Fan-made Fallout trailer impresses developers

A fan-made live-action Fallout 76 trailer impressed the game’s developers, as well as fans the world over.

A fan-made Fallout 76 live-action trailer left Bethesda, the developers of the game, “speechless”. The video trailer showcases a lot of Fallout iconography, from visuals to audio cues from the game.

Following the trailer’s release, which as of this article has almost 100,000 views, the official Fallout Twitter praised the director, Brian Curtin, for doing “an incredible job” directing it.

Fallout 76 takes place in Appalachia, specifically in West Virginia, a mountainous region with thick forests. Post bomb-fall, the region is infested with all manner of irradiated creatures. Picture: Infectious Designer

The trailer opens with a scene from before the bombs fell, with a woman, a child, and a Nuka-Cola delivery man standing, shocked, as the first explosion lands. In the background, an audio clip from the founder of the Brotherhood of Steel can be heard: “I know most of you love America…but America failed! It’s not because of the citizens, no, it’s leaders failed us. Their failure almost destroyed all of mankind…”

The scene then shifts to various wanderers exploring the Appalachian wasteland, while DJ Julie, the radio DJ from Fallout 76, gives her speech on why Appalachia Radio is important to her. Throughout the sequence, we can see the wanderers exploring caves, the wilderness, and interior areas.

This fan-created video capturing #Fallout76 in live-action left us SPEECHLESS! 🤯

Brian Curtin (@infectious_designer on IG and YouTube) did an incredible job directing this!https://t.co/m8VofkMHzw

— Fallout (@Fallout) November 14, 2022

The trailer ends with a wanderer picking up a voice “hologram”, a tape device, and putting it into their Pip-Boy to listen to, while the wanderers begin to do battle with a Deathclaw (or a Scorchbeast, it’s kind of hard to tell).

The trailer was created, according to the description, “for the bloodied wanderers who found beauty in a broken world, and those with the unyielding belief to build it.” This is referring to Fallout 76’s negative launch — the game launched with game-breaking bugs and lack of features, and ultimately turned away a lot of players.

In recent years, however, the game has improved by leaps and bounds — a number of features was added to the game to add both an easier early-game experience alongside plenty of late-game features. These updates continue to this day, with the upcoming Nuka-World On Tour update launching soon.

Fallout 76 is available on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation, and is also included with Xbox Game Pass.

Written by Junior Miyai on behalf of GLHF.