Fallout 2
A turn-based tactical Western RPG in which the Chosen One is tasked with exploring post-nuclear California to locate and retrieve the fabled Garden of Eden Creation Kit for their famine-stricken tribe, while…
Fallout 2 is a puzzle developed by Black Isle Studios, released 29 October 1998 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $2.49 at GOG. The main story takes about 39 hrs to finish.
What Fallout 2 is
Fallout 2 is a puzzle game developed by Black Isle Studios and released in 1998. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on C++.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 2241, the primitive Arroyo suffers the worst drought on record. Faced with the calamity, the village elder asks the direct descendant of the Vault Dweller, referred to as the Chosen One, to perform the quest of retrieving a Garden of Eden Creation Kit (GECK) for Arroyo. The GECK is a device that can create thriving communities out of the post-apocalyptic wasteland.[3] The player, assuming the role of the Chosen One, is given nothing more than the Vault Dweller's jumpsuit, a RobCo PIPBoy 2000 handheld device, a Vault 13 water flask, a spear and some cash to start on his mission.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy, open world, science fiction and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Fallout series
Fallout 2 is the second of 56 entries we hold in the Fallout series. It arrived a year after Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game. The next entry was Fallout Apokalypse in 1998.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 39 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $2.49, that works out to about $0.06 per hour of the main story, or $0.17 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium 90Mhz or faster, 16 MB of RAM and SVGA. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.49 at GOG, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Fallout 2 launched on 29 October 1998, within three weeks of Half-Life, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus and The House of the Dead 2.
Released around the same time: Half-Life, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, The House of the Dead 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Fallout 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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