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Oh wow, think I'm gonna try this tonight. I love Fallout but it's the awful resolution and some of the clunkyness that makes it hard to play.
Looks like I have my evening project.
Looks like I have my evening project.
I tried all those things with Fallout 2 and it still god damn randomly crashed, made me really sad, so sad I threw some money on that Dead State or w/e turnbased action RPG zombie thingy.
is there a mod that turns the first two into 1st person games like Fallout3 and NewVegas would realy like to try them but cant get past awful turnbased gameplay and the godawul interface
Gonna try this; both Fallout and Fallout 2 crash fairly regularly on my PC so these tips might help me out.
"Fallout 3 is actually a very faithful modern adaptation of the series." Hahahaha oh wow, no it isn't.
Need to agree with Freakydemon on that one...the spirit might be there, but let's all just calm the f*ck down.
As a side note, I still think this article is awesome. Fallout and Fallout 2 are a couple of my most beloved games ever (I was born in 1982 if anyone cares, for reference sake). For those who can't get past the graphics or their perceived clunkiness, you are missing out, man...you are missing out...Used to stay up for nights playing these games. The exploration of Fallout 3 and New Vegas, while a welcome addition, also ruins the cohesiveness of the experience...minus the horrible bugs, those original games were tight.
Yeah don't mean to be some old school douchebag, but fallout 3 can kind of go f*ck itself. The basics are there, but a lot is lost from the originals, now new vegas, that was a step in the right direction, of course what else can you can expect from obsidian.
Anyway, great article, I've only played the vanilla version so some mods will be do me good the next time I replay them.
Anyway, great article, I've only played the vanilla version so some mods will be do me good the next time I replay them.
@Freakydemon
It is if you think about, tone, style, humor, visual direction (well its hard to fully translate that from such an old game but the art direction was there) sound and feel of fallout.
The gameplay was differant but thats about it. And i saw this as a near fantical lover of the first game.
It is if you think about, tone, style, humor, visual direction (well its hard to fully translate that from such an old game but the art direction was there) sound and feel of fallout.
The gameplay was differant but thats about it. And i saw this as a near fantical lover of the first game.
PS. @joshua - Thanks for the article! Getting back into PC gaming after an extended hiatus and really appreciate being able to play gems like Fallout to their full potential.
i played fallout with a lot of these mods awhile back and it was a great experience. reading this has made me want to do it with Fallout 2.
this is by far my favorite running feature on Dtoid. keep it up man!
this is by far my favorite running feature on Dtoid. keep it up man!
I remember when I first got Fallout on Steam and it was a weird psychodelic mess. I learned to change my desktop to a solid color and keep the screen resolution menu opened. Many hours were wasted since then.
Actually, I have a suggestion; a Diablo 2/LOD mod that does the same thing for the graphics; lets me play in a higher resolution. If anyone knows how I can do that, please let me know.
Also, Fallout, Fallout 2, and Brotherhood of Steel, oh mah gawd how I've loved those games over the years. Pretty much the first games I bought on GOG as soon as I could.
Don't miss out on these games; these are real gems and they still look fine with the mod for higher resolution.
Also, Fallout, Fallout 2, and Brotherhood of Steel, oh mah gawd how I've loved those games over the years. Pretty much the first games I bought on GOG as soon as I could.
Don't miss out on these games; these are real gems and they still look fine with the mod for higher resolution.
There is a widescreen res mod for Diablo 2, just do a bit of searching... though I think it violates the TOS for going online, not that I think they care but its worth mentioning.
@Themaud/Dixon
Tone, style and humor were ALL different in 3 than in 1/2, very different. Tone shifted from a serious, dark, gritty wasteland where no-one looked out for you to a happy, smiley 50's SCIENCE! spoof. The humor is superficial, light and right in your face, not even trying to be dark or subtle. The visual direction was mostly the same true. Lore wise, 3 was a bloody massacre of the original material. The story was a fuck-up, rehash beyond recognition. World wise 3 didn't make any sense at all. What's most insulting about 3 is the recycling of all the concepts out of 1/2 pour them in 3, where they don't make any sense at all and just roll with it. I won't be listing everything that's wrong with 3, but I have a complete list for whoever is interested.
