Originally posted by Vidir

Originally posted by firefly2003

For those of you who have never played the first Fallout game on GOG (Good Ol Games) they are giving it away for free for the next 48 hrs DRM free!!!!

Link

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout

Of course if you don't have a account you will have to make one :D Enjoy everyone !!!!

(Edit )

Comes with a lot fo free goodies as well.-

• Bonus content included for FREE with purchase:
• manual (124 pages)
• Fallout series wallpaper
• HD wallpaper
• reference card
• Fallout Bible (205 pages)
• soundtrack
• 5 Vault Boy avatars
• 18 avatars
• 5 artworks

 Fallout 1 was a great game but I'm not sure if it works today unless you are on a nostalgy trip.

Anytime a discussion on "how RPG's have changed/different variants: Can you find the type that appeals to you the most?" type of discussions pop up, Fallout seems not far away...

Seems to have influenced a lot of RPG games in a v good way. I'm keen to give this a whirl and see how that works. : )

Originally posted by Vidir

Originally posted by firefly2003

For those of you who have never played the first Fallout game on GOG (Good Ol Games) they are giving it away for free for the next 48 hrs DRM free!!!!

Link

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout

Of course if you don't have a account you will have to make one :D Enjoy everyone !!!!

(Edit )

Comes with a lot fo free goodies as well.-

• Bonus content included for FREE with purchase:
• manual (124 pages)
• Fallout series wallpaper
• HD wallpaper
• reference card
• Fallout Bible (205 pages)
• soundtrack
• 5 Vault Boy avatars
• 18 avatars
• 5 artworks

 Fallout 1 was a great game but I'm not sure if it works today unless you are on a nostalgy trip.

I replay Fallout 2 every like 2-3 years. Now I am gonna replay Fallout 1 (replayed it last time like hmm 5 years ago? , prefer F2).  Similar with Baldur's Gate 2 and few other games.

Drawn ,sprites 2d isometric graphic does not age as bad as 3d graphics ,at least for me personally. Especially that those games had one of best drawn-by-hand graphics , very climatic and accompanied by insanely good music and ambient.

So call it how you wish but I have MORE fun with those games than with 95% of so called single rpg-s released in more modern times (like Dragon Age or Mass Effect  and few similar ones - there is very few good ones modern crpg-s with Withcer 2 and Skyrim being exceptions) , they are superior in everything beside graphics.

And I had direct comparision like playing BG II and DA2 in in same month. Guess which was superior so much that just uterly crused other one?

@MumboJumbo 

Fallout 1 has few quite irritiating hmm cons , so beware but still it is great game.

Fallout 2 even though looks almost same , has got rid of few most irritiating things (like F2 gives alot more control over your companions when in F1 it is very limited and their usefulness is very limited cause of that).

I've tried playing some of my favorite old games from GoG and, so far, have not gotten any of them to run on Windows 7. The one that was the most heartbreaking to me was "The Longest Journey."  I was so certain I could get it to run, but unfortunately re-buying it on GoG ended up being a waste of 10 bucks because I couldn't get it to run and they wouldn't refund my money.  I assume that means that there must be some obscure way (besides compatibility mode) to get it to run, but they could neither enlighten me on that nor refund my money. :(  I was an unhappy camper.

I doubt Fallout would run on Win 7 64-bit either, but hey....if someone gets it to do so, please let me know.

Originally posted by just1opinion

 

 

 

I doubt Fallout would run on Win 7 64-bit either, but hey....if someone gets it to do so, please let me know.

It does work on Win7 64 fella. I grabbed it yesterday and it works fine for me.

Originally posted by just1opinion

 

I've tried playing some of my favorite old games from GoG and, so far, have not gotten any of them to run on Windows 7. The one that was the most heartbreaking to me was "The Longest Journey."  I was so certain I could get it to run, but unfortunately re-buying it on GoG ended up being a waste of 10 bucks because I couldn't get it to run and they wouldn't refund my money.  I assume that means that there must be some obscure way (besides compatibility mode) to get it to run, but they could neither enlighten me on that nor refund my money. :(  I was an unhappy camper.

 

I doubt Fallout would run on Win 7 64-bit either, but hey....if someone gets it to do so, please let me know.

