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Summary: "There are two Types of People in this World..."
Review: ...Those with loaded guns and those who dig."This game is pure freakin' genious! They improved on the perfect Fallout and made it into something Jesus Christ himself would love to own. The story involves your character on his search for the Garden of Eden Creation Kit for Arroyo, your tribal villiage founded by the original vault dweller (ie: the character you played in fallout). He is your ancestor. Along the way you get to interact with many intersting characters: humans, mutants, ghouls...mutated scorpions, weird cult people, and those much hated (by me) Deathclaws. GRRR! This games is about 5 times longer than the unfortunalty short Fallout and you get a car! This speeds up movement on the game map. One the map...this game takes place north of the NCR area (Shady sands in fallout). If you yearn for a wonderful game where you can shoot humans, ghouls, sleep with a crim bosses daughter, or just shoot up some jet with 'lil jesus in New Reno (or perhaps tour the wonderful Golgotha cemetery, where people are either impaled on sticks or strung out for the birds), then pick up this game! Although you may want to play Fallout first...to get the full effect. I am awaiting Fallout III!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: "There are two Types of People in this World..."
Review: ...Those with loaded guns and those who dig." This game is pure freakin' genious! They improved on the perfect Fallout and made it into something Jesus Christ himself would love to own. The story involves your character on his search for the Garden of Eden Creation Kit for Arroyo, your tribal villiage founded by the original vault dweller (ie: the character you played in fallout). He is your ancestor. Along the way you get to interact with many intersting characters: humans, mutants, ghouls...mutated scorpions, weird cult people, and those much hated (by me) Deathclaws. GRRR! This games is about 5 times longer than the unfortunalty short Fallout and you get a car! This speeds up movement on the game map. One the map...this game takes place north of the NCR area (Shady sands in fallout). If you yearn for a wonderful game where you can shoot humans, ghouls, sleep with a crim bosses daughter, or just shoot up some jet with 'lil jesus in New Reno (or perhaps tour the wonderful Golgotha cemetery, where people are either impaled on sticks or strung out for the birds), then pick up this game! Although you may want to play Fallout first...to get the full effect. I am awaiting Fallout III!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Sex, drugs and great big guns in the nuclear wastes!
Review: After solving "Fallout" shortly after reviewing it some months ago, I immediately loaded "Fallout 2" and set off on the second part of the adventure. Since then, I've been far too busy to review anything, until I solved it last night. "Fallout" is just the trainer for the big one! "Fallout 2" uses the same engine as the original, and was easy to slip into, since the commands were all familiar, but because the initial release is notoriously buggy, make sure you install the patch before you start. Set 80 years after the events in "Fallout", your character is a descendent of the Vault Dweller who, with some refugees, had established a village far to the north when expelled after saving Vault 13. Over the years, village life had become increasingly tribal and memories of Vault 13 had slipped into the murky realms of mystical memory. Drought had set in, crops failed, children and cattle were starving when a chance viewing of an old holotape revealed the existence Vault 13's Garden of Eden Creation Kit (G.E.C.K.) - just what was needed for a bountiful existence. After surviving a difficult test, your character, the Chosen One, is sent off, with few skills and little equipment, to locate the Holy Vault 13 and return with the G.E.C.K. Of course, it is not quite as easy as that, as you gradually find out the Master in "Fallout" was a pussycat compared to your ultimate opponents. This is definitely a game for mature people who can laugh at themselves - sex (straight and gay) and drugs play a major part in the story line. There are twists and turns that will have you falling about laughing, and some repellent attitudes that will sicken you. You have to lie, cheat, steal and fight your way through pretty nasty scenes, and delicately negotiate your way through others. Good deeds are rewarded (if you help out Frank in the Den, go back and visit him later when he's made good - his generosity is a huge help), and bad decisions are paid for (leave that Pariah dog to his own fate). There are quite a few chance encounters, some screamingly funny (especially for fans of Monty Python, Star Trek, etc.) and, for a basically moral character, some pretty distressing, where you are completely powerless. And though it's pretty gory, nothing's funnier than the way some of these critters fly apart after a good critical hit. "Fallout 2" is a much larger game than the original, and to make traversing the vast distances easier, after several quests you actually get - wait for it - a car! Many differently skilled NPCs are eager to join you; how many you can have in your party depends on your charisma. Where you had little control over NPCs in your party in "Fallout", in "Fallout 2" you can get them to wear improved armour, select better weapons, and they sometimes actually increase their skills when your character levels. I developed a tight little bunch, consisting of the loyal Sulik (give him a SuperSledge and watch him go!) and Vic (whose Repair skill is essential until yours is developed, if you can tolerate his sucking up and constant whining about Sulik), Cassidy (much better with weapons than your character when you find him) and after I solved all his town's problems, Marcus the Mutant, entertainingly voiced by Michael Dorn (Worf from Star Trek). Hint: if you do have Marcus join, take his minigun away before he shreds your entire party and give him a more focussed weapon, but he is very picky. The great thing about this game is that it is non-linear, and you can switch between good or evil as the whim takes you. However, it became evident after quite some playing time that I had not developed my initial character's attributes or skills in the direction I wanted to take, so with the knowledge gained, I started again with a character who relied less on strength and endurance, but was more intelligent and perceptive (but not too weak, as some of the best perks have minimum requirements). This tradeoff made the initial stages very difficult, but really paid off later. Choosing three Tag skills was hard - scientific skills, both medical and technological, were more important than some combat skills, and quickly developed thievery skills were essential, as everything was so expensive, but these were useless without good weapons, negotiation and survival skills. A thorough reading of the excellent, spiral-bound (yippee!) manual before developing your character really saves a lot of time. And watch the wonderful introductory scenes for a lot of clues. My advice to adults who love RPGs is to forget the quasi-medieval, sword and sorcery worlds and get into the post-apocalyptic life of sex, drugs and great big guns as soon as you can!
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Review: Ahh -- this game came to me like a cool, refreshing breeze in the middle of a desert. I had just about given up hope. Console RPGs were too juvenile and restrictive-feeling, and computer RPGs were vanishing in favor of ugly-looking polygon-littered 3-D FX adventures. I figured that Ultima VII, several years back, had been the end of the kind of RPG I knew and loved, because I hadn't seen anything come remotely close to matching it since. (I should mention that I missed out on the original Fallout.) But I thought Fallout 2 looked interesting, took a chance on it, and felt that familiar old flood of video-game inspired joy wash through me. This is a fantastic game. Not perfect, but 10x better than most of the games that've been available in the last few years. Refreshing element 1: it isn't for children, nor is it for people with the attention span of children. Refreshing element 2: it has an interesting and reasonably nicely laid-out storyline, but at the same time, refrains from *smothering* itself in story, leaving an entertaining degree of freedom in the hands of the player. Refreshing element 3: unlike most console RPGs, you don't have to "do the right, good, family-values oriented thing." You can shoot drugs, slaughter the innocent, bribe, steal, pimp, push, whore yourself around, contract STDs, and a host of other fun things. At the same time, you have innumerable chances to commit virtuous deeds, free slaves, engage in winning and complex subplots, etc., until you have made yourself something close to a living god in the eyes of the people. Both of these options, and the range they represent, are key, and contribute remarkably to the entertainment factor. All of these things may seem fairly basic, but I think it is these fundamental aspects that are too often missing from RPGs. Another great thing about Fallout 2 is its aesthetic tact. It is a very attractive looking, admirably designed game, with lots of nice graphics, yet at the same time it doesn't go overboard in a desperate attempt to impress you merely with its technological cookies. Yes, it is a 2-D game -- and god bless it for that. No, there isn't a cinematic interlude every 4 minutes -- bless it for that as well. It is appealing visually, but it balances this with its other strengths to enhance the overall experience of actually involving yourself with the game. Only complaint: some technical glitches here and there. I reached a point not long ago where I was mysteriously finding my "car" in every town I visited. Sometimes, only half of it was there. Very strange, and rather annoying, because glitches like that sometimes threaten to ruin an entire game. But this aside, this is sure to be a fine, fine purchase for anyone looking for a good, solid, mature, interesting, well-balanced, tactful, and epic RPG.
