Should I Play Fallout 1 and 2?

I bought the games but never installed them. Do you think I should go head and give them a try before New Vegas?

There cannot be a no to this question.

lol, i will give it a try. I never actually played an RPG before the PS2/Xbox generation. The oldest I have played was an RPG from 2005 (Fable).

I bought the games but never installed them. Do you think I should go head and give them a try before New Vegas?

Underworldy69

The best games in the series. Don't expect any handholding and get ready to die a lot. It's great though.

Since you already bought them there's no reason not to. However, they're nothing special, Fallout 3 is waaay better as are most RPGs, most people's opinion about them is just clouded by nostalgia

Since you already bought them there's no reason not to. However, they're nothing special, Fallout 3 is waaay better as are most RPGs, most people's opinion about them is just clouded by nostalgia

Darth_Kane

Why would you buy them and not play them?nethernova

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Since you already bought them there's no reason not to. However, they're nothing special, Fallout 3 is waaay better as are most RPGs, most people's opinion about them is just clouded by nostalgia

SkyWard20

The roleplaying aspects are good (probably the only reason people like those games), but the story and the characters are nothing special or memorable

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Since you already bought them there's no reason not to. However, they're nothing special, Fallout 3 is waaay better as are most RPGs, most people's opinion about them is just clouded by nostalgia

Darth_Kane

The roleplaying aspects are good (probably the only reason people like those games), but the story and the characters are nothing special or memorable

really? because compared to the complete crap of a story/writing/characters that Fallout 3 had, the previous 2 are a gold mine.

The world is much more intresting and diverse, as are the characters. And the writing is absolutly fantastic, much better and a lot funnier then Fallout 3 ever was.

And I say this as someone who only played the original 2 games recently. I found them to be much better then Fallout 3, and much better then virtually any RPG out there.

Since you already bought them there's no reason not to. However, they're nothing special, Fallout 3 is waaay better as are most RPGs, most people's opinion about them is just clouded by nostalgia

Darth_Kane

Since you already bought them there's no reason not to. However, they're nothing special, Fallout 3 is waaay better as are most RPGs, most people's opinion about them is just clouded by nostalgia

Darth_Kane

For you, but not for others. Remember that a opinion does not equal fact. Do not judge other people's opinions that contradict your views on what's logic..

For example, i own and play them regulary, not because of nostalgia, or some bull like that, but because i consider them far superiour compared to Fallout 3(which i own, played and finished), except for the graphics. They're special, in every way, and one of the greatest RPG's ever made.

To each he's own.

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[QUOTE="SkyWard20"] Maybe. The combat is pretty mediocre compared to today's RPG's. I'm still at the beginning of the game so I can't say much about the story and roleplaying aspects.cobrax25

The roleplaying aspects are good (probably the only reason people like those games), but the story and the characters are nothing special or memorable

really? because compared to the complete crap of a story/writing/characters that Fallout 3 had, the previous 2 are a gold mine.

The world is much more intresting and diverse, as are the characters. And the writing is absolutly fantastic, much better and a lot funnier then Fallout 3 ever was.

And I say this as someone who only played the original 2 games recently. I found them to be much better then Fallout 3, and much better then virtually any RPG out there.

[QUOTE="kieranb2000"]Yes, play them. I played them after Fallout 3 and consider them far superior to Bethesda's poorly written, buggy, shallow game. They are basicly better than Fallout 3 in every way except graphics.SkyWard20

You actually got killed by rats? :lol:

I wouldn't. I found the earlier fallout games to be quite boring but that's just me.

Why would you buy them and not play them?nethernova

Go ahead and try, but don't expect an uber amazing experience that you need to die afterwards because nothing else can compare. I didn't get very far into Fallout 1 (I got the waterchip back online) and then didn't want to continue any further. I'm sure it was amazing back in the day, but its still decent today, but it won't blow your socks off.

Don't play it.

Doesn't matter play them after or before... they play nothing a like and I doubt New Vegas will reference anything from the first games. From what I remember the only reference to the older games in Fallout 3 was that tree mutant in Oasis.Threesixtyci

New Vegas is set 40 years after Fallout 2 and one state across. We've already seen screenshots of one iconic Fallout 2 character, and the daughter of another will make an appearance. Plus, the game will be borrowing ideas from the original Fallout 3 (Van Beuren, made by more-or-less the same team behind Fallout 2 and Fallout New Vegas), which was following on from the NCR's story in Fallout 2...so I think it's safe to say that there'll be quite a few references.

Fallout 3 was made by a different company for an entirely different audience, so it makes sense that they kept the references to a minimum.

Don't play it.

nikola96

i just started trying to play the first two but i find them hard to get into, i'm new to turned based gameplay so they seems very different from what i'm used to.

I played both Fallout 1 and 2 about half a year ago and that was my first time to play them so for me there definitelly wasnt nostalgia involved. I enjoyed both games and for me they are among the best games of all time. For me the combat was great, you get awesome weapons and hilarious death animations. And of course the role playing aspect is very satisfying so I played a lot of different characters. In terms of writing and humor these games are much better than Fallout 3. So dont mind the graphics, just play the games and Im sure you will like them:)

also noteworthy is Fallout 2's ability to play online in an MMO style with the Fallout Online mod. About 500+ people are on at any one time, and you can do crafting, build a home, make friends, make money, go hunting, and even fight other players.

Yes. Definetly. They are amazing games, although alittle dated. I'm on and off playing Fallout and its great. Also there are story connections that Fallout 1 and 2 have to New Vegas and 3, But they are great games anyway. They have a quirky sense of humour and are quite fun (that isometric view actually suits them and the hexagons make perfect sense.) The combat takes alittle getting used to, as there is no tutorial, but after you figure it out the game is utterly amazing.

Fallout 1 and 2 were the best games i ever played. It's difficult to tell how many times i played them through. Fallout 3 was a disapointment for me, cuz it had more in common with oblivion rather than fallout. Personally, i miss all the random encounters which were sooooo fun to find, turn based combat, loads of funny easter eggs, as well as that true rpg touch to it. And no i'm not "clouded by nostalgia" like some dude said, i didn't like F3 that much cuz bathesda made it like re-skined, re-textured oblivion with guns and some gore and they took what was best in fallout, the fact that even though the in-game athmosphere was heavy the game was not taking itself too seriously...