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Awesome role-playing for a PC

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: November 13, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. From start to finish, I have played this three times. The option to keep playing after the game "ends" is a great improvement over the first "Fallout" game. It can be brutal, so keep your companions alive as long as they are usefull (everyone who sucks up another attack is one less for you). On the down side, this game is addictive. The variations can cause a different tack to be taken every time. The blood level can cause the squemish to shy away, but players can use the options to reduce it a little. On the other hand you can totally annihilate an opponent in a very gruesome manner (ever see a ganster turned to slag, or blown to bits?) and still take time out for the ladies. Character interactions with the NPCs are a vital part of the game, for good or bad, and are just as important as the combat side of things. All in all, brutal, bloody, and fascinating. Great game!

If you liked Fallout, then the sequel is worth playing.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: November 13, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Set in the same world as the original, Fallout 2 places you as a descendent of the vault dweller from Fallout 1. Your village is dying, and you are sent into the world to find a Garden of Eden Creation Kit. Your quest takes you all over the ruined Midwest and West coast. The only downside is that it's just like fallout, with only small improvements to the character interaction modules. A great game? No, but a good one, and worth the money if you really liked the original.

Post-apocalyptic rpg set in the wastes of California

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: November 20, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty cool. There are a lot of really great atmospheric effects (music, sound, etc.) that add to the game. However, it's a pretty hard game to beat, with a lot of combat and not many situations you can talk your way out of.

One of the Best RPGs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: November 23, 1999
Author: Amazon User

What can I say about this great game? Well I can say a lot about it but I'm going to keep it short. Well lets take a look at the game concept. Well the Fallout 2 takes place after the hero of the first Fallout has saved everyone from the muntanes(can't spell it). Well anyways it's been awhile and you start off as a descanted from the hero of the first one. Well you have get a this kit to save your tribe. Of course the plot thickens and you have all those fun side quest. Well what makes this game better then the first one is that the map is much bigger and more places and quests you can go to. Plus you get a car. You have different type of weapons and the same old ones. There are NPCs you can work with so that another plus. There are many more postive things about the game. But I have how some complaints the engine of the game wasn't very good it was the same engine as the first one. I mean come on I want to see bullets hitting the wall and stuff like that. They could of made it when you used the aim shot and you aim for the leg you see the guy grap his leg. They could have done so much more. Well that's my mind on the game.

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.

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!

One of the best CRPG ever...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 04, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The original Fallout was the best RPG of 1997, almost by default. Fallout 2 is basically more of the same, which is good. However, it also revived a slew of minor upgrades from enhanced NPC control to extra animations.

The most notable and important change in Fallout 2 is better NPC AI and controls. In the original Fallout NPCs were almost useless (except Dogmeat). You control options from chemical usage to weapon selection. In the end, the truth is that Fallout 2 is another outstanding RPG and expands on its predecessor impressively with more places, graphics, sounds and gameplay. If you like RPGs at all, pick up Fallout 2. You won't regret it.

You Want RPG; You've Got RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 06, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game's great! Some people are complaining that it's just about the same as the original, but how do you improve something that's perfect? Plus, it's not just the same as Fallout 1, mainly because of its many, many subplots that you can be involved in. I think the subplots are even more fun than the actual story! You'll find yourself saying, "To heck with the stinking starving villagers. I've got to become a Made Man for the Wright Family!" (or whatever your current situation is). Regardless of whether you played the last Fallout or not, it's a great game worth buying.

Wow. I need a sixth star here...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: December 07, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Some games rise above others, but there are a precious few that look down from above the clouds. Fallout 2 is one of those. The best thing about it is that everything matters. If you make a smart, fast character, you'll never carry a lot of gear or use a lot of the bigger weapons. If you make a strong, tough character, you'll be too dumb to notice special little things or to convince people to help you out. That's simplifying it, too; there are tons of available options and your character is fully customizable, and all of these details have tangible game effects.

Fallout 2 is also pretty hard, but not too hard. I don't enjoy cakewalk games, and this definitely isn't one. Your companions have an annoying habit of getting themselves killed, and it's up to you to keep it from happening. If you do stupid things, the enemies WILL kill you too, and quickly.

Last but not least, the humor--sometimes cornball and sometimes not--that permeates the game draws from everything from Monty Python (you can meet the bridgekeeper from Holy Grail! ) on down. I've laughed myself to tears a couple of times.

This game lacks only one thing: stunning visuals. And I promise, you'll be too engrossed in the game to worry about those. Fallout 2 = Must Buy.

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.

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