Fallout review: Worth playing in 2023? You mean the best post-apocalyptic RPG ever? Of course!
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Fallout is the paragon o Post-apocalyptic themed RPGs. Underrail, Atom RPG, Encased and just about every other RPG that has come out in the last 20 years (including Wasteland 2 and Wasteland 3!!) look up to this classic for various reasons. Along with Baldur's Gate 2 and Planescape: Torment, it is one of the three most influential rpgs of all time.
6:02 - Character Creation and Progression
14:45 - Gameplay
24:38 - Story & Lore
40:34 - Companions Lorewise
42:06 - Companions Gameplaywise
42:28 - Secondary Mechanics & UX
45:45 - Sound Effects & Mix
47:25 - Music
48:59 - Voice Acting
50:05 - Graphics
51:57 - Performance & Stability
53:29 - Other Considerations & Final Thoughts
And here are the promise goodies:
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just stopping by to say, ABSOLUTELY! I just played through it again a week ago and it's still just as amazing as it has always been! One of my top 5 games of all time!
Top-3 RPG of all time:
1. planescape torment
2. fallout 1/2
3. BG-2
The original F1 and F2 are, for me, the best games I've ever played. I agree with everything, but I feel the music does deserve a 10. It makes the game one of the most immersive to this day and I do listen to it when falling asleep - so much dark ambient has been inspiried by it!
Agree completely. The music creates so much character and immersion for these games that it makes them timeless and absolutely unforgettable.
I remember my "Casino Royale" character, that had gambling as a tagged skill. With high LCK, AGL, INT, you get the James Bond archetype. Imagine my shock, that Gambling was not a lame duck skill, but actually useful and a pillar of the build!
I still have not finished Fallout. I got physical copies almost fifteen years ago when I was a teen, but I think I gave up after you meet Lou Tenant (vague to avoid spoilers). But the voice actors they got for Fallout-holy cow. To name just a few-Tony Shalhoub, Richard Dean Anderson, Brad Garrett, David Warner, Frank Welker, and-in my opinion one of the most recognizable voices ever-Tony Jay. There's nothing quite like quality voice acting in a '90s video game.
There's also a fan-made mod called "Fallout 1.5 Resurrection" which is set between FO1 and 2. It's a full campaign and really well done (and tough). I highly recommend it, it runs on the FO2 game. The original Fallout is still one of my favorite RPGs to this day, clunkiness and all.
Worth playing in 2023? HELL YES. First Fallout games and New Vegas would be worth playing in 2077! And beyond... if there will be beyond, heh.
Fallout 2 was my first RPG ever back in 2000. Was kinda shocking experience to young guy who never played anything except some NES action-platformes, early FPS (we called 'em 3D Actions at the time) and couple of point & click adventures. Still one of my absolute favs and always will be.
So, time to watch this awaited video...
I imagine you immediately looked for Fallout 1 after you were done with the second one.
@@YeOldEntertainment it took me couple of years to find copy. Post-USSR videogame market was... wild. There were couple of pirate studies who made good localisations and a s**tload of imposters with terrible translations. Yep, pirates were pirating pirates)) Most of classical games got official releases only at the brink of 2010s. And a lot of even older RPGs, adventures and other text-heavy genres were never officially released but are available on Steam / GOG.
@@johannwolden1161 I once went from Finland to Russia and the very first thing we saw on our way to St. Petersburg was this "pirate citadel" or sorts. I had not seen anything quite like that. Must've been the year 2000.
Incidentally enough I just finished it a couple days ago, for the first time... and I really loved it, currently I'm playing Fallout 2 and liking it even more.
Play Fallout Fixt. Best version.
Music in fallout is exactly the music the lead developer listened to while working on it. It`s heavily based on Brian Eno ambient works.
Oh shit! yes! this music is indeed very Brian Eno, I didn't know this, but it makes all the sense in the world. Enossification confirmed!
