Underrail is one of the worthwhile successors to the og fallout games. Once you've played them, they really are unique experiences with some of the most interesting writing games ever had because they couldn't just hide behind the graphics and were made with passion.
Wasteland 2 and 3 are amazing. I’ve owned Underrail for a long time but it always seemed so intimidating, people make it out to seem like an immersive sim that plays like Fallout 1. Very excited to try it soon though.
@MegaTroubleII Good luck. It's a difficult game, but once you have an effective build and immerse yourself in the quests and world, it's a brilliant experience. Not many like it
OG fallout 1/2 gamer here. Got them in ‘97-98. Nowadays, I recommend using Fallout 1in2 mod to play FO1. It’s a Mod that uses Fallout 2’s Engine and quality of life fixes (i.e. you can push your party members out of doors so you don’t get stuck). Plus a “Take All” button. It also gives the option of cut content. Definitely worth revisiting 25 years later!
I've been looking everywhere for some help with this. I tried installing the Fallout 1in2 mod, but my framerate with it is absolutely horrendous. Would you know anything about this? (playing through Xbox Game Pass)
Im disapointed you havent said the MOST important part for new players, in barter window when you trade with other people, to not spend ages trying to buy something worth more then 100 but less then 999, you can just, use your keyboard number buttons to just type in the correct value like 420. I was so MAD when I learned it because first time playing I didnt know it so I had to constantly waste time just pressing and waiting for that number count to slowly reach 420.
Some 12 years ago this was considered abandonware and was free for download everywhere. Luckily I saved my abandonware collection, cause the fact that someone wants ACTUAL MONEY for 25-40 years old games now is ridiculous. You can still download it for free pretty easy, you just need to do a little detective work. Remember kids, these games were offline, ALL games were offline way up till early 2000s, that means, once you find an old Verbatim CR-R with this burned on it, it doesnt exist for the greedy corporate shits, just for playing.
the graphics, for me, is something i really like. there is something about low poly/pixel art isometric games have a lot more charm than most games with ultra hd graphics
It’s worth noting that the GOG/Steam versions of this are allegedly censored. Children were rendered invisible, addiction and drug-resistant images were removed, and all references to drug/s were substituted with the word chems. Fallout Fixt can restore it all. It’s not game-changing or anything but you might as well play it the way it was released.
You can easy change that using Fallout 1 in 2 or using mods. Yea this is not vanilla version so if you want play original probably you have to looking CD version.
If you struggle with fallout graphics, you have massive problems. This for 1997 is beautiful, even watching it now I can’t believe how well it’s held up.
Graphics aren’t really problem because of the isometric view. If this game was in FPS or third-person I might understand it, but the graphics here don’t really affect the game at all.
The 1st games in the Diablo and Baldur’s Gate series came out around the same time and eclipse Fallout in graphics. But Fallout mogged them in story paths and player choice consequences.
Can't agree more. Only played it for a few hours and had fun when I got the hand of the game. A bit tiresome to play at times, but man is it fun when the ball starts rolling😊
If I remember correctly that hunting rifle by the toilet might be a reference to Full Metal Jacket. It reminds me of Lenard Lawrence a.k.a. Ger Pyle shoots himself while on the toilet.
Thank you. I bought this game and Fallout 2 because it was on sale. I started with fallout 3, and played new vegas, and 4. I skipped 76 thankfully. But I have put about 8 hours into this game and was still struggling with the beginning and kept being stubborn about my play style. The beginning stats makes so much sense. I pretty much nuked my character before starting without even realizing. I should've realized that different stats matter since you can’t just make up for lack of aim because this isn't a FPS. Halfway through the video and just wanted to mention this and help boost the algorithm. Thanks again homie.
Upd 1 So far, the style really reminds me of a show I watched as a kid called Crashbox. The graphics look good on a CRT (probably better than they would on an LED don't @ me) I'm still working on getting past the beginning. Believe it or not, the graphics and style are what got me wanting to play.
@@Theratsintrenchcoat Yo please keep updating! I’m really curious and fascinated by Fallout 1 and 2, intending to eventually play them, myself, and would like the info on your experience before I jump in and play them.
I'm glad I don't have widescreen. My computer, while it is old as dirt has windows 10. Runs the game fine. I'm absolutely loving it. Can't speak for anyone else though LMAO
I might make a playthrough but it'd be mic off. Also tempted to do a low intelligence run because it's funny as hell I've been really busy this past week.
This is the first PC game i bought. I didn't yet have a PC, and I played with my friend on his computer. It is priceless to be able to share such gaming experiences with a friend.
I got into Fallout after the show kindled my interest. I don't even play video games normally but FO1 is one of the greatest pieces of media I've ever experienced.
I've had this game for years now on steam and have yet to play it mainly because of how depressing it looks like(not a bad thing). The atmosphere is just so creepy, maybe one day I'll give it a try but for now I enjoy watching videos of this game on youtube.
Yeah, I agree, but not with so many counts, for me, Fallout 3 is pretty charming too. I really don't understand Bethesda, how they could destroy "their" own series (Bethesda bought rights to Fallout series). Look at Fallout 4, it's an abomination. Bethesda just went woke.
