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Fallout 2

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First release
Oct 29, 1998
Engine
C++
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Puzzle · Open world, Science fiction, Survival, Stealth, Comedy
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

A turn-based tactical Western RPG in which the Chosen One is tasked with exploring post-nuclear California to locate and retrieve the fabled Garden of Eden Creation Kit for their famine-stricken tribe, while coming into contact through branching dialogue trees with numerous tribes, factions and micro-civilizations, each with their own virtues, vices, socioeconomic situations and political agendas.

Also known as FO2, Fallout 2 Classic, F2, Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game
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Storyline
In 2241, the primitive Arroyo suffers the worst drought on record. Faced with the calamity, the village elder asks the direct descendant of the Vault Dweller, referred to as the Chosen One, to perform the quest of retrieving a Garden of Eden Creation Kit (GECK) for Arroyo. The GECK is a device that can create thriving communities out of the post-apocalyptic wasteland.[3] The player, assuming the role of the Chosen One, is given nothing more than the Vault Dweller's jumpsuit, a RobCo PIPBoy 2000 handheld device, a Vault 13 water flask, a spear and some cash to start on his mission.Read more

In 2241, the primitive Arroyo suffers the worst drought on record. Faced with the calamity, the village elder asks the direct descendant of the Vault Dweller, referred to as the Chosen One, to perform the quest of retrieving a Garden of Eden Creation Kit (GECK) for Arroyo. The GECK is a device that can create thriving communities out of the post-apocalyptic wasteland.[3] The player, assuming the role of the Chosen One, is given nothing more than the Vault Dweller's jumpsuit, a RobCo PIPBoy 2000 handheld device, a Vault 13 water flask, a spear and some cash to start on his mission.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 29, 1998
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Q1 1999
Mac
Aug 23, 2002
All 6 release dates
Mac
Sep 11, 2002
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 19, 2009
Mac
Jan 24, 2013
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
2h
Main + Extras
39h
Completionist
15h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
aliens, ghosts, hunting, post-apocalyptic, exploration
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At a Glance

Main Story (IGDB)
2h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
39h
Completionist (IGDB)
15h
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IGDB · recorded 28 Oct 2026
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Language data: IGDB · recorded 28 Oct 2026