Was Fallout 2 as good as I remember? - A forgotten vision of the wasteland's future

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Published on September 26, 2022 3:14:53 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwBlwaltZM

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Fallout 2 (1998)

Duration: 2:12:09

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Join me as I take a look at what many would argue is the best installation of the Fallout series.

Thanks to https://twitter.com/GetGianni for voicing Arroyo's shaman.

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Songs:
The entire Fallout 2 OST, plus a bit of the Fallout OST
LAKEY INSPIRED – Chill Day
Belief – Watchu Want (ft Karniege)
A Kiss to Build a Dream On (instrumental)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9zUqwteG7M

Timestamps:
00:00- Intro
02:02- Setting up the world/character creation
06:37- Arroyo: Starting somewhere familiar
11:03- Klamath and consquences
17:20- The Den: Picking your battles
27:00- Modoc
30:17- HelloFresh ad
31:47- Vault City and Gecko
42:54- Redding and Broken Hills
49:54- The random encounter system
53:48- New Reno: Deceit and debauchery
01:12:31- NCR: Annexation and assimilation
01:26:34- Heading back to Arroyo and the Military Base
01:30:52- San Francisco: An underwhelming conflict
01:48:09- Taking on the Enclave
01:58:07- Final thoughts: The Fallout that never was
02:11:06- Outro

After watching back this video, it occurs to me that I feel like I was a little easy on the game. My main problem I had was that I kept giving it breaks because it's older, which is fine to a degree. But I do wish I would have expanded more on the idea that the towns in this game were a little more self contained than I hoped they would be. They were good additions in and of themselves, but the interactions between most of them were non-existent. Additionally, I do think I called out "modern games" a bit too much, and wish I had provided some examples of what I was talking about. Unfortunately, I stumbled a bit there, and I'll try to do better in the future.

Thanks for watching!

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