i too started with Fallout 2. going back to play Fo1 after picking up the trillogy pack before Bethesda nabbed it. It felt like something was missing in Fo1. maybe that its just a lot of nothing around, or wider spaces. it just felt less. maybe palettized. lesser color. lesser derivatives? idk. i always felt that Fo1 was different. It didnt take away from it though. Heres something i wondered if you noticed as well: With Fallout 3 being the first 'new-age' fallout. i see alot of comparisons between it and Fo1. as FoNV was Fo2 to Fo3's Fo1. More content, better pallet of colors, items, better writing, and a much larger scope.
So excited to get that Nuka quantum pin, my collection has a severe lack of fallout currently, well priced, too! A pity the Nuka non-quantum sold out so soon or I'd've gotten both
I haven't gotten into the video yet but I want to say thank you for being there for us. I'm sorry about your mom and I hope you know you are cared for even if it's just a bunch of strangers.
The likes of fallout, morrowind, and starcraft have stuck with me my whole life since discovering them. The nostalgia of playing these and finding new things in them is like comfort food. Sorry to hear for your loss. Hope to see more content from your channel.
Hey man, I lost my mom just this last Christmas so I think I can relate to how you're feeling. You have my sympathy. Nearly seven months later and I still randomly get angry, upset, or just feel confused. No telling how grief will impact different people, but be aware that it can take a long time.
I feel like you've perfectly captured that feeling - it's home. A fixed timeline that never stops existing and we can always get back to and relive it just like we did the first time we played the game all those years ago, along with all the memories we had of that time.
Man this was a rollercoaster of emotions, what an incredible video. Thank you for making this and sorry to hear about your Mom. I’m glad to hear that you at least managed to find some comfort in doing this, and just know that all of us watching did too.
Sorry about your loss man. Funny how certain games can really be that home base, comfort-core place for us. Mine are first gen pokemon, warcraft III, and kotor. Another great video pal
I hope you keep making videos like these even if they don’t get nearly as many views. Can tell a lot of love and effort was put into this one. Great vid!
31:56 You can still get the location of the Army Deepo doing a bit of graverobing in the Golgotha. You'll probably get the graverobber perk eich makes all settler dislike you a bit.
I’m still exploring your content backlog but have been enjoying your Fallout videos (I’ve been a fan since the originals came out in the 90s and have played all the major titles from both Black Isle and Bethesda) quite a bit! Thank you for helping to keep the nostalgia alive and bringing old fans together through your content! So sorry to hear of your loss but you should know you have a whole community behind you that you help to relive their old memories of a time since passed. Hope that the time ahead is kinder to you.
So I just started playing Fallout 2 for the first time ever and the timing of this video is fantastic. I’d like to in part thank your channel amongst others for fueling my curiosity and excitement to explore these games.
Awesome! I hope you enjoy. I've been playing it since summer of 99 right before my senior year of HS. Man, you're lucky to be going in fresh. Happy for you :)
As someone who lost my mom a long time ago, im sorry you're going through that, its one of the hardest things you'll do, but thank you for continuing to make videos and give us unwaveringly good content. I appreciate the work you do, please continue what you do
I wasn't even around in the 90's, yet when I picked up Fallout 1 and 2 in an Epic giveaway, I enjoyed them. They are genuinely some of my favourite games of all time, even more so than 3 and 4. They're janky, sure, but when you look past it they're incredible. I'm sorry about your mom. Also that bottle cap story is adorable.
I'm sure it's been said at least a dozen times by now, but I truly am grateful for all that you create and produce on this platform. I'm terribly sorry to hear of your loss and just wish you to know that, if nothing else, this community you've helped to build is going to be there to support you through these turbulent times.
Hey man, I wanted to let you know I am sorry for the loss of your mom, I lost my father years ago and am taking care of my mother now, so I can understand what you are going through and wanted to let you know that you are cared about and none of us would blame you if you took a break from the channel for a while.
I'm sorry for your loss my friend, my condolences to you and your family. These are trying times for so many and you're a pillar of light in the darkness.
mantis, i’ve never commented before, but i’ve been watching your videos for a few years now and love your content. thank you for doing what you do. much love.
I'm so sorry for your loss, I lost my mom when she was 56 in 2015 and I still am not whole. All I can say is that it won't get easier, but it will get less painful the longer your heart lives with that ache. I wish you the best and hopefully life is kind to you in the future.
Though I never got to show him the awesomeness of the original Fallouts; my papa loved fallout 3, new Vegas, and 4. Some of the best memories I share with him were showing him the different ways to build your character and all the hidden weapons and secrets in game (his favorite being those of the wild wasteland trait in NV). I recently began a new playthrough of new Vegas and 3 both playing them as he would. It was his birthday yesterday and I'm sure he would have enjoyed your videos and how much joy they bring you as well as how knowledgeable you are. Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm and passion for such a beloved series, and the memories it brings along with it.