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Summary: Totally Immersive, incredible depth
Review: Although the graphics are showing their age these days, this game is still as incredible as ever. You will never play a more atmospheric and immersive game. The post apocalyptic world just sucks you in and never lets you go.
One of the key elements to the Fallout series is the fantastic character creator. You are givemn a massive amount of freedom to create the kind of character you want and yoru choice has a massive bearing on the way you can complee certain tasks. Any given task will have several possible solutions, some better suited to diplomatic characters, some to combat characters and some to stealthy characters. Or you could just go for an all rounder. The game is totally non linear with your character's ability (you constantly gain experience) being the only real limitation.
The numer of things crammed into this game is just insane. There is a ridiculous number of weapons. There are so many side quests as well and it's simply impossible to complete all of them in a single sitting. I think I covered just about everything after playing through it about four times. The amount of text is breathtaking and some of the characters really come to life through the dialogue.
The game is not without it's problems. I remember the unpatched version of this being incredibly buggy so the patch is a must. The NPC control system is also pretty woeful.
Still, I can't allow any of these things to detract from the score because this is quite simpl one of the finest games ever made.
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Summary: It's Fallout again
Review: Did you like Fallout? You'll like this. If you didn't, you probably won't like this one either. Same basics, graphics, different story, different part of California. Some minor changes - you can get a car to cover those large distances, the car's trunk holds lots of stuff and there are new monsters, but not enough of them. Still, you can get married and you can be a fluffer in a porn studio
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Summary: the best rpg made by man
Review: Do you like ultraviolence, guns, sex & drugs? If so, FALLOUT 2 is the adrenaline kick you have bean vaiting for. Fallout 2 is the work of som genius minds at Interplay. The storry of the gameis: The village is dying and you need to save it . Easy hu? personly I 'we killed over 50 presons for each villanger i have saved from starvation and grate evils.
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Summary: The title should be Fallout x 2
Review: Everything that was in Fallout is magnified in this game to at least twice the amount. Gameplay, NPC's, critters (still no flying criters though), enemies, allies, tandi's age (well, 2 is too small a number there), and total bugs (the only drawback to this game). I got this game on my Thanksgiving vacation back in '99 on a Thursday, and by the following monday, I had plugged in about 60 hours of gameplay (ten of those hours were spent staring at the charecter creation screen). In other words, GET THIS GAME! IMHO, it's the best RPG you can buy.
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Summary: A great computer role-playing game!
Review: Fallout 2 is a great computer role-playing game. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world of mutants and machine guns. Character generation is brilliant, with a wide range of statistics that can be developed. The skills that you focus on really make a difference in this game. For example, a character with a high charasma and intelligence will get entirely different dialogue options than a character with a low charasma and intelligence. Plus, the quests that you choose to do will totally change how other characters treat you. You can be either a do-gooder or a heartless thug, and the NPCs treat you accordingly. The plot is well-written and entertaining. Fallout 2 is a must-buy for any computer gamer.
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Summary: Not As Good As Fallout I or Fallout Tactics, Still a Blast
Review: Fallout II, while falling short of the original Fallout, or the squad based Fallout Tactics, is still a fantastic game, definitely worth a look. It plays similar to the first installment, but boasts better graphics and richer character dialogues (The two things going for it.) I recommend purchasing the dual package, which contains both Fallout I & Fallout II. It is worht the price for the first alone, and the second is a nice bonus. Four stars, highly recommended.
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