#Fallout 2 intro speech how to

On the way, however, you encounter a third location (Shady Sands) positioned between the two. In Fallout 1 you start with two locations on your map (Vault 13 and Vault 15), and you have to travel from one to get to the other.

The difference is that Fallout 1 better accommodates builds that are sub-optimal, which allows for more gameplay variety.Д«ut thatвЂ™s not the only odd change from the original. To be clear: Fallout 1 isnвЂ™t perfect вЂ“ I mention this in my review of it -, and has the exact same optimal build as Fallout 2 (Small guns, into energy weapons). Because of this, even when using an optimal build, it never really feels as though youвЂ™ve ascended to being the ultimate power in the wasteland like you do in the endgame of Fallout 1, especially because of how much stronger enemies are in the sequel. And by the time youвЂ™ve levelled effectively enough to defend yourself at close range, the late game locations often have you sneaking around enemy bases in disguise, discouraging you from combat because of how insanely powerful this gameвЂ™s antagonists are (The Enclave) by comparison to the challenging, but fair, antagonists of the first game (Super Mutants). And because this game spawns WAY more enemies for you to fight at a time than the first one does, going into melee combat often leaves you surrounded by foes on every front and unable to move or retreat once youвЂ™ve dedicated yourself to the fight. Most fights in the wild and in the more difficult areas of the game happen at medium to long range, encouraging this playstyle. Going by the simplified basis of choosing between a melee or ranged character, Fallout 1вЂ™s encounters and environments can be very easily accessible to both styles of play with a balanced mix of close-quarters and long range combat, with the range never being too great that you will be unable to hit a foe, and never too short that you find yourself entirely surrounded by enemies.Д«y contrast, in Fallout 2, the entire game seems built around the optimal build of tagging small guns and transissioning into energy weapons for maximum damage output. But what separates Fallout 1 from Fallout 2 is that, while both remain punishing games for the uninitiated, the first is better at encouraging alternate play-styles than the second. And while melee builds certainly can get by, they are not optimal.Д«ut why does being вЂoptimalвЂ™ matter? ItвЂ™s just a game, right? Play it how you want? Well, much like Fallout 1 this game does have the same character creation system where a very poorly made character, by someone with limited knowledge of the game, could make it borderline unplayable at worst, or extremely more difficult at best, while an optimal build, frankly, makes the game cake-walk. In both scenarios a ranged weapon is going to be favourable. The problem is that once you leave the tutorial area, most enemies you come up against are going to be either swarms of wildlife rushing into melee combat, who youвЂ™ll want to ideally kill before they close the distance, or hunters/raiders whoвЂ™ll be content with picking you off from a distance.

The result is a game that incentivises a melee/speech build for the sake of optimising your early-game experience.

Unlike the original, it does not alter your starting gear based on your tagged skills to accommodate your play-style It instead starts you with a spear. No, instead it drops you into a three-part dungeon that teaches combat, explosives, lockpicking, healing, trap disarming, looting and speech, all of which cannot be skipped even on your sixth time going through the game. But unlike Fallout 1вЂ™s intro, it doesnвЂ™t drop you in an optional tutorial cave that can be exited 10 seconds after creating your character. When you start Fallout 2 youвЂ™ll see that it pretty much looks and plays identically to Fallout 1, with the exception of a couple of quality of life improvements that streamline looting and companion interaction. The reason being that itвЂ™s so strange that a sequel to very popular game can paradoxically be so similar to it, while also being a great departure from what made the original so unique.

#Fallout 2 intro speech how to

After trying to figure out how to best describe Fallout 2 to you, the one word that I kept returning to was вЂbizarreвЂ™.