With a great gameplay experience, Fallout Tactics will leave you wanting more!

User Rating: 8.5 | Fallout Tactics PC
By KingLim | Review Date:
For those Fallout fans, Tactics is more of a combat oriented game than an RPG, though leveling up is still the same intuitive and satisfying procedure from the previous series, with new perks to choose from! The graphics are a little enhanced but retains the isometric look with better animated death sequences, heh! Most of the weapons and equipment are carried over from the previous Fallouts, with even the same attributes, but that can only be a good thing for the fans I think since they need no introduction. The music is still very background-ish, with the usual cyber-apocalyptic undertone, and the sound effects are recycled, but that's ok. It's Fallout man!

Special encounters are still featured here with more comedic references to real-life stuff and more importantly, the Pipboy is in it. Yes, the poster boy! You can even recruit him if you chanced upon him and met some requirements before that, ha! Though I don't have the luck in my own campaign. Also, the other most controversial yet the most interesting feature about Fallout games is the bugs. Exploring and exploiting unintended bugs in the Fallout series have always been giving us the kicks and Fallout Tactics brought this further. It's not a bad thing actually, since the Fallout universe is indeed a world of mystery. You never know what you'll get, and that's what kept us going!

My only little whiny complaint is that it's a pain to move your squad about as navigation is a serious issue with so many obstacles around, especially if you are playing real-time. Oh yes, you can choose between the classic turn-based mode and real-time Diablo style. All in all, Fallout Tactics is gonna be a great tactical shooting experience for fans and new players alike.

KingLim

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