Fallout 2

by MacPlay

Product Features

• Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role Playing Game is the sequel to the original Fallout game
• Fallout 2's gameplay is similar to the original Fallout. It's a role-playing game with turn-based combat, where the player plays the game in the pseudo-isometric view
• Fallout 2 uses a character creation system called SPECIAL. SPECIAL is an acronym and initialism of Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck
• There are 18 different skills in the game
• 6 combat skills: Small Guns, Big Guns, Energy Weapons, Unarmed, Melee Weapons, Throwing. 8 active skills: First Aid, Doctor, Sneak, Lockpick, Steal, Traps, Science, Repair. 4 passive skills: Speech, Barter, Gambling, Outdoorsman.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006GXD1
• Item Weight: 12 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: July 29, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,235 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #21 in Video Games > Mac Games > Role-Playing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Mac

This sequel to Fallout, starts 80 years after its predecessor. When the First Vault Dweller was forced from his home, he walked north until he found some new friends and found a tribe in a suitable place. But some years after his death, the tribe, your tribe is also dying. The Elders decide you are the chosen one and you have to find the salvation, G.E.C.K. (short for "Garden of Eden Creation Kit"). Sadly your only clue is the ancient disks the Vault Dweller left. And your only equipment is his clothes and PipBoy. With courage and determination you leave to save your village, unaware of the consequences your actions will carry. More talking faces, more dialogue options, a larger world, more easter-eggs, more equipment and weapons, more NPCs and even a car to drive at your leisure awaits you. Of course there are more deadlier enemies as well.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars dont buy unless your running an older mac os x version 10.5.2, June 30, 2008

By 

J. Gleason "johnny cannabis" (delhi,ny) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fallout 2 (Mac) (CD-ROM)

this game dos not run properly on os x 10.5.3 or later. video drivers are messed up so unless u like playing in half a screen and can deal with what could best be described as really low resolution predator heat vision i would pass on this one. besides fallout 3 will be out in a few months

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the best CRPG ever, April 7, 2005

By 

John Nowak (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fallout 2 (Mac) (CD-ROM)

This game is simply brilliant. It is better than Fallout 1 in many ways. Firstly, it is less linear (if that is even possible)! Your actions during the game cause the endings to differ. You can do whatever you like in whatever order you please, and there is no longer a time limit (150 days). Yes, the game is a little harder than the first Fallout, but that is a good thing -- The first one was a little on the easy side. I cannot even put how good this game is into words. I 100% guarantee that you will love this game if you have even the slightest desire to play a post-apoc turn-based RPG. It is simply the best one in existence.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fallout 2, March 31, 2005

By 

Kara Stenberg "Howlsthunder" (Alaska) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fallout 2 (Mac) (CD-ROM)

By the time the Fallout games were released for the Mac, they were both dated in terms of graphics and overall game technology. What ISN'T dated about these games is the interesting storyline, the humor, the characters, and the world of Fallout itself, which is unique.

Fallout 2 does not improve on graphics, and it is essentially the same game as its predecessor. However, Fallout 2 expands on the first: it increases the amount of items a player comes across in the game, streamlines the controls a bit, and expands the world itself several times over making it absolutely huge in comparison. For instance, the amount you can barter with is no longer 3 digits but 4, making transfer of funds a lot quicker. Also, pilfering lockers and scavenging goods from bodies is made quicker with the addition of the "Take All" button. And NPC's are much easier to control with the ability to outfit them with specific wepons, set parameters for how they behave in battle (like, to not use burst), and you can tell them to stay behind in a place til you get back.

Some people find Fallout 2 more difficult than the first but I think that's relative. The beginning is more difficult than any part of either of the Fallout games, but once you start building up money and experience, by the time you get halfway into the game, fights are pretty easy for the most part. And I am not much of a gamer - the Fallout games are two of the only games I own for the Mac other than the Myst games.

There are a lot of new things in the game that make it more interesting than the first as well - I don't want to spoil anything, but I think fans of Fallout 1 will enjoy these additions quite a lot. Personally, going back to the first game left me longing for the additions in the second - not to mention the improvements on menus, etc - and I missed the expanded variety of items and weapons, and the increased difference on personal interactions depending on which gender your character is.

No matter how old they become, the Fallout games are solid and unique RPG's. If you've never played either, I reccomend getting the first due to it being a little less daunting to begin and because it provides the back story to the second. And if you liked the first, you'll love the second.

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