@@jimcook98 It's very simple, this is because Bethesda does not know and does not understand the universe of the Fallout game, not only because they are not its authors and creators, but simply because it is not their style. They are pretty good at making fantasy games with dungeons and dragons, but it’s better for them not to make games on the post-apocalypse theme, especially in such a legendary universe, besides, Bethesda has never been good at writing dialogue, which is exactly what the original Fallout was always famous for. The only one good part of the series that was released under their production was Fallout: New Vegas, and only because the game was developed by OBSIDIAN.
Charisma is important if you want to add other members to the party. It’s been a while but I know this is the case in Fallout 2. Number of points in charisma directly relates to how many members you can recruit…
Man I bought this game when it first came out and I must have played it a dozen times all the way through. Absolutely loved it. It's the only Fallout game I've played.
You should play Fallout 2 also! It's a big improvement from the first game. The graphics is better because of the new engine. And the main thing: THE WORLD IS MUCH BIGGER
2:03 Eh idk Unarmed is good if you get power fist or heck even other unarmed weapons. Throwing is definitely bad even if you have experience, first aid and doc is actually alr skills if you dont care about super mutant timer althought they're definitely not tag worthy(Im referring to the fact that if you play the game for too long after finishing water chip objective, slowly some towns are gonna get overrun by super mutants, I dont think any town except necropolis actually showcases it gameplay vise but in ending cutscenes you gonna get more bad endinds, the ones that work atleast F1 has tons of bugged endings that only mod fixes xd), steal is bad its one of only skills Im glad got merged into existing skill aka sneak, traps is bad especially if u dont mind save scumming, barter is trash, outdoorsman is worst one since apperently it only improves random encounters and only very few ones about water and gambling is not tag worthy but has a niche for brainless money making As for essential skills I agree although F1 surprisingly doesnt have that much lockpicking so you wouldnt miss thaaaat much but at the same time there arent many skills to tag anyway so might as well xD
I was 16 when I first saw them FO1 and FO2. I laughed at my friend who was playing them. "What is this shit?! Turn based action is so lame!" It was 23 years ago. Boy I was mistaken when I played them some 10 years later. Storytellingwise these are the best games of my life with Dead Space trilogy coming close second.
Lol I just made a melee build and wack everybody till they're down. Tried small guns many times but I feel like no matter how many points I put into it my chances of hitting the enemy are still pretty low.
"Never pick gambling" says someone who never banked 150k caps at level 1 in the first casino with meager 80% gambling (and a ten minutes of smashing 4 & 1)
what you said about missing stuff, it is super important for me so I am glad it is not the case here. Ill install fallout 1 as my next game for my steamdeck :) thank you
Don't forget, the isometric design was a huge step up from the 2d map scrolling games, like Ultima and Wizardry. This "3d" look was infinitely more immersive.
Suscribed just to not get kicked. Awesome video, I played this ages ago but I was just a kid and I never finished it, I think is time to grab it and go for it.
Just going through my first play through as a early gen z and honestly the game is so good I was neglecting a 10 page research paper of which I have no experience on research papers due the following day, it's that good of a game, especially with how i managed to quickly figure out the laughably coded ai enemy tracking by just having the raiders in the raider base aggro to me while letting ian getting potshots at those fools as im around a cornee and those fools basically loading me up with deagles and leather armor really early and then eventually metal armor, oh man it was so good im now fucking rich and laughing at some youtuber loser who made a fallout 1 experience video who just used the gambling system and a key logger method to auto farm caps lmaooo im tweaking rn in the middle of my research paper, anyways this game is godly.
I am currently playing and I am around killing the deathclaw mother, the game is really fun!! The graphics in my opinion is really charming, you should play 100%
very well done brother I have spent years Trying to spread The word of Fallout 1&2 especially Fallout 2 with The restoration project it is by not even A close comparison my Favorite Game ever
@@RealMisterDoge it’s A Game wide patch That Fixes most of all The bugs in The Game it is also A Graphical enhancement That adds more clutter and environmental story Telling and it restores pretty much all cut content Quest & areas back Into
I bought this game on a wim in discord with my buddy. Only played ff, balders Gate and Diablo so I figured it would be somewhat similar and was feeling up to it. Now I’m addicted. Do a fallout 2 video 🙏
Still the best fallout, always will be imo, Bethesda just could never nail the "hopeless nuclear devastation" feel that the original 2 had but 1 just cant be outdone, for anyone new to playing it speech, science and lockpick are your friends.
I am the 13th like. Does that make me the Vault Dweller? Also, my guy... the aimed shot thing is not "basically VATS", _it literally _*_is_*_ VATS._ This was the game that introduced it. I played this game back when it came out... it was madness. I played for over a year straight. Of course I was like, 17 and didn't have anything else to do.
Charisma does NOT suck, especially in F2. You wanna crits - go for luck. Small guns - only for first playthrough. Big guns - fun. Energy weapons - cool. Unarmed/mele - pro. And since when is isometric “weird”? Haven’t seen Diablo or Dota going FPS…
I just finished playing one. What a blast managed to keep Dogmeat, Ian, Tycho alive but I did miss one companion along the way. Such a awesome game. The Catherdal was one of the hardest parts
If you're really into the Fallout lore (whether you're a long time fan or got into it from the TV show) I would highly recommend picking up both Fallout 1 & 2. However, I'd recommend having a guide handy since these games can be pretty unforgiving if you make mistakes on your playthrough. To be fair, this is just how games were back in the 90's.
