Fallout 2

As per the top-rated comment I downloaded this game thinking I would be an OSX version to install. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. If your running a mac you cannot download this game from GOG. I am confused as he was able to...

There's a lot of love for FO2 (and FO1) on this site, but don't buy into the hype today! After loving FO3 but being an old-timer (PC gaming since the 1980s on a zx spectrum+), I tried both games and though I can see why they were deemed great in their day, trying to play them now is quite painful in every way - except for seeing the birth & development of Fallout's universe. Franchises go through this arc from neat ideas (FO1) through story improvements (FO2), then combining all the lore into better gameplay (FO3/FNV), then better graphics (FO4) then shameless cashing in (FO76). Somewhere in the middle there's always a franchsie sweet-spot where story, gameplay & graphics are all good enough - and here that clearly happens in FO3, not FO2 (sorry). Other sweet-spot examples are Medieval2 Total War (Kingdoms), Silent Hunter 3, Half-Life 2, Mass Effect 2, etc, etc, etc...

I feel like Fallout 2 is pretty overrated. It's still a good rpg, but aside from the amount of content and some quality-of-life gameplay improvements, it is worse than Fallout 1 in every way. The story especially, which is basically the same as it's predecessor, just less good. It can also feels somewhat tonally deaf at times. That said, it's still worth playing if you liked Fallout or any of it's other sequels.

Played a while but then it keeps crashing at the Den. Can't figure how to make it work.

No installation files for MAC anymore.