Customer Reviews

Fallout 2 (Mac)

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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

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.

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.

Probably the finest game yet written: unparalleled in breadth, depth, humour and intelligence. Fresh (and surprising) every time you play. "Slight pixellation" hard to notice when you've been playing the game for 48 hours straight: it's a text adventure with a front end anyway. Beg, borrow, steal. Shame fallout tactics is so much less fun.

I'm not surprised when an older game like this fails to run on a the newest hardware or OS versions.

Just because it's "Mac OS X" ready doesn't mean that it works.

More likely than not, it's designed for Mac OS 9, not "X".

For $20, I was willing to try it. If installed OK, but after the first screen splash, there was no picture.


That alone would not warrant me writing a review.

What got my attention is that there is no more support for the distributor (MacPlay or Mumbo Jumbo).

I expected to find a patch or fix on a web site, but instead, the support people wrote back with:


"Unfortunately, we no longer support MacPlay titles."



That is very unfortunate.

I've enjoyed a number of MacPlay titles and now, I won't buy another one.

I recommend ASPIRE games instead (the "Call of Duty" series are great, still supported, and have patches or workaround available).

For these obsolete games, I pass them on to my nephew, who is still running an older Mac with Classic (Mac OS 9).

I had to wait a while until he was old enough for these Mature games.





I ONLY WISH AMAZON WAS MORE EXPLICIT AN CAREFUL ABOUT LISTING GAMES THAT ARE TECHNICALLY OBSOLETE.

Begin your radiation sickness anew! This game works again in system 10.5.5, as does Diablo 2 for your demon battling desires. Thanks Apple.

the game is really fun but mac play dose not work on leopard so keep that in mind before you buy

Just thought I would let folks know that it is available (as of this date) at MacPlay for $1.88. But be aware of the high shipping cost.

This is the only game I've ever purchased for PC, and even though it's been almost four years since this game was released for PC, I'm glad it's finally been ported to Mac. My rating is based on how the game is, not on how fast the port is, but judging by MacPlay's other ports, I would assume this is fairly fast and not too buggy.

An excellent game, and I recommend Fallout also, ...(which was released for Mac about the time it was released for PC) seems to not carry it. Fallout 2 is far longer than the first game, though.

If this game had been released for the Mac 2 - 3 years ago then I might be in a position to recommend it. I think the game is terribly dated in terms of looks and game play. As far as a RPG it is pretty good, there is lots of story and character development and the turn based attack system works well. However that doesn't make up for its shortcomings. My biggest complaints are the graphics and the interface. On my computer (G4 533 w/GeForce2 MX card) the graphics are very grainy and pixilated. This may not bother some people, but to me it made game play very unpleasant. The interface makes it hard to move your character and interact with the environment, such as picking up objects. I wanted to like this game because the original was a trendsetter, but I feel that this release is too dated given the quality of games available now.