Love the video but another tip for those who are brave enough: Book to to Shady Sands asap Ask Ian for directions to Junktown and The Hub Get to the hub, sell everything you find in Shady Pickpocket all the guards, tons of shotgun ammo (nice for selling) and stimpacks Buy Rad-X and Ropes from the General Store (lower prices) Get to The Glow for the Brotherhood holotape (remember to use your Rad-X) Go to the Brotherhood, they'll let you in and if you do this early enough you gain abt 1-3 levels worth of exp Repair the Power Armor in the basement for +3 stength and ofc the resistences (Optional) Pickpocket all the guards for energy ammo and gatling lasers If you have any money, you could also buy the implants This'll get you some of the best armor, a ton of ammo for energy weapons, and boosts to your SPECIAL stats. All without encountering too much combat.
Unarmed is useless? It is the most op combat category. You can go mad with the low ap costs and punch everything to death. Just aim for weakpoints and buy knuckles and later on the power fist.
Charisma is EVEN MORE shit than in other non-bethesda games (Bethesda makes CHA more important than INT, very on brand Todd). I think gambling is the only skill that is completely useless- who even gambles at Gizmo's? Outside of establishing your base speech/barter, it has no bearing other than follower limit. Set it to 1 and tag speech and you won't really notice a difference. That way you can easily have enough SPECIAL to minmax with high/max INT and have enough AP with high/max AGL
@@johanneskrantz2827 I'll add this and working vending machines to my list of "things I didn't learn about fallout until 16 years later" To be fair I think you need
The one thing I hate about this game is the action points system. You need a certain amount of action points to progress the game and even open you inventory. So basically if you get swarmed by raiders and you need to switch to a more powerful weapon you better hope you spend them wisely, otherwise your pretty much screwed.
Speech is essential, but it functions completely different than the modern games. For example in New Vegas if I need a 40 to pass a skill check, the game lets me know I have that option even if I don't have enough points. But if I do have enough points it tells me that I am using the speech skill for that dialogue. This isn't the case in FO1 and 2. The game never lets you know when you are making a speech roll. In FO3 you know when you are doing an speech roll and what the chance is, in the older games all of that is hidden from the player.
I could never understand complaints about classic Fallout (and Resident Evil) games' graphics or gameplay. Don't they still look and play... awesome? I mean, most 3D games actually do age very poorly (unless the art-style accommodates for it, e.g. XIII, Portal, Team Fortress 2). In my opinion Fallout 3/NV already looked just terrible a couple years after the initial release: low polygon count, low texture resolutions, bad-looking LOD crutches in place of actual optimisation, dated and blurry visual effects, etc. with no visible stylization to cover those flaws. Now, games like Fallout 1/2/Tactics with crisp sprites and pre-rendered environments and animations are almost timepless, nowadays percieved like a fine pixel-art. This type of graphics looks and feels just the same as 25 years ago: every pixel has the same color and position, every animation has the same sequence of frames, you just integer-scale the whole thing to whatever modern resolution you use and effectively percieve the very same image to get the same great experience as you would back then. Without smoothing the blocky picture. We used to call it photo-realistic, now we call it pixel-art, but the core idea is still there: to let our brain interpret those pixels and fill the blanks with our own imagination for extra details. Unlike those poorly-aged 3D games that clearly show us an easily-percieved lack of said details when being run in modern resolutions. And, dare I say, classic Fallout games are just more pleasant and fun to play than any kind of FPS/TPS games: you hold a cup of tea in one hand and click your mouse with the other, exactly as intended, with a rare click or two on a keyboard to use some skill or save the game if you feel like it. It's hard not to enjoy the process of inspecting the areas and turning enemies into a bloody/crispy mess in this glorious trimetric view (which is just perfect for calculated strategical planning) with all those beautifully gruesome death animations (pixel-perfectly detailed and pretty diverse). Yes, I'm saying that pre-rendered animations look and feel a lot better then those generic ones applied to all 3D-models. What trimetric Fallout games may seem to lack in first-person immersion compared to the new ones, they gain in joy of tactical turn-based combat and the feeling of mystery when you explore well-hidden corners of the map. So... don't be scared of the "dated" graphics or "archaic" gameplay. Good old Fallout has aged quite well except minor quality-of-life stuff that can be... FIXT.
The quicksave button actually work without thag screen will save after the first time you do a quick save in game. Various things likes loading or quitting will reset this.
One of the best rpg ever. I rather play this game than Fallout 76. Who need graphics when you have incredible story and game type! We need remake ASAP!!!! And for GOD sake can you make it play on tablet!?!?!?!? It’s like 500mb all game !
