lizardmwk
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Fallout 2 1998
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2 days
Last played
November 28, 2021
First played
November 21, 2021
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November 2021
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The Sunday Session
Fallout 2, session 2
Oof. Coming back to Fallout 2 twenty years later is ruff, y’all
This feels like the devs had 11 months to take their existing assets and turn out a bigger, better sequel to one of the most influential RPGs of all time. It feels like that because this is exactly what happened.
Honestly, I don’t get why folks prefer FO2 to the original. Even on my first playthrough in the 90s, I remember thinking FO2 felt twice as big and twice as empty. It’s the proto-version of the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey problem.
Played through the second section of the game, in the very boring Den. Rescued Vic, and you have the option from there to go to Vault City or Redding.
I opted to go to Vault City, which in fact sneakily steers you discovering Modoc instead. The trouble with Modoc is…. It’s super boring! Not even counting Arroyo, it’s the third boring farm town in a row that you end up having to save in the first act of the game.
In Modoc, I got eaten by wild dogs in a poorly constructed sidequest, and had zero desire to reload.
Thinking I’m gonna abandon FO2 and gonna skip ahead down the list again. Just not feelin’ this.
Next up: Planescape Torment!
Fallout 2, session 2
Oof. Coming back to Fallout 2 twenty years later is ruff, y’all
This feels like the devs had 11 months to take their existing assets and turn out a bigger, better sequel to one of the most influential RPGs of all time. It feels like that because this is exactly what happened.
Honestly, I don’t get why folks prefer FO2 to the original. Even on my first playthrough in the 90s, I remember thinking FO2 felt twice as big and twice as empty. It’s the proto-version of the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey problem.
Played through the second section of the game, in the very boring Den. Rescued Vic, and you have the option from there to go to Vault City or Redding.
I opted to go to Vault City, which in fact sneakily steers you discovering Modoc instead. The trouble with Modoc is…. It’s super boring! Not even counting Arroyo, it’s the third boring farm town in a row that you end up having to save in the first act of the game.
In Modoc, I got eaten by wild dogs in a poorly constructed sidequest, and had zero desire to reload.
Thinking I’m gonna abandon FO2 and gonna skip ahead down the list again. Just not feelin’ this.
Next up: Planescape Torment!
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The Sunday Session
Let's go! I like to play pre-gens in these old RPGs whenever they're available, and Fallout 2 has one for each of its main pillars: a fighter, a talker, or a sneaker.
I've only finished FO2 once before, 20 years ago, and I remember playing as Chitsa (the sneaky one). This time, after struggling through the janky combat in Baldur's Gate all summer, I'm kind of in the mood to get in some decent, turn-based fights in FO2 tbh, just to wash that rancid RTWP stink off me.
So, I decided to ride out with the default Chosen One-- the hard-hitting basic himbo Narg. Small Guns, Melee, Throwing. High strength & max endurance, and with the Gifted trait, so he's pretty decent at everything in the early game.
In these first few hours, I finished the temple of trials, and the first couple mini-quests around Arroyo and Klamath, in order to scratch together the $350 to free Sulik.
sidenote: I like how Sulik's mission dovetails with your main quest. He's also looking for Trader Vic, searching for his sister who was captured by the Enclave. So, teaming up with him makes sense. Kind of obvious, but it's just nice to be back in the world of smart, competent game design again.
Let's go! I like to play pre-gens in these old RPGs whenever they're available, and Fallout 2 has one for each of its main pillars: a fighter, a talker, or a sneaker.
I've only finished FO2 once before, 20 years ago, and I remember playing as Chitsa (the sneaky one). This time, after struggling through the janky combat in Baldur's Gate all summer, I'm kind of in the mood to get in some decent, turn-based fights in FO2 tbh, just to wash that rancid RTWP stink off me.
So, I decided to ride out with the default Chosen One-- the hard-hitting basic himbo Narg. Small Guns, Melee, Throwing. High strength & max endurance, and with the Gifted trait, so he's pretty decent at everything in the early game.
In these first few hours, I finished the temple of trials, and the first couple mini-quests around Arroyo and Klamath, in order to scratch together the $350 to free Sulik.
sidenote: I like how Sulik's mission dovetails with your main quest. He's also looking for Trader Vic, searching for his sister who was captured by the Enclave. So, teaming up with him makes sense. Kind of obvious, but it's just nice to be back in the world of smart, competent game design again.
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