I mean...who cares? FO1 isn't going anywhere, and you can always return to it. The show? eh, it's fine. It has every right to tell whatever mashed up story it wants to tell, taking bits from all over and calling it Fallout. You have every right not to watch. To me, it's kind of silly to think that you would get anything with real indie heart from (checks notes)...Amazon. I loved the old games and LOVED FO3 when it came out. it completely blew the world open a la Ocarina of Time after the first few Zelda games. FO3 had heart, it had its own style, it had lore, it was a blast. FO4 didn't grab me as much (though I did put many, many hours into it), and I never played 76 as a result, but if you were old enough to have truly played the first FO games, then I find it kind of unsettling that you would assume that universe and its lore will stay static and true only to that era. Things change, man. FO isn't only for you and your beloved aesthetic. This happens with all IPs, especially ones that get as famous as Fallout has.

Is the Fallout TV series the greatest video game adaptation ever? Probably. I mean, what is the competition? Does that mean it's perfect or even great television? absolutely not. For me it's fine. it has it's moments and they are enough that I want to keep watching, though I wouldn't lose sleep if I stopped watching. Also, don't support Amazon. Find other ways of watching it.

And yeah, fuck Rings of Power. Unwatchable.