Posted December 22, 2008
The greatest computer game of all time.
Now that`s rather a rash statement eh? And who the hell am I to say such a thing?
Well, i`m Joe Average, I am old enough to have played the best from the very beginnings ... I owned a computer store back in 1982, and Ive played every console and every variant computer there is.
Fallout 2 is where it was all heading towards, and where it all ended... for that type of game in that phase of history.
The coders and programmers of Black ISle / Interplay honed their expertise on other such greats as Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale, and latterly, the original Neverwinter Nights.
FO2 was their private jokes, their wicked humour, their adult freedom. It was the embodiment of their razor wit and stunning storytelling.
If you want a game you can jump into and complete within a week, then FO2 isnt your game.
It`ll take thought and dedication to just even get out of the starter area...but the rewards if you do so are like stumbling across a winning lottery ticket.
It has a few bugs, like the disappearing car and the neverending trunk, but despite its dated graphics and quirky behaviour, it has a thousand times worth of replayability to find a new joke, a new scenario, a new laugh out loud sequence.
Want to be a boxer? go for it...
Want to be a porn star? then Lube up ...
Want to be a mindless thug who cant talk? or a Boffin with a brain like Marvin? (who`s Marvin? you`ll see!)
You can be who you like, how you like, any way you like...
You can slash, you can hack, you can snipe, you can explode, you can nuke, you can blast...
There simply isnt another game like this ever made...and I dont expect there will ever be another like it.
I just have one last question for you....
Why are you still reading this? you should now be downloading it and immersing yourself in post-apocalypse America... wandering the wastelands gambling in New reno, taking a rather dubious "scrub" in the Bath house, or visiting the cats paw to live out your basest fantasies.
Go...now... go play!
It just doesnt get any better!
Now that`s rather a rash statement eh? And who the hell am I to say such a thing?
Well, i`m Joe Average, I am old enough to have played the best from the very beginnings ... I owned a computer store back in 1982, and Ive played every console and every variant computer there is.
Fallout 2 is where it was all heading towards, and where it all ended... for that type of game in that phase of history.
The coders and programmers of Black ISle / Interplay honed their expertise on other such greats as Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale, and latterly, the original Neverwinter Nights.
FO2 was their private jokes, their wicked humour, their adult freedom. It was the embodiment of their razor wit and stunning storytelling.
If you want a game you can jump into and complete within a week, then FO2 isnt your game.
It`ll take thought and dedication to just even get out of the starter area...but the rewards if you do so are like stumbling across a winning lottery ticket.
It has a few bugs, like the disappearing car and the neverending trunk, but despite its dated graphics and quirky behaviour, it has a thousand times worth of replayability to find a new joke, a new scenario, a new laugh out loud sequence.
Want to be a boxer? go for it...
Want to be a porn star? then Lube up ...
Want to be a mindless thug who cant talk? or a Boffin with a brain like Marvin? (who`s Marvin? you`ll see!)
You can be who you like, how you like, any way you like...
You can slash, you can hack, you can snipe, you can explode, you can nuke, you can blast...
There simply isnt another game like this ever made...and I dont expect there will ever be another like it.
I just have one last question for you....
Why are you still reading this? you should now be downloading it and immersing yourself in post-apocalypse America... wandering the wastelands gambling in New reno, taking a rather dubious "scrub" in the Bath house, or visiting the cats paw to live out your basest fantasies.
Go...now... go play!
It just doesnt get any better!