-apocalyptic theme. The drama has been praised by netizens for its actors’ acting skills, excellent characterization in the plot, and wonderful visual effects that vividly reproduce the post-world setting.
“Sitting on the throne of great video game adaptations,” “Fallout does a great job of capturing the game’s unique tone that makes it so great. The show’s balance between humor and violence The contrasts are interesting, and like the best work of the Coen brothers, the humor is genuinely funny and the violence is truly eye-catching.”
Monopoly and Cthulhu Fishing Alone will be adapted into movies
The success of game-based film and television projects such as “Super Mario” in recent years has actually highlighted a new trend in Hollywood on the other side of the ocean. Compared with superheroes, the film industry is increasingly using the rich storylines and inherent fan groups of video games as Material for film and television adaptations.
Filmmakers and creators are attracted to the expressive potential of games, thanks to their often grandiose world settings, character-driven adventures, and diverse game worlds.
Even Hollywood is broadening the scope of its selection of game IPs. Not long ago, the well-known board game and mobile game IP “Monopoly” officially announced a live-action film adaptation project. The producers who joined forces with the IP copyright owners are the famous Lionsgate Pictures and last year Lucky Chap, the production company of the hit movie “Barbie”.
Even niche independent games have attracted attention from producers, such as the award-winning independent fishing game “Dredge”. Story Kitchen, the company behind a series of game adaptation film and television projects such as “Sonic the Hedgehog” and “Tomb Raider”, recently announced that it will join forces with the game development team Black Salt to adapt the game into a live-action feature film.
It is worth mentioning that Story Kitchen currently has game-adapted film and television projects invested by Amazon including “Two People” and “Alien”.
As the success of the Fallout TV series proves, the future of video game IP adaptations is actually quite promising. Currently, various genres and popular series are ready to be launched, whether it is the large-scale battles of real-time strategy games or visual novels. With branching narratives, movies in the game media have the potential to influence this entertainment market in the next few years.
Even some old game IPs in the industry, such as StarCraft, with its sci-fi world settings or epic battle scenes, are actually very suitable for being brought to the big screen. This type of RTS game can be transformed into breathtaking Highly tense action movie.
And works like “Ace Attorney”, with their intricate mysteries and twists and turns, are also quite suitable for adaptation into unit dramas with a tight rhythm and high-energy plot.
It can be said that from the vast open world of role-playing games to the mental challenges of puzzle games, Hollywood has a large number of game IPs for reference. As film companies continue to explore this rich source of material, audiences can look forward to more film and television adaptations of their favorite IPs in the future.
