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Description

A devastating atomic war wiped out almost the entire population of the Earth. The civilization as we know it has been destroyed. The Earth has become a huge radioactive area. Only the most courageous ones dare to dwell on the surface, forming communities and building new cities. Many people live in Vaults, huge underground dwellings. You play the role of an inhabitant of Vault 13. Recently, the water purification controller chip was broken. Without clean water, the people of the Vault cannot survive. You are sent to retrieve a chip from another Vault. And you venture outside, to face a dangerous world and to find your place in it.

Fallout is a RPG that utilizes a character development system called S.P.E.C.I.A.L. (the word is formed from the first letters of the game's most important character attributes). You can customize your character's parameters and skills, making him a strong melee fighter, a computer freak, a charismatic leader, a skillful sniper, and many more. You can specialize in various types of weapons, become proficient in conversations with people, etc. The game world offers a non-linear exploration: you can either follow the main story or perform one of the many sub-quests, visiting the game's locations in your preferred order. The game utilizes a turn-based combat system. Your party members (if you recruit any) are controlled by the computer AI. Each action (movement, attack, using a healing item, etc.) costs you action points; once they are depleted, your turn ends.

Alternate Titles

  • "辐射" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "異塵餘生" -- Chinese title (traditional)
  • "Vault 13: A GURPS Post-Nuclear Adventure" -- Working title
  • "Fallout: Ein postnukleares Rollenspiel" -- German title
  • "Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game" -- title with tagline

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User Reviews

Vault-Tec Approved Zovni (9209) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars
Roam the wastes, save the world... what's left of it, at least prymusferal (25) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
Life is real, life is earnest Unicorn Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (84228) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
Apocalyptic Steelysama (106) 4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars
A definite classic. Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4436) 4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars4.75 Stars
Are there any words left? Vaelor Bronze Star Contributing Member (377) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
A CRPG as enjoyable as it is buggy (and it's really, really buggy...) Late (96) unrated
What, no Goblins, Orcs or Ogres? Jumpy Jumpy (3) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
A sublime product: it is one of the best. nathan (5) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
"When The World Is Gone, We Have To Hold On" MasterMegid (897) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars

The Press Says

Quandary Feb, 2003 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Just Adventure 2002 A 100
GameBoomers Jan 05, 2004 9.5 out of 10 95
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Feb, 1998 93 out of 100 93
Game.EXE Nov, 1997 92 out of 100 92
Computer Gaming World (CGW) May 09, 2004 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
GameSpot Nov 27, 1997 8.7 out of 10 87
PC Player (Germany) Dec, 1997 85 out of 100 85
GameStar (Germany) Nov, 1997 85 out of 100 85
Power Play Sep, 1997 84 out of 100 84

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
A nasty deathclaw problem. 4 DANIEL HAWKS ! (1513)
Sep 18, 2009
Need a head's up. 4 St. Martyne Bronze Star Contributing Member (3563)
Sep 21, 2008
How inappropriate though good music can ruin the game. 5 SharkD (336)
Jan 06, 2008

Trivia

If you create your own character, you need to have an intelligence of at least 4. Any lower than that, and you will find it very hard to complete the game because you can't converse with anyone -- your only dialogue options are various grunts or other gutteral noises. I'd recommend trying it once, as it's rather amusing.

An interesting aside is that the dialogue with the cook in Shady Sands doesn't seem to be affected... a character with the lowest possible intelligence can still proclaim, "That smells great! I bet it tastes terrific!" Must be some good food, indeed.


This entry was contributed by Droog (468), LepricahnsGold Bronze Star Contributing Member (52672) and Spartan_234 (426)
 

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