Product Description

Fallout:

The world has been blown into a permanent nuclear winter following World War III. The H2O system, however, is in danger of contamination and now someone needs to venture out from Vault 13. That someone is you!

Fallout 2:

It's been 80 long years since your ancestor, the Vault Dweller trod across the wastelands. As you now search for the Garden of Eden Creation Kit to save your primitive village, tough choices and even tougher consequences await you.

Fallout Tactics:

A post-nuclear wasteland, fierce and lawless, is all that remains of the world. Survivors band together in hopes to survive the hordes of bandits, mutants and radioactive animals that freely roam the land. The Brotherhood of Steel wants YOU!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2038 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Avanquest Software
• Released on: 2006-06-16
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Format: DVD-ROM
• Original language: English

Manufacturer's Description
Will your character stand up to the post-nuclear test?

The world has been blown into a permanent nuclear winter following World War III. The H2O system, however, is in danger of contamination and now someone needs to venture out from Vault 13. That someone is you!

SEQUEL TO THE RPG OF THE YEAR

It's been 80 long years since your ancestor, the Vault Dweller trod across the wastelands. As you now search for the Garden of Eden Creation Kit to save your primitive village, tough choices and even tougher consequences await you.

BE PREPARED! GET TACTICAL!

A post-nuclear wasteland, fierce and lawless, is all that remains of the world. Survivors band together in hopes to survive the hordes of bandits, mutants and radioactive animals that freely roam the land. The Brotherhood of Steel wants YOU!

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Customer Reviews

War, war never changes...
... who can't remember Ron Perlman voicing this shattering truth, once ago in a what now seems such a distant past?
I am sitting on four copies of Fallout and three of Fallout 2, all originals for sure. If have aquired them over the years, times because the disks got damaged (heresy!) and times because I lended them. Honestly, both games are that good.

Fallout - What can I say? Everyone who hasn't played it should do so now! It's dense atmosphere, intricate combat system, great character development and violence contribute to a short, but gritty journey into the wild, cruel heart of a mutated wasteland full of humanity's leftovers. And rats. A journey you will take many times and that will ultimately leave it's scars in your mind.

Fallout 2 - You are once again cast into the wastelands. This time, everything is bigger, badder and the world represents a logical evolution from what had happened some eighty years ago in the first Fallout. Things you will loathe, you will love, you will shoot and you will uncover, story and gameplay are at it's best. You won't find a more bizarre world of drugs, booze, violence and sex in a videogame. If only the AI of your comrades had been better...

Fallout Tactics - An entire game devoted to the famous Brotherhood of Steel?! It's gotta rock! Sadly... it doesn't. It's a mediocre squad-tactics game with a silly campaign pressed into the Fallout Universe to tight, having lost shape and showing dents and bruises everywhere. Very few fans like it, even less seem to have played it. Consider it a bonus and don't expect too much of it.

To sum it up, this DVD Compilation is a very nice offer for those who haven't played the first two installments.

But who doesn't owe these games already?

Only cockroaches and Keith Richards survive nuclear winter
The Fallout series truly stands the test of time for its post-apocalyptic RPG/Strategy gaming. The "SPECIAL" character generation system offers great scope for customisation allowing the player to fine tune the protagonist to be successful at a range of skills from Big Guns and First Aid to Bartering and Gambling. You may find that you have to start over several times until you create a character that best suits the way you want to play the game but that's half the fun. The environments in all the games are very immersive. The dialogue is often witty with plenty of sci-fi references and gallows humour.

Fallout offers a rich experience for anyone who wants to try a solid RPG/Strategy game with a bit of grit and plenty of replay value.

The best ever
Ever since playing the original Fallout in the late 90s it became and still is the yardstick by which I judge all other RPGs. The post-nuclear world of Fallout is packed full of great details and genuine humour, the over arcing stories of both games would seem a little simplistic if summarised here but the shear number of side quests and possible random encounters quickly turn your story into an intricately weaved one.

Gameplay wise, almost everything about Fallout is spot on, the skills system is simple but versatile and allows all kinds of different characters to be created and developed, to take advantage of the several different approaches to working through the adventure. The turn based combat is the best suited to this type of RPG that I have seen. To many times in RPGs your character can be splatted if you don't click the mouse fast enough, no matter how highly skilled they are supposed to be in combat. The use of hexes, turns and action points probably sounds old fashioned but it works brilliantly and allows for thoughts other than blind panic to influence your actions. And is well worth it when you get your first critical-kill and rend your opponent's torso in half with a shotgun blast.

The 2D isometric graphics are obviously looking a little dated these days but they pack in a lot of detail and portray the atmosphere of the ruined earth well. Most importantly they don't fall foul of the usual problem in this type of game that essential items and interactive points in the environment are too difficult to see because of pernickity graphics. Everything is clear and as obvious as they should be, and all interactable items can be flagged up on screen with the hit of a button.

All in all, both Fallout and Fallout 2 are fun, engrossing and sprawling stories to play through. I'm sure they'll be regarded as milestones in PC RPGs and are at least notable as two of the rare, excellent non-D