Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

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Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

Developer	Black Isle Studios
Publisher	Interplay
Platforms	PC
Release Date	Oct 15, 97 [USA]

Plot Summary

Set in the dark aftermath of a world-wide nuclear war, Fallout pits you against a new, twisted world in a fight for survival and the safety of your home; possibly the last remnant of "pure" human beings. Fallout opens with a conversation with the Vault Overseer, the man who supervises and cares for everyone inside the Vault, a hi-tech nuclear bunker shielding the inhabitants from the harsh outside world. The Vault Overseer describes to the Vault-Dweller, you, the Vault's new, grave situation. He informs the Vault-Dweller of a pure water shortage, after the water purification chip was fried. He sends you outside the safe confines of Vault 13 to retrieve a new, working water chip, before it's too late!

Features

Isometric perspective.

Completely open map - scavenge the wastes in an open-ended world.

Character customization brings you deep into the universe of the wasteland - name your character; pick a sex and age; alter your statistics to your playing style; choose from a long list of skills -- first aid, doctor, unarmed combat, various branches of armed combat, and many more -- and perks, which come every few levels, like Educated, Kamikaze, and lots else. Tag three skills for your character to specialize in! Want to be a female promiscuous explosives specialist? Healer/martial artist? A charismatic mutant good with energy guns? It's open season, here.