Fallout reviews
Fallout reviews
I want to buy this game for Christmas this year, and I am hoping that some of you might give me some opinions/reviews as I can see that there are some dedicated and informed players. Also, are Fallout 1/2 compatible with WinXP?
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The Church could use someone like that.
The Church could use someone like that.
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Obike Fixx
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Fallout:
Set in the aftermath of a world-wide nuclear war, Fallout will challenge you to survive in an unknown and dangerous world. You will take the role of a Vault-dweller, a person who has grown up in a secluded, underground survival Vault. Circumstances arise that force you to go Outside -- to a strange world 80 years after the end of the modern civilization. A world of mutants, radiation, gangs and violence.
Your immediate task is to find a replacement for the broken water purification controller chip. Without that chip, your fellow Vault dwellers are doomed to dehydration or be forced to leave the safety of the Vault for the Outside.
The core of the game revolves around your character. When you start Fallout, you can choose or modify one of three pre-made characters, or create your own from scratch. The character creation system allows you to make a vibrant, unique character. We use a skill-based system to allow you to fine tune your character.
As you gain experience (roughly half from combat, the other half is from solving adventure seeds and non-combat based events), your character will grow as you determine. No classes here!
Combat in Fallout is tactical turn-based. You can take as much time as you need to make decisions. Choose from different types of attacks, with a variety of weapons and attack skills. Weapons include: shotguns, flamers, chain-guns, rocket launchers, sledgehammers, brass knuckles and more.
Fallout 2:
You are the Chosen One, the direct descendant of the Vault Dweller. The village elders have selected you to wear the sacred Vault-suit of your grandsire and, in time, to ascend to the leadership of your people. First you must prove your devotion to your people. Your tribe needs help.
If you are truly the Chosen One, then you alone are capable of claiming the heritage of the Vault Dweller, to take back your birthright. Among the many wonders described in hallowed yellow pages of the Vault Dweller's Survival Guide is the Garden of Eden Creation Kit. The GECK is said to have the power to turn the harsh Wastes into a fruitful paradise. The Vault Dweller's Survival Manual promises the redemption of the GECK to all Vault Dwellers.
Your tribe has survived over ten-years of drought but now their reserves are at an end. You must find Vault 13 and claim the technology that your tribe needs to survive. If you fail in this quest—your tribe will surely die. You must travel the perilous Wastes on a holy quest to find Vault 13. The same Vault that cruelly cast your grandsire out into the Wastes 80 years ago. The Vault owes you. The Vault owes your tribe. Now it's time to collect.
I don't know if this helped you any... but tells you a bit about the games.
BTW, I took this from the BIS site.
Set in the aftermath of a world-wide nuclear war, Fallout will challenge you to survive in an unknown and dangerous world. You will take the role of a Vault-dweller, a person who has grown up in a secluded, underground survival Vault. Circumstances arise that force you to go Outside -- to a strange world 80 years after the end of the modern civilization. A world of mutants, radiation, gangs and violence.
Your immediate task is to find a replacement for the broken water purification controller chip. Without that chip, your fellow Vault dwellers are doomed to dehydration or be forced to leave the safety of the Vault for the Outside.
The core of the game revolves around your character. When you start Fallout, you can choose or modify one of three pre-made characters, or create your own from scratch. The character creation system allows you to make a vibrant, unique character. We use a skill-based system to allow you to fine tune your character.
As you gain experience (roughly half from combat, the other half is from solving adventure seeds and non-combat based events), your character will grow as you determine. No classes here!
Combat in Fallout is tactical turn-based. You can take as much time as you need to make decisions. Choose from different types of attacks, with a variety of weapons and attack skills. Weapons include: shotguns, flamers, chain-guns, rocket launchers, sledgehammers, brass knuckles and more.
Fallout 2:
You are the Chosen One, the direct descendant of the Vault Dweller. The village elders have selected you to wear the sacred Vault-suit of your grandsire and, in time, to ascend to the leadership of your people. First you must prove your devotion to your people. Your tribe needs help.
If you are truly the Chosen One, then you alone are capable of claiming the heritage of the Vault Dweller, to take back your birthright. Among the many wonders described in hallowed yellow pages of the Vault Dweller's Survival Guide is the Garden of Eden Creation Kit. The GECK is said to have the power to turn the harsh Wastes into a fruitful paradise. The Vault Dweller's Survival Manual promises the redemption of the GECK to all Vault Dwellers.
