Fallout

I liked it.

Ah, there are but a few pleasures that can beat playing the original Fallout on a 33" monitor in 2019. The blood splattering from all those pesky rats, the tiny models of the women of the night slowly wobbling in one place and playing with their hair, and the horrid and shocking - even more as seen on a big pixelised screen - look of The Master as he speaks in his distorted nightmarish voice. RIP Dogmeat, you will be missed, and unfortunately the countless loads couldn't save you. /completed

I loved the desolate post-war setup for an RPG. It was severely lacking and more than welcomed. I don't care much for going back and replaying it, but at the time it was phenomenally original.

The monumental beginning of a new wave of CRPGs driven by greater focus on the writing as such, big wordy dialogue trees, a range of possible approaches tied into a complicated stat system, etc. It's the writing and original setting that really shine, though the turn-based combat holds up reasonably well, too.

Great voice acting and sound design. The main plot points were pretty good too. Initiates are useless in the end and were constantly getting in my way. Moving in this game is painful, you have to click a thousand times just to make a basic move. Grinding for levels is not fun. The fun bits are very fun and the boring bits are very boring, unfortunately the boring bits go on for longer. Killng rats is not fun.

Classic

good game

I love what this game does with its story, characters, and how it is all woven into the RPG framework. It is crazy that this game alone managed to spawn some of the most iconic enemy, character, and clothes designs (The Road Warrior influences aside) in the history of gaming. Boy is it a chore to play though, turn-based combat was done better, even at the time.

One of the great classics of the RPG genre. Stat- and skill-driven gameplay that can accomodate lots of different character builds, a large variety of non-combat skills, very strong writing, and an impeccable sense of atmosphere contribute to a near perfect overall experience. The game is a bit lacking in content though, and the Speech skill is rather too powerful compared to the other non-combat skills.