Thank you for shinning a light on one of the best games ever made, so many memories and late nights playing this game. I recently got diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis and my vision goes really blurry from time to time making it hard to play but still manage to love this game over and over. I'm so sorry for the loss of your mother, many kind prayers to you and your family. Stay safe TK :)
Hey ! I remember playing house in Fallout and Fallout 2 as well ! I would take an empty house (or empty it myself), make a home out of it, then I would make up stories of my character's life in the town... it's good to have such memories, because as we grow into adults and get more grounded into the real world, we forget how natural and easy it can be to make stories up !
Love this. I started watching lore years ago with your video essays. I never got into fallout 1 or 2, so these have been fascinating for me. I’ve been waiting for the right time to jump into these games myself.
Long time no watch.congrats on surpassing 200k Nuts!I just saw a dankula vid about your buddy and the superhero days of yore!I swear I saw a pic of THE MANTIS in all his glory🤙
Stay strong my man, we all have our ways to escape from reality, and game, are on of my if not my favourite. Been trying to do that myself lately, had a recent breakup and it's been tough as hell. "Hey, chin up. I know the night just got darker, but it won’t last forever.”
15:55 Reference the weeds in the garden (hint/spoiler below): Wait until it's dark then you can Sneak close and kill them one at a time as the second won't agro.
Great video! Really enjoyed hearing about how you played the game as a kid. I did something similar with Starcraft, playing it over and over with the cheats just to have fun and not stress out. Had it not been for Let's Players I would have never had the patience to give classic Fallout a chance. I finished both Fallout and Fallout 2 for the first time last year and I am already excited about doing another playthru! You are right about the difficulty, I played both games on easy and I still got one-shot by many critical hits. Absolutely fantastic experience, tho. I did my best to avoid walkthrus but some places really confused me, like needing the outhouse to explode and the door puzzle on the oil rig. Having played the 3D games first, I was already used to the whacky humor, and honestly wasn't even surprised at all by talking deathclaws. The FEV had already mutated them so far from chameleons, what is one step further with giving them true sentience? FEV boosts intelligence, plus the Enclave had a more advanced version of the virus as well as extra years of mutant research. Odds are good they had the data on deathclaws before the bombs fell, probably the original files going over everything that made them what they are. On another note, this video reminded me that Tim Cain has been making excellent videos about the creation of Fallout. If anyone hasn't checked it out yet, his stories are really interesting!
I've never played Fallout 2, I'm not even used to watch a lot of videos about it, but I knew this was something you were putting your heart and mind into, so I had to give it a watch. It was a great video, i myself been playing 20 or more years old games recently, the older one being Mortal Kombat 4 from 1997, and I just felt like home, like the kid I was, obsessed with that janky 3D animation. Congratulations on a job well done, kind regards from the Argentinian wasteland!
I played it a few weeks ago for the first time. The temple made me stop playing but your videos gave me the push to give it a serious try. I finished it by now and I'm really grateful for the experience. Awesome title
I'm so sorry about your loss! This was a fantastic video, I'd like to see similar ones for other games when you feel it's appropriate and desire to do it.
I was a few months shy of 14 when Fallout 2 was first released, and I was able to use my cousin's blazing fast DSL internet access (my family computer would be using dialup for a few years yet) to download a pirated copy of it (only took a few hours!) and burn it to a blank disk. The following year I would do the same for Planescape Torment and later Baldur's Gate 2. I'd grown up on consoles that I got to play at friends apartments or houses, and was attracted to RPGs though I had no idea what really that involved, it was just an instinctual attraction to games featuring character development and a lot of reading. Prior to the original Baldur's Gate, which was my first "true" Western CRPG (though I do have very vague memories of playing a friends father's copy of Wizardry V in earlier childhood), and the Fallout games were similarly life-changing experiences for me. I remember sneaking out of my room after midnight when the rest of my family were asleep to turn on the computer and play Fallout 2, and those evenings into early mornings remain some of my favorite memories! I had to make sure nobody saw much of what I was playing due to the extraordinary violence and such; walking around New Reno where everyone was strung out or high on Jet, prostitutes and gangs roamed the streets, &c was something that blew my mind at that age, haha. I also started to experiment with drugs very early, and would often be high while playing those games (I'm sober now for almost 10 years). Anyway I still regularly replay all of the aforementioned games, but Fallout 2 will always stand out as my favorite video game of all time. It was, like New Vegas and Morrowind, lightning in a bottle and in retrospect seems a miracle it even exists.
My intro to Fallout was a PC Magazine Demo disc. It was an early build of Junktown, but was only the main entrance to the town and had a completely self contained plot that didn’t show up in the final game. My little brother and I played that demo until we exhausted every last possible interaction we could find. We didn’t know Fallout’s release date, but when we saw the game box on the wall at the Software Etc store, there was NO arguing what game we were getting!! The manual was a piece of art and I think I still have it. I know I have my Fallout 2 disc and case. I DID have both manuals, but FO2’s manual just disappeared on me one day and I have a few suspects in mind.. anyway, I had managed to always purchase a physical copy of each game on or near release date, including the collector versions for FO3 and New Vegas. (Should have realized that 3 was going to be the CLOSEST that Bethesda would get to making a real Fallout game. “Fallout 4 was the first Fallout game I didn’t get on release day. I was probably the only person who was EXTREMELY disappointed with the released gameplay footage. And I was right. Fallout 4 may as well be “generic shooter game #8469 w/ Fallout overlay. It also became the first Fallout game I haven’t beaten multiple times or have any sudden urges to play. The entire loss of character creation in favor of just a list of “perks” is just depressing. Fallout New Vegas was supposed to be a preview of what was going to be further polished and improved as it demonstrated to Bethesda HOW a PROPER Fallout game is done!! Instead, Bethesda said “nawww, too much work” and just made sure it was pretty. Couldn’t even bother making proper dialog trees, instead making dialog sticks where all 4 choices go to the same conclusion. Here’s hoping some creative types can create a custom engine that implements permanent consequences for game choices bc the true future of Fallout now is in our hands bc Bethesda simply wants it for the art alone. Not the actual game.. Why did Todd Howard BUY Fallout from Interplay if all they were going to do was GUT the core mechanics that set Fallout apart from every other computer RPG and replace it with mindless gunplay??? He HAD to have known HOW BADLY the former Black Isle staff, mainly those involved with Fallout’s creation, wanted to be able to purchase Fallout from Interplay and collectively own it. All the sleepless nights that Tim Cain spent programming ALONE to create Fallout’s engine and get the game started…. And when he and the other devs who poured their heart, soul, and TIME OFF THE CLOCK to work on it, Todd Howard should have BACKED OFF!! and now Fallout is losing those core game mechanics and gameplay elements wholly unique to Fallout titles to just be another mindless quirky shooter.
Sorry to hear about your loss, I hope it gets better and if you need to take time away that's fine I'll still be binging all your videos on repeat when I play fallout👍
Really sorry for your loss, man. Thank you for all the interesting videos. Fallout 1&2 have been huge crutches and pieces of emotional support for me as well and are very meaningful. For whatever it's worth, I really enjoy the way you talk about these games. I really love your description of the games as "the place I grew up in", that described so much of my sentiment around it and I hadn't found the words for it.
We love u mantis, keep your head up and live on. Be strong for your mother, I know she would probably want to see you live as much as you can. Don't let the negative consume you, for every negative in this world there is an equal positive right next to it. Your vids really have helped me forget about my own struggles with opioid dependence and you get me caught up in a whole new world with your videos, so thank you very much.
Fallout 2 remains one of my top all time favorite games. I bought a copy for my cousin back in 98 and I'd sleep over at his house every weekend so we could play it. We'd see what we could do and discover and compare our progress. I still play it regularly to this day, albeit with the fallout restoration project patch installed.
Ive been a huge fallout fan since F3 and last year i finally played F1 and F2 just so i could know what happens story-wise. I intended on using a walkthrough for the entire game but found after the first hour or two I was just playing the game. I was mindblown how good these games are despite being 30 years old. Fallout 2 in particular is probably my favourite Fallout game now. Fallout 4's atmosphere cannot touch 2.
I’ve only been a fan of Fallout since 2019 when I played Fallout 2 and NV. I’ve been heavily addicted ever since and it’s all thanks to 1, 2, NV, and 76. You have been one of my favorite TH-camrs of all time since then. I’m sorry for your loss I lost my father just three years ago. I hope you’re doing well friend. Thank you for helping me fall in love with this franchise.
I feel your pain Mantis, I lost my own mother recently. In times like this we need the comfort of the familiar and you could do far worse than Fallout, to be certain.
So many things “oh it’s just not that hard, only some low level geckos” Meanwhile so much of my blood was spilt trying to get Smiley, and the game was nigh unplayable after all the resources I used to get through. Fun to see others play successfully
You should consider looking into Kenshi and Underrail. They have strong classic Fallout vibes. Also F2 is my favourite game of all time so I understand your sentiment.
