FALLOUT™

I'm stuck in the past and can physically only review games from the mid-late 90's or 2012. So here's Fallout! Todd Howard and Bethesda will pay for their slights against my sanity.
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Fallout 1 OST
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"9" - Aphex Twin
The Next Episode - Dr Dre
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[@nokachi3339]

Nope, you are nitpicking and biased. I win, bye bye.

[@TheBigBlackJoshi]

Yes

[@bluudlung]

@@TheBigBlackJoshi yes

[@jay.p3g]

@@enclavesoldier3279 yes

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Dunkoman

[@nigrum_angelum6655]

Not even close, Babyyyyyy

[@nightsong81]

To be fair, Todd really wasn't exaggerating, in the first clip. He was lying. There's a difference.

[@TheHalogen131]

I feel some J. Jonah Jameson energy: It's not! I resent that! Slander is spoken. In print it's libel.

[@The_zickron]

Sweet little lies

[@bloodred255]

from what I've been told there are 200 'different' endings to fallout 3, the differences are in the photo which changes depending on how you designed your character, so that character creation at the start influences the main differences

[@DanielDangerous]

Thank you Todd for not exaggerating

[@destinyezemba3662]

@@bloodred255 huh, never realised that actually

[@chris10isleyen]

Fallout 1 just nails it when it comes to tone and atmosphere. Getting gunned down in the middle of the desert while Ron Pearlman tells you of your decomposing corpse and how your vault is going to die a slow painful death is something missing from the newer titles. They took it to this campy atmosphere and completely disregarded the atmosphere from the original titles. Fallout 3 was great in that department but since then it really hasn’t been the same.

[@LordVader1094]

Tbf part of that is thanks to Fallout 2 going campy af. But even it got the tone more correct than later Fallouts.

[@Disciple_JK]

Each game has had a very different tone and atmosphere, which I think is just intentional.

[@KevinoftheCosmos]

It took me a while to realize this because I started the series on Fallout 3. But I get it now.

[@arceusland]

@@Disciple_JK yooooo fortnite skin

[@LazyBuddyBan]

fallout 3 would had been much better if it simply didn't tried to convince and tell you that's its been 200 years, not 10-50 like it should actually be. but that would make too much sense, can't have it with the chess-master.

[@TheBigBlackJoshi]

A concerned commenter rightfully pointed out that no nuclear war actually happened in STALKER, and it makes no sense for it to be an honourable mention. I have no excuse for this error, I just had a massive brain fart lmao.

[@advanced2431]

In all fairness, a nuclear disaster in the wasteland known as “Ukraine” might as well been the result of a nuclear war.

[@TheBigBlackJoshi]

There's still time

[@adamaenridi7272]

Delete the video nerd

[@justaguy723]

@@TheBigBlackJoshi Something worse than a nuclear war happened, though. Communists.

[@confusion7858]

epic brain failure moment

[@basedimperialism]

That Kotaku article "Fallout 76 bug accidentally installs Skyrim" gives me life. It's so ironic.

[@gwg2813]

can I get the link to the article tho

[@oome4323]

@@gwg2813 no

[@gwg2813]

@@oome4323 crap

[@oome4323]

@@gwg2813 i know 😔

[@unoriginalperson72]

If there is a female character wielding a power fist they are probably 100% definitely maybe a lesbian. I don't make the rules it just is

[@MioAkiyama3686]

Veronica from New Vegas

[@LauBananaYT]

@@MioAkiyama3686 Vi from League of Legends

[@teoborges3949]

Danm, those Ladies are getting good at fisting!

[@kingofcards9516]

For some reason. I suppose they have to ham-fist that diversity in somehow.

[@lasarousi]

@@kingofcards9516 Veronica and Arcade are the best gay characters written because they're characters that happen to be gay, not the other way around.

[@MrKing-771]

9:16 Tycho is a desert ranger and the ranger armor in New Vegas is based off of his described appearance.

[@FreeBird-ws2ye]

Fun fact: Most of Fallout soundtracks are inspired by Aphex Twin for example Moribund World is literally Window Sill by Aphex but with twists on it the same with LA theme its just another Aphex Twin track Grass.

[@TheBigBlackJoshi]

I realised this mid-way through the video going through Aphex Twin's Selected Ambience album.

[@bigrust6728]

holy shit you are so right, thank you for this you've opened up a new door for me.

[@mehabox]

Brian Eno is all over on the Vats Of Goo track. There’s a track on his Music For Films that was sampled

[@giovannicervantes2053]

Ahh mark morrigan dude hammered out the soundtrack and some level design with that aphex twin

[@sharoyveduchi]

Fallout 2 deserves better because unlike Force Awakens it was written better than its predecessor and offered much more variety (including CAR and deathclaw companion).

[@corripiocruo]

agreed. i hope yoshi is just joking to psyche us out and then surprise us with a fallout 2 video

[@TheBigBlackJoshi]

Hey, I never said it's bad. But I couldn't ignore the identical plot beats and engorged game length.

[@belisarius6949]

The phone call with the enclave soldier at Poseidon is so damn good.

[@Sakhan9969]

Fallout 2 is a farcical spin-off in all seriousness. Porno industry, aliums, the scorpion, deathclaws plans for APA which became OWB's integral part. Also the Chinese remnants practicing kung-fu and fucking Scientologists. Has its charm, but if you're immersed in 1, 2 will squash the sentiment and taste.