Your tribe has survived over ten-years of drought but now their reserves are at an end. You must find Vault 13 and claim the technology that your tribe needs to survive. If you fail in this quest—your tribe will surely die. You must travel the perilous Wastes on a holy quest to find Vault 13. The same Vault that cruelly cast your grandsire out into the Wastes 80 years ago. The Vault owes you. The Vault owes your tribe. Now it's time to collect.
I don't know if this helped you any... but tells you a bit about the games.
BTW, I took this from the BIS site.
IMO Fallout 1/2 are as good or better than Baldur's gate. Granted, you cannot control your NPC's, but in a way this makes for a more realistic, and in some cases, funny game. I remember almost finishing off a bunch of highwayman, when Lenny (one of my NPC's), finished me off accidentally with a Sub-Machine Gun blast 
Needless to say I was pissed off...and was laughing my ass off as well. In some cases it has more freedom than Baldur's Gate regarding some quests, travelling, and in general, ways to do things. Most RPG'ers enjoy this game I think.
Needless to say I was pissed off...and was laughing my ass off as well. In some cases it has more freedom than Baldur's Gate regarding some quests, travelling, and in general, ways to do things. Most RPG'ers enjoy this game I think."It's not whether you get knocked down, it's if you get back up."
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Can't say I agree, @Z. Yes, the Fallout series (and Arcanum, by the same crew) is famous for its non-linearity, but it's a false impression, since 1) many areas are unknown by your party except at "appropriate" levels, and 2) among those areas you know, some are clearly worth avoiding until your party is sufficiently developed. By contrast, one of the "calling card" features of BG2 was its second chapter, where you were confronted by close to two dozen quests simultaneously, nearly all of which were possible for a party of your level; or, you could return later in the game, to find several of the quests scaled upwards in difficulty.
What I really do like about the Fallout/Arcanum games is the customization, the ability to build a character the way you want, including alignment. YOu can be a fast-talking conman and computer hacker with a heart of gold, or a badass sharpshooter. There are literally separate progressions through the games depending upon whether you want to play nice in the sandbox of life with others, or fear nothing in the Valley of the Shadow of Death because you're the worst bas!ard in the Valley.
I still find BG2 a more immersive experience because of those self-willed party NPCs, who have their own agendas, conflcts, attractions, and flashes of personality. But the Fallout games are great fun, and really a different kind of experience.
What I really do like about the Fallout/Arcanum games is the customization, the ability to build a character the way you want, including alignment. YOu can be a fast-talking conman and computer hacker with a heart of gold, or a badass sharpshooter. There are literally separate progressions through the games depending upon whether you want to play nice in the sandbox of life with others, or fear nothing in the Valley of the Shadow of Death because you're the worst bas!ard in the Valley.
I still find BG2 a more immersive experience because of those self-willed party NPCs, who have their own agendas, conflcts, attractions, and flashes of personality. But the Fallout games are great fun, and really a different kind of experience.
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the character creation system in the fallout series is excellent, and although, as Fable said, the game isn't as free roaming as you might think at first, there is so much flexibility and so many choices to make, each character can approach the game differently. very good replayability, and very good fun.
Here where the flattering and mendacious swarm
Of lying epitaths their secrets keep,
At last incapable of further harm
The lewd forefathers of the village sleep.
Of lying epitaths their secrets keep,
At last incapable of further harm
The lewd forefathers of the village sleep.
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ForgotenWarrior
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and to answer your question, yes it is compatible with win xp, im playing it on winxp right now.
Ps: if you have a good connection like dsl, you can download full fallout 2 game (.exe file) off kazaa, for instance. Don't even have to pay money for it. Such a great game, like others said you have so many choices, many different strategies and ways to make your character(melee, diplomatic, thief, a pure sniper, and any other combinations of these). All that makes this game so great.
Hope that helped you
Ps: if you have a good connection like dsl, you can download full fallout 2 game (.exe file) off kazaa, for instance. Don't even have to pay money for it. Such a great game, like others said you have so many choices, many different strategies and ways to make your character(melee, diplomatic, thief, a pure sniper, and any other combinations of these). All that makes this game so great.
Hope that helped you
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