I'm mad about Fallout 3 and New Vegas, love them to bits. As I've completed and played those to death I wanted to learn more about the history of the Fallout world and such so was thinking about getting Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics. However I do know they're a LOT different than Fallout 3 but are they still as involving and deep? I know they're isometric but I've heard it's turn based? I'm not sure.

Was just wondering what people thought about them and what you could tell me about them.

Also I'm right in saying if I was to play them I should play them in the order of Fallout, Fallout: Tactics and then Fallout 2?

Also I'm trying not to sound really ignorant towards these games, aha.

Depending on how you play and if you can get into it they are more involving a deep(excluding tactics), i would say go for it if you can overlook some of the outdated looks, and turn based combat its a definite classic and gog is running a special on interplay stuff right now so good timing http://www.gog.com/en/promo/interplay?pp=972a67c48192728a34979d9a35164c1295401b71

[edit] I would say play them 1, 2, and then Tactics(im not a big fan of tactics, and started with two, but id always try to go in the order of the stories and Fallout 1 definitely gives you a base in Fallout 2 a better understanding of some things)

Ahh, wicked! Thanks for showing me this, I was going to get them off Steam which is about 3x the price of this! Yeah, I normally play in order of the stories too. Were they released in the order of Fallout, Fallout 2 and then Tactics or do you just recommend that because Tactics isn't as good? Is it just a small add-on?

they were released in the order 1 2 then tactics, but in preference for me at least i would say 2, 1, tactics... still would recommend 1 2 then tactics
is really a spin off the combat system i think is better than 1 and 2 but i was never a fan of the game, dont play BoS i loved the balders gate DA series and i though "Awesome there making a fallout like DA i bet that will be interesting" payed like 40 50 bucks for it, I was wrong, I was very very wrong

Oh ok. Well I've bought them and will probably download them over-night and start playing tomorrow. Thanks dude.

Yes they're worth a try. I love both Fallout and Fallout 2 although I haven't gotten around to Tactics yet.

As a player who started out from Fallout 3 and went backwards, my experience was a little clunky at first, getting used to technical aspects of the game, but afterwards, I started to find it fun once I got the ropes of the games controls. The dialogue is great, and at moments overly giggly (Especially in a moron run IE: 3 int or lower) and the storyline is amazing, while exploration is very lacking, what places there are to explore are rich with detail.

Fallout 1 and 2 is on my top 5 list of best games I've ever played.
Just... Take at least 15 minutes on character creation when you first start and think things over very VERY carefully.

And traits can very well be make it or break it characters, with emphasis on the latter.

Oh and in Fallout 2, for the love of Bruce follow the main quest while doing sidequests, don't do sidequests and muck about and save the main quest for later, cause you'll likely be lost and have to follow a guide or start over by then.

Also, Science does not have a crapload of computers to hack, so it's a very limited (yet useful) skill.

Pick Guns for your first playthrough, cause EW, BG, HtH and Melee are all very hard to play as with your first character.

Never go below 3 in SPECIAL.

Focus on your tagged skills first, don't put points into an untagged skill until the tagged ones are at a good enough %.

Hey Gabe, I just found the G.E.C.K. This is where I ditch the main quest and go dikeing around. The main quest stops being urgent once you find it and get back to Arroyo :laugh:

Well thanks to you two I know can't wait to sit down and play them, haha. Unfortunately I'm going to have to wait until to tonight to download them! I hope nobody wants me for anything tomorrow, I'm completely booked up.

I'll let you know now, they aren't AS deep as Fallout 3, they are multitudes of oceans deeper.

That's it I'm gonna get a new computer system for my birthday and I'm gonna get these three games.

Make sure it's got a good enough graphics card!

I've only played fo1 so far (i've got the collection tho) and honestly it's decent but thats it .The dinosaurs will have you believe that these games r as close to perfect as can be but there just not in the same league as fo3 and fonv in terms of pure enjoyment (and i like fo1 so far) it's fair to say theres a few rose tinted glasses in this forum .And fo1 story aint anything special .

I'm not trying to start a vs debate here but what league is FO3? What made it good for you?
Cause maybe what you consider good is what Fallout 1/2/T lacked, and what we considered good is what FO3/NV lacked.

I like how you are allowed to criticize the originals, but we criticize Fallout 3 and you say we are bashing it, rose tinted glasses indeed.

This the first time i have ever critizied the originals go through my msgs if you don't believe me

The fact i'm a red dot if i travel in 90% of the map or how people praise the story when it's quite average (i agree fo3 story could of been better )find water chip in necropolis and deal with mutants .

First or last, it doesn't matter, the principle remains, you've been known to label us as bashers merely because of what you are doing now.

Fo3 gets bashed daily on this forum i think it's understandable to give the originals some crap.

It isn't bashing, and if you want to label it as such, it is your own fault, but to bash because of your incorrect labeling of an opposing position is truly disreputable.

Everything is average when you reduce it to bare basics. Like, LoTR is just about a midget breaking a piece of jewelery.

Way to spoil part of the main quest. :slap:

Ohh crap the people that have been in a coma since 1997 are gonna be so pissed that i didn't put a spoiler tag up for a 14 year old game :whisper:

Luckily I already knew about the water chip before playing but, yeah, I'm quickly skimming the messages in my inbox at the moment to make sure I'm not reading anything I don't want to know! :unsure: