Good thing I ninja'd these a few weeks ago. Haven't even installed yet but they'll chunk up my PC backlog nicely.
Fallout Games Yanked From GoG Due To Rights Issues
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I got the freebies, and actually still have the disc copies. Give me a hard copy over digital distribution any day. This is one of the very best series from the Black Isle era crpg, and simply a must play title for anyone that enjoys a good role playing game. A shame it's off of GOG's catalog.
I imagine that I can expect to see Bethesda to recycle the first two games into more ultimately bland, boring and kinda disappointing sandbox titles.
I paid full price for a MvC. As far as I'm concerned they can fuck themselves for not giving me the entire game i paid for. Especially after fucking me about by then bringing out an "ultimate MvC"Kheapathic said:
No. Not good enough. Never good enough. They are bold face ripping people off and there is no excuse. Ever.
I've had the disks for these three for 5+ years. While I have yet to put them back on my PC, I regard them to be very solid games and happy to have them in my collection. While I was a bit disappointed it wasn't "Wasteland II" when Fallout 1 came out, but I still revere these as some of the best games in my collection. A solid system of mechanics, an interesting backdrop and great story.
Well, almost.
I found Fallout to be the best of them, and while the timer could ruin the game for you, I find it stands out best because Black Isle didn't let Chris Avellone run away with them.
Fallout 2 had great improvements, but their decision to include Animaniacs references (among other things, like say, Magic: The Gathering) slapped a date on what should have been a timeless classic. While it was hardly bad enough to ruin the game, it was a bit of annoyance that hung in the back of my head. Especially after meeting "Pinky and the Brain."
Fallout Tactics also had improvements over the other two. I loved being able to use cover and elevations, but it was just a collection of scenarios. It was fun to play through a second time a few years ago, but I did wish they had a bit more than it just being a PvP oriented game with a bunch of maps and some flavor tacked on to it; although I admit the flavor was pretty well done. I noticed that this game pretty much failed with this idea in spite of PvP starting to be popular at the time.
On Topic: (Geez, wrote all that and realized I didn't make an on topic comment)
It's a shame something couldn't have been worked out. These are excellent titles and doesn't even Interplay or EA get some benefit out of this? I can't remember what happened to the licensing of this title once Black Isle closed down. Probably because I have the disks.
Well, almost.
I found Fallout to be the best of them, and while the timer could ruin the game for you, I find it stands out best because Black Isle didn't let Chris Avellone run away with them.
Fallout 2 had great improvements, but their decision to include Animaniacs references (among other things, like say, Magic: The Gathering) slapped a date on what should have been a timeless classic. While it was hardly bad enough to ruin the game, it was a bit of annoyance that hung in the back of my head. Especially after meeting "Pinky and the Brain."
Fallout Tactics also had improvements over the other two. I loved being able to use cover and elevations, but it was just a collection of scenarios. It was fun to play through a second time a few years ago, but I did wish they had a bit more than it just being a PvP oriented game with a bunch of maps and some flavor tacked on to it; although I admit the flavor was pretty well done. I noticed that this game pretty much failed with this idea in spite of PvP starting to be popular at the time.
On Topic: (Geez, wrote all that and realized I didn't make an on topic comment)
It's a shame something couldn't have been worked out. These are excellent titles and doesn't even Interplay or EA get some benefit out of this? I can't remember what happened to the licensing of this title once Black Isle closed down. Probably because I have the disks.
get high agility and be sure to use VATS when you shoot the nasty buggers.Longstreet said:
I recommend you look for the deathclaw den somewhere in the game, it's all kinds of horrible!
Laurents van Cauwenberghe said:
I HAVE played other fallout games (that is 3 and NV) and usually i follow this simple rule
Stay the fuck away from deathclaws unless you have a really "this will fuck you up" gun. This goes especially for den's.
Although there was an addendum to this rule in NV, avoid cazadores like the plague.
Anyway, sorry to tell you, i won't be taking the latter part of your advice.
tbh, you should see Fallout 1,2&tactics as a different series than 3&NV.Longstreet said:
Deathclaws are way worse in the classics!
but they atleast give good exp, a sense of satisfaction when you kill them and they should have loot.
Let me give this piece of advice then, the time limit isn't as important as the game makes it out to be and be sure to explore everything in towns, there's usually a lot of great hidden stuff.
I figured the fact that Interplay was losing the rights to it was why they were giving it away free on GOG.
Agreed. The Gatling laser or Fat Man will make short work of them though. Or if you dare to go into their sanctuary you can find the Vengeance in the southeast section - it packs 220 - 331 DPS (Depending on perks) which should make getting back out a cakewalkLongstreet said:
EDIT: If you want overkill see if you can find the experimental MIRV
Don't remind me. >.<Laurents van Cauwenberghe said:
Fallout 2 was my first Fallout game and those...those evil little demons were enough to make me rage quit the game for a bit. Then when 3 came out and I saw one the memories from Fallout 2 game back, but then I found out that Deathclaws were real pansies in that game. Come New Vegas I thought, eh if Bethesda had part in it then they'll be piss easy again. But then I got killed by some Young Deathclaws and remembered that some of the team from Obsidian who worked on New Vegas were once from Black Isle...and then the memories were truly realized for a bit.
yea and those guys who were from black isle now made inexile and are developing wasteland 2, yay!Neronium said:Don't remind me. >.<Laurents van Cauwenberghe said:
Fallout 2 was my first Fallout game and those...those evil little demons were enough to make me rage quit the game for a bit. Then when 3 came out and I saw one the memories from Fallout 2 game back, but then I found out that Deathclaws were real pansies in that game. Come New Vegas I thought, eh if Bethesda had part in it then they'll be piss easy again. But then I got killed by some Young Deathclaws and remembered that some of the team from Obsidian who worked on New Vegas were once from Black Isle...and then the memories were truly realized for a bit.
there's only one reason that you got killed by deathclaws so easily in NV though, it's because obisdian doesn't do level scaling, you might've wandered into a den of level 30 deathclaws while you were still level 5 xD
Now the question is, does GOG get the rights back?
I used to hunt deathclaws in F3 with dark gun. that was a fun challenge. actually i finished the whole game without shooting any of the "This will fuck you up" weapons, and then jut stared at them in my cupboard (my gun cupboard had like 10k ammunition of everything, i am a hoarder) and siad fuck it and slaughtered megaton.Longstreet said:
And this is why copyright on anything should expire in 10 years, you can still own the trademark so you can make a sequel that is fine but the product should have a limited time. Sorry but having them last 70 years after the death of the original author ( yes 70 years AFTER the creator dies 70!) is retarded.
Hmm, Radscorpion armour might be kind of cool if you could ride one...NONONO don't give them ideas!ThunderCavalier said:
Here's a link in getting Fallout 2 to work fine on your computer, this one is for 64-bit computers, and I'll edit in this post when I find the ones to get Fallout 1 and Fallout Tactics working since I've not found them yet.solemnwar said: