• MudMan@fedia.io
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    10 months ago

    I think the show is solid, but I did notice at one point that it’s basically a reskin of Westworld and now I can’t unsee it.

    I mean, naive girl gets the nature of her world redefined for her and is poised to become a revolutionary fighter? That happens.

    A ruthless, cruel cowboy who isn’t a cowboy but plays one for a long time, has god mode on and looks like an actor you know was left in the sun for too long? Surprisingly specific, but yep.

    Is actually based on a videogame full of NPCs? In different ways but yeah.

    Beloved older actor plays a figure of corporate authority with a secret plan? Getting into stretch territory but I see it.

    I still enjoyed it, though. Looks so much better than the trailers, too, and it took me a while to realize it’s because the trailers really had to hide the gore so they looked really cosplay-y. Hard to look cosplay-y with so many chunks flying around.

    • KRAW@linux.community
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      10 months ago

      This is such a high level description that it is a meaningless comparison. The fact that Fallout doesn’t take itself nearly as seriously as Westworld is already a huge difference. Sometimes the implementation is what is valuable, not the idea.