If you played Fallout 76 last year in 2018, then you now receive the Fallout Classic Collection as a gift from Bethesda. Our author Andreas says: All three are good, but you must definitely play the first Fallout.
The collection that Bethesda is gifting you includes Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel. The titles bring you closer to the early days of the Fallout series.
Classics free to play
This is how you get the Fallout Classic Collection: The prerequisite is that you played the online game Fallout 76 in 2018.
- Start the Bethesda Launcher
- Log in with your Bethesda.net account
- The Fallout Classic Collection will be automatically unlocked and you install it on your PC
This Fallout game I especially recommend: I first encountered the post-apocalyptic RPG series in 1997 when Interplay released Fallout 1. As good as the successor Fallout 2 was, the first part just stuck with me the most.
Fallout 1 was special at that time. It was the first game that offered this extraordinary post-apocalyptic scenario. This combination of serious background and completely exaggerated elements was unusually new and refreshing.
The story starts typically Fallout and determined the beginning of the subsequent parts, except for Fallout 2.
You are a Vault dweller and live in a bunker where some chosen people sought refuge from the nuclear war. When a control chip for the water supply fails, you are sent out to look for a replacement in the wasteland of Southern California in the year 2161.
By the way, Fallout 2 does not start in a Vault. Instead, you start as a resident of a remote village and must explore the world.
This is not Bethesda’s Fallout
This is how Fallout 1 plays: Fallout 1 differs significantly in gameplay from the newer games developed by Bethesda.
You play from an isometric perspective and fight round by round against enemies. At that time, that was perfectly fine. Today, one has to get used and adapt a bit. But those who do will face an epic RPG.
The first part of the RPG series does not hold your hand. Often you won’t even know where to go. Quests only offer vague descriptions, and you have no choice but to scour every location and talk to every NPC to receive hints.
But that’s how you learn a lot about the world and the background story.
In Fallout 1 there are indeed battles that run tactically and turn-based, but action is somewhat less central than in the newer parts.
Often talking and diplomacy will help you further. That is why it is so important to train your speaking skills and explore all options in conversations. The typical Fallout atmosphere, however, already emerges in part 1.
If you want to take a look at the beginnings of the Fallout series, you should definitely play Fallout 1. It may seem “awkward” and not very modern, but those who take the effort to adapt will be rewarded with a true gem.