2:56 Its not as shitty, dont lie to viewers... its WORST iteration of charisma in ENTIRE FRANCHISE. Even F:NV version of charisma is more useful, it boosts the power of your companions aka their dmg and defence, not bad if you play hardcore where they can permanently die. But in F1, Charisma literally just changes the faces and opening dialogue of some npcs.... thats it... You dont need them to have happy face to convince them, only speech required. So yeah, its BAFFLING how this version of charisma is even in game, it literally does nothing of value
I recently started as I always had it on steam but never played it! I have to admit I was shocked how addictive it was and good. I picked the pre-made character and agility was 6 so I was lucky shady sands I picked up Ian I reccommmene early game
I started playing yesterday for the first time and I am already doing Necropolis killed,my first deathclaw and gotten better equipment, it's not that brutal even though I died a lot from the Decker fight,once you reach junktown and the hub the game just becomes manageable cause of gambling its so easy making money.
Just go over to GOG and buy Fallout there, it has almost everything you need to run it on modern PC. Heck, even the 3rd is better patched than Steam version, and, unlike the Steam version, _it supports cloud saves._ BTW Fallout 1 et tu is a really great mod, and if you want the pure F1 experience, I think you only need to change two parameters in its settings file that introduce F2 weapons and critters into the game.
Underrail is one of the worthwhile successors to the og fallout games. Once you've played them, they really are unique experiences with some of the most interesting writing games ever had because they couldn't just hide behind the graphics and were made with passion.
And wasteland also
Wasteland 2 and 3 are amazing. I’ve owned Underrail for a long time but it always seemed so intimidating, people make it out to seem like an immersive sim that plays like Fallout 1. Very excited to try it soon though.
@MegaTroubleII Good luck. It's a difficult game, but once you have an effective build and immerse yourself in the quests and world, it's a brilliant experience. Not many like it
would add Atom RPG and Trudograd to the list
Average Small Guns fan: 🤓
Average Unarmed enjoyer: 🍷🗿
Average thrown weapons enjoyer 🗿
I did a unarmed build 1 week ago and damnnn, 2 fucking eye shot to kill a super mutant? Power first is trully broken as hell
average tagger of gambling, traps, and first aid 🗿🗿🗿
yah i was about to say "don't diss unarmed i will put on my power armor take out my power fist and strike you down"
I started with small guns but turned into energy weapons for the first time ever in my 15 year Fallout career. I now am Turbo Plasma Rifle enjoyer :P
OG fallout 1/2 gamer here. Got them in ‘97-98. Nowadays, I recommend using Fallout 1in2 mod to play FO1. It’s a Mod that uses Fallout 2’s Engine and quality of life fixes (i.e. you can push your party members out of doors so you don’t get stuck). Plus a “Take All” button. It also gives the option of cut content. Definitely worth revisiting 25 years later!
I've been looking everywhere for some help with this. I tried installing the Fallout 1in2 mod, but my framerate with it is absolutely horrendous. Would you know anything about this? (playing through Xbox Game Pass)
Look up fallout 1 games poet on youtube he made a video on it in detail!@@Kanto280
@@Kanto280 What are your PC specs?
@@Kanto280 It installs SFall IIRC, go to options screen preferences and choose 0 for refresh rate
@@TheImapotato I have the same issues as Kanto280 (though I am not using game pass). Did you change refresh rate through an ini file or in game?
Im disapointed you havent said the MOST important part for new players, in barter window when you trade with other people, to not spend ages trying to buy something worth more then 100 but less then 999, you can just, use your keyboard number buttons to just type in the correct value like 420. I was so MAD when I learned it because first time playing I didnt know it so I had to constantly waste time just pressing and waiting for that number count to slowly reach 420.
YOU CAN?!
Yes because this video sucks and the perspective is a reddit copy paste.
Or you could've just read the manual, it takes one 20 minutes tops to get themselves familiarised with the interface and game mechanics
2:03
I see my man never landed a critical punch on a Deathclaw's balls to explode him to pieces
Some 12 years ago this was considered abandonware and was free for download everywhere. Luckily I saved my abandonware collection, cause the fact that someone wants ACTUAL MONEY for 25-40 years old games now is ridiculous.
You can still download it for free pretty easy, you just need to do a little detective work.
Remember kids, these games were offline, ALL games were offline way up till early 2000s, that means, once you find an old Verbatim CR-R with this burned on it, it doesnt exist for the greedy corporate shits, just for playing.
the graphics, for me, is something i really like. there is something about low poly/pixel art isometric games have a lot more charm than most games with ultra hd graphics
It’s worth noting that the GOG/Steam versions of this are allegedly censored. Children were rendered invisible, addiction and drug-resistant images were removed, and all references to drug/s were substituted with the word chems.
Fallout Fixt can restore it all. It’s not game-changing or anything but you might as well play it the way it was released.
Thanks for the info.
Only in specific regions. You should be playing with RPU installed anyways which fixes this.
You can easy change that using Fallout 1 in 2 or using mods. Yea this is not vanilla version so if you want play original probably you have to looking CD version.
WTF?! Seriously??
Whaaaaaat
Are you for real????
But steam was the good guy!!!
If you struggle with fallout graphics, you have massive problems. This for 1997 is beautiful, even watching it now I can’t believe how well it’s held up.
It still looks so good in 2024. Great art direction with that pre-rendered charm
Graphics aren’t really problem because of the isometric view. If this game was in FPS or third-person I might understand it, but the graphics here don’t really affect the game at all.
Real. These type of graphics still look great to this day imo. Same with the old elder scrolls games.
