Fallout 2

Since there are plenty of reviewers with... obfuscated views and I've had enough of the crashes after using a stimpak in combat, here's what to genuinely expect if you've played NV and 3 and decided to try 2: Expect unbelievably annoying crashes, terrible action translation (you will not know when you are stealing, when you are taking rads, or when you are about to do something that will get a major character to attack you), and infuriating followers that will burst 6 shotgun shells into a 26 hp dog and block you in every time you enter the building which requires you to manually push them out of the way. Expect to love this game if you are a 35 y.o. geek and the mere mention of a property gets you salivating. You will love the "references" (a loose definition since I mean the most popular line/s or just literally a character/object from the property). There's Star Trek, Monty Python, Princess Bride, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Aliens, Terminator 2, Wizard of Oz, Risky Business, Wall Street, Scarface, the Godfather, Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1984, Gunsmoke, Magic the Gathering, and Rocky, but I got tired of making a list of all of them while playing. They showed a clear lack of restraint which is a shame because... Expect a fleshed-out world and provoking concepts in the wastes. An early example is that after having many random encounters running into slavers walking around selling their slaves you will run into a slaver's guild. Likely the next place you'll go will be Vault City which is the technotopia of the wastes where advanced medicine, proper nourishment, clean water, protective walls, and laser towers adorn the only safe town in the wastes and one of the few ways to gain residency is to become an "indentured servant" they're cleverly called. The exchange of liberty for safety is a timeless conundrum that would be best without being capped off with a meta 420 water chips joke about the first game. Expect it to be good and frustrating.

It is considered one of the top rpgs ever made and surely it is if it's functioning. But for me apparently not. First I encountered a bug where enemies didn't attack me anymore, so the game became a sandbox puzzle and point and click game. Uninstalled. Then reinstalled and it was fine until a quest where I needed to return to another city for someone. Always crashed, this little journey took me almost an hour due to constant restart. When I finally reached the city and talked to the guy, saved. Tried to reload after, constant crash, the save is corrupted. Other save is in game months earlier. And this is with the unofficial patch which everyone recommending coz it fixes the bugs. What a mess of a game. In a polished state it would be fine, but I give up on this one now.

I love Fallout 2. I was so excited to play it again, but unfortunately, this download is NOT playable. I can't get passed the first part of the game without it glitching to the point where my character won't respond to my inputs. It seems like others have had better experiences. Maybe yours will be better as well - if it doesn't constantly glitch, it's a great game. This was my first experience trying GOG but will probably be my last.

One of the very best games ever made. Perfect, in so many ways. Unfortunately, this game is not fit for play on modern monitors, especially widescreen. I had hoped that GOG would come up with a fix for these DOS conversions, but unfortunately, this seems to not be the case. RIP Fallout 2.

Obviously its an oold game,and there was a time i could have put up with the rubbish turnbased (braindead?) battle mechanics,probably when i was about 5yrs old and was unable to use my brain "on the fly",but after some banter on forum i thought i had to try it..so i did. its worse than the first incarnation imo,least that "was a new thing". Aside from the expected basic/old graphics,it comes across as a hybrid of reading a writers "first book" book and a game of "wheres wally",i can see why theres fanboys,in its day it would have been refreshing to get away from the brian bloodaxes and elites and llamas of the day. unfortunately it isnt immersive enough for me,its own logic seems completely broken from the very start,im aspergic and pretty much everything i enjoy in life has to be based on multilevel logic,fo2 unfortunaterly is bit too imaginative for its own good and often defies any logic at all in the first instance, let alone this supposed "lore",a lot of which is just contrived nonsense. think hubbard ;) ..ie get the fans to yell loud enough and eventually all that noise will force simpletons to believe it,join in and add to the noise and so it becomes what it isnt.. is why im chuffed im aspergic,none of that works on me. :) btw:yelling "autist" etc at an aspie has zero effect lmao,just marks you out as a clone and we ignore clones ;)