Fallout 1&2
badbromance
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Would it be a reasonable assumption that someone who enjoys the BG serious would enjoy the first 2 Fallout games?
Aside from the different genre it would seem that the games "feel" similar in my eyes but would love some trusty opinions from one of the nicer and certainly wiser in the way of CRPG's community.
I wouldn't want to miss out on a classic series so please let me know.
Aside from the different genre it would seem that the games "feel" similar in my eyes but would love some trusty opinions from one of the nicer and certainly wiser in the way of CRPG's community.
I wouldn't want to miss out on a classic series so please let me know.
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I cannot assure you feel it same way it is up to you
-Both are true RPGs with roleplaying choices.
-Both have a top down isometric view.
-Both allow an extensive character creation.
-Both have a huge world to explore and aren't linear.
But:
Fallout is fully turn-based. Not real time with pause.
Fallout actually allows to make non combat characters. Using stealth, skills or speech to get around or find solutions.
Fallout is not party based. Though you have a couple companions.
Fallout has no extra races. You're a human. It also has a classless system.
Fallout is far more mature than Baldur's Gate could ever become. In Fallout 2 you can become a pornstar.
I think it might be worth a crack than and see how it goes.
It's a much more mature, serious (but with a dark sense of humor), post-apocalyptic game with lots of options to the story than just "kill super monsters and casters".
In one speedrun of Fallout 1, for example, the player focused on Stealth, Lockpick, Steal and Speech to beat the game instead. He only killed a single person in the whole run and that's to steal his disguise.
By the way, if you think that the first Fallout games are too hard to get into. You could try Fallout: New Vegas. It's made by Obsidian, which were Black Isle, which made the originals.
It's an FPS RPG but you still have many choices and many fights can just be avoided with a Speech character for example.
I won't give up that easily however, the search WILL continue.
Some time ago GoG had it available and decided to give it away for free.
You can also get it for 15$ from Amazon. That includes Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics.
http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-Trilogy-3-Pack-Compilation-Pc/dp/B001V9PTVE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400249852&sr=8-1&keywords=fallout
Anyway, it is a game of interesting options. Here's a hint: don't drain your intelligence on your first playthrough. It will Literally make your character mental and speak caveman speak sort of. However it could make an interesting second playthrough
I love that feature a lot. In BG you could be 3 wis and int and still get around no problem toward your goal using sense
I wouldn't play any moder Fallout games, thought. They seem to be much like Skyrim. And Skyrim bored me to death.
@elminster
You haven't played due to controls and UI? Shame on you, Elminster, shame on you.
Perfect timing due to waiting for some games to be released over the next few months!
Faq that steam. Visit KAT (meow, a cat!). There, Cereal killers (sorry, serial killers) and shinigamis who sleep (ZZZ), give out for free, the GoG/DRM-FREE versions of games, which GoG was blackmailed into abandoning, and crappy steam has the only exclusive rights of selling. To hell with it, already.
Bethesda then decided to use Steam to sell the games again (like they use steam for ALL their other games in the last few years).
There is no conspiracy, no blackmail and Steam did not grab power while smoking a cigar made out of hundred dollar bills while cackling maniacly. The new legal owner of the games decided to change shops, that's it.
This is just a friendly reminder for everyone to read the site rules.
The 'tutorial' dungeon in FO2 alone is enough of a pain in the ass to provide a reason to avoid the entire game, much less the stationary plant monsters in the very first side quest that have more than three times your HP and better AC than you.
My son wanted to play Fallout 2 and I told him he could be warned him that the game is *deadly* to your character. To his credit, he managed to make it to Klamath before giving up.
The whole thread is rules, not just the top post.
Again, common sense. @Demonoid_Limewire was well aware of the rules.
Apparently Bethusda may not be involved in Fallout 4. Its just a rumor floating around though. Still, it could end up being good for the franchise. Depending of course on the direction they end up taking with it.
If Bethesda isn't involved, that means their expertise for dark delves is also not involved, and for me that is a detriment, no matter how good the rest of the game might be.
As for the original topic I love FO2 and would recommend it to anyone. It's very much a peer to BG2 IMO.