Here are some slightly more advanced tips that a lot of tutorials don't mention. Certain weapons in Fallout 1 and 2 have hidden weapon perks. Hidden, as in you wouldn't know what they are without looking into the gameplay files. But they can make a huge difference in terms of effectiveness and even build. These perks include, "weapon accurate", "weapon long range", "weapon penetrate" and "weapon knockback". It would be great if the game actually told players this stuff, because it was a game changer for me. Especially the "weapon accurate" perk, which made non-small guns characters viable for me. But keep in mind that they are hidden perks. You can't choose them. So they are sort of like hidden weapon attributes. *Weapon Accurate* = 20% increased chance to hit. All shotguns have the hidden weapon accurate perk, making them ideal for characters who suck at aiming, because you get an automatic 20% increased chance to hit. Great for characters without small guns tagged either. *Weapon Long Range* = These weapons have double the effective range. Mostly applies towards rifles, energy rifles and big guns. So your ranged distance modifier determined by your perception won't have as much of an effect, meaning you can shoot from longer distances. Basically these weapons are perfect for snipers. *Weapon Penetrate* = Weapons that remove 80% of a targets damage threshold. Basically weapons that are really good at penetrating armor. These weapons are usually special. Including pulse energy weapons, the .233 pistol, power fist, ripper and a few more. *Weapon Knockback* = You guessed it. Weapons that have a higher chance to knockback a target. So sledgehammers and super sledges in addition to a few special weapons...I guess you could count rocket launchers too, but they don't technically have the weapon knockback perk. Though they do cause knockback. Source: fallout-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Weapon_perk
I think for us the original fallout audience, those weapon perks were kinda logical. Shotguns for close and personal, 233 for long range because it is a rifle round. Knockbacks you found out the hard way
@@GamesTwiceOver nope. I did a blind playthrough without looking up any controls lol. You should of seen how long it took me to figure out how to lockpick
Most important tip to me is to download the Fixt patch before you start. I lost two playthroughs due to corrupted saves and the Fixt patch solved my problems. Great vid btw!
I simply deleted the anti virus. Avast is the better program, the previous deleted my saves. I can play as much as I want. No need for a patch. Only issue is the language, I can perfectly understand English but I'd prefer it in my native tongue.
I've heard that saving your progress a couple of times on the same slot can lead to it corrupting. Does Fixt completely remove this issue or mitigate it to some extent?
This is a godsend. I've been attempting and FAILING to play the classics for years. I absolutely love their atmosphere, art, music, and story but I've never been able to experience it firsthand. This guide gives me a huge confidence boost.
@andrzejkopalnia Absolutely. I've been using a computer mouse since I was 5 but I still found the controls counterintuitive at first. They're OK once you get into it though. This guide helped. And yes I am getting back into the game due to the show but I first tried it in the 2000s haha
I’ve played Fallout 1 and I’m in the middle of playing Fallout 2, without Fixit or the Restoration Patch. I’ve really enjoyed it, and even though I suck at the games, and I end up accidentally ignoring half the quests, missing items, and having to use guides, I’m loving the games. My first was Fallout 3, then NV, then 4, so going back to 1 and 2 was jarring but it really was worth it And the best advice I can give is to save often, you never know when a companion will decide to blow you to pieces
Same here and to be honest I like the old games the most and I'm glad that I DIDN'T start with them, because now the new "3D" games seem dull to me. This way I enjoyed them previously, when I didn't know how deep the old games were
you missed 3 important tips.. and I didn't see them in the comments yet so here goes (and yes this is an older video but after FO the tv series people are gonna play FO1, 2 and NV like crazy... cuz FO3 and 4 are on the other side of the country): First, if you're gonna use your gun on rats (a waste imho), don't equip a knife/machete, use and then equip a flare in one hand, this makes the area around you brighter and increases your accuracy for shooting ( to the point where you *could* use targeted shots in the intro cave). When you leave the vault go one square any direction (west is quicker) then go right back to the vault, you can then get into the vault and talk to some npcs (there's only like... 2 or 3 you should speak to the rest of generic) and get some good stuff, if you use FO 1in2, water canteens are actually useful, keep one handy at least, if you can talk your way past the "guard" of the armory, you can loot a shotgun and shells, another 10mm pistol and ammo, and some chems.2 Thirdly, and I've not seen this tip anywhere.. but.. if you want to get places quicker than normal fast travel, do not rely on the list on your map, instead use it to get the direction of where you're headed then click on the closest edge (or corner if you're going diagonally) to your current location of the square of where you want to go, this will save you hours each fast travel and still has the same outcome.
