Amazon's Latest Fallout Trailer Has Reignited My Passion for Fallout 76 - Here's Why

07.03.2024 - 17:52 / mmorpg.com / Bethesda Softworks / Jonathan Nolan / Ella Purnell / Aaron Moten

Yesterday Amazon put together a pre-screening of today’s trailer for the Fallout series that will premiere on Prime Video on April 11^th, 2024. Fallout is quickly approaching the 30-year mark of lore and the beloved setting has captivated gamers and instilled a curiosity of post-apocalyptic mayhem that never seems to get old. The trailer, to my surprise, exceeded expectations, but it also reignited my passion for the ongoing anarchy that broods within Fallout 76.

“I think you have to come into this trying to make the show that you want to make, and trusting that as fans of the game, we would find the pieces that were essential to us about the games and try to do the best version of those that we can.” Executive producer and Director Jonathan Nolan said when asked how he plans to please fans whilst appealing to a wider audience. Because of that, the trailer instigates a feeling that Vault Dwellers everywhere are familiar with – the unbridled adventure of stepping into the wasteland for the first time.

When the blinding light of the sun broke through the rolling vault door, as a jumpsuit-equipped vault dweller stood steadfast, anxiously anticipating the horrors they may face, it encapsulated a moment that has iconically played out dramatically for gamers since Fallout 3. After nearly 3 decades of wasteland experience, it’s easy to take such a monumental moment for granted, but the implications weren’t lost on the central character Lucy, played by actress Ella Purnell.

“Lucy is a Vault Dweller, and what excited me about playing her was that she is so innocent and so naïve and obviously very privileged as well,” she began. “It was exciting for me to start in that place. You know, she’s essentially a newborn baby. She hasn’t had any real-life experiences. All she knows is what she was taught and what she’s read in books that she has in the vault.”

Although Lucy’s origins are a massive departure from allocating your S.P.E.C.I.A.L stats, there’s a lot of nostalgia built up behind her words. The world of Fallout has always allowed for the outrageous to be possible, whether you’re fist fighting a Yao Guai or arguing with a malfunctioning Mr. Handy. The trailer depicted these moments in authentic detail, despite the entirety of the storyline taking a stark departure from the current games by expanding Fallout’s lore locale to Los Angeles. Fallout players have all felt the fresh excitement of being a “newborn” wasteland baby.

Luckily, the shift in the story also means that we get to follow Lucy and her Brotherhood of Steel counterpart Maximus, played by Aaron Moten, on a completely new journey. This story plays out not too far from the timeline in Fallout 4 and throughout the player character’s progression in Fal