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It Wandered In From the Wastes
I thought this was the safe space
Haven't given it a fair playthrough, yet.Fallout Tactics fans
TheGM
The voice of reason
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Black Angel
Grand Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus
Affinity system sounds a lot like Arcanum's Reaction Modifier mechanic tied to Beauty stat. The way it works is exactly the same, e.g if you have high BE and NPCs views you favorably, the more likely they'll converse and share information with you. Albeit Reaction Modifier isn't affected by BE alone, alignment and race also plays a role.
Also, CHA being factored into speech dialogue check is exactly what Age of Decadence did, though not all checks are modified by it. Pretty straightforward way to improve the stat, but yeah it's no-brainer.
FO2 is actually the larger game, since as TheGM already said, the game took place in the entire south west region of the post-apocalyptic US, while New Vegas takes place in a centralized location of Mojave landscape.
Still, for what its worth New Vegas's 'dungeons' are far more memorable to me than anything I came upon in FO3, with the exception of maybe the Pitt. Vault 34 and Vault 22 is as strong as The Glow, and even Camp Guardian caves made quite an impression, although that's because the Lakelurkers spooked the shit out of me.
God, I love that in KC: D. Overworld map travels where traveling from point A to B by way of this 'fast-travel' mechanic would consume time and has a chance to randomly encounter something on the way should done by more open-world games. Sad that Ghost of Tsushima didn't take note from that.There was one game I played, Kingdom Come Deliverance that took place in an open world but the fast travel was more akin to auto travel and had random things happen to you when you used it. like being attacked by bandits.
drawnacrol
It Wandered In From the Wastes
I love it. It has its flaws and is incomplete but then again what Fallout game apart from 1 isn't missing lots of content. Many parts of its plot and world was re-used in later games, particularly Broken Steel. The RPG elements are stripped out but then I'd argue any game where you can click all the dialogue options when talking and have only yes or no(but I can accept later) when someone gives a quest is not really an RPG. Worth a shot, can't say you'll love it or hate it.
Gizmojunk
Antediluvian as Feck
Pool of Radiance [circa 1988] had an explorable world map—if you beat the game. There are both static and random encounters on the map IRRC.
BoS paladin
First time out of the vault
nooooooooooo
Black Angel
Grand Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus
I remembered trying to get into Tactics, but for some reason can't. Even though I remembered playing Commando games and the likes for hours without ever getting bored... Or perhaps that's where I was wrong? Should I bruteforce turn-based mode, instead of trying to play it like Commando?
Gizmojunk
Antediluvian as Feck
I only ever use the turn based mode.
TheGM
The voice of reason
*enter combat to storm room and eliminate raiders delta force style*
*Raiders all shoot me on my turn*
OH YOU DIRTY MOTHAFUCKERS!
And that children, is the story of how I never played Fallout Tactics again.
Gizmojunk
Antediluvian as Feck
That is a feature, not a bug. 
*That even happens in Pool of Radiance.
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The turn based mode for Tactics is IMO the best version of the combat system found in the entire IP.
*That even happens in Pool of Radiance.
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The turn based mode for Tactics is IMO the best version of the combat system found in the entire IP.
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TheGM
The voice of reason
That is a feature, not a bug.
Gizmojunk
Antediluvian as Feck
How do you switch to turn based mode*?
Gizmojunk
Antediluvian as Feck
In the [main menu] options menu.
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*Gee... Now why couldn't InXile put this in WL3?
*Gee... Now why couldn't InXile put this in WL3?
Iprovidelittlepianos
Vault Senior Citizen
I’d say fallout 1 was missing lots of content too. Jackals, Vipers, Thinker Nightkin, the whole invasion thing, ghouls in the Hub other than Harold, etc
Hardboiled Android
Vault Fossil
I guess it'd be very difficult to compare since theyre so fundamentally different, but I still reckon New Vegas is larger. Obviously the theoretical size of Fo2 takes place over a larger area, which does help to stick in dungeons without losing suspension of disbelief, but in terms of the actual area simulated, actual locations, I'd think Fo2 is smaller. And obviously, New Vegas has more quests, NPCs, etc etc.
Vault 22 and 34 are both great dungeons, true, though they're not nearly as rewarding to visit materially as the Glow - not even close in the case of 22, which has almost no great loot I can remember. But thats moreso to blame on the different economies of FNV than 1/2, so again it is hard to do apples-to-apples.
Norzan
So Old I'm Losing Radiation Signs
Vault 11 and Repconn Headquarters are also pretty cool dungeons. I honestly don't need for the dungeon to have great rewards on the loot side if the dungeon is well designed, memorable, and it has a pretty cool backstory.
The funny thing is that Bethesda dungeons usually have shit rewards, with only the occasional dungeon having an unique weapon (and a large chunk of unique weapons are tied to quests or specific enemies that are not in dungeons). So they have copy and pasted design, they are completely forgettable, and a lot of the time they don't even have good loot because of terrible loot scaling (open the treasure chest at the end and getting like 50 bucks and a shitty piece of armor). Why people give any praise to these dungeons is beyond me.
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TorontoReign
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Because of the terminals and notes and skeletons.
"Oh god oh shit I'm literally being ripped apart by deathclaws, I only have 12 bullets left but instead I'm going to use this device to record my final moments. Tell Sarah she was always a bitch."