[@nigrum_angelum6655]

I wouldn't necessarily say Fallout 2 is better written, though it does still have brilliant moments there, and the faction sub-story is intriguing enough to be used as a base for its sequel (New Vegas). Fallout 2 is arguably the better product, with more QoL features, but Fallout 1 is objectively more tightly designed and focused in comparison. You should watch ramblelime's video, he already made a video on each Fallout 1 and 2, and basically put into words what I'm trying to say here, in his videos. He also made videos on some of Fallout 2 TC mods.

[@jagofjokester1127]

Never knew black yoshie could comprehend and reason unlike the other yoshies.

[@imadrifter]

Based facts

[@lasarousi]

Some would say it has something to do with the amount of melatonin in its yoshi skin and how the mushroom Kingdom expect him to perform.

[@dankmemelord414]

@@lasarousi Lmaoo melatonin damn he sleepy as shit

[@lasarousi]

@@dankmemelord414 lmao I just noticed the typo, I'm gonna leave it.

[@brdgamemaster]

Of course the other Yoshis are irrational. I did not forget about that one part of Yoshi's Story comic.

[@Cappuccino_Rabbit]

There's something so unique with fallout 1 and 2, something that i can't confidentially say but i might think what it is. The entire atmosphere of the game along with the OST and world building, the entire game looks so different from 3D fallout The atmosphere looks so dirty, depressing, hopeless and agressive. Just like how a wasteland would look like Fallout 4 and especially 76 looks so bright and colorful, sometimes the wasteland doesn't seem to be a big deal too Specifically with the "sarcasm" dialogues from fallout 4, it feels like i'm playing a mad max parody with suicide squad or guardians of galaxy humor

[@WileyCatOFFICIAL]

its almost like the east coast wasnt as fucked as the west coast wow holy fuck lore im gonna lose it

[@Myrrmoasta]

Have you ever played Fallout 2? It's more cringe then Fallout 4, just with more dialoge options. "Hookers and Drugs xD", cheap Pop-Cultur References and a recycled Plot from Fallout 1. Like 90% of the People that defend it have never played this game or are blind because Bethesda is le bad. And Diamond City is like a 1:1 City like it would appear in Fallout 1 + 2. The only thing missing is some "evil scary music ohhh!"

[@SomeUnsoberIdiot]

@@Myrrmoasta You have no sense of humour.

[@presobug1825]

@@Myrrmoasta what temple of trials does to a mf

[@jod9749]

Yes so much this Fallout is missing that depressing atmosphere and gothic architecture from the early games the new ones are too colorful and plays too much into that everything should be 50's style design imo only the enrgy weapons, rusted out cars and robots should be in the 50's style

[@AwesomeSawBlade]

never knew vault of the future had real words in it,, this game is insanely layered and underrated

[@TheHalogen131]

Layered, yes. Underrated? Absolutely not. It's considered a classic and most people have at least heard of it. Might not have played it, but it's certainly a well-known and appreciated title.

[@nigrum_angelum6655]

@@TheHalogen131 it's underrated when you consider the fact that the amount of people who played and appreciated this game (and Fallout 2) for what it is (which include, but not limited to people who've played it on release, and people like me who started with Fallout 3), are absolute miniscule compared Bethesda's absolutely humongous fanbase. And also if you consider the fact that most probably 90% of them refused to play the OGs for whatever reasons (like, because they're old, outdated, looks ugly, or that they can't into turn-based based games), whereas 9.99% other tried, and failed to get into them, for whatever reasons as well (like failing to understand the gameplay, or technical problems like the game's crashing or not even launching). I'm exaggerating the numbers here, but you get me, I hope, you dig?

[@Timsturbs]

​@@nigrum_angelum6655 take in count most people played dumb kidsgames on consoles back then, like mario64. fo1-2 gained pretty much all the playerbase it could at the time.

[@ngfshgsfhsgh]

I actually just don't like how the game plays rather than failing to understand the gameplay. I've never really gotten in to any crpgs.

[@pontiusporcius8430]

"In other words, California got what it deserved." You earned a subscriber.

[@keztannis6848]

Unfathomably based, FUCK California.

[@vsarachnos5414]

I had literally never heard of the thief group- Why is that British chad not more of a meme.

[@nigrum_angelum6655]

Because they're exquisitely hidden, like any competent Thief's Guild should be.

[@metetural9140]

@@nigrum_angelum6655 "exquisitely hidden" *in a basement*

[@The-jy3yq]

@@metetural9140 then why are there still a lot of people not even knowing about it's existence?)

[@ryguy9876]

They're only well hidden because of the map perspective. The engines map perspective makes it so the only way to see the entrance to their hide out is to literally wander on top of it.

[@encross8058]

I ran into there with my one intelligence character and they sent me away

[@corripiocruo]

babe wake up new british sseth video

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Nah he don't have a merchant guild

[@GunslingerLv]

Sseth is british or at least lives in London for his medical degree

[@ashwath5733]

@@GunslingerLvprobably not british, lots of people from all over the world come to england to study

[@molanohouse]

​@@GunslingerLvNo, he is Jewish

[@TheMagicWiener]

Mark Morgan's work on the soundtrack for the first two Fallout games are honestly timeless. So memorable. I wish they had him for Fallout: New Vegas as well. Although it's nice they reused some of his work for certain areas within the game.

[@TheBigBlackJoshi]

I don't always upload, but when I do, I always start arguments in the comments.

