Every time the player gains a level, skill points are awarded that can be used to improve the character's skills. The starting values for Level 1 skills are determined by the player's seven basic attributes, and most initially fall within the range of 0 to 50 percent. There are 18 different skills in the game, ranging in value from 0 to 200 percent. Some 'perks' and coded events within the game require a certain level of particular SPECIAL stats. if the SPECIAL stats change, the bonuses are automatically and instantly adjusted. The SPECIAL stats continually add bonuses to skills. Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility and Luck are the seven basic attributes of every character in the game. These have been copied or otherwise adapted in some form or another through the ensuing iterations of the series. Character development is divided into four categories: attributes, skills, traits, and perks.
The player begins Fallout by selecting one of three characters to play as the protagonist, or alternatively, they can create one with custom attributes using the system. The protagonist is governed by the system called S.P.E.C.I.A.L (an acronym for "Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility and Luck"), designed specifically for Fallout and used in the other games in the series. Unlike in Fallout 2, there is no limit to the number of NPCs that the player may recruit, and NPCs' statistics and armor in Fallout remain unchanged through the entire game only their weapons may be upgraded.Īn example of dialogue between characters in Fallout. Examples include Ian, an experienced traveler and gunman who can equip a pistol or SMG and Dog-meat, an NPC of a dog the player may recruit in Junk-town by either wearing a leather jacket or feeding the dog an iguana-on-a-stick. Perception also determines the maximum range of ranged weapons, and the chance to hit with them.Ī diverse selection of recruit-able non-player characters (NPCs) can be found to aid the player character in the post-apocalyptic wasteland.
The Perception attribute determines characters' 'Sequence' number, which then determines the order of turns in combat characters with a higher statistic in this attribute will be placed at an earlier position in the sequence of turns, and subsequently get new turns earlier. Players may equip at most two weapons, and the player can switch between them at the click of a button.
Unarmed attacks offer many attack types, including 'Punch' and 'Kick'. 'Melee' (hand to hand) weapons typically offer multiple attack types, such as 'Swing' and 'Thrust' for knives. Different actions consume different numbers of points, and the maximum number of points that can be spent may be affected by such things as chems or perks. The game uses an action point system wherein, each turn, multiple actions may be performed until all points in the pool have been expended. Non-combat portions of the game are typically played in real-time.Ĭombat in Fallout is turn-based. Players will encounter hostile opponents (if such encounters are not avoided using stealth or persuasion), in which case they and the player will engage in combat. The player's actions may ultimately dictate the ending of the game, or what future story or game-play opportunities are available. Fallout deviates from most role-playing video games in that it often allows for the player to complete tasks in multiple ways, allowing for solutions that are unconventional or contrary to the original task, in which case the player may still be rewarded. Occasionally, inhabitants will be immersed in dilemmas which the player may choose to solve in order to acquire karma and experience points.
GAMEPLAY: Game-play in Fallout centers around the game world, visiting locations and interacting with the local inhabitants. It was followed by a number of sequels and spin-off games, the Fallout series. The game was critically acclaimed and a financial success. It was initially intended to use Steve Jackson Games' system GURPS, but Interplay eventually used an internally developed system SPECIAL. The protagonist of Fallout is an inhabitant of a Vault, long-term shelters, who is tasked to find the Water Chip to save other dwellers from water shortage.įallout is considered to be the spiritual successor to the 1988 role-playing video game Wasteland. The game has a post-apocalyptic and retro-futuristic setting, in the aftermath of a global nuclear war in an alternate history timeline mid-22nd century. Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is an open world role-playing video game developed and published by Interplay Productions in 1997.
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