Time to play fallout 1&2

Discuss the game that started it all, and its sequel. Technical questions and issues go into the Fallout Technical Support forum, not here.
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Time to play fallout 1&2

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I'm almost afraid to post this here (seems to be a lot of hate for my kind) but here it goes.

First I must admit that I have only learned of the fallout series after playing fallout 3. I greatly enjoyed playing through fallout 3 my first and second times and then I began to wonder about the first two games of the series. I began to wonder how good they were and whether they were worth buying. I wasn't very old when the original games were released (born in 1991) and I have been wondering if anyone here would be willing to tell me the great things about these games. I am seriously considering buying these games but I want to be sure that they are worth it. Can anybody here tell me how great these games are and possibly tell me where to get a good deal on buying them?
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Or you can get Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics off Steam for 20 bucks. I did that because a few years ago I lost my CD's to the first two games (I bought them in that folding bundle box if anyone remembers that) and the files were finally corrupted by the time I moved them to my latest (the fourth) computer they'd been ported to via flash drive.

Worth it, especially since I can get it on any pc now.
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Depends, if what you enjoyed most about Fallout 3 was the "LOLZ EXPLOIDING HEADZ" then it may not hit the spot. If you want a game made of pure awesome sauce then you should. I'm not going to reitterate the finer points of Fallout 1/2 because I really can't be bothered.

They're cheap as chips though to pick up, so it's not like you've got much to lose from buying it. Catch a bus one day instead of driving your car or something and it'll cover the cost easily if its that big a deal.
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Post by Manoil »

senisterdenister wrote:Or you can get Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics off Steam for 20 bucks.
If they're at 6 bucks a pop on GOG.com, it's a better deal.

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But having it readily available on steam at any time would more than make up for the two dollar difference through convenience, don't you think?
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How transferable is steam on multiple computers?
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launch steam, log into account, download games linked to account.

So pretty transferable.
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Bandwagoning the Obvious Station :

GoG offers essentially the same functionality as Steam in that regard ; you can download from your account whenever and to whichever computer you like. To offer otherwise would be bogglingly asinine and, more pertinently, a poor business decision.
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Blargh wrote:
Danny wrote:MASUMATECS
Two for six till Tuesday.

READING COMPREHENSION

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Yes.
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Post by Subhuman »

I'm not acquainted with this "Steam" or any of its functions, but I do know that if you want hard copies of FO 1 or 2 they can be had for peanuts on sites like eBay. But regardless of the cost/convenience, the first two Fallouts are essentials of the "don't ask, just play" variety. Anyone and everyone who considers him/herself a gamer needs to have a Fallout session under their belt, especially if they're inclined toward RPGs. This is inarguable. Fallout does a million and one things right, and very few things wrong. It's poetry in pixels. It is gospel.

Go, download. Be amazed. And thank us later.
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Post by Manoil »

You should listen to Subbie.

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To this day I've never had a friend regret playing Fallout, despite its age.

It's a proper roleplaying game, a perfect example thereof even.
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ok I shall get these games immediately
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No Shame in Discovering that the great war happened 200 years ago and that there were more areas then your own home the capital wasteland :)

As long as you venture to the NCR, and beyond I am sure you will be forgiven ;)


Also Fallout 1&2 are just amazing and As Great as Fallout 3.. Dare I say.. Better 0.o

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'O, and reviving dead threads! What a gas!
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So either Njiord absolutely hated it and left us in a fit of rage or hes still trapped in there.
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Not enough twitch fest action I expect.
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Lark sighting B)
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f1&2

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if you enjoyed f3, there's no guarantee you'll like f1&2, coz frankly f3 bears little or no resemblence to them in any way.

However, that doesn't mean you won't like f1&2. They were old-school rp games, but with the added twist of having genuinely open-ended questing and some fantastic dialogue. But more than anything, they were just constantly surprising... I loved that about them. You'd try something strange, something you'd think was unexpected... and it'd work!
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