To be perfectly fair to the scientology bit it did form in 1954 so even in a retrofuturism context it kinda makes sense. Of course including references to more modern celebrities kinda breaks that but if you can ignore that part it's an interesting concept
For me, I prefer the dash to NCR compared to San Fran, its a bit easier as you can take a Redding caravan there. Once there, you can rob the store in the bazaar relatively easily, depending on your sneak and steal skills, you just go direct for the shelves but I can understand the choice of San Fran, its just not my preference. I take NCR because after robbing the store, take the caravan back to Redding, next one to Vault City to get to Gecko easy, return and head to Den to get my dang car. The car is all that matters, but then after playing the game reguarly for 25 years, I have my habits and routines.
The talking creatures in Fallout 2 actually remind me a little of the novel Deus Irae by Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny, which is a post-nuclear science fiction novel filled with strange talking animals. And strangeness in general. It's quite surreal.
It's nice to find someone who appreciates the originals. You usually see videos made by GenZ who completely slate them - and they remind me of those two kids in back to the future 2 who say "You have to use your hands? That's like a babies toy!!!" when McFly shows them the crack shot arcade game. Like most things GenZ, I think they need a game to be immediately accessible to hold their attention. Anyway, I was 13 when I first played Fallout. I got the game free with a PC my dad bought me back in 1995. I really wanted to play Command And Conquer, and I got my dad to buy that with the PC, too. I played that for months and months before I even looked at Fallout. I played it on a demo CD from a magazine and loved it. So you can imagine how awesome it was to find out I owned the full game, unbeknown to me (the PC came with a kind of CD wallet that I never looked at because I was too busy playing C&C) because there was no mention of it being in the bundle that came with the PC. It came with "Descent", too, which was really cool for the time as well. I must have played Fallout 2 nearly constantly, until I was 19, because there's so many different ways to play it and so many different ways to complete it. I absolutely love the first 2 games. They're actually some of my best memories in life. A couple of my friends owned an played F2, too, so we'd compare characters and just generally discuss the quests etc. I'd REALLY reccomend not using a character or inventory editor the first few play throughs, because it's so much more fun when it's a challenge. Just getting the game and maxing out all your stats and HP and inventory will break the games. I feel really strongly about that. There's so much fun stuff and quests to discover. Things like, having to work your way up the weapons ladder, bartering for new armour, being $1 short of buying the rope you need for the quest lol. Please, play the games - and base your stats on how you feel YOU as a person are. Are you big and strong, or thin and lanky? Let the stats reflect your true self.
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i too started with Fallout 2.
going back to play Fo1 after picking up the trillogy pack before Bethesda nabbed it. It felt like something was missing in Fo1. maybe that its just a lot of nothing around, or wider spaces. it just felt less. maybe palettized. lesser color. lesser derivatives? idk. i always felt that Fo1 was different. It didnt take away from it though.
Heres something i wondered if you noticed as well:
With Fallout 3 being the first 'new-age' fallout. i see alot of comparisons between it and Fo1. as FoNV was Fo2 to Fo3's Fo1.
More content, better pallet of colors, items, better writing, and a much larger scope.
So excited to get that Nuka quantum pin, my collection has a severe lack of fallout currently, well priced, too! A pity the Nuka non-quantum sold out so soon or I'd've gotten both
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I haven't gotten into the video yet but I want to say thank you for being there for us. I'm sorry about your mom and I hope you know you are cared for even if it's just a bunch of strangers.
What a sweet comment
Man there's nothing harder in this world than losing a parent. At least nothing I experienced comes close.
@@VioletDownpour777as awful as that is the pain of losing a child is the worst pain a person can feel.
It's true he seems nice
@@daltongarrett7117 I would posit that loss is loss no matter the connection for that is the price of love
The likes of fallout, morrowind, and starcraft have stuck with me my whole life since discovering them. The nostalgia of playing these and finding new things in them is like comfort food. Sorry to hear for your loss. Hope to see more content from your channel.
Thanks, Ryan!
You have great taste in games!
Thanks for all the content! 🙏❤
Hey man, I lost my mom just this last Christmas so I think I can relate to how you're feeling. You have my sympathy. Nearly seven months later and I still randomly get angry, upset, or just feel confused. No telling how grief will impact different people, but be aware that it can take a long time.
Sorry to hear about your mom, Mantis, I hope you and your family are doing alright
Doing good! Thank you.
7:17 My bro critically missed a 95% accurate shot💀
I feel like you've perfectly captured that feeling - it's home. A fixed timeline that never stops existing and we can always get back to and relive it just like we did the first time we played the game all those years ago, along with all the memories we had of that time.
Man this was a rollercoaster of emotions, what an incredible video. Thank you for making this and sorry to hear about your Mom. I’m glad to hear that you at least managed to find some comfort in doing this, and just know that all of us watching did too.
Sorry to hear about your mother my condolences. Much respect for carrying on,it's not easy for everyone.
Love to see the long form content pop up from you my man. Can't wait to watch this one!
