Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1998) (VG)

Director:

Feargus Urquhart

Release Date:

29 October 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In a post-nuclear future, the descendant of an ancient exiled hero must leave his tribe in search of the Garden of Eden Creation Kit, the last chance of survival for his people.

Plot Keywords:

Rock | Flare | Mutant | Graveyard | Jacket

Cast

Charles Adler	...	Harold (voice)
Flo Di Re	...	Elder of Arroyo (voice) (as Florence Dire)
Michael Dorn	...	Marcus / Special Agent Frank Horrigan (voice)
Greg Eagles	...	Sulik (voice)
Peter Jason	...	Drill Sergeant / Gate Guard (voice)
Jeffrey Jones	...	The President (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Tandi (voice)
Jason Marsden	...	Myron (voice)
Ron Perlman	...	Narrator (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Com. Officer (voice)
Dwight Schultz	...	Hakunin (voice)
Cree Summer	...	First Citizen Lynette (voice)

Also Known As:

Fallout 2 (USA) (short title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:M

Company:

Interplay Productions

Trivia:

At a certain point in this game, a character called Cassidy says he was named after a character from a 90s comic book. Indeed, this comic book exists and is called "Preacher", written by Garth Ennis with art by Steve Dillon and published by DC\Vertigo. In Fallout 3, there is another small homage to "Preacher": a female ghoul named Tulip.

Quotes:

Player: Keep close to me.
Myron: Eh... all right. You ain't hitting on me, are you?

Movie Connections:

References "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" (1981)

Soundtrack:

A Kiss To Build A Dream On

Who needs magic? H&K P95C does a better job.

I first played this game in the summer of 2002.Until then I only played fantasy type RPG-s.I never knew what I've missed.The first time I played it I was struck by the complexity of the character creation system.I said to myself "Maybe this could be something cool , even though it's from 1998." Then I started playing.YuK!!! I said out loud. The GFX were a little....dated... to put it nicely.But I said "What the heck! I paid for it , might as well see what's it about." (I was a little intrigued by the intros too...Remember the one with the Enclave Doodz?) And so,a little later, came the first level up...I tell you,I didn't know where to allocate my skill points first.Hmm...Let's see...aha! lockpick...2 points...NO WAIT!! I won't have enough points for the Doctor skill(and I suppose I'll need that later) I have plenty of points left but I have to think about the weapons skills...Hmm...Heavy or medium? Wait a minute... you can use a Bazooka in this game? And so , intrigued by this , I continued playing. I wasn't sorry. Well...all I can tell you is that in about 48 hours I slept only 3 or 4 hours and in these 48 hours I only ate a couple of slices of bread and drank a glass of water.That's what Fallout 2 did to me.And I wasn't sorry.Despite the old graphics and the bugs that made the game a little cumbersome,everything was perfect!I didn't play Fallout , but Fallout 2 is for me the best game I ever played. Maybe some time in the future I'll get my hands on Fallout - the original game and have "Another 48 hours" , but until then , let's talk a little about the game. One thing that stroke me from the first hours of play was the "Good or Evil" system based on your reputation.I finished the game as a "Goody goody two shoes" fella and then started it and did only evil and uncool stuff. It was a tottally different experience. Should I talk about the non-linearity and the freedom of movement?If Fallout 2 would be famous for two things, then these should be those things. Voice acting is only technical but I tell you , It beats by far nowadays games. And there's always the humor. There are some quotees that will always ring in my head."Gun , meet Enemy.Enemy, meet Gun!" or "Hope you got hip waders , 'cause we're about to walk in some serious sh*t!".

Overall Fallout 2 is a game like I've never seen before and like I don'think I'll see too soon. Play it. You must if you call yourself a gamer.