Things have settled down a bit since your ancestor left Vault 13 nearly eighty years ago and the various pockets of humanity have coalesced into severely repressed and dangerous factions you'll have to deal with in order to accomplish the overall objective of helping your village survive. The game world is much larger and even more inhospitable than the original. Resources are scarce at the beginning and things don't get much better for quite a while. Through both subtle innuendo and in-your-face contact, the somewhat naive lead character methodically learns the terms of existence in a very human (and at times painful) way.
As a rare entry in the role playing genre that caters to all levels of game playing skills, Fallout 2 begins rather slowly but picks up speed as the main character develops the skills, equipment and savvy to simply survive in this post-apocalyptic nightmarish wasteland. Adhering to the old adage that you don't fix it if it isn't broken, the game is every bit the equal of it's predecessor but with enhancements that make game play even more riveting. Not surprisingly, the developers have followed up the title with a sequel, Fallout 2. When Fallout was released in late 1997, the game garnered high praise from nearly every major publication dealing with the computer game industry.