Now not to say Fallout 3 was a bad game, hell I loved it, it just wasn't really that much of a Fallout game. I also don't hate on the gameplay shift from turn based to FPS. Fallout 3 revived the series and for that I'm very grateful but people make more of it that it really is. NV improved on pretty much every point, but that isn't really that surprising seeing how Obsidian actually knows the IP. So no, Fallout 3 is not a faithful adaptation of the earlier fallout games, NV on the other hand is mostly what 3 should have being.
Tone, style and humor were ALL different in 3 than in 1/2, very different. Tone shifted from a serious, dark, gritty wasteland where no-one looked out for you to a happy, smiley 50's SCIENCE! spoof. The humor is superficial, light and right in your face, not even trying to be dark or subtle. The visual direction was mostly the same true. Lore wise, 3 was a bloody massacre of the original material. The story was a fuck-up, rehash beyond recognition. World wise 3 didn't make any sense at all. What's most insulting about 3 is the recycling of all the concepts out of 1/2 pour them in 3, where they don't make any sense at all and just roll with it. I won't be listing everything that's wrong with 3, but I have a complete list for whoever is interested.
Now not to say Fallout 3 was a bad game, hell I loved it, it just wasn't really that much of a Fallout game. I also don't hate on the gameplay shift from turn based to FPS. Fallout 3 revived the series and for that I'm very grateful but people make more of it that it really is. NV improved on pretty much every point, but that isn't really that surprising seeing how Obsidian actually knows the IP. So no, Fallout 3 is not a faithful adaptation of the earlier fallout games, NV on the other hand is mostly what 3 should have being.
@Freakydemon
New vegas did a much better job at keeping the humor of the first games tho, having the same writer from the old games.
If we are talking lore wise i think the only misstep fallout 3 did was having the enclave return, it didnt jell very well since i dont think it was ever meant for them to have survived 2 in anyway.
They should just have a massive remnant of the Masters army^^
New vegas did a much better job at keeping the humor of the first games tho, having the same writer from the old games.
If we are talking lore wise i think the only misstep fallout 3 did was having the enclave return, it didnt jell very well since i dont think it was ever meant for them to have survived 2 in anyway.
They should just have a massive remnant of the Masters army^^
@Themaud
That remnant army wasn't that big or powerful, in 2 most of the super mutants have being eradicated. In 3 it has already being 110 years since they left the west coast and seeing how they were decimated in 2 there wouldn't be a huge part of them left. And they most certainly didn't have any access to the FEV Virus.
The Enclave was pretty much ruined at the end of 2, leading to the remnants to spread out and hide the fact they ever were Enclave (a la NV).
Then you have the BoS that completely abandoned their ways on the way East (which they never had the manpower for) under the leadership of one Elder, which would have being replaced because of his lack of loyalty to BoS ideals. Effectively turning a technology cult into a civil guard (again NV showed how the real BoS acts).
And of course the nonsensical story of the purifier that needs a GECK to work. Except that using the GECK for some decent agricultural activity would have helped a lot more. That and the fact that water can be purified without the need of some SCIENCE! explanation.
Also weirdly enough the wasteland is filled with purified water bottles but no-one has any decent water.
So yeah, lore wise it's a rapefest and those are only the major faults. Again I love all the fallouts but 3 is really the weakest one in the series (besides maybe that console shooter game thingy).
That remnant army wasn't that big or powerful, in 2 most of the super mutants have being eradicated. In 3 it has already being 110 years since they left the west coast and seeing how they were decimated in 2 there wouldn't be a huge part of them left. And they most certainly didn't have any access to the FEV Virus.
