Having never personally played Fallout 1 & 2 and knowing nothing about the Fallout Universe (prior to FO3). Has anyone decided to obtain copies of of FO1 and 2 and try them out? I've watched a few short gameplay vids on youtube and it looks very similar to one of my favourite games from days gone by (Baldur's Gate).

I really fancy giving them a shot now.... Anyone else feel inspired to try this?

I tried fallout 1 and i found it quite hard i left the vault to go to vault 15 and i got ambushed by 3 rad scorpions and died maybe i just need to get used to the controls

There are plenty of people that have done it or are deciding if they should do it http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?act=SF&s=&f=34

I've bought the white label set, but havent played them....still. ?.? I plan to give it a go tonight.

Yeah, I bought the fallout collection (1, 2 and tactics) and after a few tries of 1 I'm starting to get into it - although I'm still really bad. I never really got what 'turn-based' meant until I got it :fallout:

I went back to the original Fallout which was a great experience. I think im going to buy Fallout 2 off GoG next

I highly recommend reading the manual (lol wut?) Yes, this is one of those games where reading the manual is a basic requirement. Your experience with Fallout 3's SPECIAL system will hardly serve you in the first two, besides, the manuals are works of art in of themselves (complete with real food recipes :grad:.)

If you still find playing difficult, I recommend using the Ultimate Fallout guides as references for when you need them. Keep in mind they contain spoilers.

That said, here are the links:

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/The_Nearly_Ultimate_Fallout_Guide
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/The_Nearly_Ultimate_Fallout_2_Guide

Enjoy the games, they really are gems even after all these years.

I bought the Fallout Trilogy after Beth announced Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta. I've been playing them while waiting for the DLCs to be released and for a definitive fix to the whole F3 1.5 patch issue which seems to have been fixed with 1.6.

In this time I have already finished the original Fallout and have begun playing both Fallout 2 and Tactics. I wanted to play them in chronological order so I started Tactics after finishing Fallout 1 and it is fairly entertaining though not nearly close to the level of the original 2. So I've drifted away from Tactics and have been playing Fallout 2 now for a while and am more than half way through it...I think...

I played plenty of turn based Isometric RPGs and Strategy games before so Fallout isn't that hard for me to learn, never needed the manuals hehe, but they are extremely difficult in certain areas, such as the beginning levels of F2. All in all pretty good games. Weirdly enough though one of the things I most like of the entire original Trilogy is the intro movies. Fallout 1's "maybe" intro is haunting, I can clearly see the inspiration for F3's opening here, and Tactic's obliterated Chicago looks awesome, very reminescent of I am Legend (Film version).

If you want to try difficult games and the old isometric turn based mechanic doesn't bug you, you should definately give these a shot. Very worth the $20 it cost me in Best Buy.

For future refrence, Tactics is considered Non-canon for the most part. Some designs and maybe some background events might have been added to the lore through Fallout 3 by gamesas. But again, for the most part it's not in any chronological timeline that's canonical.

According to Emil Pagliarulo, the "higher-level events" of Tactics are canon, while some of the details are not.

They don't bug me at all. I'm a veteran gamer (aged 43). I started gaming waaaay back when adventures were text-based lol. Some of my fondest memories are playing Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, Icewind Dale and Neverwinter Nights. I love all those old turn-based games. Somehow though, I managed to miss out on Fallout 1 & 2. I think back then I was more a fan of the whole Sword & Sorcery D&D type settings, so probably that's why I never looked at Fallout. From watching the YouTube vids though... It's got me right in the mood. I think I'll download the trilogy and give them a bash.

Thanks for all your input guys.

I find that fallout 1 and 2 have a depressed feeling and i miss this glooming feeling in fallout 3...
Its the only downside to the new game...


Btw ikea boy => Did you evr played planetscape Torment ???

Nah.. never played that. Any good?
BTW... I just ordered up the Fallout trilogy (White Label) from Amazon.. ?3.99 brand new )
Looks like I'll be giving those a go soon.

Cheers guys

If you like games that consist of 90% reading walls of text and 10% very easy combat, you should like it.

Mind you, what's written in those walls of text is probably the best ever in any RPG, as are the characters & the setting.

Those were walls of text ? Damn specs for those are always changing.

It's true, I think just one paragraph is considered a wall of text these days.

Well to be fair, PS:T dialogs are the closest thing to a "wall of text" ever to appear in a graphic based RPG.

I bought the Fallout Collection recently as well. I saw it in Best Buy and decided not to buy it, but I was bored one day and didn't feel like driving 20 mins to the store, so I looked for it online. It was a mildly difficult search, but I found it available online for $20. I also tweaked the game a bit with some "patches" like playing in higher resolutions and such.

edit: found the site: http://fallout.gamesplanet.com/game-fallout-trilogy2-interplay.html

The wall of text wasn't as much of a problem for me as the constraints of free action put on my character in that game. I did enjoy the story, but it really felt like I was watching a movie and not playing a game.

What do you mean by "free action"?
Most of that game was played through dialog, true... but I remember there being way too many choices (through dialog) to consider it as constrained or linear as 'watching a movie'

Free action probably means that you don't have to follow the storyline, and that's true in fallout 1&2.

I'm currently playing Fallout1 and I'm pretty far in the game. I must admit I was expecting more challenge though. After all, everyone was saying how balanced and hard the game was. It's really not. The game is damn easy if you know what you're doing. There's not even a limit to how much helpers you can recruit. And it's like Fallout3. It's supposed to be a wasteland with scarce resources, but I'm always so packed with weapons and ammo I can't even carry anymore. I like the game though.

I played FO1 and FO2 after FO3 and found FO1 to be somewhat fun, and FO2 a far better game than 3.

i did that im still waiting for fallout 1 to arrive but so far F2 is better in my oppinion

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I started playing Fallout again today, even though I finished it when it was first released almost 15 years ago.

One of the things that bothers me the most is the Fallout/Fallout 2 die-hards who are constantly disparaging Fallout 3. There's a reason Bethesda made the decisions they did. Let's face it: 3/4 perspective, turn-based games died a long time ago, about the time of the NHL lockout and the end of 16-bit consoles. For those too young to remember, yes, that was a LONG time ago.

Also, although these classic RPGs had some excellent writing, they were, by no means, Shakespeare. I hear a lot of complaints about Fallout 3's writing, but some of the conversations in the original Fallout aren't exactly memorable. As a recent example, my conversation with the female guard, Katrina, in Shady Sands is a perfect example. Yeah, go back and read it. Trust me -- completely uninspiring, especially for a character that could have been so much more. So, lay off Fallout 3's writing. Much like the original game, some of it is brilliant, some of it is generic and some of it is somewhere in-between.

I loved both Fallout and its sequel when they first came out, but having played Bioware games in the intervening years, plus a number of amazing Bethesda titles (Morrowind and Oblivion, for example), I've become even more irritated with the negative criticism directed to Fallout 3.

One thing in particular I wanted to mention is everything I hear about how much the most recent Fallout differs from its source material. So far, after going about 1/3 through the first Fallout, I find nothing so different. I'm guessing that those complaining are upset about barely discernible points that would mean nothing to a normal player. It was great to see Action Points, Stimpaks, monsters and weapons so perfectly transferred over to the most recent game.

Buying Fallout 3 was a risk for me. I'd heard so many negative reviews from people who, like me, played the first two games. I'm so glad I bought it and when I first started playing Fallout 3 I was pleasantly surprised how much flavor of its precursors was kept.

My only regret was listening to the naysayers to begin with!