I have to say that Fallout looks and feels *really* old these days. So much that it actually adversely affects the experience. But it is still a masterpiece and I wish it would get some polish in its visuals and controls but stay otherwise completely unchanged. "You get 1000 xp for sneaking into the military base without getting caught". I wonder how many other players got that one back in the day, given that "wasting" points on sneaking wasn't exactly popular. But the game not only made it possible to be a sneaky character and be rewarded for it here and there, no, it explicitly acknowledged that my playstyle was valid with comments like this. I only recall one other game that did things like this, and it was a game from the same developer: Arcanum. Too bad that one hasn't aged well either.
I just played it this year, and glad that I did! I seldom play a game where I have to prepare and plan. Classic Fallout was so refreshing, especially with It's setting.
One of the very few games that allows me to role play my fantasy of being a child murderer, a misogynist and a savior of the people 😊
That's exactly right. Actually... I can't think of a single other game that allows you to do all three things.
@@YeOldEntertainment lol, in all seriousness, I prefer to play a build that reflects the parameters of my character’s ethics and abilities (even if I might find certain builds from my play throughs morally reprehensible). For me, playing Fallout 1 and 2 is an experiment on how to put yourself in the shoes of someone else without breaking character.
I loved your intro!
50:53 in regards of animation quality, I believe you might find this interview with Leonard Boyarsky worthwhile. He KNEW what he was doing while putting effort and resources into them.
(worth watch in entirety, but I've put the timestamp for convenience)
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I'm really enjoying this conversation (I've not yet watched the whole video). Turns out these "tiny things no one cares about" are a big part of the game's secret recipe for immortality. Thanks for the suggestion!
1:20-ish Thank you. This is why despite my love for the series, I don't consider the Final Fantasy (or even most JRPGs) as RPG. Not on that explanation, anyway.
Also not sure if you did this on purpose, but I always felt that some of the beats of Fallout 2's main story are similar to JRPGs. You're the chosen one of your village, you have the blood of a special person from the past, you're out on an adventure to save your village, you unravel the stories of the old and more advanced past, your village got attacked and the stakes goes higher, the main villain is bent on destroying humanity, and so on. I had a thought to add a JRPG-style, happy-go-lucky map theme to lampoon those similarites. Of course, these are not exclusive to JRPGs but compared to other Fallouts and even to big names of cRPGs like Baldur's Gate and The Elder Scrolls, these beats are less close to those games than to Breath of Fire or Golden Sun.
Or perhaps because this game was one of the first cRPG that I played after growing up playing JRPGs.
fallout 1&2 changed the way I played RPGs for the rest of my life. I wiped out a village and had a integrity check in real life and said no I am not going to do that anymore. Since then I have tried to play my games as if I was really there, real life in a way. it makes me think about my decisions a little more.
Eeeeexactly
Yes! This! Respect for you my frend! This is how i play most my RPG games. I RP a lot and i try to play immersively as if i was in that world making real decisions. I mostly end up going the chaotic good character in my games and do the right thing, try to help everyone that i like and sprinkle in the occasional mayhem here and there, when the situation calls for. But i always try to make my decisions according to the greater good. When you do that you can;t always save everyone and some people will hate you, but at the end of the day, if you are ok with the choices you made and you try to positively influence the majority of people, then i think that is a good playthrough.
I tried to do the evil playthrough in games like Skyrim, but then i always end up as a mostly good character anyway so i just gave up on that silliness and now i just play as a morally good character that is not afraid to piss off some people to make some tough decisions. I just can't play a bad guy or asshole character in games. My moral compass wont let me.
I usually play RPGs once or twice, so i think how is the best way to progress through those games with the proper decisions and just live with the consequences.
TY for sharing!
@@mancamiatipoola wow nice to see others having similar experience. Even in Xcom turn based strategy l would watch playthroughs where players would create human bombs to take out the aliens and just buy more soldiers to replace. I just couldnt do that, felt cheap and a waste of time versus careful planning and valuing the time and training put into each soldier. i remember one mission I was frankly out gunned and took on a bigger ship loosing a couple of soldiers. I decided to withdraw the survivors back to the sky ranger and gtfo. At least some survived to fight another day.
