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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Havas
EAN: 0040421007400
ESRB Age Rating: Mature
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Interplay
Manufacturer: Interplay
Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Publisher: Interplay
Sales Rank: 3719
Studio: Interplay
Variation Description: Fallout
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Set in the aftermath of a world-wide nuclear war, Fallout will challenge you to survive in an unknown and dangerous world, where you will take on the role of a Vault-dweller.
Amazon.com Review:
Mad Max, Blade Runner, The Terminator, The Matrix--all the best sci-fi movies set on a futuristic Earth have one common message: things are going to be bleak, and it'll take a special kind of hero to make any sort of difference. Fallout is a superb riff on this theme, letting you play the role of the hero as you venture across a nuked United States on a quest to help your imperiled community of survivors.
Three generations have passed since The War, and all that time your "tribe" has been living in a self-sufficient fallout shelter called Vault-13. Unfortunately, its water purification system is broken, and it's your job to find either another chip or a safe water supply before the current reserves dry up. Alone, you leave the safety of the vault and embark on an unforgettable adventure.
There are several elements that elevate Fallout above similar role-playing games, but the detailed character statistics are at the top of the list. This is one of the few games that lets you truly fine-tune a character to your liking, and the skills, traits, and attributes you hone have a real impact on gameplay. A sneaky character with a great personality can easily steal items and talk his or her way out of a tough situation, while a character specialized in ranged combat can let his guns do the talking. Different character types will develop the plot in different ways, and it's worth going through the game again with a different character just to see how things change.
As the game progresses, you'll find that there are more important things happening in the outside world than the troubles your vault is having. In fact, it's possible to ignore the plight of your people entirely and focus on the bigger picture if that's the way you want to play the game. There are a few problems with this nonlinear play style in that you'll occasionally see things or hear conversations that make no sense, but it's a small price to pay for the chance to play one of the most ambitious role-playing games ever produced. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros: - Compelling story set in a postapocalyptic future
- Detailed character stats and skills lets users play the game exactly as they want to
- Spiritual successor to the Commodore 64 classic Wasteland
Cons: - Nonlinear story line means sometimes events are triggered when they shouldn't be
- Some characters that join your party can be a terrible burden during combat sequences
Amazon.com Product Description:
Set in the aftermath of a worldwide 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 forced to leave the safety of the Vault for the Outside.
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I think the late 1990's were a golden age for the computer gamer. I remember I could walk into the local ComputerCity or BestBuy and browse rows and rows full of video games. Compare that now to maybe one row or less. *sigh* The good ole days!
One of the great relics of this golden age is Fallout. Fallout is a roleplaying game that takes place 80 years or so after a nuclear war engulfed the Earth. The adventurer's mission starts off trying to save a group of humans that survived ... Read More
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I love RPG's, but always get fed up with some illogical puzzle or impossible to beat enemy and stop playing about 3/4 of the way through. This is the first I've ever finished. Very well balanced, and has replay value, as there are 3 paths you can take: fighter, thief, or diplomat. Unlike most games it is possible to finish the game (but not quite all quests) with any of these paths.
One very minor issue: On windows XP, the help screen and movies have the color all messed up so that ... Read More
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Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 are available in a cheap bundle pack, but the bundle apparently does not include the amazing game manuals.
The Fallout games rank among the top few computer RPGs ever created. When the genre was in a slump, Fallout breathed fresh life into it. Fallout's originality, gritty post-apocalyptic environment, brilliant plot, and open-ended non-linear gameplay left an indelible mark upon the face of role playing.
Fallout has an isometric three-quarters view ... Read More
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I like this game so much I've played it from start to finish about 5 times (and didn't even play it for the first time until 2003!). Fallout is about 8 years old at this point and it still ranks as the best computer RPG of all time. The atmosphere, storyline, and music are all excellent, and the graphics still look good to me. It's a crying shame there aren't more games like this. Forget fantasy and sci-fi RPGs -- let's see some more post-apocalypse scenarios. Fallout is far superior to anything else I've ... Read More
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Eighty years after WW3 the landscape is still recovering from the nuclear blasts that rocked the world. Few people survived, among them those of your home, Vault 13, one of a series of underground sanctuaries that were built in preparation for the nuclear devastation. But there's a problem. Your Vault's water chip is dying, and with it's demise the people of the Vault cannot survive. Your task is to head to the post-apocalyptic surface and find another water chip.
That's Fallout in a nutshell. Your ... Read More
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