I don't enjoy the turn based combat of Fallout 2 at all, I just want to play them for the world and story.

So is there a way to make the combat piss easy so I skim through it and not get frustrated? Like a mod or cheat code or something?

Some combats are mandatory, but you can talk your way out of many encounters. It helps to read a guide so you know what skills and stats are most useful.

Also, there's sneaking.

And, you can set combat mode easy in the menu.

NOTE: hitting the eye can result in instant death.

Well, you can do a San Francisco run for the armor. Or just cheat it in with a character editor.

Fallout 2 starts off a bit slow, but after two/three hours or so it should be much much easier. I usually found that I just kind of had to perservere until a little after those mining tunnels with all the molerats.
The easiest gameplay longterm I think comes from being a pure gunslinger with the 'Gifted' and 'Fast Shot' traits, and where you go for the sharpshooter perk:
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Sharpshooter
The latter turns any shot that lands on target into a critical hit with probablity luck/10. So if you have 8 luck, then landing a shot has 80% chance to be critical. With 12 action points (needs action boy) and fast shot you can then shoot the, say Gauss Pistol, 4 times in one round with 80% chance on criticals!
So a good build I think would be PE:6; IN:8; AG:9; LK:6 and the remaining 3 points distributed along ST:5, EN:5 and CH:5 as you like. Then for the rest of the game put a lot of skill points into small guns and look up the way to increase your SPECIAL attributes permanently ingame: ST by +1, PE +1, AG +1 from a perk and LK +2.

This wont make the game trivially easy, but from my experience it will make the fighting a lot more exciting and keep it from turning into a long drawn out affair.

1. You can avoid combat in most cases.
2. Create charismatic char, gather as many companions as you can, let them fight for you.
3. Most easiest way - go to navarro as soon as possible, grab power armor and gauss weapons.

You can use a savegame editor to raise your combat skills, hitpoints as well as your resistances and other stats for easier combat.
But be aware that some quests become meaningless if you simply can kill everything without effort.


If you don't want to cheat then create a character who is as powerful as possible, the more powerful your character is, the less time you have to spend for combat.

Make sure to start with the gifted trait for more valuable stat points and 10 agility for maximum action points. Pump up your small weapons skills so you have 95 percent hit chance when aiming at the eyes and get the "better criticals" perk later for quick kills. Character suggestion:

S:5-6
P:6
E:4 or 6
C:4 or 6 or 8
I:7-9
A:10 (most important)
L:6

Fast shot is a nice trait early on but not being able to aim at the eyes will be a pain in midgame until you get sniper so I wouldn't take it.