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Offline Vipre

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The Fallout Front?
« on: August 24, 2006, 01:17:49 pm »
Does anyone know about any games in the post apocalyptic/rpg'ish style of Fallout and Fallout 2?

I know of a few fan made mods still in progress but they seem to be grinding to a halt. I'd love to see that series revisited in an "ultimate" edition which adds more detail to the journey.
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« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2006, 02:45:50 pm »
I know you can Pickup Wasteland on the abandonware scene, but even with Mo-slo, and dosbox, It still runs mach 12.

bethesda last I heard has the workings for Fallout 3 out there. But It will be from a First person perspective.

Another old one, If you can find it, is Septerra Core. It's kinda a fun RPG, once you get used to the odd control layout.

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« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2006, 03:33:24 pm »
I'll look up Septerra Core, thanks.

It's really strange that in the Post nuclear genre there are only three games, Fallout Fallout2 and Wasteland (which is nearly 20 yrs old) <-I heard about this one from the Underdogs website

Talk about untapped settings :huh:
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« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2006, 05:23:09 pm »
That's true. Oh yeah, Might try out Fallout Tactics. It's an OK game in that Genre.

I wish there where more games out there dealing with this. There was a psuedo sequal to wasteland, but I can't remember the name to save my life.

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« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2006, 06:03:42 pm »
There are some RTS games that deal with situations similar to that, but you might not like htose if you are looking for an RPG.
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« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2006, 08:50:01 pm »
Yeah no but thanks anyways Dash, RTS games usually wind up being C&C or AOE clones, if these are different though let me know.

I've just been in a nuke mode lately, I've seen a prerelease of the new show "Jericho" , watched "Night of the Comet" and "The Day After"<-a movie from the 80's that's about people dealing with the days following a nuclear war and direct attack close enough to their town to cause damage and fallout

There's a fan site called "No mutants allowed" which does fallout mods
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« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2006, 10:28:36 pm »
I checked out the Septerra Core website, it's a little too Final Fantasy for me.

I really like the bleakness of Fallout just feel the towns were a little too empty, I kept getting the "Oh new town to explore!" followed by "What that was it?" vibes from 1.

I haven't completed 2 yet but I've had so many aborted attempts at it that I'm trying to wait until memories of the areas and plot fade before trying again.

Fallout: Tactics looks good from video clips I've seen and I'll try it, I just hope it isn't all combat combat combat.
Does anyone know if it has a decent story line to it?
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« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2006, 09:02:25 am »
I wish there where more games out there dealing with this. There was a psuedo sequal to wasteland, but I can't remember the name to save my life.

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« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2006, 01:40:22 pm »
It's more aliens than mutants, but the X-Com games were pretty fun.
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Re: The Fallout Front?
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2006, 04:17:07 pm »
The Fall - Last Days of Gaia
http://www.the-fall.com/

Has anyone heard of this one?

It's influenced by the Mad Max movies in it's style according to the site

It looks great and is reviewed everywhere but I can't find it at all.


(update:)
OOPS Nevermind, had to hunt through a dozen forums to find that this was never released outside Europe.
Although there is a fan made english translation for the Polish version if someone knows where to find that.
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