Fallout Season 2 made its debut on Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday, December 17 in the UK.
16:34, 17 Dec 2025
The reviews are in for Fallout ’s return on Prime Video — and they’re anything but unanimous.
With its first season earning widespread acclaim last year, excitement was building ahead of Season 2, which kicked off on Wednesday, December 17.
That optimism faltered, however, after an AI-generated recap released days earlier was littered with errors, sparking fears about the quality of what was to come.
So were fans right to be sceptical — or has Fallout bounced back in style? Here’s Mirror Gaming ’s review round-up for Season 2.
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The Playlist was mightily impressed by the latest instalment of the Fallout TV show, calling it an "exciting second quest" despite an initial "slow burn".
"There’s no denying the depth; with countless titles within the world of Fallout from which to scrape material, it’s a complex story to tell, yet Season Two showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet have succeeded in taking the reins from Season One’s Jonathan Nolan and continued to move Fallout right along seamlessly," reads the Fallout Season 2 review.
The Daily Beast agreed, arguing that the series is maintaining a steady course and builds on its "wild, weird and badass" first outing.
When it comes to performances, lead actors Ella Purnell and Aaron Moten, as well as the rest of Fallout's star-studded cast, have been given tremendous praise by USA Today.
"[They] have settled comfortably into their roles, and the latter feels distinctly more natural as buttoned-up Maximus this time around," writes Kelly Lawler.
"[Walton] Goggins and [Kyle] MacLachlan and [Justin] Theroux's natural weirdness fits right into the ambiance of the series."
'Poor subplots, bad ending, but still an honest depiction'
Other reviewers have pointed out that Fallout Season 2 is scarred by its focus on a number of less-than-inspiring sub stories, something that acts as an unwanted distraction from its engrossing main plot.
Ed Power from The Telegraph said in his review: "Where Fallout loses the thread is in its many subplots, which are only loosely related to Lucy’s pursuit of her bad dad, Hank."
IGN enjoyed most of it - the first six episodes, in particular - before arguing that the ending is not as good.
"It is both a strong return to its uniquely bizarre post-apocalypse world and an admirably authentic adaptation of what made New Vegas distinct among its series peers."
'Lacks direction and way too silly for its own good'
Fallout Season 2 is not without its scathing critics with Brian Tallerico from RogerEbert.com accusing the show of lacking any true direction, especially in its sixth episode.
New York Magazine continued the pile-on, saying Goggins's performance was so good none of the other cast members come remotely close.
Roxana Hadadi is also fearful of its story becoming "so convoluted and so dense that it loses sight of its original animating questions", comparing it to Westworld.
IndieWire and What's Alan Watching? were by far the more negative reviews, with Ben Travers describing it as "arduous" while Alan Sepinwall offered this worrying verdict: "Parts of the show are too silly to care about at all."
As always, make your mind up for yourself. The first episode of the new season is live now, with more episodes coming to Amazon Prime Video on a weekly basis.