Join the Brotherhood of Steel, a technological revival group dedicated to restoring the world to its former prosperity through science and whatever means necessary. Take part in a quest to reawaken long-dormant technology in order to defeat a powerful enemy in the one of a kind Fallout Universe.
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Join the Brotherhood of Steel, a technological revival group dedicated to restoring the world to its former prosperity through science and whatever means necessary. Take part in a quest to reawaken long-dormant technology in order to defeat a powerful enemy in the one of a kind Fallout Universe.
Each mission involves various hostile obstacles that must be overcome using tactical skirmish warfare. The player controls up to six detailed characters in the single player mission-based campaign or they may use their chosen squad online in multiplayer battles. Squad-members improve with experience, increasing their skills and earning perks. Many varieties of weapons, from handguns to rocket launchers, allow the player to lay waste to his enemies. In addition, the fighting isn't limited to pedestrians, as squad-members may take the action to the streets with armed vehicles.
As a Brotherhood of Steel initiate you will challenge hordes of ghouls, mutants and other radioactive nightmares. Always outgunned and outnumbered you will fight in hopes of restoring humanity. You're in the army now... so, welcome to the Wasteland!
You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend, if not you will break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood – is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling, radiated Wasteland.
Your weapons will become more than your tools, they will become your friends. You will use your skills to inspire the lowly and protect the weak... whether they like it or not. Your squadmates will be more dear to you than your kin and for those who survive there will be honor, respect and the spoils of war.
A very well-designed tactical strategy game set in the famous Fallout universe
A great combination of RTS, turn-based strategy and RPG elements
Impressive number of weapons, skills and upgrades
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I would give 4 stars but the replayability is really low.
Some maps are really cool, multiple objective where you can take different routes, but most of the maps forces you to follow a single route with enemies placed in.
Forget the melee/unarmed build, probably it's viable for the first part of the game, but then you are usually outnumbered and outgunned.
It runs perfectly in windows 10.
Many forget to mention that this Fallout game is more about BOS - The Brotherhood of Steel. It’s not like Fallout 1 or 2 (which i played, but so long ago, i don’t t even remember).
Of course it’s linear, because you are a member of BOS and you follow orders. Looking for technology in very dangerous wasteland. Dealing with raiders, beasts, beast masters, deadclaws, supermutants, brahmin, the wasteland and post apocalyptic world will overwhelm you.
Remember, good perception is best for this game. You can shoot and hit from longer distances. You need to focus group members for their role, when you build them bad, it can get ugly. Have 2-3 shooters, doctor, stealth and steal is good too, lockpicker, grenadier, heavy gunner, barter, traps to disarm traps…
the SPECIAL system is so far the best I’ve ever seen in game.
After so many years, i still have this game, in any new computer I get, I always install Fallout BOS.
I would really like to see a graphical remake of this awesome underrated game.
The tactical offspring of Fallout 2. Original Fallout games had great combat mechanics with potential for tactical variety... but fights in these games were shootouts, mostly fought indoors or as random encounters where both parties start in open 20 meters apart. Combat in Fallout 1 and 2 was all about trading volumes of fire at close range to kill enemies before they overwhelm players AI-controlled allies. Tactics is a squad-level game that makes full use of this wasted potential. Player controls the whole squad and is able to develop its abilities (with player character being the leader, rather than micromanaged 20m ranged DPS powerhouse of RPGs). Fights take place in varied, open areas, letting player make use of terrain, engage enemies on ones own terms, and experiment with weapons that were useless in RPGs (long range in particular). Fights are won less by awesome builds of character(s) and more by ability to concentrate fire of whole squad from safe position.
Back when released, this game received a lot of criticism and comparison with Fallout 2 (which was what Fallout fans wanted more of). The fact that RPG veterans like me tried to play it the way they knew (turn squad of six into six 20 meters DPS powerhouses then micromanage them) didn't help, either. When played as its own thing, it's a fun tactical game with great weapon variety and soldier customisation options.
(Back in the day this game has also received lots of flak for its specific portrayal of Fallout universe. But this was before Beshenda Fallout, which made it look good in comparison).
The interesting thing with Fallout series is that whatever game people play first, it's usually their favourite. I love Fallout Tactics. I can understand that those who played the original or Fallout 2 first, may have different feelings but for me, it was hours, days and weeks of amazing experience. I actually got properly addicted to it. When I played it the second or third time (it was around 20 years ago) I got to the point that I had to break the DVD to stop myself. In its own kind (which is not the same as any other Fallout) this game is close to perfect. I tried Desperados after and I hated it. It wasn't even close. I'm not aware of any other game offering a similar experience. If anyone knows, please tell me as I really like it. Now I'm gonna play it again so may need a therapist soon. Try it! It may not be your thing but if you get into it you will never regret it.
Fallout Tactics, the grey sheep of the series: not quite the black sheep of Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, but it's just a matter of shades. I tried to like this game: I uninstalled it, then reinstalled it twice before ultimately dropping it. I think it remains obscure for a reason.
There is not one big flaw I can point at. It's a cavalcade of minor issues that get in the way of enjoying the game. I can usually brush those aside - I've quite the tolerance for old game awkwardness, but there is just so much of it.
The game runs in real time by default, but without a pause button, it's hard to do any precise work like VATS shots. In truth, everything's running on the same skeleton as the first two Fallout games, and there ARE two turn-based modes... but the game wasn't designed around using those either. It slows everything to a crawl, and on some levels, you'll be sitting for half a minute as unalerted enemies go about their turns... oh, and the UI for figuring out your movement costs is a pain.
Regardless of mode, sightlines are important, more so than in the older games because of the new stance system, but you're getting no preview or display, so you'll just have to guess and hope for the best. And when the fighting is done and it's time to loot? The Fallout inventory system was designed for one hero with maybe some helpers, not squads of up to six. Have fun fighting with the range restrictions when you're trying to transfer gear, and then, once you get back to base, moving all your gear to the one squadmate with Barter so you can get a reasonable amount of scrip for your trouble.
There is so much more. The pathfinding in general is messy, melee sucks, some skills are nigh-useless... It's all too much for the six or so hours I ended up spending on the game. And, yeah, that's the game. It's combat missions strung together by a basic plot. If you don't like that gameplay, you don't have a reason to play, and I didn't, so I won't. Maybe you will?
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