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posted by Fnord666 on Friday December 02 2016, @04:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the relax-and-have-a-nuka-cola dept.

Fallout 1.5: Resurrection is a new, old-school Fallout. It's a modification for Fallout 2 with a completely new story taking place in the Fallout universe. The plot is set in the time between Fallout 1 and 2, east of the future NCR in New Mexico. That means you won't visit the original places. Instead, you'll discover entirely new, creative locations that allowed us to have more freedom with the story.

The player's character wakes up, heavily wounded, in a dark cave, not knowing how it got there, or who it is. Thus you start from a scratch, searching for your past, which is darker than it might seem on the first sight... We won't give away any more details about the story, not to spoil your game experience. Though you can count on surprising twists in plot and unexpected finale.

As big fans of Fallout, we've tried to take the best from all of the classic Fallout games. Easter eggs and jokes, with which Fallout 2 was literally overfilled, have been folded into the background. Instead, the great atmosphere of decadence and hopelessness enjoyed by so many in the first Fallout game returns. The world is still chaotic, with only a few, small, independent communities connected by tenuous trade relations. The wasteland is an unfriendly place where law is on the side of whoever has the biggest gun.

The name "Resurrection" was chosen for two reasons. Firstly, resurrection is a theme tied closely to the main character who, at the beginning of the game, practically rises from the dead. Secondly, our modification represents the resurrection of good old Fallout. We didn't want to re-imagine the entire game system. Instead, our aim was to bring back this classic RPG in its original form. Many remember that feeling when they first played Fallout; until you completed the game, you journeyed through interesting locations filled with fascinating things. Even after several play-throughs, you continued to find new, exciting stuff. Players could really get into such a game, so that's exactly the kind of game we've endeavoured to create.


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  • (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Friday December 02 2016, @05:32PM

    by dyingtolive (952) on Friday December 02 2016, @05:32PM (#436053)

    And, from that point of view, I'm not sure how I feel about this. I installed it and played about five minutes of it.

    About four of those minutes was the crazy long rat fight you get dumped into at the immediate beginning of the game. The last minute was some uninspiring conversation with a doctor who patches you up a la New Vegas before he helpfully recommends the next quest you should pick up.

    Now, five minutes isn't giving it a fair shake, I know. But it just didn't feel as epic as the others. I've played every Fallout game from Fallout 1 to The Elder Scrolls: Fallout, official or otherwise, so I'll play this too, but I can't claim to be excited thus far.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by tangomargarine on Friday December 02 2016, @07:06PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Friday December 02 2016, @07:06PM (#436107)

    Most petty, First World Problems complaint ever.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 02 2016, @07:25PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 02 2016, @07:25PM (#436124)

      An end-user gives an impression on some piece of entertainment media and you say it is a First World Problem.

      No shit: electricity, computers, and free time to pursue something entertaining are all luxury but it doesn't make Justin Bieber's music sound any less shitty.

      • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday December 02 2016, @07:38PM

        by tangomargarine (667) on Friday December 02 2016, @07:38PM (#436142)

        No, the fact that he's dismissing the entire product from a brief glimpse of the beginning is the First World Problem, not the fact that he's reviewing it, dingus. As a society we have far too short of an attention span and tend to make snap judgments of things when we shouldn't.

        Try harder next time.

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        • (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Friday December 02 2016, @07:50PM

          by dyingtolive (952) on Friday December 02 2016, @07:50PM (#436156)

          The first few minutes of any media is generally considered the most pivotal as far as setting the pace.

          Look at the first game: Disaster strikes the Vault! You have to hurry to places unknown to see what might be the last people alive with minimal supplies!

          The second game: Everyone in the village is dying. There's a thing out there that we think can save everyone, and we need you to go out looking for it.

          This game: Hey I woke up in a cave. That's odd. Oh, I got shot? That's super uncool. Oh, you want me to help your wife find her necklace? Uh, yeah, I guess.

          I mean, as far as starts to games go, it's already kind of an anticlimax.

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        • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 02 2016, @08:19PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 02 2016, @08:19PM (#436181)

          Did you read this part of the comment:

          Now, five minutes isn't giving it a fair shake, I know. But it just didn't feel as epic as the others. I've played every Fallout game from Fallout 1 to The Elder Scrolls: Fallout, official or otherwise, so I'll play this too, but I can't claim to be excited thus far.

          The user admits that s/he is just giving an initial impression of the first five minutes of the game. While I wouldn't give much weight to initial impressions and I'd be critical of people who review things they didn't give a fair chance, bringing up the fact that many people have difficult lives doesn't seem very useful to a discussion that is obviously not much of a developing world problem.

    • (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Friday December 02 2016, @07:37PM

      by dyingtolive (952) on Friday December 02 2016, @07:37PM (#436141)

      Sorry. Did not realize you were looking for world-changing insight in a post about a mod for an almost 20 year old game on a site generally populated by nutjobs and trolls.

      Tell ya what, I'll propose a compromise: I'll try harder next time and you stop taking yourself quite so seriously.

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      • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday December 02 2016, @07:43PM

        by tangomargarine (667) on Friday December 02 2016, @07:43PM (#436146)

        Considering that most of their audience is probably people who read forums like this, I just feel it's rather unfair to flippantly throw out a comment barely a step above reviewing something you don't own, right after it comes out and most people haven't investigated for themselves. We're talking about a tiny community of "customers" to begin with, before you torpedo it.

        And there's always the old saw "If you can't say something nice..."

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        • (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Friday December 02 2016, @07:54PM

          by dyingtolive (952) on Friday December 02 2016, @07:54PM (#436162)

          I already said I wasn't giving it a fair shake. I thought I was pretty far away from torpedoing it.

          I'll put some time into it this weekend. If it gets cool, I will return here and correct my previous comment.

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      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday December 02 2016, @11:25PM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday December 02 2016, @11:25PM (#436308) Journal

        Sorry. Did not realize you were looking for world-changing insight in a post about a mod for an almost 20 year old game on a site generally populated by nutjobs and trolls.

        You've been here how long and you haven't realized what this site is about? They take my posts and feed families in India with them. Like this post would probably last a family of six about a week. We're just wiping out global hunger and a few other things just by posting. You should get in on that. Maybe get some kids in Kenya named after you.

        • (Score: 1) by pnkwarhall on Saturday December 03 2016, @12:14AM

          by pnkwarhall (4558) on Saturday December 03 2016, @12:14AM (#436329)

          man, i gotta start posting more.

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