Fallout
- Thread starter larryddd
- Start date
Fallout 2 is worth playing, but not the buggy piece of ***** from steam. Get it from GoG there version works flawlessly. Steam is going downhill, shame they have the biggest catalogue and the UI.
I'm playing it ATM, for probably the 6th time.
I'm playing it ATM, for probably the 6th time.
Never played any of them prior to Fallout New Vegas but I plated that game like Glaucus about 6 times using different strategies and exploring different options.
One of my most challenging but fun campaigns was one were I decided that I was like the grim reaper and I would kill anyone who came into contact with me friend/foe.
One of my most challenging but fun campaigns was one were I decided that I was like the grim reaper and I would kill anyone who came into contact with me friend/foe.
Have to disagree, i played fo3 to death, brilliant game what awarded you for exploring.
I bought the fallout 1 and 2 bundles from steam, there is a fix for it to work but my steam folder is on my 2nd harddrive and the fix only works if its on c:/
I played new vegas and thought it was ok but not as good as fo3.
I bought the fallout 1 and 2 bundles from steam, there is a fix for it to work but my steam folder is on my 2nd harddrive and the fix only works if its on c:/
I played new vegas and thought it was ok but not as good as fo3.
No fixes work for me(which meant I had to buy again on GOG and that runs fine straight from install) steam is slipping teh ball more and more. GoG test their games on OS and ensure they work. I realy do believe this is due to their hate of windows 8 and their push for Linux and due to those two things combined their standards are slipping.
I'm currently playing fallout 3 (on xbox as I didn't know what it was) have to say it's in my top 5 all time games I've put in 100 hours and no where near finishing, it's me down to a t really. Open, atmospheric, puzzle, no two plays ever need to be the same.
It has been years since I played so much.
I'm sort of person that likes detail and action and strategy with puzzles clues and side stories.. Of which Ido everyone I can. How many single player campaigns last 150 hours? I have no idea how long Ihave left .
Other games I like
Civilization.. Improvement and modification
Crysis 1.. For interesting combat and variety of play
Sc2.. Strategy
All in all I think fallout has all the things I like while still focusingon the most fun part .. Shooting!
It's hard not to cheat.. I think I have looked EVERYWHERE in this building for goodies.. But what does Internetsay ...
I can accept bugs in a game like this. Testing this sort of environment.. You can'tget eeverything
Oh, do a little reading if you like to play in a certain style. It took me 25hours until I was familiar with all the concepts. It's sort of game that the start is crucial and affects the whole game. I play as a sniper but didn't know what was happening at the start and just selected things at default not knowing the impact. Hell, i didn'teven know what type of fgame it was. Thought I was gonna be gash from the cover, which is all I looked at before turning it on
It has been years since I played so much.
I'm sort of person that likes detail and action and strategy with puzzles clues and side stories.. Of which Ido everyone I can. How many single player campaigns last 150 hours? I have no idea how long Ihave left .
Other games I like
Civilization.. Improvement and modification
Crysis 1.. For interesting combat and variety of play
Sc2.. Strategy
All in all I think fallout has all the things I like while still focusingon the most fun part .. Shooting!
It's hard not to cheat.. I think I have looked EVERYWHERE in this building for goodies.. But what does Internetsay ...
I can accept bugs in a game like this. Testing this sort of environment.. You can'tget eeverything
Oh, do a little reading if you like to play in a certain style. It took me 25hours until I was familiar with all the concepts. It's sort of game that the start is crucial and affects the whole game. I play as a sniper but didn't know what was happening at the start and just selected things at default not knowing the impact. Hell, i didn'teven know what type of fgame it was. Thought I was gonna be gash from the cover, which is all I looked at before turning it on
Last edited:
Soldato
- Joined
- 19 Dec 2006
- Posts
- 9,262
- Location
- Saudi Arabia né Donegal
Steam are just the distributor, it's up to the game makers to ensure their games run on the different platforms. GoG are different as one of their selling points is that they tweak the older games to run on modern OSes.
Do get them from GoG though, I think the sale is still on at the moment as well, as they're much more moddable which you'll need for stuff like the widescreen fix.
