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Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by pavel_lishin »

wnoise wrote: post #8
danso wrote: post #4

I've bought these games several times before (at discount) for the various OSes and computers I've had. I haven't played many modern RPGs (including Fallout 3+) but have any RPGs since Fallout surpassed it in allowing the player to truly embody an actual path? Not only could you play through making good/evil moral choices, but you could actually win the first game, IIRC, without even firing a single shot (by talking…

> but still (in my mind) unsurpassed in writing I take it you haven't played _Planescape: Torment_ ?

I actually tried playing this. When I left the room in which I woke up, some sort of giant angel thing basically insta-killed me. Considering that this was after 5 minutes of gameplay, I gave up. :/

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by eropple »

copx wrote: post #19
danso wrote: post #4

I've bought these games several times before (at discount) for the various OSes and computers I've had. I haven't played many modern RPGs (including Fallout 3+) but have any RPGs since Fallout surpassed it in allowing the player to truly embody an actual path? Not only could you play through making good/evil moral choices, but you could actually win the first game, IIRC, without even firing a single shot (by talking…

>have any RPGs since Fallout surpassed it in allowing the player to truly embody an actual path? Yes, Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.

Ehh. Arcanum tried, but its ambitions were pretty high and it didn't really fulfill them. Neat game, but not nearly up to the level of either Fallout title, IMO.

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by jamie_ca »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #21
wnoise wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> but still (in my mind) unsurpassed in writing I take it you haven't played _Planescape: Torment_ ?

I actually tried playing this. When I left the room in which I woke up, some sort of giant angel thing basically insta-killed me. Considering that this was after 5 minutes of gameplay, I gave up. :/

Well, death and rebirth is a major theme of the game (what with your main character being immortal). They need to show the player that death isn't something to be feared like in most RPGs of the time.

I can see how that would be off-putting though.

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by andrewingram »

jamie_ca wrote: post #23
pavel_lishin wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I actually tried playing this. When I left the room in which I woke up, some sort of giant angel thing basically insta-killed me. Considering that this was after 5 minutes of gameplay, I gave up. :/

Well, death and rebirth is a major theme of the game (what with your main character being immortal). They need to show the player that death isn't something to be feared like in most RPGs of the time. I can see how that would be off-putting though.

It was a little disappointing that the game only had one puzzle which required that you die in order to solve it.

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by bernardom »

danso wrote: post #4

I've bought these games several times before (at discount) for the various OSes and computers I've had. I haven't played many modern RPGs (including Fallout 3+) but have any RPGs since Fallout surpassed it in allowing the player to truly embody an actual path? Not only could you play through making good/evil moral choices, but you could actually win the first game, IIRC, without even firing a single shot (by talking…

Baldur's Gate 2. It's so good that a studio re-made it to work on modern computers- it just came out last month:

http://www.baldursgateii.com/

(I have no relation other than a happy customer)

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by FurrBall »

bernardom wrote: post #25
danso wrote: post #4

I've bought these games several times before (at discount) for the various OSes and computers I've had. I haven't played many modern RPGs (including Fallout 3+) but have any RPGs since Fallout surpassed it in allowing the player to truly embody an actual path? Not only could you play through making good/evil moral choices, but you could actually win the first game, IIRC, without even firing a single shot (by talking…

Baldur's Gate 2. It's so good that a studio re-made it to work on modern computers- it just came out last month: http://www.baldursgateii.com/ (I have no relation other than a happy customer)

Baldur's Gate 2 is still my all-time favorite. It is more than just a game. One of humanities greatest works of art.

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by wsc981 »

shmerl wrote: post #15

GOG is great, but their lack of Linux support is the only thing which makes them falling behind competition.

It can be annoying when they sell games without proper (your preferred platform) support, but many games can still be played using WINE. For example: GoG doesn't sell the Mac versions of the Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale series, but those games run with very, very few issues in a WINE wrapper. And for Mac OS X at least, there are some great sites where one can download premade wrappers, e.g. PaulTheTall[0] and PortingTeam[1].

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[0]: http://paulthetall.com

[1]: http://portingteam.com

Re: Free Games: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics

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Post by yareally »

smithzvk wrote: post #17

Just goes to show you, if you wait long enough, that game you never had a chance to play but have been eying for a decade will be given out for free... so now it can sit on your hard drive where you still won't have time to play it!! Now I just need wait for the OddWorld games to start coming out for free... any decade now...

It's 3 dollars right now on gog during the sale, so it might as well be free.

http://www.gog.com/game/oddworld_abes_oddysee

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