Fallout Discussion

Fallout 1 wasn't quite as humor-laden as Fallout 2, but Fallout 1 was certainly beyond great at the time of its release. Fallout 2 simply outperformed Fallout 1, which was already a great game.

Honestly, I have yet to encounter a gamer who didn't like the games if they had tried them.

Anyone know where to snag 1 n 2 for free? lol

I think that would constitute Warez, which I think is a bannable offense to post.

hmm nevermind then. Ill just stick to my boredom.

I found a dual pack with both games at Best Buy for $10. Course, that was years ago. I'm sure you could find them for sale online somewhere. Life as a gamer is truely incomplete without the Fallout games. They brought the concept of "sandbox" gaming to the PC long before GTA III hit the PS2. Sure, the graphics and turn-based battle system may seem dated now, but the content of the games is purely fantastic.

It'll be very interesting to see if Bethesda can pull off the black humour in F3. It's pretty much given that they'll have the whole sandbox thing sorted.

And taken from Wikipedia:

A cover story in the magazine Game Informer revealed that: The game will use both first-person and third-person perspective. Main character creation is implemented by specifying the character's childhood. The character's mother dies in labor in a Vault hospital, after which the player chooses the character's Traits and general appearance during the father's DNA analysis. Afterwards, the father removes his surgeon's mask to reveal a face much like the one chosen by the player for the character. As a child in the Vault, the character receives a book titled "You're Special", whereupon you'll set the character's 7 primary aptitudes. The character receives training weapons and a PIP-boy during childhood, and the player's performance in various tests determines the rest of the attributes. Skills and Perks are similar to those in previous games: the player chooses 3 Tag Skills out of 14 to be the character's specialties, and the character will gain a Perk every other level. The Vault-tec Assisted Targeting System, or V.A.T.S., will remain basically unaltered. Various actions cost action points, and both the player and enemies can target specific body areas for attacks, inflicting specific injuries. While using V.A.T.S., real-time combat is paused creating a combat system that the Bethesda developers have described as a hybrid between turn-based and real-time combat. The game will maintain the same level of gore. All gory deaths in the game will be shown in slow motion. One of the featured screenshots is of a super-mutant's head exploding in great detail. The game will revolve around the same three standard character archetypes and gameplay approaches of the 'Combat Boy', 'Stealth Boy', or 'Charisma Boy'. The game will feature a new health and radiation system. The player can measure an object's radioactivity and gauge the effect it will have on the character. Karma titles, similar to those from previous games, will grant Xbox Live Achievements on that platform. The number '101' can be seen on the back of several characters' Vault suits, likely signifying an important role, perhaps as the character's home, for a Vault 101. Characters will be able to create small blasts by targeting nuclear generators and using nuclear catapults.

I do hope they actually fix the radiation system. It always seemed kind of vague in 1 & 2.