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Sweet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: December 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The fallout series of games is the best computer role playing game I have ever had the pleasure of playing. One the greatist things about the game is it's setting. If your tired of fighting orcs and exploring castles let this game take you away from that. How about a tour of secert millity bases and burned out cities? Fallout does a wonderful job of taking role playing and setting it in a post nuclear-world. the fallout games really gives the player the feeling of advancing in power and maybe more importently of discovery. One of the things that kept me hooked was uncovering old secerts and visting long lost places. You really get the feeling of exploring and uncovering a wonderfully created world full of detail. The game also provides lots of quests and options. You can play how ever you like. A hero or a villain with out getting locked out of places because of your choices. The game also plays very well. the fire fights you get into are fun. You have a lot of control over how you want to fight. For example you can even chose to fire your weapon in diffrent ways depending on what it is. All in all this is a great game for anyone who enjoys computer roleplaying and would love to explore a post-nucler world filled with mutants, lasers and power armor

One of the finest games in existence, regardless of genre...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: December 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Fallout is one of the few games that is worthy of being made into a full scale movie, simply because it has the few ingredients that most other games lack, namely a realistic, utterly immersive setting, a powerful storyline and, more so than anything, pure class. Fallout is rather irritatingly addictive simply because the world is so vast, so varied and with so much to do. The game has character you can taste, it has a personality that is strong and only gets better as the bold storyline, which takes risks that most other games would never dare take, progresses. Fallout FEELS real, the characters in the game, as far as you are concerned, are real people, the world acts and REacts to you. I ask you... Give me a game that left you breathless at the end, sad to see it end, yet proud, amazed at what you have seen. Give me a game that, in its every niche and pore, shows just how moch love and soul its creators poured into it. Give me a game that YOU feel, should be made into a movie and spawn countless sequels NOT because you want more of the same, but because there is far too much potential NOT to explore the possibilities in a world as rich and tangible as this. Give me a game that you think about, reminisce and dream about years after you last played it. When you do, I will die happy, but for now, I give you Fallout. Full stop.

no more lame dungeons and dragons

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 11
Date: December 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If your tired of the same old crap fantasy games, buy this game, it may be dark but it sure is fun.

Post Nuclear RPG, huh.......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: January 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I have ever played. If you ask me I say it is like a box of pot. When you try it you like it. You can't stop doing it and you get addicted to it and everything like it. I tryied to stop playing it one day because my parents said I was on it to much. I couldn't stop playing it. All the weapons to pick from such and plasma rifle, rocket launcher, flame thrower, there is no end to the weapons. Have your guy with cool armor, leather, metal, some kind of robot armor (looks like a big robot). Get humans, mutants, dogs, or even robots to travel on your search for the G.E.C.K. If you like RPGs or for any case, I would buy this game.

A review by a guy who knows RPGs

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: January 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing RPGs since I was about 6. That's 12 years. Now, I don't mean those dumpy linear things you'll find on most video game systems. Granted, those are fun, but they're not really RPGs. They're usually far too restricting to really be called an RPG. There are a few exceptions to the rule, and Fallout is two of them.

Fallout takes place after nuclear war rocks the planet. Few survive. Some make it to the relative saftey of the vaults(remember this line). Your vault's water purifying chip has up and died, and you need to go get a spare. Amongst the hazards you face are giant mutated rats, gangs, ghouls, big green ugly mutant people and even a few robots. Your arsenal ranges from a simple knife, to a stainless steel sledgehammer, to desert eagles and even plasma rifles. Your armor ranges from the simple leather jacket to the ultra-high tech power armor(complete with chrome rims).

The only thing you have to do in Fallout is save your Vault. Other than that... you're free. Wanna steal from the village elder? Go ahead. Wanna blow up that wall? Give it a shot. Massacre a town? You shouldn't, but if you're in a really bad mood it's an option. Thanks to this game, my friends and I coined the phrase "Going totally Fallout".

Fallout 2 is very similar to Fallout. You play as the grandchild of the main character from the first game. Your goal this time is to bring back a Garden of Eden Creation Kit to replenish the lands, which are becoming barren and dry.

