MIDNIGHT REVIEWS Top 10 Wackiest Glitches and Mods from the TV Series Fallout
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The Fallout TV show has managed to hit the very top spot on Amazon Prime’s watch list consistently over the last two weeks. So we here at Midnight Reviews decided to go through the entire series with a fine-tooth comb (as opposed to a fine tooth comb, found on every self-respecting fiend). Bethesda games are notorious for being extremely buggy and the show is no exception.
We’ve put together a list of the top glitches and mods found in season 1. They range from show breakers to examples that actually make the show better. Watch out now, because some of them are real wacky!
Any you think we’ve missed? Let us know in the comments, or just keep your thoughts to yourself.
10. Really Dropped the Series There, Amazon
Day 1 of release for a lot of AAA TV shows and movies usually produces the same results. Multiple complaints about bugginess, plot holes and general mistakes the producers haven’t managed to fix by time of release, followed by interviews giving clarification. If Thanos’ weapon is stronger than Captain America’s shield, is it from another planet? Has this Batman ever killed before? And so on and so forth.
For the Amazon series Fallout, a major glitch involved every episode being released at the same time on Day 1. This meant some viewers were able to skip right to the end of the show. Despite the millions of dollars shoved into the series, studio heads were unable to fix the problem, meaning this glitch is still prevalent to this day.
9. Robert Ghoulache
Another glitch, this time to do with sound mixing on Fallout. This one doesn’t seem to affect every character, just the one. Whenever The Ghoul, played by Walton Goggins, speaks the show seems to turn his dialogue down or muffle it.
Pretending to watch behind the scenes videos doesn’t seem to reveal anything in particular about why this happens. But perhaps The Ghoul is just a glitchy guy as our next entry is all about him too…
8. Don’t You Know How Much That Stings?
Another audio glitch featuring The Ghoul, this time related to music. In episode 2, where The Ghoul meets Maximus in his Brotherhood of Steel armour, there’s a glitch where every time The Ghoul moves, or even breathes, the same musical sting will play. This results in an overused piece of music playing roughshod over everything else that is happening.
Some find this glitch hilarious while others say they barely notice at all. Whatever the case may be, in later episodes the musical sting is turned down and used much more sparingly.
7. Grin and Bear It
In previous Fallout instalments, it’s been possible to collect unlimited experience points and level up extremely quickly, becoming overpowered. This is similar to one of those glitches.
Again in episode 2, there is a glitch where if Maximus and his knight Titus approach a cave in the woods, going in the cave after barely exploring the remains outside, a mutant bear will spawn. Whilst Titus is understandably thrown around and badly hurt by a creature this powerful so early in the series, Maximus is able to kill it with two shots from a small pistol.
This glitch can lead to Maximus receiving the power armour way too early to be emotionally satisfying.
6. Glitches Get Stitches(?)
Glitches aren’t just contained to episode 2. In the final episode, The Beginning, there’s an example involving both Maximus and The Ghoul.
Once the knights are all inside the main citadel, The Ghoul starts to slaughter the entire brigade but an issue with scripting means Maximus glitches through a wall and is able to survive the battle. Looking into this issue in detail seems to reveal that the show needed Maximus to survive in order to continue, so he just did.
5. Stitches Make Glitches
This one also involves the final episode, this time when on the ground floor of the NCR citadel. Once the Brotherhood of Steel knights are able to bust inside, but only after killing the soldiers outside first, there is an encounter with The Ghoul.
Because of a timeline issue with The Ghoul being scripted as already having used power armour, he is able to one-shot each knight, killing them all easily.
A lot of viewers actually prefer this glitch and find it very satisfying. Especially the funny little boing noise the armour makes each time.
4. Clue is in the Title
Another day 1 glitch that actually improves the series for a lot of viewers. Due to how the titles and episode descriptions are set out, you can’t tell what happens in the episode. Instead, there is a vague quote from the episode instead, which only after watching the episode do viewers get the full sense of.
A lot of viewers find this as an improvement on other shows as the descriptions don’t spoil every single plot twist and detail before you’ve even hit the play button.
3. Real Human Mod
The Fallout games have often been criticized for featuring character models that don’t look real. But the TV series features a mod that both makers and viewers approve of, called Real Human Actors mod. This was actually a mod created by the producers and is now seen as an official part of the Fallout TV show.
Because of using real human actors, speaking lines of dialogue written by actual human writers, the show is able to allow for greater expression and empathy. Crazy how that works, right?
2. Guest Star Mod
Also known as the SNL mod to some fans, this one is more contentious. The Fallout TV show, having such a massive budget, is able to use multiple guest stars. Some viewers find this mod distracting, whilst others love it.
Examples include Chris Parnell as a vault overseer, Fred Armisen as the hilarious DJ Carl and Erik Estrada searching for that one role that’ll put him back in the spotlight. Some viewers found the inclusion of Matt Berry as the voice of some of the robots freaking hilarious (some would prefer he made another series of Toast).
1. Getting Ahead of Yourself
Early on in the series, there is a glitch involving Doc Wilzig. If Lucy takes him to the outskirts of Filly and crouches next to him behind what looks like a burned-out shelter, Doz Wilzig’s head starts spinning round and round like a whirligig. Here, let us illustrate:
Well there we go. The top 10 glitches and mods from the Fallout TV show. We were going to do a bonus part where a train from the show was actually a train being worn by a person as a very massive hat, but we couldn’t find any trains being used in any episodes.
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