Fallout
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Video Game Reviews of Fallout
Customer Review: It revitalised the RPG Industry, but it still has problems
Summary: 3 Stars
For me, the two true greatest RPGs of all time will always be Ultima VII (it came in two parts). The problem was that we didn't really seeany RPGs after this until Fallout. There were many failed ones that not many people played, they were all busy playing Wolfenstein and Commander Keen (both great games).Fallout, I think, captured the public eye again because it was simple. The character creation is simple, but it is actually quite complex in the way it affects the game. The story was somewhat complex, though not overly, and the game itself was fun to play, from the dialogue to the fighting.
In 2077 World War III occured, fought over the few resources left to humanity. The world was almost entirely depopulated. A few managed to hide out in underground bunkers known as Vaults.
You play as a person from Vault 13, whose people haven't emerged for eighty years. The chip that purifies the water from the Vault is broken, and you must find a new one or your people will die. So you, an inexperienced person from a technology based peaceful community, are sent out onto the surface of a wasteland were the people from other Vaults that opened earlier than your own struggle to surface among mutants and radiation.
The game has a killer intro, and is a clever mixture of '40s polish over the futuristic harshness. Probably the best part of the game is the character progression, which is well managed and even fun.
The things that drag the game down are few, but significant. Firstly, the game is far too short. It can easily be played in a non-linear fashion, but there are just too few locations and quests to warrant this. Second, the fighting is well managed, except for 'sequencing'. For some reason, the designers wanted something to decide whose turn it was in combat, rather than just go around the circle in order. This means that sometimes your enemy can get to goes and taking you out before you even draw your weapon.
Thirdly and finally, the game is somewhat disorganised. Of course, I'm using Ultima VII as my benchmark, but the sidequests often don't feel right, and I wasn't sure whether I'd finished them or not. Basically, the quest interface was a little crude.
Fallout's shortcomings are the reasons why Fallout 2 is so much longer, so much more open ended, and so much more complex. I get the feeling that Fallout was really just a test for Fallout 2. But those of you who are thinking 'Great, I'll jump straight to number 2' don't, the story of Fallout 1 isn't something you want to miss out on.
Customer Review: addictive!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've never really played many RPGs, but a friend gave me this after he had spent many hours playing. It sat around awhile, then one day I was exceedingly bored so I gave it a try. It was amazing! It was complex, but not obnoxiously. Very playable, interesting to go through and play several times, with different characters and different choices. I've been trying to find an RPG this cool and the only one is Fallout 2! Soooo cool.Customer Review: A genre true post-apolalyptic story
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best of the best. The story in this CRPG is so good that you'll be glued to the screen for months to come. You'll the role as the wanderer the sets out to save the Vault you have grown up in. The 3rd World War has just ended and nothing is like it was before. Looking for the Water Chip takes you to a lot of different places and you meet a lot a people.This is a good as a Post Apolalyptic CPRG gets.
Customer Review: Amazing post-apocolyptic RPG
Summary: 5 Stars
Fallout is an AMAZING game with rich atmospheres and a DEEP plot. Very alike Blizzard's "Diablo" except Fallout has a more fair Turn-Based combat, which saves those who have slow computers from being Radscorpian food. The only thing missing is a multiplayer enviroment, but the storyline keeps you occupied for a while- I havn't slept in days, thanks to this game.Customer Review: THE GREATEST!
Summary: 5 Stars
This game ROCKS! That is all there is to it. This game when it was released was the best, no one could beat it. The music, the atmosphere. This game will always be one I will have, CHECK IT OUT!