LMAO, no. Quake and Half-Life came out around the same time and looked immensely better. This was not above average for 1997.
The 1st games in the Diablo and Baldur’s Gate series came out around the same time and eclipse Fallout in graphics. But Fallout mogged them in story paths and player choice consequences.
Fallout OG here played the thing in 1998. The more young people discover this gem the better.
Can't agree more. Only played it for a few hours and had fun when I got the hand of the game. A bit tiresome to play at times, but man is it fun when the ball starts rolling😊
If I remember correctly that hunting rifle by the toilet might be a reference to Full Metal Jacket. It reminds me of Lenard Lawrence a.k.a. Ger Pyle shoots himself while on the toilet.
This was mu first PC game back in the day. Nostalgia in full effect. I still love the first 2 games
Thank you.
I bought this game and Fallout 2 because it was on sale. I started with fallout 3, and played new vegas, and 4. I skipped 76 thankfully.
But I have put about 8 hours into this game and was still struggling with the beginning and kept being stubborn about my play style.
The beginning stats makes so much sense. I pretty much nuked my character before starting without even realizing. I should've realized that different stats matter since you can’t just make up for lack of aim because this isn't a FPS.
Halfway through the video and just wanted to mention this and help boost the algorithm. Thanks again homie.
Great video. It's so nice to see youngin's discovering and getting into the classics that old timers like me grew up on and have loved for decades. 😊
I'm going to be playing Fallout on my older computer (2002, w/CRT monitor). I think it's going to look awesome. Will keep everyone updated
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So far, the style really reminds me of a show I watched as a kid called Crashbox. The graphics look good on a CRT (probably better than they would on an LED don't @ me)
I'm still working on getting past the beginning.
Believe it or not, the graphics and style are what got me wanting to play.
@@Theratsintrenchcoat Yo please keep updating! I’m really curious and fascinated by Fallout 1 and 2, intending to eventually play them, myself, and would like the info on your experience before I jump in and play them.
I'm glad I don't have widescreen. My computer, while it is old as dirt has windows 10. Runs the game fine. I'm absolutely loving it. Can't speak for anyone else though LMAO
@@Theratsintrenchcoat you should make a video once you've completed your playthrough
I might make a playthrough but it'd be mic off.
Also tempted to do a low intelligence run because it's funny as hell
I've been really busy this past week.
tbh after playing fo2, fo1 feels like a tech demo in terms of gameplay
story is still top notch
Fo1 is better in terms of story. Fo2 just has more content and some adjustments to gameplay
would you care to elaborate on the gameplay improvements? or are you just referring to push and take all?
@@Pintkonan better companions, more guns, more reasons to boost and use skills, more quests more levels ecetera
Fallout 1 has way better atmosphere than fallout 2 also fallout 2 forces you into a dogshit tutorial every single time you create a new character
@@Basswizard69420character creation tutorial is 0.05% of the game.
This is the first PC game i bought. I didn't yet have a PC, and I played with my friend on his computer. It is priceless to be able to share such gaming experiences with a friend.
Tim Cain, the lead designer has a YT channel, he's really accessible on there.
Quick save is actually fast, because after initial save(choosing a slot) it as siple as a button press
By all means, share your thoughts on Fallout 2! More people need to play these games.
I'm so excited the newer generation are trying these games. I grew up with the OG fallouts and they have a special place in my heart.
I got into Fallout after the show kindled my interest. I don't even play video games normally but FO1 is one of the greatest pieces of media I've ever experienced.
I've had this game for years now on steam and have yet to play it mainly because of how depressing it looks like(not a bad thing). The atmosphere is just so creepy, maybe one day I'll give it a try but for now I enjoy watching videos of this game on youtube.
This game is 100 times more atmospheric than all the games from Bethesda combined.
New vegas
@@B-Nkenobi-w8vobsidian made new Vegas, not Bethesda
Yeah, I agree, but not with so many counts, for me, Fallout 3 is pretty charming too. I really don't understand Bethesda, how they could destroy "their" own series (Bethesda bought rights to Fallout series). Look at Fallout 4, it's an abomination. Bethesda just went woke.
And they are very lazy bastards.
@@jimcook98 It's very simple, this is because Bethesda does not know and does not understand the universe of the Fallout game, not only because they are not its authors and creators, but simply because it is not their style. They are pretty good at making fantasy games with dungeons and dragons, but it’s better for them not to make games on the post-apocalypse theme, especially in such a legendary universe, besides, Bethesda has never been good at writing dialogue, which is exactly what the original Fallout was always famous for. The only one good part of the series that was released under their production was Fallout: New Vegas, and only because the game was developed by OBSIDIAN.
Unarmed is a completely viable build, one of the strongest in fact, any Fallout veteran knows this.
bonus hth + 12 agility is absolutely insane and its my favorite build
i love fallout and this makes me wanna play the first game. thank you
This is great. I played fallout 1 and fallout 2 back in 2023 , they are great games.
Charisma is important if you want to add other members to the party. It’s been a while but I know this is the case in Fallout 2. Number of points in charisma directly relates to how many members you can recruit…
Man I bought this game when it first came out and I must have played it a dozen times all the way through. Absolutely loved it. It's the only Fallout game I've played.
