There are two versions of Fallouts now:
- classic (the old one)
- current (the new one)

... I hope that you can still download original version of Fallouts (no HD patches included), or you can select in installer which version you want to play, can't you?

[update] it's clear now http://www.gog.com/forum/general/rerelease_fallout_series_72e26/post121

So it sounds like anyone with the old GOG Fallout release doesn't need to worry about this new one. As long as none of them are the broken censored releases then it's all good. Those caused people all sorts of problems and confusion due to the horribly rushed and broken nature of the edits.

I hardly ever see change logs in the install directory anymore. Its so rare these days that I stopped looking there a couple years ago. I'm surprised every once in a while. Too bad, that was the handiest way.

That doesn't explain the 200 MB increase for Fallout 2 though - even the RP mod isn't that big!

I wouldn't worry about what they've done it. Before and after they patched up the Steam version all the mods etc worked perfectly. From what I could tell it was simply the Hi-Red mod that implemented with the game. Which itself is not a bad thing at all.

unless you want to play vanilla game, exactly as it ever was... to be honest, I love oryginal game with all graphics constraints (and hate "hd re-releases"), and hoped that gog version woild be my backup forever...

... oh well, I still have original cds somwhere :)

I'm not following. Because they made it possible for other people to use higher resolutions you don't want it? Did you even think to ask if the mod they used had any features to play it in its native resolution. Which by the (On assumption it is the same as the Steam versions) way it does.

Edit: The base game plays like shite on modern pc's. These patches do the game some considerable improvements.

I can even try and emulate old computer or have old machine (laptop) handy only for playing - old secondhand thinkpads cost pennies now and being business laptops they have XP preinstalled even after being refurbished

so when hardware is no problem, then I just need original executable and game assets to run

- seeing say 6x as much map/environment as in original game actually takes away huge portion of exploration
- when displayed at say 1080p, everything pixel-to-pixel is so tiny, scaled graphics is better overall (with sharp scaling that is)
- 640x480 graphics was actually like constant fog-of-war which added to overall feeling of the game

and yes, I know original game was full of bugs (and Fo2 without official patch is... well... mostly unplayable)... I still want original game, just as it was almost 20 years ago now, what's wrong with that?

The high resolution mod offers a 2x scaling option. I play it on a 1920x1200 monitor and it feels like the original, just without being blurry as fuck.

I know the thread is old by now but I see there were some talk about the inferiority of the censored version. Well, Fallout 1 was ALWAYS censored on GOG even before the re-release. It is simply the final official version of the game. The uncensored game was not patched, so elitist snobbery does not apply.

I do not own the re-release and so can't comment on it.