@@ghostman76015
Oh yes, dont even get me started on getting attached to virtual characters that have the personalities of a dead moth. In games like X-com the soldiers have no dialogue and just spout a few generic lines, but the fact you can customize them so much makes you become attached to them, just cuz they look cool now.
Im playing Baldur's Gate 3 now and that game really knows how to get you invested in the story and characters. I play that very immersively and i try to be a decent and wise leader to the party of companions that eventually gathers around you. To say that you get attached to some characters in that game is an understatement, especially when you see them in the badass gear you put them in, during conversation cutscenes.
If you haven;t tried it yet, i totally recommend it. It is truly one of the best RPGs of the decade.
This series of games in the Fallout tactical RPG genre are definitely a masterpiece and a product of their time. In the 90s it was still the wild west of the gaming industry without any clearly defined genres, fanbases, trends and big companies. Every video game was a new experience and most people kids not quite used to mature video games like this one. I played it for the first time in the early 2000s and then i played it again in the 2010s. For me this game was a hit and miss because it demanded a lot of time which i didnt have at the time due to life and work. I think i missed the age boat on this game becaues when i was in my 20s i could not afford a PC and in my 30s i no longer had the time or the patience to give this game a good try.
As an adult gamer i have to say i am spoiled with good UIs and clear quests and objectives and i simply do not have the time to follow a game for which you have to do some extensive research and follow outside guides just to figure out a quest line. I also dont have the time anymore to invest in learning such an extensive game, but i would love to see a remaster at some point.
But i will still remember this game with nostalgia and will always appreciate it's charming graphics and the unforgettable UI blip sounds which are a hallmark of these Fallout games.
TY for a great review as always.
One of my favourite games of all time 🙌🙌🙌 time to see if my opinion is valid or not
If a computer game has an animation for an NPC scratching his ass and smelling on his finger, you know it's a masterpiece.
This isn't even a joke... that IS an indication that it is a masterpiece.
Such a great classic game. I have to point out however that charisma has very little to do with anything in the original Fallout. Having low charisma doesnt lock character out from almost any conversation. High speech skill with low charisma makes almost all the doors open. Because of that charisma is absolutely the most useless stat in this game.
Outstanding review. Fallout was lighting in a bottle. Everything came together just right (except the clunky inventory system). It's the first game I got really into back in the day, and I've been looking for a buzz like that ever since! Fortunately, New Vegas exists...
Exactly New Vegas is the best Post-apocalyptic CRPG to come out since the original two Fallout Games.
I swear to God if I see one more video saying is x really popular franchise game worth playing in x year I'm going to blow my brain out the original fallout series is always worth giving a shot since it's usually free
I don't know if it was the case then, but GoG ships both the classic and censored versions when you buy fallout 1 and 2. Your download is both
Bout damn time. I've got nothing really, nailed Fallout 1 pretty much.
Now you're wrong about Marcus, Boone, Raul, Dog/God, Christine, Dean Domino, follows-chalk, Lilly, Dogmeat, rex, ede, nick valentine of course.
They're all mediocre (except Rex and Cass) and some like Raul and Boone are even below that line.
@Ye Old Entertainment I haven't played the game in years and Boone is still dropping Geckos from half the map away for me.
In other news Chris Avellone's accusers have to pay him for their libel. So good timing for this review.
yeah new content from my fav creator!
Thanks man! thanks a lot!
great video as always. a few comments: 1) i also think it is unnaceptable that we have only a censored version available without any other choice. 2) as a sound designer myself I'd say that partial voice over are sort of mandatory if you don't want to compromise the quality of the text on these types of games - it is an opinion. Voice acting everything is too much costly, on every regard, and even on biggest releases we see that lines are removed due to the voicing everything responsability design choice.
Thanks. I've also worked with voice talent, and yes... this is exceptionally expensive. But they could've made 100% non-voiced, as it happens in the Shadowrun series, and I would've been o.k. with that. That would've added to the immersion, allowed them to include even more dialogue options, etc.
I like how classic Fallout has a perk to explain the difference between "Hi, nice to meet you" and "shut up you dumb idiot!"
