Fallout

Fallout is a 2.5 dimensional point and click RPG game. It is the first of the series of Fallout spinoffs which has a since-fiction post nuclear storyline. The adventure begins when the fallout shelter which has been keeping them safe, Vault 13, faced a water supply problem due to a broken filter. The main character controlled by the player is the one sent out to the outside world of wastelands to find a solution.

Interestingly enough he encounters mutated creatures such as odd looking two-headed brahmins which are relatively harmless unless provoked by an attack.

Even by attacking a innocent passerby might provoke the entire community of villagers against you whereby you will either have to fight them or retreat to a different location. All your actions will depend whether you will be a goodie or baddie, determined by the Karma level attained as you progress in the game. A very low Karma (such as being known as 'Childkiller') will set a group of bounty hunters against you. However a good reputation such as being known as a 'Champion' will enable you to converse with people more easily. Experience points is still awards for all successful combat acts carried out. Stealth can be used to avoid combats.

Zombies or rather, mutated inhabitants roaming around.

Red circles under the creatures indicate that they are initiated in combat against you. The red dots in the lower screen is the action point system calculating the number of moves you have.

Since it is a turn based game which uses an action point system. This means certain moves will take up more points to carry out and when your turn is done, it's the enemy's turn to make a move in combat.

The protagonist is given the PipBoy 2000 which is a device that can toggle between maps, objectives and bookkeeping of past events and skill levels.

You can 'spend' accumulated character points to upgrade the skills of your choice.

One anoying aspect of the game is the night time mode when darkness falls on the wasteland and sight is limited to within a short circumference around the character and also inhabitants will retreat to their homes which becomes inaccessible at night.

The game also has hilarious conversation with NPCs which keeps it entertaining such as trying to bed some of the female characters.

Despite being a predecessor of the 3D Fallout 3, this game gives a significantly different experience from the newer series.