Fallout

This game really shines in the setting and story. It's bleak and unforgiving in the best way possible. Fallout is not trying to be your friend and you will die many times before you get the hang of skills and combat. No comedy here, this story takes itself very seriously, which is something modern gaming seems to be unable to do. I give this game 5 stars on story, setting and characters. Now for the flaws. There are many bugs which will mess up missions for you. Many of the skills are somewhat pointless since they're rarely used, and on your first playthrough you can easily find yourself stuck due to your choices on what to upgrade. It doesn't do feedback too well and I was often left wondering why something had happened or what exactly was expected of me in certain missions. Make no mistake, this is a difficult game but I love that about it. It really nails the post-apocalypse wasteland feel by making you feel incredibly fragile until later on in the game. If you even have a passing interest in RPGs, I would recommend you play Fallout as it's a classic and the story and atmosphere are worth putting up with the minor irritations. I found out after playing that this is a censored version which removes children and changes certain language. While it would have been a joyful moment had I been allowed to fire rockets at a bunch of helpless children, I don't feel like the story was negatively affected by their ommission. There are plenty of adults, mutants, animals and robots that you can mercilessly slaughter in cold-blood which the censors are quite happy about.

Along with Fallout 2, Fallout is absolutely till this day (25 years later) in the top five RPGs of all time, hands down. Words cannot properly express the incredible game design, art, music, atmosphere and gameplay innovations that encompasses the original and the sequel. Having played these games when they were released, 25 years later they are still completely in a league of their own.

The original Fallout is one of the greatest games ever developed. A classless CRPG where you can do whatever you want with your character. You can pick one of three pre-made characters, but don't do that. Make your own. The game has a fantastic story with the best villain in the entire series. The environments are appropriately bleak and depressing. The world is dangerous. The combat is turn-based and tactical. There are no 'go exactly here' quest arrows. You have to pay attention to what people are telling you and work your own shit out. Play Fallout.

I have two Fallouts I hold in high regards. The other one, is my personal favorite but I'd say the first game stands out above the rest. Many people will say Fallout 2 is superior and it is only in a few ways. Fallout 2 does improve on some UI and companion options and has a lot more content but it misses some of the original's feeling, designs, and ideas. Fallout feels absolutely eerie and mysterious. The combat is alright at best but the death animations really help spice it up. The world leads you through wonderfully and you'll visit very interesting places. The amount of options and ways to do things in this game are awesome and most of the time satisfying. The time limit for the first major quest is really not that bad as long as you're not just running around on the world map pointlessly for a long time. Fallout 1 is a classic and in my opinion, should be played by every person who loves cRPGs at least once. Oddly, the goodies that used to be given with this game are not longer present if you buy the game now but you can find all of the old goodies somewhere else. Hopefully GOG can get the goodies back anyway for convenience.

Just finished it for the first time after a weekend binge. It's a great game. You won't have fun if you don't know what you're doing. There's no tutorial. Shift-click to run. Fog of war in this game isn't as good as Jagged Alliance - all enemies are highlighted even if behind cover, but you can't scroll far away from the character to plan in advance. Peeking through a window is only possible if approaching buildings from the north or from the east. Unlike Fallout 3, Agility is important. Companions can't equip armor and get stuck in doors (the Bethesda purchase makes sense now). I don't really have a right to nitpick a game older than me, but giving stars seems to be mandatory, so I'll give a five. I played the 1.1 patch without any of the popular mods. Installed it on the GNU/Linux distro Debian and played it on low resolution.