Funny Video Imagines Fallout 4 as a Sitcom

One Fallout 4 fan has mashed together a few scenes from the game, added a few extra elements, and transformed the game into a sitcom. While some elements of Fallout 4 made their way to the Amazon Prime Video series that premiered earlier this year, this new take on a Fallout TV show leans a lot harder into the comedic side of post-apocalyptic Americana.

Fallout games have seen a big resurgence thanks to the Amazon Prime show, with even the series’ older games seeing increased player counts following the series’ premiere in April. This new fan-made show probably won’t kick off that same degree of widesperead interest in the games, but it is a fun diversion for fans of the series.

In the new video, posted to Reddit by user PosseParty, the fake show bearing the name Nuclear Family is actually a collection of four incongruous scenes that don’t seem to be joined together by a single narrative thread. Rather, the creator relies heavily on the Sarcastic option in conversations with classic Fallout 4 characters like Codsworth, Piper, and Kellogg, adding in a laugh track and appropriately timed lengthy silent pauses after some of the dialogue options’ particularly well-placed zingers. There’s also the added effects of external shots between scenes, laid over with a variety of instrumental music tracks that could have filled the sitcom space anywhere from the 1950s to the 1990s, and the heavily synthesizer-infused opening credit sequence, which takes up about a quarter of the nearly four-minute video’s runtime, feels like it popped right out of the early ’80s.

Fallout 4 Fan Turns the Game into a Sitcom

But Fallout games are just as much about action-packed fights as they are about deep, narrative stories, and this amateur show producer has made sure to add a dash of comedy to the violence as well. In the opening scene, the two game protagonists, using their default names of Nate and Nora, have a conversation about going to the park. After Nate asks, “Will it be like that night in the park a year ago?” a flashback sequence shows him in his underwear running from Fallout 4 Supermutant Behemoth Swan, who lives in a pond and wears armor made of an abandoned swan boat, before being pelted with a flying boulder and collapsing.

Fallout fans who’d rather sit back and watch than play the games are in luck, as Amazon confirmed there will be a Fallout Season 2 just a week after the show’s launch. As for Nuclear Family, it’s unclear whether fans will see more of it or if it was just a one-time gag, but it does end with an ominous “to be continued…” in the lower right corner of the screen, so it seems like that depends on the creator’s whims.

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Released

November 10, 2015

Engine

Creation

ESRB

M FOR MATURE: BLOOD AND GORE, INTENSE VIOLENCE, STRONG LANGUAGE, USE OF DRUGS

How Long To Beat

27 Hours

Steam Deck Compatibility

yes

X|S Enhanced

No

PS Plus Availability

Extra & Premium

File Size Xbox Series

51 GB (December 2023)

Cross Save

no

Cross-Platform Play

no

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