Work fine under linux (using wine):<p>Fallout: <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=70" rel="nofollow">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application...</a><p>Fallout 2: <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=194" rel="nofollow">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application...</a><p>Fallout Tactics: <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=602" rel="nofollow">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application...</a>
I've bought these games several times before (at discount) for the various OSes and computers I've had. I haven't played many modern RPGs (including Fallout 3+) but have any RPGs since Fallout surpassed it in allowing the player to <i>truly</i> embody an actual path? Not only could you play through making good/evil moral choices, but you could actually win the first game, IIRC, without even firing a single shot (by talking your enemies to death), or you could play as a total moron whose complete dialogue tree consisted of "UGHR?" as the NPCs treated you like the adult-child you were. I think you could even succeed as some of the specialty skillsets, such as being a pure scientist or lockpicking thief.<p>Anyway, a fun game in terms of mechanics go, but still (in my mind) unsurpassed in writing
For those who don't know, Fallout 2 is probably one of the best RPG for the computer <i>ever</i>. With the proper mods and fixes it's really playable and enjoyable on a recent computer (I really recommend the hi-res patch <a href="http://falloutmods.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout2_High_Resolution_Patch" rel="nofollow">http://falloutmods.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout2_High_Resolution_P...</a> for starters).<p>Fallout 3 New Vegas came close to Fallout 2 in terms of ambiance and game play, but not close enough (mainly because of the combat system).<p>I really envy those who will discover this game.
Just goes to show you, if you wait long enough, that game you never had a chance to play but have been eying for a decade will be given out for free... so now it can sit on your hard drive where you still won't have time to play it!!<p>Now I just need wait for the OddWorld games to start coming out for free... any decade now...
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it seemed to work after logging in a few times.<p>great deal - Fallout 1 (and 2) were amazingly well written and really sucked you into their marvelous world.<p>I never got the same feeling with the rest of the series - something about the first person view broke the fantasy for me and I was always 'playing a game' rather than exploring a wasteland.
Anybody interested in these games should snatch them up - Interplay is losing distribution rights to them at the end of December. Who knows how long it will be before they return.<p>Once "purchased" you will still be able to download them from your games library, even after they are removed from GOG's catalog.
For the curious, here's the postmortem of Fallout Tactics:<p><a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3088/postmortem_micro_forte_s_fallout_.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3088/postmortem_micro_...</a><p>It was a solid tactics game, but there were some rough edges in bringing in the Fallout stuff.