[@buzzfedcarmine7730]

no u

[@FumblsTheSniper]

How dare you like your own comment it’s almost as if you wanted to make me angry SMH my head

[@nigrum_angelum6655]

Based

[@invinciblemic]

>Publicly claims Fallout 1 is better than 2 What a gigachad

[@HandlesAreDumbYoutubeYouPOS]

Maser being voiced by the Chinese punisher is without a doubt the funniest thing I’ve ever learned about this series holy shit

[@zm1786]

Chinese punisher, do you mean winnie the poo

[@derringer1072]

You make me proud of my black yoshi heritage

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

you and me both yigga

[@Mrmasterranter]

I've never seen a fallout video before this that was this based, I love it

[@johnnybensonitis7853]

Baste. Well put, good man.

[@Hank..]

How to play fallout 1 & 2: 1. minmax your character so you have 10 Perception, 10 agility, and nothing else 2. actually be able to hit your enemies

[@ZeTerminators]

you take ADHD pills for medicinal purposes, I take them for fun. We are not the same.

[@theceoofcrackcocaineandamp5961]

Aha funny.

[@user-mj4pp9hi3p]

Todd damnit, dude. I'm Russian, and playing Fallout since 2007, and I've never even acknowledged that thing in Vaults of the future. It's always creeped me out, and I never knew why. So thanks for showing what it really was all this time

[@oddtomato1049]

11:41 I do not understand why STALKER got into the honourable mentions about nuclear war dread. There wasn't even a nuclear war. A nuclear apocalypse for sure, but not a war.

[@pyotrilyichtchaikovskyii6638]

It's not even nuclear, the radiation just happens to be there from the Soviet fuckup mostly. The catastrophe is a singularity in a mesh of ethereal amassed consciousness of living beings that's ejecting the energy from the entire world into some patch of land in Ukraine. Serious.

[@TheBigBlackJoshi]

Oh shit you're right I kind of fucked up there because I was editing the video at 5am from being awake for 24 hours lmao goddamnit

[@lordnorthumberland277]

@@TheBigBlackJoshi I think it was justified (intentional or not) because Stalker still has an oppressive, rusted, decayed atmosphere that is comparable to Fallout.

[@TheBigBlackJoshi]

That's probably what I was thing of the time but I was too fried to make a coherent relevant reference rip

[@kastle3322]

The soundtrack told so much about the past as much as any peace of exposition you come across in any terminal or old world text, the one where you can hear troops marching thru the street and what sounds like honking car horns of people stuck in traffic trying to evacuate to safe are my favorite

[@bushranger8960]

A number of the tracks from both Fallout and Fallout 2's OST were re used in new vegas too which was a great call back

[@ren880t9]

If Fallout 2 is the Force Awakens then Fallout 76 is the Rise of Skywalker.

[@DarkWraithKevin]

Don't forget to take the Bloody Mess perk for the true ending

[@TrafficPartyHatTest]

I'm just pissed that Fallout will never be this horrifying ever again

[@hellishcyberdemon7112]

Everything seems so babied now adays... The 90s was so grunge and "fuck censorship"

[@GeteMachine]

DOOM's reboot right now feels closet to the classic fallout aesthetic than anything from Bethesda. But at the very least Fallout 3 at least felt gritty, bleak and horrifying compared to FO4 and.. 76.

[@peternehemiah1606]

Fallout 2 wasn't all that great for me It was a parody of fallout 1

[@peternehemiah1606]

@Spaceboy Digital what

[@guitarlaughlin]

@spaceboy.digitalidk why you made it about race lol

[@commanderknee3821]

Same people who say "fallout 1 is archaic lol 🤓" will probably be okay with playing DOOM 64 with an absolute torture device of a nintendo 64 controller, because notalgia I guess...

[@brok56]

My first fallout game was f4, and have played fallout 2. The game controls are ancient, the enemies are often times a bit too Hard and my first 4 attempts at playing The game were failures. But after learning those controls, i really like it. It gives me More freedom in role play than fallout 4 ever could even dream of.

[@atomikcosmonaut522]

Started with fo4 played fallout 1 (after many attempts) loved it, played fo4 again, didn't like it

[@commanderknee3821]

@@brok56 that is very true

[@zaidabraham7310]

Doom 64 and Fallout 1 are both too archaic for most people so I'm not sure where you're getting that from.

[@magicjohnson3121]

Doom 64 has aged well especially with mouse and keyboard. Most people aren’t going to play the original Doom without the free roaming mouse.

[@mehabox]

That voice bit in the Vault of the Future is also in Depeche Mode’s To Have And To Hold

[@Uncle_Wolfy]

5:18 That clip of guy shooting AK after which dust cover falls off and reaction of marine is pricelss

[@intergalacticimperialist9670]

This might be your best video unironically. Good shit.

[@thejasonater966]

Man really put God tier effort for 2.1k views. In time you shall grow my friend and it shall be glorious.

[@Josh-jw3go]

My brother in christ, the video had just been posted when you wrote this comment. But I guess farming for likes is more important than common sense

[@Ithenos]

I agree. I love Fallout but was never really fond of Fallout 2. I also am of the firm belief that F1 is exactly as long as it should be.

[@playzcrayon8186]

dude i cant run fallout 2 i can run read dead 2 and fucking cyberpunk but fallout 2 is where my pc decides to end it

[@boardante8454]

@@playzcrayon8186 must be compatability issues, buy it on gog

[@Sothpawman]

Anyone who says they don't like fallout 2 never gave it a chance. Its easily the best one.