I do miss playing a good/real RPG... I don't have much time nowadays and I hate playing a couple of hours only to play the following week and not remembering anything 😂
yes, i remember that... i was there 1000 years ago - fallout my 1st rpg ever. 2nd was baldurs gate1 ;)
btw. F1 is still awesome, this music makes best ambient & climate best ever!
Exactly! like I say in the video, it's not about the composition or the execution, it's about the arrangements and the immersion.
"Albertian"...
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Great review as always, my friend!
Right. The games are a masterpiece. Kinda like this video.
Wow. O.k. thank you!!
As always, awesome video, Alex!
Thanks man!
I'm surprised that the rant about RPG took so long to appear on this channel. ^^ Unfortunately it's "old man yells at clouds" now, since the RPG tag is as useful as "action adventure" nowadays...
Thanks for this almost one hour long video on a game I will probably never play because I'm not that into post-apo and I could stomach finishing arcanum only for the story & setting (and because magic is easy/convenient mode). Maybe playing New vegas will make me change my mind, if I ever get to it.
Nice to see the "A-MA-ZING" come back, anyone know who's the actress ? Looks a bit like Winona Ryder but it's not her I think
Not sure what to make of this comment.
@@YeOldEntertainment sorry I wasn't clear, it wasn't ironic, I meant that I like your takes on games even if I don't plan on playing them ever, and I also agree that RPG should have roleplaying in them but this battle has been lost long ago
@@armelior4610 Oh well, in that case I will reward you with the actress's name. She's Peyton List
@@YeOldEntertainment turns out without face mask she doesn't look like her at all ^^
@@armelior4610 That's because the mask does an (wait for it)... a-ma-zing job.
I have way more problems with it but i still consider a solid game
Flaws i have with it are with how unbalanced some skills are such as Big guns being quite bad aside from the flamer, first aid being inferior to doctor or outdoorsman being outright useless, its still possible to finish the game with any of those, but its definitively a handcap.
I also dislike how theres no restrictions for resting aside from a few areas in which you cant, which lead the player to restore HP constantly without having to care about resources
You can also steal the weapons from almost every enemy in the game, meaning you can exploit it constantly, making combat encounters pathetic (something they fixed at fo2)
The economy sucks and itemization isnt all that great, usually lacking great economical goals and loot being trivialized sometimes by the fact you already having acess to better equipment progression-wise (for example, you can get The ap pistol in the hub, same place you get acess to a .223 which makes the AP one useless)
And yes, writing feels a bit clunky sometimes, but the endgame aged really damn well.
Only thing i would disagree with you is that no game in the series did companions justice. Atleast if we are mentioning dlcs
Dead money crew is just way too fleshed out to the point i had to reset the dlc from the start in order to save dog/god, i really felt like i knew those people and this is rare coming from fallout.
So damn worth the wait!
Thanks! Good because I think you'll be waiting a while for Fallout 2 XD.
@@YeOldEntertainment That‘s only fair, can’t spoil us too much! :D
It's a bit clunky, but still a good game.
When did they rename Fallout: New Vegas to Fallout?
WTF are you talking about?
@@Valkbg probably refering to the title saying its the "best post apocalyptical rpg ever made'
@@Jrdotan Thought it was stupid shit like that.
Short answer, if you can get past the clunkines
Now I need to play the first Fallout game finaly...cause if I don't...that means I'm gay :(
Only if you don't like it.
Sí, totalmente, la palabra RPG la han prostituido muchas compañías para atraer compradores, lamentable.
¡¡Y los usuarios!! ¿Quién coño le pone "RPG" de etiqueta a juegos como los que salen en el intro? Luego uno va y se "deja las pelas" y se queda con un truño de juego que no se lo pasa ni Dios (de hecho, en ninguno de los juegos que mencioné ahí pude aguantar más de una hora).
@@YeOldEntertainment Es precisamente eso lo que me "obliga" a ver varios gameplays antes de decidirme por comprar un juego, ya que no me sobra el dinero, por lo que tengo que hacer un estudio de mercado en condiciones antes de decidirme por uno u otro para no tirar el dinero a la basura con alguno de esos ejemplos que dices. Así que gracias.