I played BG2 version from GOG on my old Windows XP, but haven't tried redownloading and installing on my new Windows 7 rig.  I might and if I do I'll let you know if it runs.

I was able to get a very old copy of Civ 4 running in Windows 7 but to do so you need to actually install it by running the setup.exe file as an administrator.  Did you run the Longest Journey setup.exe as an administrator?  To do this you right click on the file and choose "Run as administrator"

Sorry if this is trivial advice you never know how computer literate people are...

Originally posted by just1opinion

 

I've tried playing some of my favorite old games from GoG and, so far, have not gotten any of them to run on Windows 7. The one that was the most heartbreaking to me was "The Longest Journey."  I was so certain I could get it to run, but unfortunately re-buying it on GoG ended up being a waste of 10 bucks because I couldn't get it to run and they wouldn't refund my money.  I assume that means that there must be some obscure way (besides compatibility mode) to get it to run, but they could neither enlighten me on that nor refund my money. :(  I was an unhappy camper.

 

I doubt Fallout would run on Win 7 64-bit either, but hey....if someone gets it to do so, please let me know.

Don't know about Win7 as I don't have it (just Vista and Win 8) ,but I do have Windows 8 Consumer Preview 64-bit running and I just installed Fallout 1 from Gog.com and run it , created character , killed a rat and used investory & game options - seem working flawlessly.

Originally posted by Kabaal

Originally posted by just1opinion

 

 

 

I doubt Fallout would run on Win 7 64-bit either, but hey....if someone gets it to do so, please let me know.

It does work on Win7 64 fella. I grabbed it yesterday and it works fine for me.

I'm a lady, but thank you. :)  That's great news!!

Originally posted by gainesvilleg

I played BG2 version from GOG on my old Windows XP, but haven't tried redownloading and installing on my new Windows 7 rig. I might and if I do I'll let you know if it runs.

I was able to get a very old copy of Civ 4 running in Windows 7 but to do so you need to actually install it by running the setup.exe file as an administrator. Did you run the Longest Journey setup.exe as an administrator? To do this you right click on the file and choose "Run as administrator"

Sorry if this is trivial advice you never know how computer literate people are...

No worries, I thank you for caring enough to ask, and yes....I did, unfortunately although it did install that way, it still wouldn't run.  It froze on the opening scene and no matter how many times I tried, it never would go past that.  The screen was also half black and half scene....it was very strange.  Perhaps eventually I'll give it another go and get lucky. lol  :)

Originally posted by Methos12

Originally posted by Vidir

Originally posted by firefly2003

For those of you who have never played the first Fallout game on GOG (Good Ol Games) they are giving it away for free for the next 48 hrs DRM free!!!!

 Fallout 1 was a great game but I'm not sure if it works today unless you are on a nostalgy trip.

I'd argue there isn't a better time than now to (re)play it if you can stomach the graphics which even back in the day weren't that great. You look at all the choices in it and kinda think "when did the modern RPGs go astray?".

I've loved the Fallout series since it was first introduced, and I was sceptical about Fallout 3 at first, but I must say I think Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas just feels a lot better than the oldschool stuff in comparison regardless the year of release. Not sure about the choises you're talking about. Anyway, I love to reminisce "good old days" but the old games just does not feel too good except for the memories when I actually go back there with my rose colored glasses on, today :)

That's just my personal feelings, everyone should go for it when it's free, especially if you have never played it, one of the best game series ever ^_^

Fallout 1 and about every other game on GoG is abandonware or simulair, meaning its free anyway but you pay a minor prize for service on sites like GoG.

Originally posted by Kuinn

 

 

I've loved the Fallout series since it was first introduced, and I was sceptical about Fallout 3 at first, but I must say I think Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas just feels a lot better than the oldschool stuff in comparison regardless the year of release. Not sure about the choises you're talking about. Anyway, I love to reminisce "good old days" but the old games just does not feel too good except for the memories when I actually go back there with my rose colored glasses on, today :)

 

That's just my personal feelings, everyone should go for it when it's free, especially if you have never played it, one of the best game series ever ^_^

Well that's just diffrent opinions I guess.

For me F1 & F2 are still much superior to F3 & New Vegas.