[@Ithenos]

@@Sothpawman "No bro, it gets good 20 hours in!" Fuck off. I played plenty of it. It's just not as good.

[@Sothpawman]

@@Ithenos You never played any of it. liar!

[@ArcboundX]

My favourite companion is the often overlooked, thick, vulcan minigun droid that you can repair in the military base and keep with you, if you thought the other NPC's were a danger to keep behind you in a gunfight, this guy takes the fucking cake, as he'll turn you or any mutant in sight into a fine red mist.

[@The-jy3yq]

Wha? Who? Ya mean Skynet from Fallout 2? He can't shoot people with a vulcan minigun - he can't wield a minigun! Skynet can only use SMGs, big pistols and rifles! And fists. Also, he's _very_ proficient at using firearms! He never ever missed in my playthroughs even at the most far away targets! _probably because of his big small guns skill eh_

[@ArcboundX]

@@The-jy3yq Fallout 1.

[@The-jy3yq]

@@ArcboundX nice mods awesome community

[@robertmiles1603]

"the most deranged man in human history" i thought that was gary busey

[@karmongthegreat5832]

that's such a well edited intro with the fallout 1 tv showing the current state of fallout. I love you

[@MrHammers]

Dope video, I like the editing. Thoughtful but also meme. Nice

[@nginx404_not_found6]

Some schizo old man lead me here, didn't regret it, subbed

[@Lance-The-BoS-Lancer]

Ew, neo-nazi fan.

[@kassandraofodyssey6475]

That News Vegas worshipper? Good lord mate.

[@hugghneugh4288]

@@Lance-The-BoS-Lancer The hell did that come from?

[@griggs227]

@@kassandraofodyssey6475 it’s the best one

[@Lance-The-BoS-Lancer]

@@hugghneugh4288 Schizo Elijah is known for doing and saying a bunch of racist shit

[@algenissantana6269]

Best review of Fallout 1 I've ever seen. good information and fits my humor perfectly 🤣 greetings from D.R.🇩🇴

[@rollersurfer8529]

By far one of the funniest KZbin videos that I’ve genuinely laughed the whole way through. Thank you geezer

[@nicoulinromain4693]

Just came across your content by accident and man, it made my Sunday! Hilarious and brilliant. Cheers from CH.

[@RobertJohnson-ie8mw]

Those Ron Perlman tweets had me in a coma they were so funny

[@nigrum_angelum6655]

Thank you for saying that the game is even better due to its length and scale. It's not padded with Content™ for the sake of the (nowadays) mandatory 60-hours average playthrough for an RPG. Another cRPG with more or less the exact same average-length-per-playthrough would be The Age of Decadence, another game getting full release in 2015 alongside Underrail that's heavily inspired by Fallout, but not quite there to be the spiritual successor. But the fairest comparison to Fallout 1's length would be a Fallout 2 TC mod called Fallout 1.5: Resurrection. Supposedly an in-between Fallout 1&2, its length and scale is closer to Fallout 1, making repeat playthrough a whole lot easier. For comparison based on my personal experience, I've replayed Fallout 1.5 more times than all of the official Fallout games (yes, including even the modern games) combined. And I've lost count of how many times I've replayed TAoD in the span of 300 hours I've clocked on Steam, whereas Underrail which clocked 400 hours I've only finished three times, due its sheer length and the amount of content it has.

[@fj8264]

AoD is so, sooo good. A gem of a game. I somewhat hope that Colony Ship is remotely as good. The EA/demo gives me some good vibes there.

[@Accerimo]

Just found you today and already loving your work. Keep it up!!!

[@prieterico]

This is the kind of videos I love, keep it up my boy!

[@RoleyVideos]

For me Fallout 2 is the height of the series. But I have to say I give a chef kiss to the The Naked Gun gun fight scene you used. Perfect lol.

[@t3hgir]

[Speech 100] Tiananmen Square, 1989

[@pyotrilyichtchaikovskyii6638]

[PER 10] USS Liberty, 1967.

[@t3hgir]

@@pyotrilyichtchaikovskyii6638 cool it with the antisemitic remarks

[@ejsmith2246]

Great video!!! We need more of this kind of thing from you!!!

[@devil5051000]

I see quality content on this channel. Wonder why it has not more subs, definitely would deserve it. Subscribed. :)

[@DaoistYeashikAli]

As an Indian, I liked that Indian joke

[@baseddepartment8721]

why do indians like getting stepped on?

[@KnightRaven]

thank god for a review that doesn't cry about how hard the game is to get into, bravo

[@lubu5966]

Damn, that is the most fun(ny) review I have seen of old game in a long time.

[@user-cd4bx6uq1y]

Absolutely amazing. This is one of the few channels that really let you play the game without playing

[@SomeUnsoberIdiot]

Fallout 2 is the greatest game ever made. You can't change my mind.

[@anviil1417]

Fallout 2 is alright I guess Maybe you can sway my opinions idk

[@Ripper935]

Femboy detected. MUST PURGE.