@@kalamsp Sí, exactamente. Es un coñazo, pero hay que hacerlo. Es lo que yo tendría que haber hecho.
🎉 rejoice 🎉
Hehe, thanks!
80th!
FO1&2 needs remake
While they do need a remake... I shudder at the prospect of any modern day developer taking the reigns of that project.
mods exist
Lore of Falcom's Trails series is even deeper and more extensive. With 10+ games and almost 20 years of constant development.
I don’t think this person will like it since it’s a Jrpg and you really don’t have any story or influence in the story aside from picking a waifu in Cold Steel which pissed everyone off
@@peterparker1683 Hard to tell. There are trade-offs, which worth depends on the person. The series DEMANDS a different mindset. It is not about finishing the game, but about exploring the world. It is not about how you change the world, but how world changes you. It is not about you being the most powerful character or even super special, but a part of something bigger. You pay by having a much less agency, but in return have much more concentrated narrative and deeper NPCs. That is why while playing it, people need to go from goal to process oriented mindset, from controlling destiny to flowing with the stream.
@@copiumkiller I agree it’s why I like the series too. But I’m not sure if the person in this video would given his tastes and what he considers what an “rpg” is. Like you said he would have to go in with a different mindset to play.
@@peterparker1683 I have played sky trilogy, CS1 and now I am on Zero. For some people it takes 120h to play Zero and Azure. For me was 120h at the start of 4th chapter of Zero, because I read EVERY NPC and played all alternative choices in trails games. It took me 130-140h, if not more to finish CS , bc I reloaded save files to go on dates with everybody. Zero is MUCH better than CS1 (HORNY Crossbell, I died from laughter when they reached Schwarze action, but even before 1st time visiting hospital was so funny). Play Zero, if you have not!
@@copiumkiller I’ve played all of them well all the games up to CS4
You named your character Alexandra in that japanese game!!! hahaha and then you get mad when I make fun of you at work! 😂
10:03 --> 10:04 what. da. fvck.
Reality: the game can be completed using only 2-3 viable builds.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Please create a build that you think is impossible to complete the game as and I`ll do it.
Thats a myth
The game can be easily completef even with underpowered builds
It is a myth indeed. This time a played it with Albert... without modifying ANYTHING and I beat the game just fine. The first time I had s super-duper-noobishly build spreading point like a noob to "cover everything" and I still managed to beat it and the second time I went for a min-maxed (10 luck 10 agility 10 intellect) and beat it just fine.
Yeah HTH and melee are very tough builds. You better have speech to go along with those if that's your primary way. I would hate to take on the final boss with those, but it might be doable on normal. I think we tend to think of builds like as in modern games where you stick to the same build the entire game. I don't think the original developers thought that way. I believe you were intended to go HTH or melee in the beginning when ammo was scarce and eventually graduate to small guns, energy weapons, or big guns. The first Fallout in particular seems to steer you from hth/melee to guns to energy weapons since regular guns do lose their punch by the end where the turbo plasma rifle is like the best weapon. Late fallouts fixed this somewhat. I'm somewhat okay with this. I mean, how realistic is it to be going up to a guy with power armor and a rocket launcher and punching him to death? I think games like Fallout 4 went too far the other way and made HTH and melee too powerful. Fallout 1 forced you to adapt to your current environment rather than be a one trick pony.
@@jimmym3352 Not that hard
You probably think it would be a tough battle because the master has strong attacks with its laser weapons and stuff
But that doesnt end up being the case because at the cathedral you have tesla armor which give you 90% laser DR, you basically dont take damage if you dont receive a crit, considering you are playing melee you will have higher endurance anyways so not even crits Will kill you
Then if you are doing fast shot + HtH you can do shit like hitting the master with a powerfist 12 times in sequence (since AP can get reduced to cost 1 each hit)
I literally made a character with high sequence + fast shot +HtH + slayer one time and i was getting like, 50+ damage at each hit with my power fist and two turns one after another.
You become god
Game looks terrible on my system but looks ok here. WTF.
I did use the high res patch.