Fallout: one of the 'most faithful – and best – video game adaptations'

This 'genre-bending' new Amazon series is set in a post-apocalyptic wilderness where survivors shelter below ground

Walton Goggins as the Ghoul in 'Fallout'
Walton Goggins as the Ghoul in 'Fallout'
(Image credit: Courtesy of Prime Video)

The apocalyptic setting of Amazon's new TV adaptation of the video game "Fallout" makes comparisons to 2023's mega hit "The Last of Us" inevitable.

But not only are the "two shows tonally distinct from each other, they're also very differently structured", said The Independent. The new series from "Westworld" showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner "picks and chooses its iconography, characters and plot from across the game series".

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Adrienne Wyper has been a freelance sub-editor and writer for The Week's website and magazine since 2015. As a travel and lifestyle journalist, she has also written and edited for other titles including BBC Countryfile, British Travel Journal, Coast, Country Living, Country Walking, Good Housekeeping, The Independent, The Lady and Woman’s Own.