[@civilizedhuman7875]

Warhammer 40k space marines And Fallout : new Vegas Change my mind

[@certifiedintellectualjames5053]

I don’t even like the Fallout series, matter of fact, I don’t even like it, I think of it as boring, contrived and pretentious. To start it off, I think of NV as grimy, pretentious, would-be philosophical filth that pretends to be way smarter than it thinks it is, the gameplay and graphics aged like milk. And don’t even get me STARTED on Fallout 4 and 3, those games are just bland and generic, with little to nothing good in them aside from a few well-known companions. Fallout 1 and 2 are imo the most boring, pretentious and egotistical that the games were at. And no, you can’t change my mind about me liking them either. Also, anime pfp, so your opinion is invalid 😂

[@certifiedintellectualjames5053]

@@youarealwayscorrect Garbage? No. Boring and pretentious? Definitely. Tho being honest, I did like the Legion. Caesar forever.

[@noobgun12]

It took me this long to finally try Fallout 1 and i was confused as hell about everything but after a while and with lots of deaths i now see why these old fallouts are so hyped even pretty good fucking good game now its time for Fallout 2

[@dr.rubbertail5407]

Sometimes, a blast from the past is needed

[@jacksobrooks]

This is the first video of yours I have seen. I was sold when I saw the Samantha Hydrangea clip.

[@heyyou9472]

the one guy complaining about the fact that you have to "read dialogue" has lost before he even got a chance to make a point

[@spaceace7316]

I myself feel like Underail serves as a descent spiritual successor to the classic fallout games

[@Mirthful_Midori]

No, that's Atom RPG. Story-wise it's post nuclear Soviet Union with some light Sci-Fi stuff. Gameplay wise it's basically Fallout 2 with funny ragdolls. It even has some of the same keybindings as 2.

[@treesome3979]

That game is so good but has such a shite final act I felt so bad about it I wouldn't recommend it to anyone

[@nigrum_angelum6655]

Yeah, ATOM RPG is a far more fitting spiritual successor. Underrail pursued its own path for the most part, the post-apocalyptic theme mostly in the background.

[@nigrum_angelum6655]

@@treesome3979 Deep Caverns is actually a whole lot more tame these days. The expansion, though, the Black Sea, woo boy... it's basically Deep Caverns, with all the bad things of DC already criticized before, but turned up to eleven, without a single respite mechanics and moments that DC has. The expansion is still worth it for the most part, since its end sequence is objectively better than the base game, but you really need a whole lot of mental fortitude to go through it, especially if you're playing without stealth.

[@nigrum_angelum6655]

@Immortal Science of Hauntology It's indeed massive, too big in fact that I felt fatigued first before I could muster my desire to replay it. Builds are filtered in the first hour, roughly upon hitting Depot A, though, so if your build could make it past that, I believe you aren't softlocked into a bad situation unless you went out of your way to make bad decisions post-Depot A. My first playthrough of the game was a build that's by any means 'bad'. It was a jack-of-all-trades that attempted to do everything; all weapon skills had points invested into it, Subterfuge with the exception of Pickpocketing because I wasn't able to squeeze out skill points for it, Crafting, Psionic, and Socializing, I actually tried to play the game like I made a character for New Vegas, an RPG that's so generous with skill points that you could get 100s in almost all skill. As a result, the character had no real focus, and thus was unable to experience the side content for extra XPs, and I was already on Oddity too since I'm intrigued by how it would turn out (fortunately it was pretty balanced so I wasn't exactly starved for levels). The first real wall that the character hit, was...the final boss. I wasn't quite able to damage him enough within the time frame of my defenses against the tentacles (I also finished the Mutagen puzzle), but I was close to a level-up that could net me an extra feat and an extra ability point. Then I look at my Oddity table and found I still haven't gotten the final piece of Oddity from the Psi Beetle. So I went out hunting a bit of Psi Beetle and, voila, I got the last oddity needed for a level-up. With the extra points I got a good feat and invested my ability point into Perception, the highest base ability I had then which helps maximize my Guns damage. I think I then crafted a better sniper rifle for the final confrontation, and finally managed to kill him. This was all close to 1.0ver, btw. I bought the game a week after its full release date because I was still hesitating to try Fallout 1. And man, the Deep Caverns was brutal at the time. Still I'm pretty sure the build I described above wouldn't be able to survive the current environment of the game, with all the new added content and balanced mechanics...at least not outside Normal or even Easy difficulty, and it certainly wouldn't survive the DLC.

[@craiga.glesner424]

Holy shit, thanks for the subtitles and translation for the voice in the Vault 13 cave! Wicked cool.

[@unfortunate1313]

8:03, I don't know why, but my day was going pretty bad and that delivery onto the ''terminator'' but got me laughing at the screen for a solid 20 minutes. For that, I applaud you.

[@rutherfordmoment]

Fallout 1 is my favorite for sure I honestly had trouble getting into the second one there was A LOT going on for someone who had just finished the first 1

[@kiobio7311]

200 endings is true af Consider this every time you beat the game you can choose how to do quest or not to do them at all also it could be considered a different ending just by having 200 different loadouts lmao

[@ClonesDream]

What Todd meant is you will finish the game at 200 different points in space and time, therefore making each ending unique to your exact XYZ coordinates and picosecond timestamp in the universe as to when you beat the game. He's playing chess whilst you're being played by him.

[@ryszakowy]

real fallout - depending on the quests you did and the way you finished them every location gets it's own ending amounting to your legacy. behtesda's crap - it's either good ending or good ending but with few complications that have no meaning anyway

[@capperbuns]

@@ryszakowy indeed.

[@harukaminicho2370]

KZbin recommendations.... Thank you for this wonderful discovery. Subscribed.

