Fallout 76

Justthefacts · 06-05-2018, 02:51 AM

Fallout 3 > Fallout 4 > NV

The Batlord · 06-05-2018, 04:09 AM

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Fallout 3 > Fallout 4 > NV

You drunk again?

**Yac** · 06-05-2018, 05:49 AM

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Fallout 3 > Fallout 4 > NV

What is this heresy.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 06-05-2018, 07:43 AM

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Fallout 3 > Fallout 4 > NV

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~~MicShazam~~ · 06-05-2018, 07:50 AM

What do you people feel about the Fallout games before Fallout 3? My only hands-on experience with the sires have been the beginning of Fallout 1 and 2. I might have played a few minutes of Fallout Tactics. I also remember completing Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel on Playstation 2, even though it's obviously ****. I guess I didn't have anything better to do at the time.

The Fallout game I feel the most like I ought to get back to and give a second chance is Fallout "1".

**Yac** · 06-05-2018, 08:08 AM

I think I completed 1 and 2 like a dozen times each. They were something new and as far as concepts like unique ideas, morality, consequences - these games were something really new.
I was in high school when it came out. I've had a copy installed on every PC I owned since then, including the one I'm using now.
Fallout tactics was .. mediocre. It had some great concepts, the campaign was very fun at times, some of the characters you could recruit were awesome .. but it had a very slow start and was tedious in many "mechanical" ways. UI etc - it didn't work that well..
I played that pseudo fallout on ps2 but never finished it, I remember it had some great concept art but that's about all the good I can say about it.

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-05-2018, 08:15 AM

Yeah I don't remember that PS2 game being very good at all. I was desperate at the time, for any means of killing time, so I just kept grinding away until the credits rolled. Tried to go back to it some years later and found it off-puttingly tedious and lame.

The first Fallout game is one of those that I feel like I should play (it being a classic and a seemingly smart game and all). It seems like a well made and interesting game. I did't use guides back in the day (I'm stubborn about that), so I just remember getting stuck an hour into the game every time I tried to play it.

**Yac** · 06-05-2018, 08:21 AM

Well, I say go for it, especially since you can get both on gog.com for penines (like, both for 5$ or sth, I can't be bothered with the exchange rate).

Both games are connected through the world, not the characters - so you can safely start with 2 as well. In fact, even though the differences between both regarding engine, graphics UI and all of that are minor, Fallout 2 has aged a lot better than Fallout 1 imo.

~~MicShazam~~ · 06-05-2018, 08:32 AM

Gog.com is awesome. I have a lot of old games from that site. I mostly bought things from the site back when it was only older tiltes though. These days they have all sorts of new indie stuff on the front page.

I might buy a Fallout bundle one of these days. The only question is if I can make myself sit down and focus on playing an old game like that.

**Yac** · 06-05-2018, 08:40 AM

Well, I can't answer for you, obviously.
Fallouts imo, even though old, are perfectly playable. Sure the graphics is outdated and the UI is clunky, but it's not that big an issue imo. There are old games that have aged so badly, they're almost unplayable. Absolutely unintuitive UI, crap fonts, story included on a booklet, so you have no idea what's going on etc - you'll face no game breaking issues here.

06-05-2018, 07:50 AM	#35 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	What do you people feel about the Fallout games before Fallout 3? My only hands-on experience with the sires have been the beginning of Fallout 1 and 2. I might have played a few minutes of Fallout Tactics. I also remember completing Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel on Playstation 2, even though it's obviously ****. I guess I didn't have anything better to do at the time. The Fallout game I feel the most like I ought to get back to and give a second chance is Fallout "1".

06-05-2018, 08:08 AM	#36 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	I think I completed 1 and 2 like a dozen times each. They were something new and as far as concepts like unique ideas, morality, consequences - these games were something really new. I was in high school when it came out. I've had a copy installed on every PC I owned since then, including the one I'm using now. Fallout tactics was .. mediocre. It had some great concepts, the campaign was very fun at times, some of the characters you could recruit were awesome .. but it had a very slow start and was tedious in many "mechanical" ways. UI etc - it didn't work that well.. I played that pseudo fallout on ps2 but never finished it, I remember it had some great concept art but that's about all the good I can say about it.

06-05-2018, 08:15 AM	#37 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Yeah I don't remember that PS2 game being very good at all. I was desperate at the time, for any means of killing time, so I just kept grinding away until the credits rolled. Tried to go back to it some years later and found it off-puttingly tedious and lame. The first Fallout game is one of those that I feel like I should play (it being a classic and a seemingly smart game and all). It seems like a well made and interesting game. I did't use guides back in the day (I'm stubborn about that), so I just remember getting stuck an hour into the game every time I tried to play it.

06-05-2018, 08:21 AM	#38 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	Well, I say go for it, especially since you can get both on gog.com for penines (like, both for 5$ or sth, I can't be bothered with the exchange rate). Both games are connected through the world, not the characters - so you can safely start with 2 as well. In fact, even though the differences between both regarding engine, graphics UI and all of that are minor, Fallout 2 has aged a lot better than Fallout 1 imo.

06-05-2018, 08:32 AM	#39 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Gog.com is awesome. I have a lot of old games from that site. I mostly bought things from the site back when it was only older tiltes though. These days they have all sorts of new indie stuff on the front page. I might buy a Fallout bundle one of these days. The only question is if I can make myself sit down and focus on playing an old game like that.

06-05-2018, 08:40 AM	#40 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	Well, I can't answer for you, obviously. Fallouts imo, even though old, are perfectly playable. Sure the graphics is outdated and the UI is clunky, but it's not that big an issue imo. There are old games that have aged so badly, they're almost unplayable. Absolutely unintuitive UI, crap fonts, story included on a booklet, so you have no idea what's going on etc - you'll face no game breaking issues here.