Aight so the question is simple, which game do you prefer out of the two fallouts and why.
I've only played fallout 1 so i'm also wondering if i should buy fallout 2.




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If you're wondering whether to buy Fallout 2, your question of which one is better is irrelevant since they are both great games. In fact, I find it always stupid to decide a game's quality by comparing it to others.


But.
To your question, I prefer Fallout 1. I never liked Fallout 2's setting that much.

Fallout 2 is Fallout 1 but bigger and better in every category. Bigger story, better companions controls, more stuff to do.

I prefer Fallout 2... Easier for me to enjoy... But that trunk.

I'd have to say that I prefer Fallout 1. I always found the story of Fallout 2 (more specifically the Enclave and Vault experiments) to be a bit contrived, and the setting was treated in such a lulzy way that it felt more like a parody of Fallout than an actual sequel. Granted most of the RPGs of the 80s and 90s were a tad bit more tongue in cheek than the serious business RPGs of today, but Fallout 2 took its humor a wee bit too far.

Fallout 2 has more stuff to do, but it's debatable as to whether or not that stuff is any good. Fallout 1 had a better storyline, a more balanced portrayal of the setting, and generally more enjoyable side quests. I will give credit where credit is due though; Fallout 2 was way more difficult at the beginning than the original Fallout.

If you're coming to the original Interplay Fallouts for the very first time, I'd suggest starting with the first game, playing it through, and then starting Fallout 2 only afterwards. Not that Fallout 1 is a bad game at all, but rather because so many improvements were implemented in the sequel that you might have a harder time enjoying the first one if you play the second one as your initial experience.

Which is NOT to undersell the incredible achievement that Fallout 1 is one scintilla, however. Far, far from it, in fact. You're gonna have a blast with both.



Many old-school folks give Bethesda crap for supposedly "gutting" the humor elements from Fallout 3, but in my book, they simply scaled it back to the far more appropriate (and palatable) levels of Fallout 1 -- the second game got a tad goony and overbearing with its pop-culture humor at times, and in my eyes this was merely a return to the series' initial roots.

Also, it should be noted that after the bulk of the original Fallout 1 design team quit Black Isle early in the development of Part 2, the game was split into two separate development "chunks," with a different design team handling each half (and frequently not knowing what the other side was up to). When the final development phases were underway, the two halves of the game were stitched together for the very first time, and -- quite amazingly -- they meshed/integrated extremely well together. You wouldn't even suspect that Fallout 2 was actually two separate designs, playing it...the blending really is that good, although some inconsistencies come through occasionally.

I prefer Fallout 2. The only problem with the original Fallout is the size of it. The story and towns beat FO2 easily.

Both are great games. Fallout 2 is bigger and has more to do but Fallout started it all. Anyways if you love Fallout chances are you will love Fallout 2.

Fallout 2. Bigger world, generally more open and sophisticated quests, fairly more nuanced endings, amusing random encounters, better companions...basically, a straight improvement on most everything from Fallout 1.

I love the black humor of Fallout 2, and the fourth wall breaking and general awesomeness.
Yeah I prefer it to 1, but you need to play 1 first regardless.

Fallout 2 I guess.
I've played Fallout 2 for 12 years now.
But I gotta say that I do prefer FO1 a little more even though I've played it less.
Fallout 2 is just too big at times, too easy to lose myself in the maze of quests.
Fallout 1 is very head on with what needs to be done in each place and never progresses things too fast.

I've bought Fallout 2 now.

Fallout 1 = Quality
Fallout 2 = Quantity

I personally think Fallout 2 is not as great as Fallout 1, mostly because its 4th Wall Breaking Humor is really immersion breaking, and the vault tec experiments...well its kind of a dumb idea.

I prefer Fallout 1, it's still the best in the series as far as I'm concerned. It's a lot more tightly constructed than the others. Shorter, but with much less filler. And I don't think any of the other games have done a really good job of matching the portrayal of the world. Fallout 1 had the whole 50s of the future vibe going for sure, but there was also a sizeable amount of "classic" post-apocalypse. It was a more serious game, with the humor being sort of confined within the context of the game world. Not so much poking fun at itself. It took itself seriously without becoming pretentious about it.

Fallout 2 is reminiscant in some ways of New Vegas in that it's a very sprawling game with some really awesome content, but with some rather less awesome content as well. But there's a *lot* of it. But the humor is way out of whack, so much so that I think it detracts from the experience. And yeah, the quality goes up and down a *lot*. Still a great RPG in its own right though.



I think Beth did a much better job of keeping away the pop-culture stuff and that than Fallout 2 did. But I think the problem is that I really didn't find Beth's writing skills to be up to snuff anyways, so a lot of the humor in the game still falls flat. Like the superhero town for example, complete rubbish. But I think writing a good Fallout game is actually one of the harder things a developer can tackle as far as RPGs go because it really is a rather unique setting with a much stronger design behind it than most other games.
But yeah, I don't think any of the other games have really hit the same tone that Fallout 1 did. I think notable exceptions would be Vault 11 in NV, or the Vault section of the Museum of history in F3 for example, but on the whole I think the games get a bit too silly, too extreme in many cases.

Vault 11 in particular had that great, really dark humor. The juxtaposition of the complete sillyness of the whole cheery 50s thing with the very dark story of it. It can get to you even if it's humorous in some ways. Like the Fallout 1 intro where the soldiers brutally execute some poor guy and wave cheerfully to the camera.

i cant chose between my favorite game seires i love all fallout games except for that one that never took place you know the one that never took place in texas

This!

Man your avatar scared me, Frank Horrigan is the scariest thing in Fallout.

You've gotten a lot farther than you should have, but then you haven't met Frank Horrigan either. Your ride's over, mutie. Time to die.

Urk.

It took me ages to kill that freak show

there's some tricks to help you in that room. Like leaving your companions by the entry door to that room so you can pick them up before you get to the frank encounter, plus getting the pres. keycard and getting the turrets to help you too. I have a pretty good sized army in my fight.

Huh, I think I've managed to pull it off even without the additional Enclave guards. But really, don't bring Marcus along. His Kamikaze behaviour and lack of armor makes him a perfect target practice for Frankie.

Indeed, I usually have Sulik, Vic, and Cassidy at the minimum all with HPA or APA mk 1. All with Gauss rifles too. Sulik gets the .223 pistol.

I did it with Cassidy, Sulik and K-9

Sulik was torn to shreds by the turrets with PA on, but Cassidy managed to destroy them all. Surprisingly K-9 was the most help during the fight he got so many criticals and they always seemed to make him fall over .... well at least take a knee

but I wouldn't be here to tell the tale if it wasn't for my trusty pulse rifle

Oh snap!! Can't get past the trial in the beginning. GAWD I svck! :sadvaultboy: