The Fallout season 2 trailer is deliberately teasing fans, dropping only the briefest glimpses of the infamous Deathclaw without ever showing the beast in its full terrifying glory.
These quick flashes should be more than enough to spark dread for anyone that's played any of the Fallout games.
Humorously enough, The Ghoul, every bit the hardened survivor, instantly shifts into panic mode, his nerves betraying just how catastrophic a Deathclaw encounter can be.
Lucy, as a vault-dweller, seems to be blissfully ignorant, as if she hasn’t quite grasped the nightmare she’s come face-to-face with. Her trademark wide-eyed curiosity is certain to evaporate the moment she sees firsthand why even the boldest scavengers prefer to run rather than fight when a Deathclaw enters the picture.
In the brutal universe of Fallout, nothing sends chills down a survivor’s spine quite like hearing the howls and roars of a Deathclaw. These monstrous, reptilian mutants dominate the wasteland as its undisputed apex predators, looming more than 10 feet tall with a physique engineered for destruction.
With hide as tough as armor, speed that defies their size, and claws sharp enough to shred a person in a single blow, they embody pure nightmare fuel.
Deathclaws are notoriously aggressive and fiercely territorial, making them creatures best admired from a safe distance, or not at all. Even the most seasoned wanderers think twice before crossing paths with one, because a single mistake could be fatal.
In the games, meeting a Deathclaw usually signals a brutal, high-stakes fight, with many players learning the hard way that these beasts can end an encounter in one devastating hit.
"Based on one of the greatest video games of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly violent universe waiting for them above."
The hit video game adaptation stars Walton Goggins in the dual role of The Ghoul / Cooper Howard, alongside Ella Purnell as Lucy, Aaron Moten as Maximus, Kyle MacLachlan as Hank, Michael Emerson as Wilzig and Johnny Pemberton as Thaddeus.
Jonathan Nolan and his wife, Lisa Joy developed the series for Amazon, hiring Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner to serve as co-showrunners.
Previously, Goggins teased, "Now that people understand what the world is, this story just takes it to a whole other level. I've been around a long time and usually, a show that people are attracted to, with that license, the second season really starts cooking, right? That's when some real magic can happen."