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A great computer role-playing game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 27, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Fallout 2 is a great computer role-playing game. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world of mutants and machine guns. Character generation is brilliant, with a wide range of statistics that can be developed. The skills that you focus on really make a difference in this game. For example, a character with a high charasma and intelligence will get entirely different dialogue options than a character with a low charasma and intelligence. Plus, the quests that you choose to do will totally change how other characters treat you. You can be either a do-gooder or a heartless thug, and the NPCs treat you accordingly. The plot is well-written and entertaining. Fallout 2 is a must-buy for any computer gamer.

It's Fallout again

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Did you like Fallout? You'll like this. If you didn't, you probably won't like this one either. Same basics, graphics, different story, different part of California. Some minor changes - you can get a car to cover those large distances, the car's trunk holds lots of stuff and there are new monsters, but not enough of them. Still, you can get married and you can be a fluffer in a porn studio

Best RPG ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have played many other RPG's such as Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment which are some of the best of the genre but Fallout2 is the best of all by far. The story is intersting and the game is in dpth with different stat layer and lot's of side quests that affect the outcome of the main plot. It makes for many hours, days, weeks, months of gaming fun. I first got this game in 98 or 99 and it is still my favorite and Fallout 1 is really awesome too, just to short. This is a must buy for RPG enthusiasts. It may be to complex for some mainstream gamers but has been on the best seller list, top 20 for a long time, 2 years until a couple of months ago. so buy this game, maybe not from Amazon but elsewhere. PS I don't work here or for the production company. Watch for Fallout 3 and Fallout: Tactics

Fantastic game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you want a top-class RPG, look no further. Fallout 2's unique premise, plot, and combat system set it apart from other games.

Your mission in post-apocalyptic California is to save your tribe by finding the fabled Garden of Eden Creaion Kit, or G.E.C.K. That's just the bare minimum for completing the game, however. Along the way you encounter gangs, mutants, slavers-just about anything you can imagine. All of whom want to come along with you.

While all this is happening, you're having to fight tooth and nail across the seemingly endless wastes in search of your ultimate goal. The completely non-linear storyline lets you reach the G.E.C.K. just about any way you want, too. And the game doesn't end once you find it, either.

"So how do fight all this way?" you might be asking. The Fallout 2 combat system, although turn based, flows amazingly well. Not to mention you can do almost anything you can think up. There is an assortment of countless weapons and armor to outfit yourself and allies with. And you'd better outfit your allies if you want to survive, too.

Now the part that you've all been waiting for, the bugs. Sorry to dissapoint you, but I've had almost no problems on my archaic computer. I don't think that it's ever frozen or crashed once.

All in all, Fallout 2 blew my gaming world apart and I'm still playing it after 2 years. If you haven't bought it yet, do so whenever you get the chance.

A horrible disappointment after the original

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 21
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm sure everyone's going to click NO to "Was this review helpful?" because that's the way things work on here, but I'll state my opinion.

Fallout 1 is the best RPG ever. Fallout 2 screwed things up. Yeah, it's a lot bigger, as big as I wish Fallout 1 was, but Fallout 1 will always be the best.

Fallout 2 -- what's wrong
1. Tribals (of the hackneyed "stupid injun" variety)
2. New Reno
3. San Francisco
4. Talking Deathclaws
5. Old West towns
6. It went overboard with the profanity, drugs, prostitution, and so on, so much so that people think excessive cursing and sex and drugs are what Fallout (along with the ultra-violence) is all about.
7. Too many easter eggs
8. Too many pop culture references
9. Not as dark as the first
10. The wasteland of FO2 is a much more civilized compared to the lonely and desolate feel of the original
11. Stupid encounters such as aliens and fire-breathing geckos (which you fight), and a ghost.
11. The writing sucked compared to FO1 (too geeky and adolescent with lots of stupid dialogue and a disjointed plot)
12. The ending was lame compared to the profound ending of FO1
13. Did I say tribals?

What's good about it? Well, like I said, it's bigger, though of course in this case that doesn't mean better. Also, it allows you to keep playing even after you've finished your ultimate quest. All in all, a big disappointment. I've played Fallout 1 literally a hundred times or more. I've played Fallout 2 from start to finish only once. And that pretty much sums it up.

Lots of Plot. Lots of Blood

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 01, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This Game........was.....Exellent. It is the best RPG to touch the face of the earth. I loved playing it. And I know it sounds dorky, but when i beat it. i started a new game, and It was totally different than the first time around. I couldn't beleive it! I beat it about six times before it got boring. Thats the kind of game this is!

Fallout 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Good bloody and raunchy fun!

I don't know too many PC RPGs out there that lets you become
a famous/infamous porno star, or lets you get down and dirty
with some of the local hookers. Or get your way by fooling
around with a slave trader.

If you happen to not be overly interested in anything like that
the blood and guts make for some entertainment. But if gore
isn't quite your cup of tea, you can always turn it down. But
I do suggest that you pick "Bloody Mess" as a trait--regardless
of if you like gore or not.

On top of that, you've got a wide variety of different skills,
traits, and all sorts of things you can play with in the game,
not only giving it a really good replay value, but making it
one of the best games I've ever played.

Oh, and get the kama sutra skill...

Fallout 2 the best thing going for RPGers right now!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 12, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I've played Fallout 2 for about a month now, and I have never seen a better post-apocalyptic RPG than this. All the weapons and armor really add an element of diversity that make game-play much more interesting. If you've played Fallout 1, it makes it a lot easier, though just as much fun. There are hidden jokes all throughout the game that will make you laugh, not to mention all the crazy characters you meet and missions you do. If you've been looking for an RPG that's not all fantasy and technically could happen, this is definately the game for you.

The reason I am now addicted to RPGs

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I can't say much that hasn't been said already. If you likeRPGs or think you might buy this game and play it. In my opinion youcan find no better example of a computer RPG done right. I liked this better than Balder's Gate. One of my Favorite combat sequences: I kill a baddie with one well placed head shot with a gauss rifle and his head explodes into ... . (You can turn off the Gore factor if you want, but why?)

Great RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 30, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is possibly the best computer RPG I have played. The story is engaging and kept me hooked like a good novel. The game really shines in the area of character development. Fallout 2 creates very subtle interactions between skills and character attributes that made the whole process of building and growing my characters exciting and fun. I normally play fantasy RPGs but the post-holocost future theme worked well and I didn't miss the dragons and trolls after the first couple quests. This is a must have for RPG game fans.

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