[@actuallywetsocks2374]

This is simply too good, In absolute awe

[@TheG_Boy]

>Fallout 76 bug accidentally installs Skyrim. Todd finds a way

[@notgoddhoward5972]

It just works !

[@thedipermontshow]

Ngl, this is one of the best videos about Fallout 1.

[@revoltagedwind9676]

You work reaaaaly hard on your videos man. Good work

[@thenationaltimelyactionhou9328]

I love this game and it’s sequel!

[@johndayguy3051]

Awesome review. The Sseth like editing had me rolling in the floor. I swear the track "metalic monks" can be heard in one of the newer Fallout games.

[@DM-mi4je]

I know for certain that in the unpopulated parts in New Vegas metallic monks can heard like distant echoes.

[@jordancollings2889]

Also during the Courier's Mile

[@mfspectacular]

Fnv has many of the f1&2 tracks ^^ just not all of em. Was always disappointed the khan's theme never played at redrock myself, or beyond the canyon in zion

[@cyrilc5846]

Of all people I wasn't expecting you to make a video about fallout 1, and a good one with that.

[@ghhn4505]

Alright, that India joke at the beginning got me. This was also super well edited, subscribed.

[@coopertantau947]

You know a review of a game is good when it makes you want to play something you werent even thinking about before. Thank you.

[@praisekek8606]

Great vid. Very generous to give oxhorn a feature in your thumbnail considering his channel is on its last legs

[@theman44ful]

What is everyone’s beef with oxhorn am I missing something here?

[@theman44ful]

@ShadowOfDeath🥀 you had me going until the end there. I appreciate you letting me know and agree with everything up until that socialists and liberals and gays part lmao I’m liberal and like his vids, dating a non binary person who loves oxhorn too so not sure where you’re getting that from. Thanks for the explanation though I suppose

[@theman44ful]

@ShadowOfDeath🥀 what the fuck are you on about dude Jesus Christ lmao. Go buy some alpha brain while you’re at it. Non binary just means you don’t fit with either gender it’s not a big deal. Neither is being gay. It’s just one of the things that makes each of us humans unique. You sound fucking insane talking about liberals and shit dude. Calm down. Not everything is a culture war. I’m a person. I don’t have a secret goal to set people away from morally right society I’m a religious Jew I believe in G-d. You need to seriously re contextualize the way you look at the world if that’s how you look at it man. We’re all individuals, making individual decisions, liberals don’t want to destroy religion and conservatives aren’t all fascists. It’s ok. Your partisan politics is peeking through there a bit shadow of death lmao

[@insurgentlowcash7564]

@ShadowOfDeath🥀 Check the dudes channel, I don't think J is hitting on all 8. If you catch my drift. Possibly don't harp on the guy too much.

[@brendandonohue2398]

@@insurgentlowcash7564 I mean he seems to be doing fine sure the non lore videos don't do as well but that's to be expected since.....well hes the lore guy

[@Peluceus]

You didn't think anyone would notice the two Imma's in your head out meme. But I did. Good video

[@masterzoroark6664]

Quick funny story- due to glorious misunderstanding my dad got his hands on first Fallout instead of Fallout 3 when in my childhood I asked him to get me Fallout. Thanks to that my first ever fallout game (in year of 2015) was Fallout not Fallout 3. Thanks to that my taste was not ruined

[@Nitron.Picarla]

0:40 wait, how the hell does that even happen?

[@valentinom.4292]

People who are thinking about playing Fallout 1: read about how radiation works in this game or you're gonna have a really shitty time

[@wingedangel6030]

I've been meaning to play, on a scale of 1-Probably ending up like The Master, how shitty we talking?

[@Crow-mq1qp]

@@wingedangel6030 just make sure to have Rad X, 100 resistance = 100% resistance. It's pretty bad though, unless you abuse casino or something radaway can be hard to get, carries addiction risk, doesn't remove too much...if rads drop any of your SPECIAL Stats to Zero, or if you survive with 1000 rads for 24 hrs, you die instantly

[@valentinom.4292]

@@wingedangel6030 Radiation is only an issue in one area of the game: The Glow. Radiation poisons you in Fallout 1 and once you're poisoned there's not much you can do. Collect Rad-X and take it every now and then in that level. Oh, and have a save file from a zone back just in case.

[@Ironface53]

Fallout 1 and 2 fans when they read a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book (it was an incredibly well-written 2D action RPG that had a multitude of endings and your actions had an impact on the story)

[@deepwashington499]

Pretty much describes it. I wouldn't have a problem with modern Fallout if it just tried to do something like that.

[@GlitchyKittenCrew]

If this video doesn't get 500,000 views or more it is a crime the editing is absolutely hilarious and I'm only 3 minutes in

[@Laxhoop]

