4th May 2007, 7:06 AM
The thread about PC snobbery reminded me that I had a copy of Fallout lying around somewhere. So, I went and dug through several piles of jewel cases until I finally found it. The good thing about this game is that it's old and my laptop, for whatever reason, likes things that are old and that have very low system requirements.
Anyway, I've played Fallout before, and by that I mean that I made it to the first town and then stopped playing because I didn't know what to do. That was roughly ten years ago. Well, here I am again and all I can say about this game is that time has done nothing what-so-ever to dull the luster of this classic gem.
Graphics, sound, music, voice-acting, and all that stuff holds up very well despite being ten years old. More than that however, the game itself is still fun to play and very, very interesting. You explore a vast desert full of radioactive scorpions, raiders, and mutants, finding various towns and places of interest. This is the kind of game that I love. You do what you want, how you want and if anybody tried to get in you're way, you mow them down with a submachine gun. Or an electric prod, if that's more you're style. Well, you can also punch them with you're fists too.
My one complaint? Your guy is really slow most of time. :(
Anyway, I've played Fallout before, and by that I mean that I made it to the first town and then stopped playing because I didn't know what to do. That was roughly ten years ago. Well, here I am again and all I can say about this game is that time has done nothing what-so-ever to dull the luster of this classic gem.
Graphics, sound, music, voice-acting, and all that stuff holds up very well despite being ten years old. More than that however, the game itself is still fun to play and very, very interesting. You explore a vast desert full of radioactive scorpions, raiders, and mutants, finding various towns and places of interest. This is the kind of game that I love. You do what you want, how you want and if anybody tried to get in you're way, you mow them down with a submachine gun. Or an electric prod, if that's more you're style. Well, you can also punch them with you're fists too.
My one complaint? Your guy is really slow most of time. :(
Sometimes you get the scorpion.