My all time favorite RPG. True, Fallout 1 is a tighter experience and has better story, but there is just so much to do in Fallout 2, not just in the sense of the amount of locations, but also in the many ways you can interact with the world. Quests are more interesting and developed and almost every interaction has multiple outcomes, and I couldn't resist but keep reloading to see what the other options offer.

The comedic tone of the game seems to bother a lot of people, but personally I really enjoyed it, the game never takes itself too seriously, but yet manages to make a consistent world of interconnected cities with their own problems and interests. And the game is really hilarious, the voiced NPCs are extremely memorable in a very unapologetic 90s way. Bethesda attempts at humor are look like made by corporate suits compared to it. Also most pop culture references that everyone complains about did fly over my head (they felt like enigmatic dead ends), only San Fran really bothered me with that Scientologist stuff and not necessarily because is random, but more because it is boring. But that is only one area and very late in the game, in a huge game, that can be made even bigger with the restoration patch (as a fan of 90s pre-rendered graphics, I personally really like the cut submarine area, the extremely old and rusty submarine looks amazing).