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Gamers Of The Apocalypse

Posted by Zonk on from the slashdot-must-repopulate-the-globe dept.

The Escapist's theme this week is 'retro-style games', and Russ Pitts (one of the gents behind Gamers With Jobs) has a piece on post-apocalyptic gaming. Entitled 'Duck and Cover', it touches on games with that fallout flavour. From the article: "The desolate imagery and desperate sense of hopelessness in the face of unimaginable tragedy make Fallout a difficult game to finish (especially for a Day After Kid), but it is precisely the ending of this game that makes every moment of pain and frustration worthwhile. Watching the Fallout's ending cut-scene rendered me utterly speechless. I literally could not summon the words or thoughts to describe my emotions."

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Interesting

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  2. He missed two great ones by grumpygrodyguy · · Score: 4, Informative

    1) Wasteland is the godfather of all post-apocalyptic RPGs. If you haven't played it, try giving it a few hours.

    2) Burntime is another people might enjoy, it's a challenging mix of post-apocalyptic RPG and RTS.

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  3. Fallout 2 by mmalove · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Fallout 2 was one of, if not the, best open ended RPGs out there. I never did finish it though. The farthest I got with with a pugilist (I poured points into Hand to Hand), which while requiring a good deal of reloads when combat didn't go quite right, was in fact the funnest and funniest rpg I ever played. For all the streetfighter II, there was nothing quite like critically kicking an alien in the eyeball, blinding it, knocking it back 100 meters, and ultimately killing it in one cruel blow.

    Somehow, with all it's 3d skill/stat/level/3cd/2expansion, Morrowind never could hold a candle to this rpg. I'm now itchin to reinstall it:)

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    1. Re:Fallout 2 by Txiasaeia · · Score: 3, Interesting
      "Actually, I'm 100% sure you could not beat Fallout 2 with H2H combat..."

      Heh, you're wrong. It's entirely possible to defeat the end baddie in hand to hand combat with a mega power fist and lots of criticals. I did this about two weeks ago.

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    2. Re:Fallout 2 by tdelaney · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Speaking as someone who's completed both Fallout 1&2 over 40 times each (and counting ...)

      It is entirely possible to complete FO2 using H2H - it's lots of fun too. First thing - aimed attacks on the arms ...

      It's what I love about the Fallouts - you can play any way you want. Combat, diplomacy, good, evil, theft (for the most part) ... I've done them all. I've completed games where I've killed every single person in every location. I've completed games where I personally haven't killed anyone directly. I've had games last as short as a few hours, and gams last over 100 hours.

  4. Re:Fallout 3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    but I worry anytime someone buys someone elses baby and tries to run with it.

    You said it, brother. I tried that once and it turned out to be an fbi sting operation. Boy, was that ever a mistake.