I'm surprised how much I enjoyed Fallout 2!
The first game, in my opinion, was just kind of meh, it was alright, I guess. But Fallout 2, in my opinion, was much better purely because the game didn't have a timer at all. It really allowed the player to experience everything, and it was great!
I do feel its necessary to play Fallout 1 first before playing Fallout 2, to understand mechanics mostly, but otherwise Fallout 2 is much better than the first game. The story was actually pretty great, and I loved visiting the towns and interacting with everyone, and really I think it comes down to the fact that the timer is gone. Since there is no timer, I can just do whatever I want, and its fun!
The only aspects I don't like are 1. The gameplay itself, I personally don't like the turned based mechanics, and its probably the worst part of the game. The gameplay is just not very fun. And this once again comes back to my Fallout 1 review, where things are based on luck, a lot of interactions are difficult to figure out without guides of some kind, and the gameplay is boring and repetitive. 2. The game is extremely perverted. There are lots of weird aspects involving condoms, pornography, sex, etc. It feels like a few degens were developing the game, and it just feels weird when you're going through a military base and find "Jimmy's Condoms" or whatever the name was. In New Vegas, there was some perversion, but it wasn't just in your face. That being said, I did find it funny where after losing an arm wrestle, a super mutant takes you home and... uses you. The "Ball Gag" item is wild though. But honestly, I think the game would've been better without these perverted additions. 3. The glitches. The only one I can think of currently was where I found an infinite XP glitch and infinite "Money" glitch, but there were lots of moments where my character couldn't move, NPCs attacked for no reason, certain events wouldn't trigger, yada yada.
Overall, I recommend this game a lot! It's probably now in my top 3 best fallout games. 1. New Vegas, 2. Fallout 3, 3. Fallout 2. It was really great!
I think if that Project Arroyo mod actually gets finished for Fallout 4, this game would be #2 over Fallout 3.