Thanks for checking it out, brother!
Sorry about your loss man. Funny how certain games can really be that home base, comfort-core place for us. Mine are first gen pokemon, warcraft III, and kotor. Another great video pal
Thank you for checking it out! Love your stuff!
I’m sorry for your loss. We all appreciate you very much and support you through thick and thin
I hope you keep making videos like these even if they don’t get nearly as many views. Can tell a lot of love and effort was put into this one. Great vid!
Always.
Imagine making a sequel of one of the most memorable RPG of all times, in a year or so, and still managing to do a good game.
*Chosen One throwing up gang signs*
31:56 You can still get the location of the Army Deepo doing a bit of graverobing in the Golgotha. You'll probably get the graverobber perk eich makes all settler dislike you a bit.
I’m still exploring your content backlog but have been enjoying your Fallout videos (I’ve been a fan since the originals came out in the 90s and have played all the major titles from both Black Isle and Bethesda) quite a bit! Thank you for helping to keep the nostalgia alive and bringing old fans together through your content! So sorry to hear of your loss but you should know you have a whole community behind you that you help to relive their old memories of a time since passed. Hope that the time ahead is kinder to you.
The sky is blue.
Fallout 2.
Frank Horrigan.
Boogaloo.
Sorry for your loss dude
my condolences.
❤️ TK I love hearing just your genuine love and happiness about these games. It means so much
Thank you so much for checking it out! THAT means so much!
@@TKsMantis you're my comfort and fall asleep TH-camr ❤️ I play your videos on repeat and I really appreciate everything you do!
As someone who’s new to your channel I’m thankful for ur awesome fallout content and sorry for ur loss
it's nice to see pure love and appreciation, unadultered joy for something, anything
So I just started playing Fallout 2 for the first time ever and the timing of this video is fantastic.
I’d like to in part thank your channel amongst others for fueling my curiosity and excitement to explore these games.
Awesome! I hope you enjoy. I've been playing it since summer of 99 right before my senior year of HS. Man, you're lucky to be going in fresh. Happy for you :)
As someone who lost my mom a long time ago, im sorry you're going through that, its one of the hardest things you'll do, but thank you for continuing to make videos and give us unwaveringly good content. I appreciate the work you do, please continue what you do
I wasn't even around in the 90's, yet when I picked up Fallout 1 and 2 in an Epic giveaway, I enjoyed them. They are genuinely some of my favourite games of all time, even more so than 3 and 4. They're janky, sure, but when you look past it they're incredible. I'm sorry about your mom. Also that bottle cap story is adorable.
I'm sure it's been said at least a dozen times by now, but I truly am grateful for all that you create and produce on this platform. I'm terribly sorry to hear of your loss and just wish you to know that, if nothing else, this community you've helped to build is going to be there to support you through these turbulent times.
Thank you so much!
I drove through shoreline listening to this video, love you TK❤
Hey man, I wanted to let you know I am sorry for the loss of your mom, I lost my father years ago and am taking care of my mother now, so I can understand what you are going through and wanted to let you know that you are cared about and none of us would blame you if you took a break from the channel for a while.
i feel the same. well done.
I'm sorry for your loss my friend, my condolences to you and your family. These are trying times for so many and you're a pillar of light in the darkness.
Im sorry to hear about your mom. I love fallout 2 as well and thank you for sharing your love with games to us. Love from Philippines
mantis, i’ve never commented before, but i’ve been watching your videos for a few years now and love your content. thank you for doing what you do. much love.
I'm so sorry for your loss, I lost my mom when she was 56 in 2015 and I still am not whole. All I can say is that it won't get easier, but it will get less painful the longer your heart lives with that ache. I wish you the best and hopefully life is kind to you in the future.
Though I never got to show him the awesomeness of the original Fallouts; my papa loved fallout 3, new Vegas, and 4. Some of the best memories I share with him were showing him the different ways to build your character and all the hidden weapons and secrets in game (his favorite being those of the wild wasteland trait in NV). I recently began a new playthrough of new Vegas and 3 both playing them as he would. It was his birthday yesterday and I'm sure he would have enjoyed your videos and how much joy they bring you as well as how knowledgeable you are. Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm and passion for such a beloved series, and the memories it brings along with it.
My condolences, so sorry for your loss. Fallout 2 was my comfort game as a kid too, you've definitely done it justice with this video essay.
I’m so glad you have decided to make a long form video after a while and I have only just started it but I know it will be a banger, much love
Thank you for shinning a light on one of the best games ever made, so many memories and late nights playing this game. I recently got diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis and my vision goes really blurry from time to time making it hard to play but still manage to love this game over and over. I'm so sorry for the loss of your mother, many kind prayers to you and your family. Stay safe TK :)
Hey ! I remember playing house in Fallout and Fallout 2 as well ! I would take an empty house (or empty it myself), make a home out of it, then I would make up stories of my character's life in the town... it's good to have such memories, because as we grow into adults and get more grounded into the real world, we forget how natural and easy it can be to make stories up !
