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The public has reached a consensus: the video game adaptations They are no longer cursed. There have been many recent examples that support this claim and Fallout has been the last to demonstrate it. The work produced by Jonathan Nolan (Interstellar, Westworld) has been a success and has attracted thousands of people to Bethesda games, whether they are veterans or new players.
One of the big reasons for Fallout's success is how faithful it remains to the original material and how well it uses it. In that sense, today we want to bring you a compilation of the best references of the Fallout series to the video game saga. Plot nods, food or technological details and countless references are present in the series here and there, but today we focus on the most striking ones. Let's go there.
Fallout, a series very faithful to the original work
War never changes
There is no more popular phrase in the Fallout saga than this one, which means that no matter how many years pass and how many misfortunes humanity has experienced, the cycle always repeats itself and we fall into the same mistakes again. Obviously those responsible for the series knew of its importance and that is why we see Cooper Howard's wife pronounce it in the final stretch of the season.
Please Stand By
The other great motto of Fallout is the legendary Please Stand By, the message that appears on televisions when everything starts and they have to cut the broadcast. A message that is also used as a waiting technique during loading times and that, of course, we see on multiple occasions in the series.
The door of the refuge
The Vault-Tec shelters and their appearance were very important for the Fallout series and that is why their aesthetics were taken care of to the millimeter. In the image above you can see what the entrance (or exit) door looks like and the characteristic yellow railings. A gorgeous recreation of how they appear in Fallout 4.
A known plot
Broadly speaking, the story of the Fallout series is about a young woman searching for her kidnapped father. If you look back you will realize that it is practically a carbon copy of the plot of Fallout 3, in which a son also went out into the Wasteland in search of his escaped father for unknown reasons, wanting to know his motives and risking his own life. life of him.
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Blindness when leaving the shelter
One of the most iconic moments of any Fallout is the one in which you have finally left the shelter where everything begins and an enormous blindness by the natural light of the sun intoxicates you. The series has also emphasized this aspect. I couldn't not do it.
Grognak the barbarian
Fallout lore is very rich in all sections: food, technology and also entertainment. The latter includes Grognak the Barbarian, a recurring fictional character in comics or even a television series. This second way is how he appears in the Prime Video adaptation.
Environmental narrative
The environmental narrative, one that tells stories with elements of the environment without saying anything or explicitly telling anything, is fundamental in Bethesda's Fallouts. The Amazon series takes the resource and applies it wisely. When Norm is exploring Vault 32 he finds corpses that speak for themselves. A very well executed idea.
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The Pip-Boy
The Pip-Boy is the technological tool par excellence of any Vault-Tec vault dweller. Of course he makes an appearance in the series, but he goes much further. It shows the different screens that make it up: status, radiation levels or the map of the area, as you can see in the image above.
Hacking minigame
We do not abandon technology, as the computers in the Fallout series are extremely faithful. Small, old and with a characteristic green typography. But beyond that, the series even incorporated the hacking minigame in a similar way, in which you have to guess the password in a few tries by choosing from those available on the screen.
Nuka-Cola
The most representative drink of the Wasteland is Nuka-Cola, there is no doubt about that. It goes without saying that the soft drink makes an appearance in the Fallout series, and even more so considering that caps are the usual currency in this post-apocalyptic world.
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Sunset Sarsaparilla
Although it may be less well known, Nuka-Cola's counterpart in Fallout New Vegas is Sunset Sarsaparilla. Although her appearance is more subtle than that of Nuka-Cola, she did not want to miss the party of references either. Fans of the Obsidian title have also had their share of Easter eggs.