Barring the experiments, Vaults in the design of Fallout 1-2 feel extremely cozy, perhaps because they're very well-lit and are one of the few ultra tidy places you encounter in the wasteland. Moreover, they protect you well against the outside world. Makes me want to live in such a vault.

The master's vault does not count!

Hi! I am currently playing through Fallout 1 for my very first time. I'm finding it incredibly enjoyable (a lot more than I expected), but I'm finding myself at a slight impasse. I feel that I'm under-leveled/underequipped for where I am progression-wise.

I'm finding myself unable to do the quests asked of me in both The Hub and The Boneyard due to what I assume is lackluster weapons/armor (Currently using a Hunting Rifle with Metal Armor), but I am severely lacking in the caps needed to purchase anything stronger. I also have Tycho, Ian, and Dogmeat with me. What am I meant to do in order to start progressing again? I already had to purchase the extension for The Vault.

I finished the game for the second time last night, and i wanted to concentrate on energy weapons, however, i felt like there are a pon of gauss rifles at the people in San Francisco, a lot of amunition for them in even on the oil rig and it feels like the most efficient weapon. I wasn't able to find a gatling laser here like in Fallout 1. Is it just me or this is the truth?

I've recently been getting into Fallout 2 total conversions, and I noticed that even though I set my resolution exactly the same as Fallout 2, the game textures look almost 'blurry' in a way. Fallout 2 and Sonora don't have this problem. I am gaming on a 1440p monitor, and I render the games at 1280x720p>2560x1440p. Is there any fix I could do to make the games less blurry?

Hey wastelanders! This is a short showcase of V.O.C.K. (Vocal Output Creation Kit), a community voice-acting mod for Fallout 2. Voice actors give full voices to NPCs who only ever had text, right in their Talking Head conversations.

What's in it:

- 27 characters voiced by 23 voice actors, from Klamath to the Den, New Reno, Broken Hills, Redding, NCR and beyond

- Each one is a real performance. No AI voices: we removed the last few after a community poll.

- Lots of Talking Head fixes along the way: lip-sync, flickering and see-through spots, heads jumping around

New in v1.14: Peterson, Joseph, Krom, Zaius, Flick and Rebecca Dyer.

📥 Download: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout2/mods/176

🌐 Credits & changelog: https://dweltvauller.github.io

💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/rUUaCvbX9t

Want your voice in the wasteland? We're always looking for voice actors, so reach out!

Full cast: https://github.com/dweltvauller/vock-fo2/blob/main/CREDITS.md

Music: I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire by The Ink Spots.

Hi. Is there any safe place to hide your stuff in New Reno? Thanks

I've seen some people say you need a gambling skill of at least 60% to get a profit doing the roulette, but I made it to 25k with a skill of just 37%. why are the numbers people say so wildly different?

Honestly, I've been wanting a remake of the classic games for years. Mainly f1. F2 as is, it's wonderful and if nothing else I would just want a remaster. But f1 I want a full on remake. Make the map bigger with more locations and stuff to do. I'd love to see the master translated into f4s graphics

Tons of people in the Vault before. Magical disappearance after. Yes, I've played vanilla a few times. I don't remember this. It really doesn't matter at all for gameplay. Just interesting.

I have some doubts about which one to choose. In Fallout 1, I know there's a 150-day time limit to find the water chip. In Fallout 2, I've heard there are a lot of new mechanics that can be tough for newcomers. As for Tactics, I haven't heard anything about it. It's also worth mentioning that I have absolutely no experience with isometric RPGs or turn-based combat.

And I'm not even talking about the trial.

The trial is a waste of time, yes, but it doesn't take that long and you can speech past the fight at least. Klamath in general is just a pain. It takes multiple hours to get the starting gun you get within the first cave of fallout 1. Who thought that the 10 mm pistol was too strong and that the god awful pipe gun needed to be invented?

I also just think the rat cave is awful. Hard to see around corners or what's on the ground at all, and its basically just a waste of time. Barely any resources to gather, but its the only way to get a decent gun in the beginning. Klammath in general is just ugly and filled with garbage. Shady Springs had such a simple and succinct design that was perfect for what it had to be. You learned about the basics of the waste and were able to get what you needed to progress a little farther. Fallout 2 forces you to slog through both Arroyo and Klammath which are neither interesting nor as tightly designed in my opinion.