They are diffrent kind of games and I do prefer F1 & F2 type of game ,while you seem to prefer F3 type. 

It is all good of course ,I am just stating I view it diffrently that you :)

@Eladi

Actually most of them are not.

Games like F1 & F2 , BG 1&2 ,etc are still being sold and are copyright protected.  Heck they even still get re-released as psychical copies in 'classic games' editions in boxes in several countries every now and then.

Of couse there are some games that are abandonware but really not so much as you would think.  

Originally posted by just1opinion

 

I've tried playing some of my favorite old games from GoG and, so far, have not gotten any of them to run on Windows 7. The one that was the most heartbreaking to me was "The Longest Journey."  I was so certain I could get it to run, but unfortunately re-buying it on GoG ended up being a waste of 10 bucks because I couldn't get it to run and they wouldn't refund my money.  I assume that means that there must be some obscure way (besides compatibility mode) to get it to run, but they could neither enlighten me on that nor refund my money. :(  I was an unhappy camper.

 

I doubt Fallout would run on Win 7 64-bit either, but hey....if someone gets it to do so, please let me know.

Every game I've ever bought from GOG runs perfectly fine on my PC including Fallout 1-2 Tactics, Baldur's Gate 1-2 , Planescape Torment, etc, some people's PC's I think sometime just don't like their owners. :P

Fallout 1 was a great game, and I did replay it about a year ago due to seeing one of those Fallout Collections for cheap.  The RPG and combat side of the game is still immersive and top notch.  The only thing that nagged me from that playthrough and from my earlier days of playing the game when it came out was the cumbersome inventory system.  It was a pain having to go through the inventory, much less selecting amounts that were more than a handful.  But the rest of the game was great.

This free deal by GOG was a good chance for the newer players of the FO franchise to see where and how it all started.

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Originally posted by Kuinn
 
I've loved the Fallout series since it was first introduced, and I was sceptical about Fallout 3 at first, but I must say I think Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas just feels a lot better than the oldschool stuff in comparison regardless the year of release. Not sure about the choises you're talking about. Anyway, I love to reminisce "good old days" but the old games just does not feel too good except for the memories when I actually go back there with my rose colored glasses on, today :)
 
That's just my personal feelings, everyone should go for it when it's free, especially if you have never played it, one of the best game series ever ^_^

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New Vegas is good, though. Probably due to courtesy of Obsidian actually getting Fallout more than Bethesda.

Originally posted by Methos12

 

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Originally posted by Kuinn
 
I've loved the Fallout series since it was first introduced, and I was sceptical about Fallout 3 at first, but I must say I think Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas just feels a lot better than the oldschool stuff in comparison regardless the year of release. Not sure about the choises you're talking about. Anyway, I love to reminisce "good old days" but the old games just does not feel too good except for the memories when I actually go back there with my rose colored glasses on, today :)
 
That's just my personal feelings, everyone should go for it when it's free, especially if you have never played it, one of the best game series ever ^_^

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If you tell me with a straight face that Fallout 3 was remotely like the original than I'll seriously have to doubt your good taste. Looking at it in retrospective, Todd Howard's reactions during interviews and presentations should've been a dead giveaway with the way he focused on firing toy bears from makeshift bazookas over C&C and alternative ways of play aside from "blow sh*t up".

 

New Vegas is good, though. Probably due to courtesy of Obsidian actually getting Fallout more than Bethesda.

I would like to try new vegas but I can't get past the first town.  Does the story stay all western cowboy like?  Everytime I pick the game up I just set it right back down from lack of interest in the story.  I can't stand westerns.

Originally posted by Hauvarn

Originally posted by Methos12

 

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Originally posted by Kuinn
 
I've loved the Fallout series since it was first introduced, and I was sceptical about Fallout 3 at first, but I must say I think Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas just feels a lot better than the oldschool stuff in comparison regardless the year of release. Not sure about the choises you're talking about. Anyway, I love to reminisce "good old days" but the old games just does not feel too good except for the memories when I actually go back there with my rose colored glasses on, today :)
 
That's just my personal feelings, everyone should go for it when it's free, especially if you have never played it, one of the best game series ever ^_^

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If you tell me with a straight face that Fallout 3 was remotely like the original than I'll seriously have to doubt your good taste. Looking at it in retrospective, Todd Howard's reactions during interviews and presentations should've been a dead giveaway with the way he focused on firing toy bears from makeshift bazookas over C&C and alternative ways of play aside from "blow sh*t up".

