Fallout 2

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I had fond memories of FO1. I kind of stopped playing FO2 rather early. The quests are often just go-there-and-fetch, and are usually solved either with doing nothing or fighting. Skills are definitely not equal. Don't expect FO2 to be that game where you can play the oddball build, like a doctor or trader. It won't work. You need a maxed-out melee build, or any shooter. In fact you need to be a decent fighter to survive the first compulsory "dungeon". Many skills do you zero good if you increase them with your points (rather than magazines or trainers). Maybe I did miss something, but it shouldn't be that complicated. The interface is clumsy. It's not a date issue. There is no reason why you need to go through all those clicks just to give stuff to your allies, and no reason why you need the right click menu, or the hold-left-button thing. Does it get better? Maybe.

I have never finished this game, I didn't dislike it but I didn't love it either. It feels too unfocused when it comes to the main story, you just drift from place to place doing quests, and while it's somewhat engaging to have the amount of choices that the game provides you with when it comes to how to accomplish a task it also contributes to this pervasive feeling that arcs over the entire experience for me which is a my brain asking me "What's the point?". Why am I doing all this stuff? What's the point? Because I do not care at all about this stupid tribe that I was born into, the world isn't particularly interesting and outside of map pixel drawings there really isn't much worldbuilding the way that there is in New Vegas, which is to say, it's not convincing, I don't believe that this is a real world, I believe that the devs want me to believe that this is a real world.

If you have the patience to endure the abysmal 'trial' and early game then the game opens up into an enjoyable, tactical open world RPG. There are some good ideas in terms of characters, settings and quests along with quite a few paths to victory. The writing throughout is thought-provoking and engaging and it combat really shines in the late game feeling very satisfying. The only problems is... It's clunky AF. The UI is attrocious and especially when you first start out you'll really struggle to even know what you can interact with, and how to do it. Although this does get easier as you acclimatise, it never goes away. This is simply due to the age of the game. And the biggest problem: The early game only really favours one build and although it's *possible* to survive the early game without a hefty investment in melee skill and strength/endurance abilities, you won't enjoy it. It's ages until you get a ranged weapon that's worth a damn, or any decent armour and you can forget about a charisma/stealth/technician build, you get no opportunity to make use of it until the mid-game at best. And although you absolutely can benefit from those skills, opportunities to use them remain few and far between. This game feels like it punishes creative character builds until at least the mid-game, at which point your skills and equipment can back up your idea. The early game pigeonholes you into a melee tank build and, considering the rest of the game, that's a travesty. Other niggles come from obsolete design decisions and poor AI. Honestly - if you want to get this game either to experience it for the first time, or for nostalgia - do yourself a favour and spend your money on Underrail instead. Although the setting is slightly different - Underrail is essentially the same game, just benefiting from nearly two decades of game design refinement. So there you have it - don't play this, play Underrail.