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Best entry point into the series? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/fallout

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Hey, so I've been meaning to get into the Fallout series for some time but haven't been sure where to start. I'm a big fan of games like the Borderlands series and am wondering if there is some overlap in appeal between the 2 franchises if anyone's a fan of both. I know that Fallout is definitely more RPG-y.

I have Fallout 1, 2, 3 and New Vegas from Epic and sales. I've heard a lot about New Vegas and I've heard that the first 2 are very dated but I'm not opposed to dated visuals if the game itself is still relatively playable. Chronological or is there a recommended game? Thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pretty sure that Fallout 2 is more a direct follow up to 1 than the other games (isn't there a sidequest that directly explains how Fallout 1 starts?) But other than that, there's only a couple references in 4 about 3 and New Vegas to the originals.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

A lot of the references match with what coast the game takes place on. Fallout New Vegas has references to the original Fallout games and Fallout 4 has Fallout 3 references.

They're preseneted a lot in the "Oh that's neat" way not an ostracizing way.

[–] setsneedtofeed 1 points 2 years ago

It is the most direct follow up and I think expects the player to know about Fallout 1, but it’s perfectly playable without having played the first. The opening cutscene gives a concise summary. A lot of the standard lore like the vaults being experiments all came from 2 instead of 1, and any info about experiments in the first game was retroactively inserted by 2.

But, in the modern day I’d say the biggest divide is between people willing to play CRPGs and those who aren’t, and if you’re willing to play a CRPG no reason to skip the first game for the second.