/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9811806
Nope sorry

Fallout 2 has consumed 6000 hours of my life. How do I quit?

Is the restoration project worth downloading?

it's no masterpiece

Why did we turn on it?

Can anyone explain the San Francisco ending?

What's the biggest old game that you have played through multiple times?
I'm about to start my ninth playthrough of Fallout 2. Never gets old.

What's the biggest (in content) retro game that you have played through multiple times?
I'm about to start my ninth playthrough of Fallout 2. Never gets old.

>Is that...an obscure pop culture reference??? AAAIIIIIEEEE NOOOOOOOOOOO I'M GOING INSAAAANE HELP ME NIGGERMAN!!!

Fuck you, this game is great. Arguably the best in the series.

It blew my mind when I found out that you could kill the enclave president by giving him several super stimpacks and then moving the game time forward. You mean to tell to me that I need to invest points in the steal skill so that I can successfully pickpocket someone without them attacking me, but I am free to inject them with chemicals until they die? what the fuck.

1fags, please explain how 2 isn't a vast improvement by every important measure, besides the ending acting. Help me understand your mindset and reasoning.

Just reinstalled this game for another playthrough.

Fallout 2 thread!

You Missed 2

I just played through Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 for the first time. What does /vr/ think about these games?

I will admit that the turn-based combat and the somewhat clunky controls took some getting used to, but I was definitely enjoying the combat by the end of the first game. I feel like I had always heard that people preferred the first game to the second, but having just played them for the first time, I think that the second game is far superior to the first ... although The Master was a more compelling final boss than the Enclave President and Frank Horrigan from FO2. The first game is just too bare-bones to compare to the second game; you can tell that re-using the engine and a lot of the visuals really allowed them to expand and make the second game much larger than the first.

By far my biggest gripe with BOTH games, however, is the painfully stupid AI for the companions. This is especially problematic in the first game, and while they tried to at least add "Combat Controls" for your companions in FO2, I really don't feel like it helped much. The companion system in general feels a little strange because they are so strong in the beginning of the game, to the point where it feels like they carry you through early game combat. By the end of the game, however, it becomes a chore just to keep them from getting one-shot in battles. You go from completely relying on your companions in the beginning to desperately trying to save them by the end. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to strategically funnel your opponents through a doorway, only to have Vic or Sulik charge headfirst into the next room all by themselves.

They're good games, though, and I'm glad that it looks like FO2 lets you explore when you finish the game. Is there anything worth doing in FO2 now that I've finished the main quest? Anything I should make a point to go and do now? What kind of characters did you guys run?

How do I get into Fallout 2? The beginning with the temple really bored me.

Currently doing a Fallout 2 Sneak/Unarmed run, and at 103 % Sneak I can't seem to manage to get behind my opponents at all, I keep getting detected.
How much Sneak should I have to even consider getting behind my enemies?

Suggest some good starter stats for fallout 2 as well as some interesting mods for it.

Last night I cleared the first game and now just started the second one.

This time I decided to play as the female character to see how talking my way out of stuff would work...
Turns out I'm relying on sex and feel kinda gay.

Tried a charismatic male with high speech but noticed using Sex Appeal just makes other men hate me, so talking it out of question.

Which traits are the most useful with its cons not hindering me so much?

Also, Fallout thread.

damn this game doesn't hold back! i'm on my 3rd attempt to complete the game because on my first playthrough i had no idea what to do
2nd playthrough i get addicted to jet and it involves a long side quest to get it cured, but i need a high doctor and barter skills or something like that.
i give respect to people who completed fallout2 without a guide or walkthrough

Classic Fallout thread? Discuss the older entries of the Fallout franchise here.