The Enclave was pretty much ruined at the end of 2, leading to the remnants to spread out and hide the fact they ever were Enclave (a la NV).
Then you have the BoS that completely abandoned their ways on the way East (which they never had the manpower for) under the leadership of one Elder, which would have being replaced because of his lack of loyalty to BoS ideals. Effectively turning a technology cult into a civil guard (again NV showed how the real BoS acts).
And of course the nonsensical story of the purifier that needs a GECK to work. Except that using the GECK for some decent agricultural activity would have helped a lot more. That and the fact that water can be purified without the need of some SCIENCE! explanation.
Also weirdly enough the wasteland is filled with purified water bottles but no-one has any decent water.
So yeah, lore wise it's a rapefest and those are only the major faults. Again I love all the fallouts but 3 is really the weakest one in the series (besides maybe that console shooter game thingy).
I feel like the tone and setting from 1 and 2 is carried over into 3 and New Vegas. Sure, the gameplay is drastically different, but the core concepts are still there.
Take V.A.T.S. for instance. It was an amazing way for them to integrate the classic aiming system into a real time game.
Take V.A.T.S. for instance. It was an amazing way for them to integrate the classic aiming system into a real time game.
@Joshua
But I didn't address the gameplay, gameplay was a horrible FPS system (seriously Oblivion, NV and FO 3 in gamebryo has abysmal animation, movement, pathing, AI, etc.). VATS was pretty much a tool to make the shooting at least somewhat possible. NV fixed a lot of it, but it's still pretty bad compared to FPS standards.
The real problems with FO 3 I have listed above but you didn't address those, why :C
But I didn't address the gameplay, gameplay was a horrible FPS system (seriously Oblivion, NV and FO 3 in gamebryo has abysmal animation, movement, pathing, AI, etc.). VATS was pretty much a tool to make the shooting at least somewhat possible. NV fixed a lot of it, but it's still pretty bad compared to FPS standards.
The real problems with FO 3 I have listed above but you didn't address those, why :C
i LOOOOOVE when you do these... Actually, this freature is what convinced me to buy Vampire The Maquarade Bloodlines. You made the game sound interesting, and then when it dropped in price on Steam, I figured, tha heck, why not!
Been getting back into PC gaming, so loving these features! Keep em coming!
Been getting back into PC gaming, so loving these features! Keep em coming!
Anyone notice it's on sale on Steam right now?
Do these mods work with the Steam version? If anyone can verify, I'll update the article.
Do these mods work with the Steam version? If anyone can verify, I'll update the article.
I knew as soon as you praised Fallout 3 that someone was going to come and "correct" you. Thank God it's one of the reasonable fans and not a rabid one.
Fallout 3 is a great game with some issues. I'd say it does a good job of updating the series, but it's got plenty of problems in that respect, tone being the most significant. The Fifties aspect was turned up to the point of absurdity, and I say this as someone who likes that aspect of the series and would have liked to see more of it in the first two games. I think the perspective change and the callbacks to the old games were absolutely necessary for the market they were entering into, but Fallout 4 needs to improve the formula significantly.
...He said, even though he just mocked people for being critical of Fallout 3. :)
Fallout 3 is a great game with some issues. I'd say it does a good job of updating the series, but it's got plenty of problems in that respect, tone being the most significant. The Fifties aspect was turned up to the point of absurdity, and I say this as someone who likes that aspect of the series and would have liked to see more of it in the first two games. I think the perspective change and the callbacks to the old games were absolutely necessary for the market they were entering into, but Fallout 4 needs to improve the formula significantly.
...He said, even though he just mocked people for being critical of Fallout 3. :)
@Joshua: a little late to post this but yeah, IT WORKS with the steam version. Just gotta follow the guide starting with patch 1.2. Thanks for the guide, love these series of articles!
Ah, yes it does. I have it working, a lot of people over here have it working...
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1144779
Do your homework.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1144779
Do your homework.
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