So I've got Fallout, Fallout Tactics, and Fallout 2 to work with. Along with New Vegas for the PC but that is just for modding.

Anyone got any tips or tricks on how to play these games, especially 2 or tactics. They look fun and I'm installing them now.

Fallout 2, Temple of Trials is a pain in the ass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-gwaO7Rs9w
Do all quests in Klamath and The Den before continuing forth.
Remember to balance SPECIAL out, if you have 1 in a stat it can be... Well.. Horrible.
Traits as well, choose wisely.
Oh and expect to start the game over like 5 times cause you "will" mess up, either with quests, either with dialogue or with your characters stats.

And remember to download Killaps patch and his restoration project. http://falloutmods.wikia.com/wiki/Killap%27s_Fallout_2_Restoration_Project

Temple of trials and all of Arroyo is a pain.

It makes me sick..

BWHAHA

Save Often.

Unarmed Skill is very useful, you can kick. Saves ammo. Talk to as many people a you can (you can learn things/skills). Don't try to kill all the geckos right away. Hakunin can heal you.

As for Tactics. It has a training thing you can do before you start.

Cool, thanks guys, it is almost done, hopefully. Looking forward to these games!

And just to put some more perspective on it, SAVE OFTEN!
My god... I remember the times I went 7 hours without saving only to die from a lucky critical from a ghoul krazie... The computer was not far from being thrown out the window I'll tell ya that. Hehe.. he... :stare:

That's probably the best general advice. Fallout 2, for one, can be quite brutal at the beginning stages - and later on too.

And as said, at character creation, pay attention to the stats and skills you choose. The effects can be quite drastic.

I can see the Temple of Trials being tedious in the long run, but for some reason I personally haven't gotten bored of it (or then I have, but have gotten over it too - who knows). It's not a pinnacle of game openings, that's for sure, but I guess my subsequent playthroughs take so much time between each other, that I have gotten over the boredom of it - it just flows by without me even noticing it much, and nets me the first levelup.

Oh and I forgot *Big evil grin* have fun!

Don't save often, Save more often than often.

And don't just save over the last save over and over you have 9 other slots. What I do an I am sure others do is 1st save slot one 2nd slot two and so on till I get to ten. Then I start saving over them.

Save often don't expect the games to be a walk in the park

Yep, Fallout 1 and 2 was Hell Unleashed compared to F3 and NV

You can most definitely get by with 1 luck, just beware of pariah dog!

NEVER FORGET

I got fallout 2 recently and forgot to save

You encountered inmmortal Centaurs