Fallout: A Post-apocalyptic Role playing Game:Now, I'm sure most of you out there have heard of Fallout 3, which was 2008's game of the year released for the PC and Xbox360. Yet I doubt many of you have seen, or even played the original Fallout! Truthfully, if it wasn't for college I would not have either. And I have to say, even though I have never played Fallout 3, I know enough about it to say that these games are VERY DIFFERENT. But different, is never bad, and there is no reason that you shouldn't want to play Fallout if you love Fallout 3.
For Starters:
Fallout takes place around 80 years after 2077, where most of civilization has been completely decimated by nuclear war, and the entire landscape is now a desert filled with tribal people surviving as best they can. You are a survivor who was raised in a high-technology facility known as a Vault. The Vaults were designed before the war, as giant colonies underground. You have never seen the outside world, since your people were always too afraid that it would be filled with radiation, EVERYWHERE. Unfortunately, the water purification chip that keeps your Vaults water supply flowing has broken, so it's UP TO YOU to find another.
Thus the Adventure Begins!
Out of the Box:
Although elements of the two games are similar, where Fallout 3 is a First Person Role playing game, Fallout is a traditional top down RPG, where the player moves their character through hexagonal terrain. It was originally made for the PC in 1997, so the graphics are not "MIND BLOWING" but for the time they were pretty damn good, very nicely rendered. Also the stat system they use known as SPECIAL (Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, Luck) makes the game so well-rounded and unique in character creation that it can be played over and over again without feeling boring. I have already made 2 characters who act completely different. Since the best part of this game is social interaction, you can decide if you want to be a dick and kill everyone, or a saint and save everyone.
Attack his Weakpoint, For Massive Damage:
What's even better is the unique battle system this game has. The whole game takes place in real-time, yet when a conflict arises the game switches into turn-based roleplaying mode, where everything is based on action points (Which can be boosted through stats). Since action points are used, if you have bonuses that reduce the number of action points needed to attack someone, you can do multiple consecutive hits in a row. Even more, theirs a precision hit option that lets you pick body parts to attack, such as the eyes or groin (Best places to hit). This is fun cause you can cripple your enemy making it easier to win.
Ice That Cake
What really wraps this game up and ties it together are the witty little jokes that the designers threw in. Such as getting a picture of Elvis off of a crashed alien ship, or befriending Mad Max's dog if you're wearing his leather jacket. Even farther are the little blurbs of dialouge thrown in during a critical hit. Things such as "You crushed his head like a paper bag" or "You critically hit Laine in the Groin for no damage, but have eliminated her hopes of bearing children" Things like that really put a smile on my face everytime I play it.
So what are you waiting for, this is a REALLY good game, and even if you aren't a fan of Role Playing games, try it anyway, if you don't like it, sue me. Who cares, it's your opinion. So just go get a copy, it's cheap now and it's on Steam for any of you steam users.
Now go! Save the World!
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