Customer Reviews for Fallout

Fallout
by Interplay

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Video Game Reviews of Fallout

Customer Review: Great game with an outstanding plot
Summary: 4 Stars

In my opinion i think this game is a very great game. What drawed me toward it at first was the realistic future storyline. The game itself is outstanding. I especially love the character creation which is very complex.The game is sort of like those old "chose your own adventure" books because you make the desions in here. You pick what lives or dies. If someones is talking trash and you don't like it then you don't have to take it.With multi-endings this game should keep you busy for a while. Is a great game for RPG fans as well as other gamers. The game maybe quite old but all the more reason to buy for a nice cheap price.

Customer Review: A realistic look into our future
Summary: 5 Stars

I love this game and I always will. The plot was great, and the reason: because It can happen. I also liked the rule setup and the turn based stragety. The enemys are well made; mutants, humans, dogs, giant scorpions, ect. The weapons kick serious ... too; shotguns, flamethrowers, pistols, rifles, ect. The music was done well too, It sets a creepy mood for this barren world. I recomend this game to all Post Apocaliptic freaks out there.

Customer Review: Out of the dungeons!
Summary: 5 Stars

I'd seen Fallout on the shelves ages ago, but at that time I was still pretty entrenched in the sword-wielding, dragon-slaying, quasi-Medieval fantasies that abound in this genre and the post-apocalyptic concept didn't intrigue me. I only play RPGs and refuse to pay megabucks for brand new titles, so years later my search for something to fill the gap left by solving Baldur's Gate/TSC finally led me the bargain table at my local games store, where in desperation I picked up the nicely priced Fallout 2, boxed as a "Gamer's Collection". Knowing that sequels also usually stand alone, and fascinated by the blurb on the box, I handed over my bucks. On navigating through the double layer of shrink wrap, I found "Gamer's Collection" meant I had also purchased the original Fallout. So now Fallout 2 is waiting patiently for my character to find the water chip; I'm addicted.

When World War III broke out 80 years previously, your family sought refuge in the the nuclear fallout shelter known as Vault 13. Eventually the chip used to produce fresh water fails, leaving only 150 days' supply. Your character draws the short straw and, with extremely limited resources and experience, is sent out into the radiation-soaked, mutant infested world to find a replacement.

Although Fallout is far from perfect, most flaws are compensated for by the great gameplay. However, the game looses a star from me in that you have very little control over NPCs in your party. Why give us party members if we can't control them? Ian and Tycho are great for carrying things (they seem to have endless capacities - great for trading), and in the early part, Ian saves your butt since he's more skilled than your character, but in battle they seem to do nothing but get in your way. You spend far too many APs just getting out of their way or positioning yourself so that your submachine gun's burst doesn't take them (and Dogmeat) out, too. Save often so you can restore after you've accidently killed your party. You cannot get them to wear better armour, and their idea of their "best weapon" may not match yours. (I understand this has been changed in Fallout 2.)

Half a star is gained back for the excellent spiral bound "Vault Dweller's Survival Guide". I've broken the backs of other manuals, because the damned things won't stay open, but the spiral binding solves that problem. I haven't tried any of the survival recipes, though.

The other half star is gained back for the excellent 50's "Reds under the bed" style of the interface and the manual, the wonderful introduction movie and the voice cast. This is the first RPG where I have actually heard of some of the actors credited in the voice cast (Richard Dean Anderson, Tony Shalub, Ron Perlman, Richard Moll, Ken Mars). It's quite strange hearing McGyver's voice in Junktown!

Anyway, stop reading this right now, buy Fallout and start playing immediately.

Customer Review: its a classic...
Summary: 5 Stars

Its really quite simple, if you like Roleplaying games or post atomic warfare type games or storylines, then you should just stop reading the reviews here and just buy this game, trust me you'll be happy you spent the money