Sat42 wrote:OK all this talk about Fallout is prompting me to ask:
is it still worth playing through the original Fallout games, in this day and age? Knowing full well that they play... well, they're cluncky, and in light of Fallout: New Vegas which brings back a lot of the original flavour storywise?
I guess my question is too vague without context:
- I can play old games (no shit ^^ here I am, a member of a community dedicated to a late-90s game ), in fact there are other classics I have decided I want to play before moving on to more modern stuff: Baldur's Gate is on my to-do list, IMO Tomb Raider II has good graphics, and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is still the most technologically advanced game I've ever owned and played for real
- I don't have that much time for this hobby.
- I love story-driven stuff (although - unlike a good friend of mine who now essentially just goes after games with a good narrative and little in terms of actual gameplay - gameplay can still act as a considerable draw for me, I haven't got to the point where I consider gameplay distracting and just want a good story!)
Of course, I'm only gonna get opinions, no foolproof reasoning, but that doesn't mean opinions can't be useful
If you're already fine with old visuals and some dated mechanics (mainly the interface in Fallout's case) you're already past most of the hurdles. As far as time goes they're relatively slow paced, especially the turn-based combat (although you can speed up enemy movement at least) but Fallout 1 is pretty short by RPG standards. 2 is much bigger, though technically a lot of it is optional, and that's ignoring the fact that it's so open you can go and finish it in less than an hour if you know exactly where to go. The only thing is that as an old RPG it's possible to create a pretty worthless character if you don't build them right; choosing a focus and applying a little common sense is probably enough to make a competent enough character but you might want to check out a character build guide.
These GOG threads also have some fan mods to fix up certain things, though I recall the OP links were down the last time I tried, but maybe it's fixed. The children patch in particular is important because the removal was done really sloppily so without it you get stuff like being pickpocketed by disembodied voices:
http://www.gog.com/forum/fallout_series ... mods/page1
http://www.gog.com/forum/fallout_series ... mods/page1