If Fallout 1 had all the extra enemies, items, and ease-of-life functions that 2 added, I’d be able to confidently say that 1 was the better game. It’s atmosphere is unmatched, and its writing top-tier. 2 on the other hand… Well, the game was written by an entirely different team, and it shows. 2’s view on the horrific events in its world and story, which have been “amped up” from 1, is a lot more jovial, and sarcastic. Where 1 would take a moment to comment on the inhumanity of women being forced to sell their bodies to survive, 2 let’s you f*ck them, has your companions congratulate you, and even had a cut stat for losing your virginity. It even goes further, and gives you the option of becoming a prostitute. Like, I love having the option to sell away my ability to clench my asshole to a super mutant, but that’s the thing, when given that option, it kind of makes it harder to think about the dark themes of forced prostitution that are present. Fallout 1 would have given you the option to sleep with a prostitute, but it would have made your karma go down, and probably would have given your character a disease. Fallout 2 has everything cheer for you, for doing it. So, my point is that Fallout 1 has “less” player freedom, but its tone is sold far better, as a result. Like, I prefer playing Fallout 2, because I can reach level 99, either legitimately, or by finishing the main quest and going into the “continue playing” option, and decimate everything, while Fallout 1 caps you off at like, level 20, and once the story is over, that’s it, you gotta start a new save file, no new game plus. But I prefer the world and atmosphere of 1, because it just works together so much better. Like, one of my favorite examples, is that in Fallout 1, if you don’t learn about the secret crippling the super mutants, your character won’t have that information when they confront the master, and will have to defeat them through combat, while if you do have it, you can convince the master, the final boss and main antagonist, to game end themself. But meanwhile, in Fallout 2, the main villain, a super mutant in power armor, something any edgy 13-year-old would have come up with, cannot be defeated without some form of combat. He has no ideology, he’s just a big brute, meant to symbolize the hypocrisy of the Enclave, where they want to genocide mutants, but have the biggest mutant of all, as their attack dog. The Master has very few lines, but from what you learn about him throughout the game from other characters, and from the few lines he does have, you can very clearly see that he has principles, that he believes that what he is doing is the correct choice. He wants to unite humanity, and he views his actions as the only viable way to do so, while also making radiation something no one has to worry about, which is a massive plus in the radiated wasteland of Fallout. But in Fallout 2, again, the main villain cannot be reasoned with. And instead of them slowly building up Frank as a threat, through the words of people who’ve met him, they just have a random cutscene where the player character just stands and watches Frank gun down an innocent family. We have no option, we have to just watch this happen. And then Frank just lets us continue on, even though he’s seen us, and the goal of the Enclave in Fallout 2 is the eradication of all mutants, which we are considered to be, by the Enclave. This scene leaves the impression that Frank does have some kind of a code, where he will not harm anyone he hasn’t been instructed to kill, and it implies that he’s not above reason, but neither of these things are true. Now, normally I’d accept the argument “Well Frank knew you’d infiltrated his base at the end of the game, he has to kill you.” But that’s not true. It’s entirely possible, either by glitching the game, or by having the stats necessary, to activate the self-destruct, and free everyone, and even kill the president, without any singular person in the base being alerted. But even if this is the case, Frank still acts like he knows you’re a mutant invader. He’s not an organic part of the world, you can’t stumble across him while investigating the Enclave base, he’s literally just a road block with a lot of health. And it’s proven that he has no idea what you’ve done, by activating the bases self-destruct, meaning he has no idea that you did that, already. Frank Horrigan is a waste of a main antagonist. Especially in comparison to The Master. In fact, I’m not even sure he counts as the main antagonist. Maybe the president does? But he’s just a boring racist, there’s no ideology there. Frank and co.’s total lack of a real motive just proves that the writers of 2 were just trying to vent their own political frustrations, because instead of making the Enclave a nuanced faction, that a player could reasonably agree with, they’re just fascists. And the fact that they’re so blatantly just the U.S. government, makes it crystal clear what they wanted to say. And if it still goes over your head, the Vice President just says actual quotes from the real Vice President at the time the game was being made. I mean, there’s not even a possible ending where you side with the Enclave. You can’t. Because the developers just assumed no one would, because they’re not nuanced. It’s such a shame. And you can tell they felt that they’d messed up in this department, because many of those same writers eventually wrote New Vegas, and the ex-Enclave members we see in that game give the group a level of nuance that simply was never present in 2. And it’s a damn shame, because I want to like 2, it has so many cool new toys to play with and ways to exploit the game, but its writing just does not hold a candle to 1’s. But anyways, even outside of the final boss, going back to the contextual knowledge thing, there are many instances where the player character has the option to say, or HAS to say, something that they realistically shouldn’t have any knowledge of. With, again, my go-to example being that in the final story area, the player can confront the Vice President, where the writers just forget about their world building, and just overtly insert their own political opinions. The Vice President says “I’m not part of the problem, I’m a Republican”, to which the player character’s only possible response is “Like I said, part of the problem.” Now, is that rebuttal funny? Yes. But it in now way works within the lore of Fallout 2. The player character is canonically a tribal, they would have no god damn idea what a “Republican” is. And it sucks so much, because this could have been fixed so easily. Just change the line to “I don’t know what a Republican is, but I suspect you don’t, either.” There, you still have a joke that takes a pot shot at republicans, and the in-game character, but it works within the lore. The original reply just reeks of the writers, who from what I can gather, were recent college grads at the time, trying to express their world views, and trying to be edgy and funny. Fallout 2 suffers from Marvel syndrome, where it wants to be taken seriously, but then there’s a joke thrown in, that completely undermines the emotional weight of the scene. Like, am I making any sense? I feel like I’m rambling. Look, I’ll end it here with a summary. Basically, Fallout 1 has a consistent tone and world, and from that perspective, it is a masterpiece that everyone should play. Fallout 2 improved upon basically every game mechanic that needed improving in 1, but the new writers were too immature to properly tackle the subjects they wanted to explore, which left the game’s tone and world feeling a bit all over the place. But 2 is still a million times better than anything Bethesda did with the franchise, though. But… I can’t say that I don’t understand why Todd misunderstood what Fallout is, given how 2 does (unintentionally) f*ck up a lot of what made 1 so great.