Happy to see you doing another longer form video. I can tell it's going to be a good one
More to come! Thank you for watching!
Love this. I started watching lore years ago with your video essays. I never got into fallout 1 or 2, so these have been fascinating for me. I’ve been waiting for the right time to jump into these games myself.
Dealing with loss is rough and having a familiar comfort to make the pain less present helps.
Long time no watch.congrats on surpassing 200k
Nuts!I just saw a dankula vid about your buddy and the superhero days of yore!I swear I saw a pic of THE MANTIS in all his glory🤙
Thank you very much! Crazy! I havent interacted with Phoenix Jones is over ten years,. Heard he really feel off.
Stay strong my man, we all have our ways to escape from reality, and game, are on of my if not my favourite. Been trying to do that myself lately, had a recent breakup and it's been tough as hell.
"Hey, chin up. I know the night just got darker, but it won’t last forever.”
Sorry for your loss my friend. Thanks for the great FO2 video.
We love you man. I'm sorry for your mother's passing.
The ghosts, talking deathclaws, and whatnot were the best part!
I love the fun, but I could do without haha
Hey man thank you for making your videos, I'm sorry to hear about your Mom, losing a parent sucks to say the least.
im sorry to hear about your mother gamer. i hope the best for you sexy man
Thank you!
15:55 Reference the weeds in the garden (hint/spoiler below):
Wait until it's dark then you can Sneak close and kill them one at a time as the second won't agro.
You always come from the heart, Mantis, and this is why we love you. Stay up, man. Sorry for your loss, and glad you can find some peace in all this.❤
Keep it going bro always amazing to watch ur vids
Thank you, Kody!
Great video! Really enjoyed hearing about how you played the game as a kid. I did something similar with Starcraft, playing it over and over with the cheats just to have fun and not stress out.
Had it not been for Let's Players I would have never had the patience to give classic Fallout a chance. I finished both Fallout and Fallout 2 for the first time last year and I am already excited about doing another playthru!
You are right about the difficulty, I played both games on easy and I still got one-shot by many critical hits. Absolutely fantastic experience, tho. I did my best to avoid walkthrus but some places really confused me, like needing the outhouse to explode and the door puzzle on the oil rig.
Having played the 3D games first, I was already used to the whacky humor, and honestly wasn't even surprised at all by talking deathclaws. The FEV had already mutated them so far from chameleons, what is one step further with giving them true sentience? FEV boosts intelligence, plus the Enclave had a more advanced version of the virus as well as extra years of mutant research. Odds are good they had the data on deathclaws before the bombs fell, probably the original files going over everything that made them what they are.
On another note, this video reminded me that Tim Cain has been making excellent videos about the creation of Fallout. If anyone hasn't checked it out yet, his stories are really interesting!
Hot take: I love the talking deathclaws
I've never played Fallout 2, I'm not even used to watch a lot of videos about it, but I knew this was something you were putting your heart and mind into, so I had to give it a watch. It was a great video, i myself been playing 20 or more years old games recently, the older one being Mortal Kombat 4 from 1997, and I just felt like home, like the kid I was, obsessed with that janky 3D animation. Congratulations on a job well done, kind regards from the Argentinian wasteland!
I loved the idea that deathclaws aren't inherently hostile just defensive and then being intelligent and being so feared in the wasteland was so cool.
I played it a few weeks ago for the first time. The temple made me stop playing but your videos gave me the push to give it a serious try. I finished it by now and I'm really grateful for the experience. Awesome title
I'm so sorry about your loss! This was a fantastic video, I'd like to see similar ones for other games when you feel it's appropriate and desire to do it.
I was a few months shy of 14 when Fallout 2 was first released, and I was able to use my cousin's blazing fast DSL internet access (my family computer would be using dialup for a few years yet) to download a pirated copy of it (only took a few hours!) and burn it to a blank disk. The following year I would do the same for Planescape Torment and later Baldur's Gate 2. I'd grown up on consoles that I got to play at friends apartments or houses, and was attracted to RPGs though I had no idea what really that involved, it was just an instinctual attraction to games featuring character development and a lot of reading. Prior to the original Baldur's Gate, which was my first "true" Western CRPG (though I do have very vague memories of playing a friends father's copy of Wizardry V in earlier childhood), and the Fallout games were similarly life-changing experiences for me.
