Fallout

The Good
Fallout is indeed a huge game. With its big world it enables player to feel just like the main characters. The game also has many quests which aren't essential but definitely are worth completing. Nice music makes it even better however I can't say that the sound is that good. It is nice but without the game it couldn't stand among hits like Final Fantasy. There are thousands of lines of text which rarely appears to be boring as player's interaction with the characters is rather big. Well to say the truth you can do everything you want, even destroy the whole place if you manage to do that. The NPCs act different if you are a 2,5m tough guy or a 50kg intelligent young woman so you can play this game more than once and you may discover different quests and new npcs/enemies/weapons etc.

The Bad
The player is free to do everything and so you can finish the game in few hours if you know where to go and what to do. You can have a "mercenary" who will help you in your quest, however it its difficult to communicate with him, order him to act in a particular way and use specified weapons. Fallout also has a time limit. It is rather big but doesn't change the fact that player is limited and has to do the two main quests in specified limit of time.

The Bottom Line
For RPG maniacs it is definitely a must. Great atmosphere, logical quests and good interaction with other characters. It does have several disadvantages but we have to notice that the game was released in 1997 and that explains rather poor graphics and sound.