Games

Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

Interplay Entertainment, Black Isle Studios

1997•RPG•PEGI 16•About 25 hours

Taste attributes: adventurescience fictionanimalsdetectiveheisthistoricalmonster/alien/supernaturalpoliticalrobots/ai/spacefresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelineargrittybig & variedall consuming questdeep rivalryfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and weighty: an expansive RPG, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

86 / 100

668 ratings

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About This Game

The Vault Dweller is tasked with exploring post-nuclear California in order to retrieve a water chip to replace the broken chip of Vault 13, their home, which they are the first person to ever leave. The player will engage in Western RPG character building and turn-based tactical combat while getting to know settlements and factions of people, mutants and ghouls through branching dialogue trees.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Fallout is set in the timeline which deviated from our own some time after World War II, and where technology, politics and culture followed a different course. In the 21st century, a worldwide conflict is brought on by global petroleum shortage. Several nations begin warring with one another for the last of non-renewable resources, namely oil and uranium; known as the Resource Wars, fighting begins in April 2052 and ends in 2077. China invades Alaska in the winter of 2066, causing the United States to go to war with China and using Canadian resources to supply their war efforts, despite...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureScience fictionAnimalsDetectiveHeistHistoricalMonster/alien/supernaturalPoliticalRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questDeep rivalryFighting evilFish out of water/culture clashHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceRescue/escape/jeopardySelf destruction/implosionSocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seemsTroubled leads

Keywords

AliensHuntingPost-apocalypticExplorationMurderDrugsGrindingTurn-based

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Details

Developers: Interplay Entertainment, Black Isle Studios
Publishers: Edusoft, MacPlay, Interplay Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks
Released: 10 October 1997
Series: Fallout
Platforms: OnLive Game System, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Time to beat: 10h rushed, 25h normally, 50h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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