[@conorclifford5547]

This was a fun read. If only critics(whatever it is they actually do) more so “writers”, wrote a review like this. Your humour is funny and I’m starting to sound like a fuckin 80 year old geriatric so I’ll shut up now. Thanks 🙏🏻

[@nigrum_angelum6655]

That was a nice read. You were indeed correct that the writers for the sequel obviously inexperienced, and there were a lot of other factors that I've mentioned in other comments; such as Tim Cain (literally the founding father of the game, the brainwork behind the ideas who actually worked all alone for the original Fallout for the first 6 months or so) left the ship in the middle of the sequel's development. Chris Avellone who were a part of the Fallout 2's writing team also admitted as much, that Tim Cain abandoning the ship has left the team without a focused direction to go, and it leads to each writing department just writing things to the best of their ability, without much communication with one another.

[@fernandog.ramirez.6917]

And that's how you write an excellent review. Well done!

[@BrothaGoneBased]

Ok cool

[@oneinathousand2156]

I agree with you on a lot of these points, and the cruder writing really shows how the treatment of its female characters in particular went really downhill after 1, which I don’t think gets enough credit for having several very well-written women during a time in gaming when that was pretty rare to see, but in 2 other than a few exceptions like Tandi and Joanne Lynette, the new female characters were either boring or very 2-dimensional fanservice.

[@robloxazo]

Best game ever, every fallout fan should play it

[@capperbuns]

I just started playing fallout. My introduction game is new vegas. I am on the very beginning, am having a good time.

[@robloxazo]

@@capperbuns nice, that’s how I started I got a little lost sometimes but the experience is more than worth it

[@capperbuns]

@@robloxazo yeah. I'm going in blind. It's been awesome as of now.

[@robloxazo]

@@capperbuns I wish I did go in blind, I’d spoiled myself some parts of the story which I regret. Enjoy it

[@adude3607]

I’m watched this during my study hall and im in tears

[@gabeslist]

"-just like any good rpg" *zooms in on the Neraverine* Alright thats a like and a favorite from me.

[@jtpal12]

Personally, my favorite RPG ever. No childhood nostalgia either, I first played this 2 years ago after 3 and New Vegas.

[@TheAsdasy]

"I'm trans btw, dont know if that matters..."

[@jtpal12]

@@TheAsdasy Wut

[@zaidabraham7310]

I would love a remake of Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 in the style of the Diablo 2 remake. Keep the fundamental aspects of the game the same, just upgrade the visuals and add some quality of life features. Wouldn't be a huge investment and would give these classics some much needed attention

[@samuelhayden234]

Love the video it was funny and I learned a couple of things, keep making more.

[@novideostopost1268]

This is some top tier content and editing you gonna move up chief.

[@ArthursLittleWorld]

Wait a second. You named your channel black yoshi, used a picture of black yoshi, & you're still not taken down by Nintendo copyright system ???? How ? How did you do that ?

[@StormDatIsApproaching]

This is high key one of the best videos ever made on Fallout, goes harder than a deathclaw gauntlet in my [REDACTED]

[@vaughnforsberg656]

Holy hell this video made me laugh so hard you definitely earned a sub man. Thanks for the great video😂

[@nickanderson55]

I can’t believe Winnie the Pooh is the ultimate villain of the fallout series lol

[@TheOrthodoxClown]

One of the greatest reviews for this all time classic. Makes me want to actually go and play it. I'm so sad that I never really got into the controls and can't really play it. I really hope 1 day somebody completely remasters it on to either the fallout 4 or fallout new Vegas engine. Because I don't feel like I could really complete the game. Just too bad for me with controls and everything like that period But thank you for making us review that's a very good. But I do try my best to play it. But it is a lot better than fallout 2. For me fallout 2 his way too wacky.

[@nigrum_angelum6655]

You should try other, more similar games before delving this kinds of games. RTS and 4X has roughly the same control schematics in several aspects. Hell, playing some kind of PC MOBA has certainly helped me ingrained some of these control schemes into muscle memory, just need to adjust a bit based on what actual game I'm playing, since different game most likely gonna have different hotkeys and stuff. You really need to get out of your comfort zone to get this one. Initially I was also turned off by the surface looks and feels of these games based on screenshot, but then I decided to just plunge myself into Underrail face first, and I'm so glad I did. I preferred these types of games more now, in fact.

[@AmalekIsComing]

just play the damn game as it is, I did it and it's not so hard

[@nicememe3793]

get the fuck over it bro, you really got to write a entire paragraph because "it's so hward 😢" just fucking play it. look up playthoughs and shit so you get the idea.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

Literally just play the game. Dark Souls was harder only because I had no internet to google shit.

[@BlueGreyWolf]

Dude, I was in the same boat as you when it came to the controls and combat pace, but I took my time one afternoon to just play the game and try and get used to the game. Now Fallout 1 is one of my all-time fav games!

[@PresidentAutumn]

Fallout 2 is just Fallout 1 but with more patriotism

[@skeven0]

ngl my favorite music track is from FO2, chrysalis highwayman

[@Lmap-ix4yx]

I just wanna say awesome video you are one of the main inspirations for me starting my channel

[@fleshautomaton3855]

Oh yeah! I need reviews of the entire Fallout franchise, from you please.