I remember sneaking out of my room after midnight when the rest of my family were asleep to turn on the computer and play Fallout 2, and those evenings into early mornings remain some of my favorite memories! I had to make sure nobody saw much of what I was playing due to the extraordinary violence and such; walking around New Reno where everyone was strung out or high on Jet, prostitutes and gangs roamed the streets, &c was something that blew my mind at that age, haha. I also started to experiment with drugs very early, and would often be high while playing those games (I'm sober now for almost 10 years). Anyway I still regularly replay all of the aforementioned games, but Fallout 2 will always stand out as my favorite video game of all time. It was, like New Vegas and Morrowind, lightning in a bottle and in retrospect seems a miracle it even exists.
My condolences, sorry to hear about you loss of your mother!
Thanks for another great video man. Really sorry for your loss. Wishing you and your family the best.
Sorry for your loss ... And thanks for all the videos we love them and agree with all you preach. Amen bro
Deepest condolences WRT your mother. Mine passed years ago, so I can definitely sympathize.
My intro to Fallout was a PC Magazine Demo disc. It was an early build of Junktown, but was only the main entrance to the town and had a completely self contained plot that didn’t show up in the final game. My little brother and I played that demo until we exhausted every last possible interaction we could find. We didn’t know Fallout’s release date, but when we saw the game box on the wall at the Software Etc store, there was NO arguing what game we were getting!! The manual was a piece of art and I think I still have it. I know I have my Fallout 2 disc and case. I DID have both manuals, but FO2’s manual just disappeared on me one day and I have a few suspects in mind.. anyway, I had managed to always purchase a physical copy of each game on or near release date, including the collector versions for FO3 and New Vegas. (Should have realized that 3 was going to be the CLOSEST that Bethesda would get to making a real Fallout game. “Fallout 4 was the first Fallout game I didn’t get on release day. I was probably the only person who was EXTREMELY disappointed with the released gameplay footage. And I was right. Fallout 4 may as well be “generic shooter game #8469 w/ Fallout overlay. It also became the first Fallout game I haven’t beaten multiple times or have any sudden urges to play. The entire loss of character creation in favor of just a list of “perks” is just depressing. Fallout New Vegas was supposed to be a preview of what was going to be further polished and improved as it demonstrated to Bethesda HOW a PROPER Fallout game is done!! Instead, Bethesda said “nawww, too much work” and just made sure it was pretty. Couldn’t even bother making proper dialog trees, instead making dialog sticks where all 4 choices go to the same conclusion. Here’s hoping some creative types can create a custom engine that implements permanent consequences for game choices bc the true future of Fallout now is in our hands bc Bethesda simply wants it for the art alone. Not the actual game..
Why did Todd Howard BUY Fallout from Interplay if all they were going to do was GUT the core mechanics that set Fallout apart from every other computer RPG and replace it with mindless gunplay??? He HAD to have known HOW BADLY the former Black Isle staff, mainly those involved with Fallout’s creation, wanted to be able to purchase Fallout from Interplay and collectively own it. All the sleepless nights that Tim Cain spent programming ALONE to create Fallout’s engine and get the game started…. And when he and the other devs who poured their heart, soul, and TIME OFF THE CLOCK to work on it, Todd Howard should have BACKED OFF!! and now Fallout is losing those core game mechanics and gameplay elements wholly unique to Fallout titles to just be another mindless quirky shooter.
Cheers from Snohomish! Love your videos, watch them quite a bit when stretching before bed and while I fall asleep. Thank you for all you do.
Sorry to hear about your loss, I hope it gets better and if you need to take time away that's fine I'll still be binging all your videos on repeat when I play fallout👍
My condolences for your loss.
Really sorry for your loss, man. Thank you for all the interesting videos. Fallout 1&2 have been huge crutches and pieces of emotional support for me as well and are very meaningful. For whatever it's worth, I really enjoy the way you talk about these games. I really love your description of the games as "the place I grew up in", that described so much of my sentiment around it and I hadn't found the words for it.
We love u mantis, keep your head up and live on. Be strong for your mother, I know she would probably want to see you live as much as you can. Don't let the negative consume you, for every negative in this world there is an equal positive right next to it. Your vids really have helped me forget about my own struggles with opioid dependence and you get me caught up in a whole new world with your videos, so thank you very much.
Sorry to hear about your mother.
May she rest in peace.
Fallout 2 remains one of my top all time favorite games. I bought a copy for my cousin back in 98 and I'd sleep over at his house every weekend so we could play it. We'd see what we could do and discover and compare our progress.
I still play it regularly to this day, albeit with the fallout restoration project patch installed.
Ive been a huge fallout fan since F3 and last year i finally played F1 and F2 just so i could know what happens story-wise. I intended on using a walkthrough for the entire game but found after the first hour or two I was just playing the game. I was mindblown how good these games are despite being 30 years old. Fallout 2 in particular is probably my favourite Fallout game now. Fallout 4's atmosphere cannot touch 2.
