Fallout 2

The generation grew up on this title. Maybe there were better stories or mechanics before - like it's predecessor Wasteland, or something from absolutely different areas like TLo Zelda, System Shock or The Elder Scrolls... maybe not tough. Fallout 2 however helped many of us to notice the most important pop-culture figures of that time (all times?) like The Monty Pyton, Sergio Leone, Philip K. Dick, Ridley Scott and many others. Playing the game using other language than ENG (preferably ver. US 1.02e ;) ) is very unfriendly to notice many of such contexts. Every time I'm thinking how F2 impacted my youth and shaped my current perception of film and gaming fan I feel incoming tears of nostalgia at very bottom of my throat...

Made way back when letting a person with the mind of a 12 year old write the story and dialogue was unacceptable, Fallout offers you great gameplay; endless character customisation options; and a masterfully written, highly detailed story line set in a deeply immersive world. A world where choices actually have consequences outside of their immediate plot. Fallout 1 and 2 may very well be _the best_ CRPGs made in the recent 30 years. You will experience an open world filled with detail, story lines, characters and secrets that will have you yearning for more when you are finished. You will let the experience sink in for a week or two, and then you will get an itch so bad that you will rush to start a new game with a different character so that you can explore all the options you did not select in your previous play through. This will happen over and over again, like it did for me - being in my thirties, with dozens of play throughs in my past, I still reinstall it when I get a spare minute and start another adventure. With the numerous patches and fixes that have been released since Fo2 saw daylight - restoration patch being cheif among them - this game is a gift that keeps on giving! There is a catch though - playing the original Fallouts will lead you to be disappointed in every single game claiming to be an RPG released since. Especially the ones bearing its name. Really, a small price to pay for the experience. Enjoy.

This is my favorite game, you have an incredible amount of freedom to do whatever you please too

It's just brilliant, one of my all-time favourites. A great relic from the times when gaming was not taken as seriously as now. I think developers had much more freedom and creativity then...

Fallout 2 is one of the few unmatched games. An immersive RPG with dense atmosphere and a good share of black humour. The only thing you need is Patience. She disappeared a couple of years ago, at about the time when smartphones came on the market. If you find her, she will help you to enjoy one of the best games ever made! (or you are old enough and she never left you) There's only one thing bugging me at this version: It still is slightly censored. The blood is there, the children are here, so what might be missing? They changed some terms, f.e. the word "drug" had been changed to "chem" and "addiction" is substituted by "reliance" or "craving". That does not affect the gameplay though, just saying If you want the game 100% uncut you still need to get the US version or install some patches. But in my opnion really not worth the effort...