You should play Fallout 2 also! It's a big improvement from the first game. The graphics is better because of the new engine. And the main thing: THE WORLD IS MUCH BIGGER
Play new Vegas please dude
2:03 Eh idk Unarmed is good if you get power fist or heck even other unarmed weapons. Throwing is definitely bad even if you have experience, first aid and doc is actually alr skills if you dont care about super mutant timer althought they're definitely not tag worthy(Im referring to the fact that if you play the game for too long after finishing water chip objective, slowly some towns are gonna get overrun by super mutants, I dont think any town except necropolis actually showcases it gameplay vise but in ending cutscenes you gonna get more bad endinds, the ones that work atleast F1 has tons of bugged endings that only mod fixes xd), steal is bad its one of only skills Im glad got merged into existing skill aka sneak, traps is bad especially if u dont mind save scumming, barter is trash, outdoorsman is worst one since apperently it only improves random encounters and only very few ones about water and gambling is not tag worthy but has a niche for brainless money making
As for essential skills I agree although F1 surprisingly doesnt have that much lockpicking so you wouldnt miss thaaaat much but at the same time there arent many skills to tag anyway so might as well xD
Fallout broke my existential virginity at 10 yrs old
Mastapiece
I was 16 when I first saw them FO1 and FO2. I laughed at my friend who was playing them. "What is this shit?! Turn based action is so lame!" It was 23 years ago. Boy I was mistaken when I played them some 10 years later. Storytellingwise these are the best games of my life with Dead Space trilogy coming close second.
Virgin "i can't play games until they have 4k 3d graphics" vs
Chad "i love old brutal isometric games with soul"
I literally can't even play the game lmao, every time I try to launch the game, it just closes again, what a garbage game
@@explorer9692play it in windows 8 mode instead of trying to pretend it is still 1997
Chad: “I don't care for graphics or difficulty I just play whatever game I want to play”
@@explorer9692it’s not garbage, it’s old
@@explorer9692 Try going in the task manager and clicking on the game there after launching it that fixed it for me
1:29 nah bro, I got killed by the rats outside vault 13 my first time.
I bought Fallout one, 2, Tactics, 3, 4, and NV on GOG. Idk when I’ll play Fallout 1 but I really would like to try it out
Great video! I haven't played Fallout 1 in a while but I may go back to it now when I have a chance!
Lol I just made a melee build and wack everybody till they're down. Tried small guns many times but I feel like no matter how many points I put into it my chances of hitting the enemy are still pretty low.
Nah you just gotta put more points into it
What about a flashlight?
Great timing. I really needed this guide.
7:05 it's not garbage.
I love how this game and the ui works.
Dude comes off like such a pompous d***face and you know he didn't play the original games until very recently.
ikr? Its pretty reasonable for a 1997 game
"Never pick gambling" says someone who never banked 150k caps at level 1 in the first casino with meager 80% gambling (and a ten minutes of smashing 4 & 1)
what you said about missing stuff, it is super important for me so I am glad it is not the case here. Ill install fallout 1 as my next game for my steamdeck :) thank you
Don't forget, the isometric design was a huge step up from the 2d map scrolling games, like Ultima and Wizardry.
This "3d" look was infinitely more immersive.
I prefer the isometric view. The 3d ones have so much junk to pick up and carry.
i love this game ...forever
Suscribed just to not get kicked. Awesome video, I played this ages ago but I was just a kid and I never finished it, I think is time to grab it and go for it.
Just going through my first play through as a early gen z and honestly the game is so good I was neglecting a 10 page research paper of which I have no experience on research papers due the following day, it's that good of a game, especially with how i managed to quickly figure out the laughably coded ai enemy tracking by just having the raiders in the raider base aggro to me while letting ian getting potshots at those fools as im around a cornee and those fools basically loading me up with deagles and leather armor really early and then eventually metal armor, oh man it was so good im now fucking rich and laughing at some youtuber loser who made a fallout 1 experience video who just used the gambling system and a key logger method to auto farm caps lmaooo im tweaking rn in the middle of my research paper, anyways this game is godly.
Is that the music from "Baba is You" in the background?
Yes, says so in the description,
which is really cool since a lot of people
don't seem to be willing to credit the music anymore
Lemmie guess, got it for free on the EGS?
I am currently playing and I am around killing the deathclaw mother, the game is really fun!! The graphics in my opinion is really charming, you should play 100%
very well done brother I have spent years Trying to spread The word of Fallout 1&2 especially Fallout 2 with The restoration project it is by not even A close comparison my Favorite Game ever
What does the restoration project entail?
@@RealMisterDoge it’s A Game wide patch That Fixes most of all The bugs in The Game it is also A Graphical enhancement That adds more clutter and environmental story Telling and it restores pretty much all cut content Quest & areas back Into
I bought this game on a wim in discord with my buddy. Only played ff, balders Gate and Diablo so I figured it would be somewhat similar and was feeling up to it. Now I’m addicted. Do a fallout 2 video 🙏
I don't want to spoil the expirence but before you go to "The Glow" you should save the Game and don't overwrite the entry.
That's pretty RAD of you to say that.
