From Fallout to Halo: 3 of Gaming’s Best Adaptations (and 2 of the Worst)
In the current world TV adaptations of Games or gaming adaptations of TV shows have become a trend. The gaming community enjoys watching their favorite in-game characters on TV, while sometimes they enjoy playing as their favorite TV show protagonists. However, the catch here is these adaptations are either exceptionally good or they are worse. There’s nothing in the middle. Often game developers mess things up when they try to make a show out of a massively hit game and vice versa.
Recently, the gaming world experienced a massively popular gaming series transformed into a TV show. Yeah, you guessed it right; it’s the Fallout series. So, while watching it, if someone wants to make a list of some best and worst adaptations of games to TV shows, we are eager to help them with our list.
Top 5 Best and Worst TV Show Adaptations of Renowned Gaming Series
The history of TV show adaptations of the immensely popular video games has been going on for decades with lots of these TV shows getting more popularity than the original game. However, there are even some adaptations that have gone wrong. Fans have witnessed both and in the below list we will list down some of these successes and failures:
Uncharted (Good)
Let’s begin the list with one of the massively successful action-adventure gaming series of all time Uncharted. This series has a stable and widely spread fanbase who appreciates the adventure and life journey of Nathan Drake. Though initially this game was an exclusively PlayStation game, later PC players received the fortune to be part of Drake’s journey.
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This immense popularity usually attracts the attention of TV showmakers and the Uncharted series did the same. Therefore, in February 2022, fans found Tom Holland appearing as Drake in the first TV adaptation of the gaming series. Often these shows fail to meet the expectations of the fans, but the Uncharted show proved everything wrong with mostly positive comments for it. Tom Holland’s acting was highly praised.
Halo (Bad)
After a massively successful one, now it’s time to check one adaptation that didn’t receive the love the original gaming series got. Halo is one of the Xbox’s most popular military science fiction games with several installments running throughout decades. However, after the game received a TV show transformation, fans didn’t accept it in a similar way. Somehow, the TV adaptation failed to meet the expectations of the fans and as a result, the show didn’t get popular. Here the show makers messed things up a little bit.
The Last of Us (Good)
The Last of Us is undoubtedly one of the best games created in the context of a post-apocalyptic world. The journey of two survivors Joel and Ellie in post-apocalyptic USA which is covered with cannibalistic humans gives players chills while playing. Therefore, it was almost sure that this game would make it to the TV, and in 2023 finally, the HBO series made it true.
The expectations were high. Once you have experienced the game, there’s no way you can appreciate a normal adaptation of the game. Well, HBO nailed it with Bella Ramsey featured as Ellie, and Pedro Pascal as Joel. The TV show received an equal amount of love from the fans. The acting of these two main actors, along with the storyline fulfilled the expectations of The Last of Us community.
Resident Evil (Bad)
Well, that’s something very unexpected but true. Resident Evil series by Capcom is one of the best survival horror game series with millions of fans across the world. The story and gameplay mechanics of almost every installment over the decades have received popularity among gamers. Even the Remastered versions are equally popular. However, the TV show version didn’t meet the same level of success.
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Like other massively popular gaming series, the Resident Evil series was also taken for a TV show, and in 2022, Netflix released the show featuring Ella Balinska, Adeline Rudolph, Siena Agudong, etc. Unfortunately, this show witnessed a total downfall with a 4.2 IMDB rating. Well, the previous movies of the series didn’t receive these much worst reactions from fans. Still, none of them can be called successful adaptations.
Fallout (Good)
Finally, we have reached the last game of the list that received the most recent TV adaptation. Fallout has been successfully running as a gaming series since 1997. Though not all the games received equal popularity, most of these games are excellent. So, naturally, it attracted the attention of TV showmakers, and finally, on April 10, 2024, the TV version of the series was released on Amazon Prime Video.
Expectations were high, and fortunately, the show makers have successfully touched it with their show. With an 8.4 IMDB rating, this show is running successfully all over the world. This show has cast, Ella Purnell as Lucy MacLean, Aaron Moten as Maximus, Walton Goggins as The Ghoul, etc., and all of them have wonderfully played their characters to make it a successful adaptation.
These are the best and worst TV show adaptations of popular games. The list should have included a few more names, but that will make it a never-ending one.