You do realize steam sell older games and also tweak. Or at least use to.
Soldato
- Joined
- 19 Dec 2006
- Posts
- 9,262
- Location
- Saudi Arabia né Donegal
I wasn't aware they ever did tweak other companies games.
I swear they have. Either way GOG is way forward for old games and steam is slipping, but sill have to much of a monopoly so its pretty vital and no real choice for a lot of stuff.
Associate
- Joined
- 21 Jun 2011
- Posts
- 1,448
Fallout games (that I know of and have tried):
Fallout - Original and still worth playing, an excellent and fun game. Created the fallout world, made it a feature that you could hit an old lady in the crotch with a sledgehammer if you wanted, and made it so you'd have to deal with people being ****ed off that you did so. Always felt like one of the first genuinely grown up games I ever played (i.e. not aimed at kids, and not just a crap game with boobs in to make it seem 'adult')
Fallout 2 - IMO A better game, as the makers learned from the original but kept the 'feel' and sense of humour that made it great. Well worth playing through even if it's not aged well.
Fallout Tactics - non-RGP offshoot that... maybe isn't so great. At this point I'd say it's only for completists. It's not a great fallout game, and as a game of its own genre (turn-based tactical shooter) I'd rate it far worse than, for example, XCOM or the Jagged Alliance series.
Fallout 3 - An excellent game overall, but only a pretty good fallout game. Some decisions made in the setting and story ended up making it feel less like a fallout game and more like a tribute to fallout games. If you can get past that, the actual game is extremely good (and some people rate it higher than New Vegas). Had several pieces of DLC that were mostly meh. Also, making the player run through lots of near-identical subways was not my favourite design choice.
Fallout New Vegas - In my opinion the game FO3 should have been. It's 'more fallout-y', has interface and playablity improvements over FO3, better (IMO) characters and quests. Overall I feel (and I know a fair few people agree) that New Vegas is better than 3. It's not as cut-and-dried as some people would have you think, but as a lover of both I'd say NV is the winner. The DLC is also generally excellent, especially Dead Money and Old World Blues - proper quests, decent characters, interesting new weapons that aren't just "old gun +1" straight up replacements for everything. Marvellous.
Fallout - Original and still worth playing, an excellent and fun game. Created the fallout world, made it a feature that you could hit an old lady in the crotch with a sledgehammer if you wanted, and made it so you'd have to deal with people being ****ed off that you did so. Always felt like one of the first genuinely grown up games I ever played (i.e. not aimed at kids, and not just a crap game with boobs in to make it seem 'adult')
Fallout 2 - IMO A better game, as the makers learned from the original but kept the 'feel' and sense of humour that made it great. Well worth playing through even if it's not aged well.
Fallout Tactics - non-RGP offshoot that... maybe isn't so great. At this point I'd say it's only for completists. It's not a great fallout game, and as a game of its own genre (turn-based tactical shooter) I'd rate it far worse than, for example, XCOM or the Jagged Alliance series.
Fallout 3 - An excellent game overall, but only a pretty good fallout game. Some decisions made in the setting and story ended up making it feel less like a fallout game and more like a tribute to fallout games. If you can get past that, the actual game is extremely good (and some people rate it higher than New Vegas). Had several pieces of DLC that were mostly meh. Also, making the player run through lots of near-identical subways was not my favourite design choice.
Fallout New Vegas - In my opinion the game FO3 should have been. It's 'more fallout-y', has interface and playablity improvements over FO3, better (IMO) characters and quests. Overall I feel (and I know a fair few people agree) that New Vegas is better than 3. It's not as cut-and-dried as some people would have you think, but as a lover of both I'd say NV is the winner. The DLC is also generally excellent, especially Dead Money and Old World Blues - proper quests, decent characters, interesting new weapons that aren't just "old gun +1" straight up replacements for everything. Marvellous.
An excellent summary of two 'must-play' games if you're in any way interested in RPGs. Absolute classics
I loved Fallout 3 on the Xbox, easily my favourite game of all time. I bought it in the steam sales last year and just can't get into it though, the mouse/aim is horrible with a really horrible/noticeable delay and it feels like there's always mouse acceleration that won't go away no matter what I do.