Still the best fallout, always will be imo, Bethesda just could never nail the "hopeless nuclear devastation" feel that the original 2 had but 1 just cant be outdone, for anyone new to playing it speech, science and lockpick are your friends.
I am the 13th like. Does that make me the Vault Dweller?
Also, my guy... the aimed shot thing is not "basically VATS", _it literally _*_is_*_ VATS._ This was the game that introduced it. I played this game back when it came out... it was madness. I played for over a year straight. Of course I was like, 17 and didn't have anything else to do.
another way of dealing with the radscorpions is hiring Ian in shady sands, hes really good with small guns and can fend of the scorpions for you.
I mean... there are loads of Modern "Retro" games that look on par with this. Graphics shouldn't be an issue.
Why did bro insult gambling, I went to the casino and held down 4 and 1 for 20 minutes and i didnt have to worry about caps for the rest of the game
Charisma does NOT suck, especially in F2.
You wanna crits - go for luck.
Small guns - only for first playthrough. Big guns - fun. Energy weapons - cool. Unarmed/mele - pro.
And since when is isometric “weird”? Haven’t seen Diablo or Dota going FPS…
Nice video! Really hope this convinces more people to play the classic fallout games!
I just finished playing one. What a blast managed to keep Dogmeat, Ian, Tycho alive but I did miss one companion along the way. Such a awesome game. The Catherdal was one of the hardest parts
I didn't get any companions :(
Maybe it was cause I just dumped my charisma
@@potatoperson1860 It is tied to charisma think I had 4
you know what i wish - the Ask About would be expanded to like insane levels
I wish somebody would invent a time machine already. I would go to the '90s and just never leave. Best times of my miserable life.
If you're really into the Fallout lore (whether you're a long time fan or got into it from the TV show) I would highly recommend picking up both Fallout 1 & 2. However, I'd recommend having a guide handy since these games can be pretty unforgiving if you make mistakes on your playthrough. To be fair, this is just how games were back in the 90's.
Please make a vid for 2 as well! Picked this one up based on digging this video and I’m enjoying my playthrough so far.
I'm a TF2 player for over 12 years and I found this very specific
Born to be as old as the first two games, and now old enough to love them, flaws'n'all ❤❤❤
Love the video but another tip for those who are brave enough:
Book to to Shady Sands asap
Ask Ian for directions to Junktown and The Hub
Get to the hub, sell everything you find in Shady
Pickpocket all the guards, tons of shotgun ammo (nice for selling) and stimpacks
Buy Rad-X and Ropes from the General Store (lower prices)
Get to The Glow for the Brotherhood holotape (remember to use your Rad-X)
Go to the Brotherhood, they'll let you in and if you do this early enough you gain abt 1-3 levels worth of exp
Repair the Power Armor in the basement for +3 stength and ofc the resistences
(Optional) Pickpocket all the guards for energy ammo and gatling lasers
If you have any money, you could also buy the implants
This'll get you some of the best armor, a ton of ammo for energy weapons, and boosts to your SPECIAL stats. All without encountering too much combat.
I go to the glow NO radx. I chug down every radaway I see and just walk away.
feel proud of myself finished this game on phone dosbox setup in blind run
Unarmed is useless?
It is the most op combat category. You can go mad with the low ap costs and punch everything to death. Just aim for weakpoints and buy knuckles and later on the power fist.
as a kenshi fan, this is right up my alley and tbh ive been loving it
Wow nice video! I have a Macbook though. Is there a way to play the mod in the link from your description in MacOs?
I remember seeing this for sale in the computer game section of barnes and noble and wondering what it was about.
This is very helpful for someone that wants to give the original a try.
After only playing "3D Fallout"
Steal skill is super important in F1 and F2! You can steal so many cool items and you can sell them later and buy better guns and armor!
I started on fallout 4 and worked my way down. Fallout 1 is so far my favorite
Definitely worth playing with a build you found online that makes combat easier. Don’t be a hero, go for crits!
Damn I really wish I knew about this game back then. I was playing x-com on ps1 and would have LOVED this!
Tried playing it couldn’t figure out the controls
I wouldn't say gambling is 'useless'. Getting it to 50+ allows you to clean out casinos, saving having to grab up every gun and bullet to resell.
Charisma is EVEN MORE shit than in other non-bethesda games (Bethesda makes CHA more important than INT, very on brand Todd). I think gambling is the only skill that is completely useless- who even gambles at Gizmo's?
Outside of establishing your base speech/barter, it has no bearing other than follower limit. Set it to 1 and tag speech and you won't really notice a difference. That way you can easily have enough SPECIAL to minmax with high/max INT and have enough AP with high/max AGL
If you have gamble over 50 you can just press 1 and 4 for 20 min for 100k + worth of caps…
@@johanneskrantz2827 I'll add this and working vending machines to my list of "things I didn't learn about fallout until 16 years later"
To be fair I think you need
The one thing I hate about this game is the action points system. You need a certain amount of action points to progress the game and even open you inventory. So basically if you get swarmed by raiders and you need to switch to a more powerful weapon you better hope you spend them wisely, otherwise your pretty much screwed.
Combat was kicking my ass last night but I'll try some of these!
Fallout 1&2 look AMAZING COMPATED TO ALL THE OTHER FALLOUTS! they are easily the best looking games of the franchise.. many games from 1997 are!
