Customer Reviews

Fallout (Mac)

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I'll be blunt: Fallout is the single best game I've ever played. I personally think that story, interactivity, creativity, and challenge are the most important aspects of a game, and the Fallout RPGs excell in all these areas and more.

Firstly, let's talk gameplay. A lot of people blew off this title when it came out because of the turn-based combat, and I admit to some it's pretty lame. But Fallout HAS TO be turnbased: if it wasn't, the player would get wasted in the first ten minutes of the game. Hundreds of weapons and armor combinations, unpredictable enimies varying in strenth and intelligence, and viciously realistic combat damage makes the turnbased system a necesity, if not an asset. Besides, think of it as a chess game rather than a mindless brawl: chances are you'll never have a REAL gunfight, so you can excersize your mind and employ new stratigies rather than just blow the crap out of everyone in sight. So if you want realistic gunfights, go for Max Payne or even Fallout's squad-level combat strategy cousin "Fallout Tactics."

Aside from combat, the games quests and characters are almost as realistic and in-depth as you'd expect in real life. Say the wrong thing, and a character will hate you. Do the right thing, and your reputation improves and people love you as their champion. The meticulous attention to detail makes for an extensive gameworld, giving the player for long hours of game play and a diverse world to explore, and even more deverse quests and experiances.

The story of Fallout is easily one of the best written for a game I've come across, rivaling those of the old-school Marathon series (a pre-Halo first person shooter classic from Bungie). Also, the dark, quirky, and distinctive sence of humor put into this game gives the game a memorable personality, and nearly makes it qualify as a a comedy.

Buy this game. Just do it. It's worth it. I could talk for hours about how amazing it is, but I'm getting tiered of typing. I bought this game about 6 years ago off the markdown shelf, and I still play it, even though I've beaten it over 12 times. Fallout, and Fallout 2 for that matter, are must-haves for anyone who loves a good story and a kickin' game to play.

The brilliance and enjoyment of Fallout and Fallout 2 cannot be put into words. These are my favorite video games ever. The complexity on every level is so amazing. I'm playing it now in 2007 and it still makes a lot of console games seem so stupid and simple.

I love the art- those first 2 Fallout games have amazing signature designs so you love exploring this wasteland and seeing what's out there. So many details to take in. All adding to the realism of this post nuke america. The characters and monsters are so cool- the brotherhood "knights" in their junk- technological armor and the radiated mutant freaks for example.

I love the excellent transferrence of old rpg game elements into this sci fi wasteland setting- that could have been done lamely but was perfectly enacted. This is one of my most loved rpg game systems as well. I love the turn based combat- I tried playing "Fallout Brotherhood of Steel" on the Playstation 2 and it really doesn't hold a candle to those first 2 games- I hate they eliminated the AWESOME game system from the first games!!! They lobotomized the series and turned it into a shooter wherein the camera view makes you angry but you can never change it. I love the original game system and pray the makers of Fallout 3 return to the original brilliance. It's fun collecting items, managing them and using them in the turn based combat. I'm not a fan of the real time combat systems- I like the old school style of being able to take my time and think of strategy. THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN PILLARS OF THE FALLOUT GAMES. (In the future, game makers should retain this great rpg system and build upon it and update graphics, but don't take away what makes the game work so well.)

I love the stark realism of the ruined world. This is not some corny console game with bad dialogue. You really feel you are in this desolate horrible place.

I love the moral choices- you are allowed to be the hero or a villain. You have choices in dialogue with characters that can affect the future. You can be a noble rescuer or a common slaver. This type of gameplay will become more common in the future as it opens up vistas of experience to players. You are not forced to accept one role- you can assume many in many different games- making each game you play almost unique. You can find friends to travel and fight with you, and you can betray them too.

If only they had been able to render a unique body and design for each character in the Fallout world- then these games would've felt truly like huge realistic worlds, but unfortunately the same few character body types repeat a lot, but generally it isn't so bad as the story and dialogue are great.

Fallout and Fallout 2 must be among the greatest games ever made. Playing Fallout 2 in 2007 I am enjoying it as much as ever and noticing how much better than many ps2 or gamecube games it is- I can't wait to see what they do with Fallout 3! Give us more amazing art design! More amazing characters! More creepy radiated monsters! More fear, more choices!

These games are legendary and must not be missed.

This has been one of my favorite games for almost ten years, and remains so.
If you are a gamer and you have not played this, you should probably take a minute to reflect, consider and weep at how long you have missed out on this masterpiece. If you are a gamer and did not like this game, you should rethink what you're doing with your life and consider playing football or some equally brainless activity.
Simply put, this game is brilliant and if you have not played it, do so right now.
This version for the mac is also quite true to the original.

I had ENORMOUS expectations for this game. I've played EVERY RPG now that you can think of, even planescape and divinity as well as bigger names like Baldur's Gate. I have to be honest, if you're going to buy a game for a Mac, I'd buy Baldur's Gate.

Here's What I Liked:
Fallout is definitely the first of its kind, groundbreaking, really, and respect should be given where it's due. It really birthed a great generation of game making. There are many places with many different outcomes. I personally enjoy the gameplay graphics, although some might consider them antiquated. Fighting is relatively fun, more towards the end especially. This game also runs WAY better on a mac now than it does on XP and Vista. Oh and don't forget if you have the Leopard OS you need to download the 256-bit color driver which was recently deleted for being obsolete.

What I Didn't Like:
The user interface is terrible! It's clunky and makes the flow of the game very slow. Turn-based fighting in THIS game is REALLY slow; you can run during combat, but your enemies walk... slowly... Come on Temple of Elemental Evil and Arcanum both had great quick turn based fighting systems. Another thing, a LOT of skills are just plain useless and are unbalanced. For instance, you can use your repair, science, first aid, and other skills with almost NO skill points in them and most skills have books you can buy to increase them (you end up accumulating an obscene amount of wealth with nothing to spend it on). The bugs in this game are numerous and widespread and many times (for side quests) you're left with little to no information about what to do. Your journal ("Pip Boy") contains very little information, with quest descriptions like "Kill gang member." Profound and unhelpful, when I'm trying to figure out who in town I'm trying to kill. Also, the world is just small compared to other similar games like Baldur's Gate. And don't get me started on side quest bugs, they have very strange triggers and can cause strange problems with dialogues and quest completion if you wind up completing certain quests without receiving them on accident. There are very few "Oh you already did that?" dialogue lines. And opening doors is not a quick animation. You have to fiddle with the door to open it.

Overall, the game was a pioneer and was is the key word there. The games that came just after it were worlds better go check out Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, Divinity (not the best game, but its ok), but the best game IMHO is still Arcanum: Steamworks of Magick Obscura. Unfortunately not for a mac, but it will run on a mac running bootcamp, or another such program.

The service of the vendor/supplier was excellent, but the game isn't what I expected. a true classic, but how often do you want to drive a model T when all you want is speed.