Fallout retrospective

[frogbeastegg]

Gametrailers have created a Fallout retrospective.

[Zenicetus]

Froggie, thanks for that link. It's neat to see the series evolution, for those of us who didn't play the original games.

Or maybe I did...

I'm almost sure I played a post-nuclear-world game on the PC that looked a lot like the original Fallout scenes in that retrospective. Isometric perspective, fairly low-res but not the blockiness and limited color palette of Wasteland. I don't remember much about it, because it didn't grab me, and I bailed out after getting only partway through the game. But I do remember walking alone through deserts with big mutated insects, radiation, etc. But nothing about a Vault.

Was there yet another post-nuclear apocalypse game on the PC during the early to mid 90's? Or was I playing Fallout and just don't remember the intro?

[Kekvit Irae]

The only problem I have with the retrospective is that Fallout Tactics IS canon. You briefly hear what went on in Chicago during conversations with the BoS in Fallout 3.

[TinCow]

The only problem I have with the retrospective is that Fallout Tactics IS canon. You briefly hear what went on in Chicago during conversations with the BoS in Fallout 3.

Depends on who you talk to. Some of the NMA people don't even include parts of FO2 in canon.

[Kekvit Irae]

NMA fans aren't developers.

[TinCow]

For the record, I thought FOT was pretty fun. I was sad they never made another one, since the engine worked really well. That engine could have been used to create a full scale party-based FO RPG in the style of the BG games, which I would have gladly welcomed.