Besides from my first run I've never put anything into speech, because it didn't do anything. Is it actually useful?
Speech is essential, but it functions completely different than the modern games. For example in New Vegas if I need a 40 to pass a skill check, the game lets me know I have that option even if I don't have enough points. But if I do have enough points it tells me that I am using the speech skill for that dialogue. This isn't the case in FO1 and 2. The game never lets you know when you are making a speech roll. In FO3 you know when you are doing an speech roll and what the chance is, in the older games all of that is hidden from the player.
Thank you for the speed up.
I could never understand complaints about classic Fallout (and Resident Evil) games' graphics or gameplay. Don't they still look and play... awesome? I mean, most 3D games actually do age very poorly (unless the art-style accommodates for it, e.g. XIII, Portal, Team Fortress 2). In my opinion Fallout 3/NV already looked just terrible a couple years after the initial release: low polygon count, low texture resolutions, bad-looking LOD crutches in place of actual optimisation, dated and blurry visual effects, etc. with no visible stylization to cover those flaws. Now, games like Fallout 1/2/Tactics with crisp sprites and pre-rendered environments and animations are almost timepless, nowadays percieved like a fine pixel-art. This type of graphics looks and feels just the same as 25 years ago: every pixel has the same color and position, every animation has the same sequence of frames, you just integer-scale the whole thing to whatever modern resolution you use and effectively percieve the very same image to get the same great experience as you would back then. Without smoothing the blocky picture. We used to call it photo-realistic, now we call it pixel-art, but the core idea is still there: to let our brain interpret those pixels and fill the blanks with our own imagination for extra details. Unlike those poorly-aged 3D games that clearly show us an easily-percieved lack of said details when being run in modern resolutions.
And, dare I say, classic Fallout games are just more pleasant and fun to play than any kind of FPS/TPS games: you hold a cup of tea in one hand and click your mouse with the other, exactly as intended, with a rare click or two on a keyboard to use some skill or save the game if you feel like it. It's hard not to enjoy the process of inspecting the areas and turning enemies into a bloody/crispy mess in this glorious trimetric view (which is just perfect for calculated strategical planning) with all those beautifully gruesome death animations (pixel-perfectly detailed and pretty diverse). Yes, I'm saying that pre-rendered animations look and feel a lot better then those generic ones applied to all 3D-models. What trimetric Fallout games may seem to lack in first-person immersion compared to the new ones, they gain in joy of tactical turn-based combat and the feeling of mystery when you explore well-hidden corners of the map.
So... don't be scared of the "dated" graphics or "archaic" gameplay. Good old Fallout has aged quite well except minor quality-of-life stuff that can be... FIXT.
5$ for 1, 2, and Tactics right now. Snagged it. Thanks for the info.
The quicksave button actually work without thag screen will save after the first time you do a quick save in game. Various things likes loading or quitting will reset this.
If they ever port the first 2 Fallout games to consoles I will.
One of the best rpg ever. I rather play this game than Fallout 76. Who need graphics when you have incredible story and game type! We need remake ASAP!!!! And for GOD sake can you make it play on tablet!?!?!?!? It’s like 500mb all game !
anyone even know how to even play the game i get an error of failed input devices
First you install Fallout 1 and then Fallout Fixt over it, then you create your character, just saying...
Yes, please. Could you do another on Fallout 2?
...by this weekend, the whole Fallout franchise bundle is 71% off!!!
2:56 Its not as shitty, dont lie to viewers... its WORST iteration of charisma in ENTIRE FRANCHISE. Even F:NV version of charisma is more useful, it boosts the power of your companions aka their dmg and defence, not bad if you play hardcore where they can permanently die. But in F1, Charisma literally just changes the faces and opening dialogue of some npcs.... thats it... You dont need them to have happy face to convince them, only speech required. So yeah, its BAFFLING how this version of charisma is even in game, it literally does nothing of value
Doesn’t charisma determine how many companions you can recruit? It’s not totally useless, you just have to survive until you can recruit a small army.
@@tlucas7031Yep, everyone just jumps on the bandwagon. Charisma has always been viable.
I recently started as I always had it on steam but never played it! I have to admit I was shocked how addictive it was and good. I picked the pre-made character and agility was 6 so I was lucky shady sands I picked up Ian I reccommmene early game
We need a remaster for Fallout 1&2, with my 4k monitor the mods I have tried so far like FO1in2 give me awful framerate
Use fallout et tu which is the best mod
10 luck is the best decision I've made in my fallout 1 playthrough
I started playing yesterday for the first time and I am already doing Necropolis killed,my first deathclaw and gotten better equipment,
it's not that brutal even though I died a lot from the Decker fight,once you reach junktown and the hub the game just becomes manageable cause of gambling its so easy making money.
Just go over to GOG and buy Fallout there, it has almost everything you need to run it on modern PC. Heck, even the 3rd is better patched than Steam version, and, unlike the Steam version, _it supports cloud saves._
BTW Fallout 1 et tu is a really great mod, and if you want the pure F1 experience, I think you only need to change two parameters in its settings file that introduce F2 weapons and critters into the game.
Did you just read out the type of punctuations you were using? Lol thats so bizarre but okay.