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I just played Fallout 1 and 2 for the first time. Though they've certainly aged poorly in a lot of ways, both were still fun plays, and worth the experience just to see where the franchise came from, ya know?
Aged poorly as in the controls/UI? I remember seeing that people had modded some QoL changes, but I still haven't taken the plunge.
There was certainly a good deal of that, but my main issues were with "of the time" content stuff - sexism, bigotry, ableism, etc. Things to be expected in "edgy" nerd media of the time. Like I said, though, still fun to play through.
For the more technical roughness, I highly recommend Fallout1in2 (if you have both 1 and 2), as well as the Fallout 2 Restoration Project. Both of those completely smoothed over the rough edges for me and added a number of QoL things that were very appreciated.
Yeah there are some really good mods for Fallout 2, even including some rudimentary party member control which helps a lot.
I also want to shout out the mods Talking Heads and Talking Heads Actually Talk which while yes, you may or may not want on a first playthrough are both fantastic and blends right in with vanilla.
Doing the same, just made it to Redding, trying to get this damn car working lol
Nice. I wouldn't stress too much about the car. It's definitely a later-game upgrade that takes a decent amount of work and resources to make happen. Definitely good to have, though, so keep it in mind as you play through the game.
Ugh then why did they give me the quest so early on, you bastards! Thanks!
You can get it reasonably early and i would personally recommend doing so as that's when the game really opens up. I always beeline for it.
Hah, yeah, it's a bit of a tease putting it at the beginning like that. I can't say if my playthrough was typical or not, but I ended up getting it about mid-way through or so. The money requirement was the biggest hurdle for me.
The big draw of Wasteland 2 and 3 for me was getting classic Fallout-style gameplay with modern quality of life improvements. They've got very similar aesthetics and chunky gameplay, though Wasteland is more squad oriented