


Likewise, a character with a poor small guns skill won't be able to handle most guns proficiently and will most likely fail in combat. If you have a low intelligence score, for example, your chances of talking your way out of a situation are slim to none. how proficient they are in a certain area. Success in these situations is based predominantly on character skill i.e. There are often numerous ways of completing quests ranging from a gung-ho combat approach to an outright pacifistic take on proceedings. Gameplay in Fallout 2 generally revolves around traversing the nuclear wasteland and solving quests in a manner which suits the character you're what characters died, which towns flourished and so on. The player is also shown the consequences of their actions i.e. Once the Chosen One discovers this plan, (s)he frees the Arroyo villagers and the Vault 13 inhabitants and destroys the base.Īt the end of Fallout 2, the survivors of Arroyo and Vault 13 use the G.E.C.K to create New Arroyo. When they discovered traces of mutants and ghouls, The Enclave was forced into action they developed a lethal toxin that would purge the wasteland of all those deemed unpure or mutated. Their only solution was to populate the continental United States. This plan went awry when their spaceship was destroyed. The plan was for the government to wait out the war on the oil rig, then take the inhabitants of the Vaults to another planet. It is also revealed that the Vaults were used as an experiment each Vault had certain conditions applied to them, and were used solely as a means to judge how effectively the inhabitants would cope with life after the war. government, with President Dick Richardson at the helm. Once the player arrives at the oil rig, most of the revelations regarding the story are told The Enclave is the continuation of the pre-war U.S. The player must travel to The Enclave base an oil rig off the coast of San Francisco, by restoring an old oil tanker. When the player returns to Arroyo with the G.E.C.K, they discover that the villagers have been kidnapped by The Enclave. The Vault is now occupied by a group of intelligent deathclaws who escaped from The Enclave when tests were being run on them. The Vault was opened by The Enclave and most of its inhabitants were captured. Much has changed in Vault 13 since the end of Fallout, however. The player eventually finds Vault 13 the previous home of the Vault Dweller, and the place where they find the G.E.C.K. Along their journey they discover certain cities, towns, characters and establishments Klamath in South Oregon, Broken Hills which is inhabited by humans, ghouls and mutants, the New California Republic, New Reno, Vault City, San Francisco, Vault 15 and Vault 13. The player embarks on this journey wearing the Vault Dweller's jumpsuit, the Pip-Boy 2000 and a Vault 13 flask. Once they have completed this tutorial, the player is tasked with finding the G.E.C.K the Garden of Eden Creation Kit, in order to save their village from starvation. the direct descendant of the Vault Dweller, the player must complete the Temple of Trials. In order to prove that he/she is indeed The Chosen One i.e. This village, which was home to the Vault Dweller after he was exiled from Vault 13, has suffered the worst drought in recent memory. Story Vault Boyįallout 2 begins in the tribal village of Arroyo. government) have shown themselves and have set up bases on the West Coast, the drug known as Jet has been invented and certain industries have started to flourish, namely the drug and porn industries. Much has changed in that 80 years the New Republic of California has come into authority, The Enclave (the remnants of the U.S. Like the original Fallout, Fallout 2 takes place on the West Coast of the United States in what is modern day California. It takes place 80 years after the end of Fallout, and 164 years after the nuclear war which destroyed the world. Fallout 2 is the sequel to the original Fallout.