The second game is really just more of the same from the first game. More weapons, more armor, more ammunition, more people, more towns, more quests, more time, more people to meet, greet and destroy.

I, personally, prefer the frst game. But I know plenty of people on both sides(1 is better or 2 is better). Why not get them both and try for yourself?

only 10 bucks?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: January 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

uhh... This is such a good deal I don't see why you people don't just buy the game now and ask questions later.

These 2 games come for a total of 10 bucks. When most sites are charging over 20 for just one of them.

So, unless you are absolutly nuts go buy this game right now!

A must-have for any collection.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 19
Date: February 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Fallout, originally released in 1997 by Interplay, shook the world of computer roleplaying games. Quite simply, it redefined the structure of the computer RPG. Most CRPGs followed simple linear scripts: King Groo needs the Sword of Spork. So you go to the Cave of Fear to get it... et cetera, et cetera.

Fallout shattered all preconceptions about story progression. In Fallout, you can go where you want, do what you choose. Unlike other CRPGs, you don't spend your time playing "delivery boy" for other characters. There is a guiding storyline- an extremely good one- but how you accomplish your goals is entirely up to you. The plot will change and adapt based on your actions in-game- it's like a new story every time you play it.

Every obstacle in the game has numerous possible ways to surmount it. Need a nice gun from a local arms dealer, but can't afford it? Do the gun merchant a favor and he might let you have it. Sweet-talk him into giving you a discount. Or steal it when he's not looking. If all else fails, blow him away and take the loot from his steaming corpse. Fallout really IS that open-ended.

The possibilities for character creation are extremely broad also- instead of a rigid "race/class" system, you can create your character from an incredible range of Skills, Traits, and Perks. Want to talk your way out of problems? Give yourself a high Charisma and the "Good Natured" trait. Prefer more direct solutions? Put extra skill points in Big Guns, and pick the "Fast Shot" trait for extra stopping power. Or create "combination" characters- like a friendly doctor who just happens to be a crack shot with his .44 pistol.

While Fallout 2 doesn't break any really new ground, it is almost three times as long as the first Fallout and takes place in a much larger game world. It's more of the same, but better. Getting BOTH of these excellent games for one super-low price is an incredible bargain. If you like science fiction, or you like RPGs, buy this software. You absolutely will not regret it.

You'd be stupid to pass this up!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: February 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Only**** for 2 excellent games. Fallout won Role-Playing game of the year back in 1997. With fantastic graphics, a good story, and good game play, this was very enjoyable to play. In this game, you learn about the Vaults that were built when nuclear war became imminent. Years after the war, you are sent out as many others were to find a water chip as your supply depleting. You have a time limit to find the water chip, but when that task is done, the game is not. There is much to do in the Fallout world where you will find friends to help you out and will have many weapons at your disposal. Fallout2 take place 80 years after the first. You are the Chosen one. A descendent of the original character from the first game, you are sent on a mission to find the Garden of Eden Creation Kit which will restore the land in your village. This is a very large game. More area to cover, more missions to accomplish, more weapons, and more enemies to thrash. The gameplay and graphics are slightly better than the first, but this is also a very enjoyable game. Both games are turn based when fighting and you can create your own character. There is lotsa blood and very graphic when killing an enemy and there is plenty of adult themes and adult language, but you can tone it down with the adjuster. Overall, you will not find a better value and will be hard pressed to find games that are much better than these.

This is Fallout.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: February 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Best series I have ever played. Rivals Diablo II, Monkey Island, and all the greats. Intelligent game.

A pair of classics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

You really can't go wrong with this bundle at this price. Fallout and Fallout 2 are two of the best CRPGs ever released, especially over the past several years. The world of Fallout is large and interesting. Both games are backed by strong and original storylines (although the first is better than the second), but don't force you into linear gameplay. The numerous side quests and vast selection of character attributes you can develop provide you with so many options you'll probably want to play through each game several times, and each will be as rewarding as the first. If you're an RPG fan and don't already have these games in your collection, what's stopping you?

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