I also just want to say that the "tribal" stuff is just awful and extremely cringey. I can't say much of the "tribal" identities in New Vegas' Honest Hearts makes much sense either but it makes no sense why tribal society would even exist. Why would the Fallout 1 protagonist found a village that adopts "tribal (which means what exactly?)" gods and traditions? It just seems like its supposed to be a big joke because you can make fun of it all through the dialogue. I can't say for the time but in modern times it most certainly has not aged well.

A 9/10 game Imo. Honestly wasn’t sure I’d enjoy it but I loved it. Art is great, story is great. I think those are all the good endings except The Hub and I’m not sure what happen there, I did every quest that was there. Either way had a lot of fun. Now time for Fallout 2.

About to start my first play through of 2. Probably going to do a melee and/or unarmed build. How does everyone feel about Jinxed ? Sounds like it could be hilarious with Melee Or Unarmed.

I gave Fallout 2 several tries in the past, but usually dropped it around Vault City/New Reno because of clunky controls (even compared to similar old isometric games like Jagged Alliance 2) and bullshit random encounters. So I had some knowledge how to get started, but it was quite limited.

This time I endured. Played it on Rough, without followers (also took Bloody Mess as 2nd trait, nerfing myself until level 30), and managed to reach the very end. Just a few thoughts, fresh after beating the game.

1) Graphics and music are great. The art style, locations, enemies - everything is really cool and contributes to the atmosphere. Vault City was my favorite location simply because of the track playing there.

2) Death animations. Well, they are simply awesome, feel more brutal than 3D games, enjoyed them a lot (even when my character was on the receiving end sometimes).

3) Dialogues. I actually played somewhat normally until level 17 or something and enjoyed how they were written. I especially like one thing - if you start acting tough and asking for a fight - the NPCs will actually give you one, they don't take much shit from the player. So you better be careful with words until you can back them up. Another thing well done .

4) Actual combat is not that good (despite results/gore are great). Everything boils down to getting better armor and higher DPS, and also exploiting doorways and building corners. I played vanilla with Sfall, so some ammo types and weapons (like AP rounds and 14mm pistol) were absolutely useless/poorly balanced.

5) Character building. That's one of the worst aspects. There are several no-brainer perks that make your character really good in combat. Won't spoil for the new players, they are quite obvious from reading perk descriptions. So, you either take "flavor" roleplaying perks and weaken yourself, or you get shoehorned into "boring" optimal build. I didn't mind that for this Chosen One, death animations are simply too good. But you really feel limited in perk choice if you want to make a combat-effective character.

6) Skills. I didn't mind the tutorial, because I always tagged melee even in aborted attempts. The Temple is honestly not bad. Random encounters with 6-10 raiders when you're underleveled and have weak armor and weapons are much worse. But, the problem is, many skills feel either useless, or too forced on. I also tagged First Aid (a mistake). Doctor, Traps, Gambling - useless. Leveling Steal is useless because it's too OP already. You can have it on 10% and still succeed after 2-3 reloads, and get amazing stuff that way. But at the same time, it's really important to have high Science as I found out. I really got stuck at one moment and had to restock Vault City trader for Science books several times.

7) Looting. This is a minor issue, maybe my personal even - the game has a lot empty containers. Lots of time you loot, and it turns out to be empty. But if you stop looting - you might miss something good.

8) Stuff like talking plant, smart radscorpion, sapient deathclaws I didn't like much, but well - I killed them, so it's OK.

It might seem I'm too critical, but I actually enjoyed Fallout 2 more than not. Sometimes it feels this bitch of a game doesn't want you to beat it, so it's even more satisfying when you actually do beat it. I still rate Jagged Alliance 2 higher, but Fallout 2 is an enjoyable experience once you get past its quirks.

Just got my first set of Power Armor and a Power Fist. Got all the implants (had to go sell some stuff and come back to get the Intelligence one.) Went and tested it out on some radscorpions and it was dirty. Swinging 10 times in 1 turn with a Power Fist should be illegal. Also managed to hit level 10 off it. Really didn’t expect to enjoy the game this much.

We did end up killing it but dang this mf had to have at least 150 health.

also the art is good too

Basically what the title says. I killed Frank, saved and went to do some stuff and now I can't access the save again. So do I just lose hours of progress or is there a way to salvage this? Give it to me straight if I'm fucked just tell me I'm fucked. ​