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Fallout: worth picking up?
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Vigilance
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Fallout 2 is the best computer RPG of all time.
There's a ton of stuff to do, and you can play the game in a multitude of styles: as a charismatic negotiator with a large group of followers, as a trader who makes so much money he has the best equipment possible, as a thief who takes what he needs from the pockets of those around him, as a stealthy scout who sneaks past most enemies, as a sniper who picks off opponents from afar, or as a bruising up-close combat specialist.
And every one of those character options I just mentioned is equally viable.
There's a ton of stuff to do, and you can play the game in a multitude of styles: as a charismatic negotiator with a large group of followers, as a trader who makes so much money he has the best equipment possible, as a thief who takes what he needs from the pockets of those around him, as a stealthy scout who sneaks past most enemies, as a sniper who picks off opponents from afar, or as a bruising up-close combat specialist.
And every one of those character options I just mentioned is equally viable.
Yep, go get Fallout 1 and 2, and play'em till you're sick! Both great games. FWIW, there's a Fallout 3 coming over the horizon as we speak. Bethesda (Of the Morrowind and Oblivion fame) is putting it together and they've hired back the original couple guys that did the storylines/history from the first two. And so far, it doesn't look like they've messed it up from the few previews that are out there.
Vigilance
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3-D, 3rd person, turn-based, though you can set it for real time in the options menu if you want.
It's an RPG and you can get followers, so you're eventually running a party.
It's a really excellent RPG system that has a lot in common with d20.
You get to select three character skills, these get double the benefit from skill points you allot to them when you level, but you can advance any skill. You also get a perk every three-four levels that are a lot like feats, that grant you special abilities, and have prerequisites.
Chuck
It's an RPG and you can get followers, so you're eventually running a party.
It's a really excellent RPG system that has a lot in common with d20.
You get to select three character skills, these get double the benefit from skill points you allot to them when you level, but you can advance any skill. You also get a perk every three-four levels that are a lot like feats, that grant you special abilities, and have prerequisites.
Chuck
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Vigilance said:
3D? From what I've seen, Fallout 1 (at least) is very 2D. I think it came out long before 3D looked any good.
As far as the controls, think Baldur's Gate, except with a post-apocalyptic feel instead of medieval/fantasy. Backgrounds are pre-rendered, but have some "changeable" elements to them.
J Arcane
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Fallout is, quite simply, the closest any CRPG has ever come to the real thing. It is a singularly amazing game, the ultimate peak of the genre.
From a game system that's actualyl so faithful to the tabletop tradtion that you can actualyl play it tabletop, to a perfect balance of openness and direction, and with an unmatched freedom of approach, the kind of game where no two games are necessarily the same, simply because there's so many different ways you can do sometihng.
The writing is fantastic, black humor with a bend towards the greyer areas of morality, a wonderful counterpoint to the current obsession with hackneyed black-and-white morality made popular by games like KOTOR.
It's a masterpiece, pure and simple.
From a game system that's actualyl so faithful to the tabletop tradtion that you can actualyl play it tabletop, to a perfect balance of openness and direction, and with an unmatched freedom of approach, the kind of game where no two games are necessarily the same, simply because there's so many different ways you can do sometihng.
The writing is fantastic, black humor with a bend towards the greyer areas of morality, a wonderful counterpoint to the current obsession with hackneyed black-and-white morality made popular by games like KOTOR.
It's a masterpiece, pure and simple.
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