I’ve only been a fan of Fallout since 2019 when I played Fallout 2 and NV. I’ve been heavily addicted ever since and it’s all thanks to 1, 2, NV, and 76. You have been one of my favorite TH-camrs of all time since then. I’m sorry for your loss I lost my father just three years ago. I hope you’re doing well friend. Thank you for helping me fall in love with this franchise.
I'm sorry for your mom my dude. Stay safe and keep grinding. I really enjoy your content and company while I play New Vegas alone at night.
i am so sorry about your mother i wish you nothing but the best for you and your channel!!!
I feel your pain Mantis, I lost my own mother recently. In times like this we need the comfort of the familiar and you could do far worse than Fallout, to be certain.
I thought this was gonna be a lot longer I wonder if he cut some parts out, hopefully I'll give this a watch sometime soon
I'm sorry for your loss, I'll be praying for you bro
I'm sorry for your loss tks , Love your content keep it up buddy
So many things “oh it’s just not that hard, only some low level geckos”
Meanwhile so much of my blood was spilt trying to get Smiley, and the game was nigh unplayable after all the resources I used to get through. Fun to see others play successfully
Rest in peace bro
Sorry for you loss man, much love ❤
Thank you, this is personal and beautiful
God Bless Mantis. Always excited to see a new vid from you!
I love this game, where if you're crouched, explosions are quieter
Fallout 2: radioactive bogolo
The type of mantis video I love
May your mom forever Rest in Power, TK!
You should consider looking into Kenshi and Underrail. They have strong classic Fallout vibes.
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F2 is my favourite game of all time so I understand your sentiment.
I have both games, but I have not played them yet. Well, I played a tiny bit of Underrail. Good stuff!
God bless you in all your endeavors. Been a fan for a long time, thank you 👌
I’m sorry for your loss man
RIP to the mom Mantis it was a great video subbed
To be perfectly fair to the scientology bit it did form in 1954 so even in a retrofuturism context it kinda makes sense. Of course including references to more modern celebrities kinda breaks that but if you can ignore that part it's an interesting concept
For me, I prefer the dash to NCR compared to San Fran, its a bit easier as you can take a Redding caravan there. Once there, you can rob the store in the bazaar relatively easily, depending on your sneak and steal skills, you just go direct for the shelves but I can understand the choice of San Fran, its just not my preference. I take NCR because after robbing the store, take the caravan back to Redding, next one to Vault City to get to Gecko easy, return and head to Den to get my dang car. The car is all that matters, but then after playing the game reguarly for 25 years, I have my habits and routines.
I really missed this type of videos you used to do awesome vid man❤️
The talking creatures in Fallout 2 actually remind me a little of the novel Deus Irae by Philip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny, which is a post-nuclear science fiction novel filled with strange talking animals. And strangeness in general. It's quite surreal.
Fallout is a big part of my life thank you Mr mantis and rip your mom I hope you take it easy man
Sorry for your loss.
It's nice to find someone who appreciates the originals. You usually see videos made by GenZ who completely slate them - and they remind me of those two kids in back to the future 2 who say "You have to use your hands? That's like a babies toy!!!" when McFly shows them the crack shot arcade game. Like most things GenZ, I think they need a game to be immediately accessible to hold their attention.
Anyway, I was 13 when I first played Fallout. I got the game free with a PC my dad bought me back in 1995. I really wanted to play Command And Conquer, and I got my dad to buy that with the PC, too. I played that for months and months before I even looked at Fallout. I played it on a demo CD from a magazine and loved it. So you can imagine how awesome it was to find out I owned the full game, unbeknown to me (the PC came with a kind of CD wallet that I never looked at because I was too busy playing C&C) because there was no mention of it being in the bundle that came with the PC. It came with "Descent", too, which was really cool for the time as well.
I must have played Fallout 2 nearly constantly, until I was 19, because there's so many different ways to play it and so many different ways to complete it. I absolutely love the first 2 games. They're actually some of my best memories in life. A couple of my friends owned an played F2, too, so we'd compare characters and just generally discuss the quests etc.
I'd REALLY reccomend not using a character or inventory editor the first few play throughs, because it's so much more fun when it's a challenge. Just getting the game and maxing out all your stats and HP and inventory will break the games. I feel really strongly about that. There's so much fun stuff and quests to discover. Things like, having to work your way up the weapons ladder, bartering for new armour, being $1 short of buying the rope you need for the quest lol.
Please, play the games - and base your stats on how you feel YOU as a person are. Are you big and strong, or thin and lanky? Let the stats reflect your true self.
Fallout 3 for me is like Fallout 2 to you, I'm sorry for your loss man. And with that, thank you for all the content over the time!!!