 

New Vegas is good, though. Probably due to courtesy of Obsidian actually getting Fallout more than Bethesda.

I would like to try new vegas but I can't get past the first town.  Does the story stay all western cowboy like?  Everytime I pick the game up I just set it right back down from lack of interest in the story.  I can't stand westerns.

Well Vegas is the southwest so you aren't going to get away from western its part of the setting.  But I mean you have Kahns with a street punk turned mongolian theme, Ceasar's army is Roman-tribal themed, the New California Republic army looks kind of WW1 like.  Then Vegas has a gang full of elvis impersonators and each casino has its own theme from creepy people in domino masks to typical greasball gangster types.  And then there are the various robots of course. 

Originally posted by Vidir

Originally posted by firefly2003

For those of you who have never played the first Fallout game on GOG (Good Ol Games) they are giving it away for free for the next 48 hrs DRM free!!!!

Link

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout

Of course if you don't have a account you will have to make one :D Enjoy everyone !!!!

(Edit )

Comes with a lot fo free goodies as well.-

• Bonus content included for FREE with purchase:
• manual (124 pages)
• Fallout series wallpaper
• HD wallpaper
• reference card
• Fallout Bible (205 pages)
• soundtrack
• 5 Vault Boy avatars
• 18 avatars
• 5 artworks

 Fallout 1 was a great game but I'm not sure if it works today unless you are on a nostalgy trip.

I was thinking about this recently, in regards to Fallout specifically, and how disappointed I've been with games lately.. I think people are greatly overestimating the value of modern graphics and voiceovers in RPGs. I'd kill to see some new creatively done oldschool RPGs that had oldschool graphics, as long as they had the depth of games like Fallout.  

Some genres have come a long way, but RPGs and strategy games are sacrificing more and more of what makes them compelling, just so they can have comparable graphics to other genres, that don't need to sacrifice so much for it.  Technology should be making those games deeper and more complex, not more and more shallow, just so that they can be prettier.

I used to think technology inherently meant progress, but now I see that waiting for all things to get better is naive.  Some things just get worse.

Originally posted by Vhaln

Originally posted by Vidir

Originally posted by firefly2003

For those of you who have never played the first Fallout game on GOG (Good Ol Games) they are giving it away for free for the next 48 hrs DRM free!!!!

Link

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout

Of course if you don't have a account you will have to make one :D Enjoy everyone !!!!

(Edit )

Comes with a lot fo free goodies as well.-

• Bonus content included for FREE with purchase:
• manual (124 pages)
• Fallout series wallpaper
• HD wallpaper
• reference card
• Fallout Bible (205 pages)
• soundtrack
• 5 Vault Boy avatars
• 18 avatars
• 5 artworks

 Fallout 1 was a great game but I'm not sure if it works today unless you are on a nostalgy trip.

 

I was thinking about this recently, in regards to Fallout specifically, and how disappointed I've been with games lately.. I think people are greatly overestimating the value of modern graphics and voiceovers in RPGs. I'd kill to see some new creatively done oldschool RPGs that had oldschool graphics, as long as they had the depth of games like Fallout.  

 

Some genres have come a long way, but RPGs and strategy games are sacrificing more and more of what makes them compelling, just so they can have comparable graphics to other genres, that don't need to sacrifice so much for it.  Technology should be making those games deeper and more complex, not more and more shallow, just so that they can be prettier.

 

I used to think technology inherently meant progress, but now I see that waiting for all things to get better is naive.  Some things just get worse.

As in my earlier post in this thread, the only problem I had with FO1 in my recent playthrough was the inventory system.  But the atmosphere and openness of the game is still outstanding.  Not to mention the cool little animations during combat.

The Bloody Mess Perk in FO3 or later has nothing compared to what was done in FO1 & FO2!  Not to mention disentigrations, melting targets, or fiery dances of death.   Or good 'ol "splat splat splat splat" from a critical kill with automatic weapons.  Or lasers cleanly cutting someone in half.  Or the funny texts from the UI while in or out of combat.