I’ve tried multiple times to get into the original fallout games. I love going back to the classics like Doom, Quake, Elder Scrolls, etc. But the OG fallout games always gave me trouble and never got passed vault 15. Thanks to your guide/ build I’m actually enjoying the game! Haven’t been able to stop playing it all day!
@@candlestyx8517 I ended up completing my playthrough last year and my god I’m glad I did. My expectations for modern games have been dropping for years now to the point where I really only play indie type games and very few AAA games. Going back to something like Fallout was such a breath of fresh air even with its intense difficulty curve but honestly that’s where the satisfaction comes from. If the game is too easy you don’t feel any sense of accomplishment.
I wish this video existed before I spent 3 days reading the manual! (I actually love how the manual's written, but you might grow some gray hairs reading it all.) A much-needed introductory video for new players in 2021 and beyond. Well done 👍
Yeah and now I'm playing Fallout 1 for the first time lol (got into FO with 3 back in the day). After a couple hours the clunky awkwardness is starting to grow on me and I honestly think I can see it's charm
My boyfriend bought me a mini nuke with a bunch of game codes in it for my birthday, we had watched the series and he gifted it to me right after (I’ve loved fallout for years) so now I’m playing f1 for the first time along with the show 😂
Literally before I watched the show I had played fallout 4 and 76 I have now downloaded every fallout game and I play fallout 1 on my computer and Vegas on my PlayStation and I’m trying to play all of them since I saw the show the world is amazing
I’ve had fallout 1 and 2 in my steam library for years, ever since I got into 3 and NV. I’ve always been to lazy to learn to older games and give them a go, but this video pushed me to try it, will be playing fallout 1 this evening for sure. I’d really love a fallout 2 video like this as well, good channel and video.
@@D-mac777 I was fine, I did a very generic build for my first playthrough and had a good time, there's one thing however. The game doesn't tell you much for quests and how to do them so I spent a lot of time looking at a wiki for each quest and how to do it, other than that it was pretty great. The water running out timer seemed pretty annoying at first, but then you realize that it'd be very hard to actually make it run out.
"You should get it with about 50 days to spare" Me who just stole it from necropolis and returned to the vault with 123 days left: *Im gonna do what's called a pro gamer move*
I strongly recommend saving right at the start and spending some time with the Rats so you don't end up surrounded by Radscorpions wondering why your character won't attack
i would suggest doing vault 15 before doing the radscorpion cave, you can pick up your first perk before even facing a radscorpion (if youre lucky on the world map) if you clear out the various types of rats in both caves/vaults.
the Vault Dwellers Survival Guide is required reading. not only does it explain the interface, controls, movement, character building and the basics of combat mechanics in great detail to help get you started but it's also presented in universe to help immerse yourself. you can also press F1 at any time if you forgot controls
So many fun ways to play this game but if your new then you'll want lots of Agility for action points and charisma or intelligence for rpg aspects. Don't be embarrassed to save scum, this was a different time in gaming and its almost mandatory to find the best options; Dont trust NPC's with automatic weapons.
Hey i have a tip for shady sands in the second map theres a farmer near the plantation if you talk to him and then go on the place where u type a question if you type crop rotation you get 300 xp its cuz if u had like 8 int it would be an option
@@spacetrainbaby3737 the area of Shady Sands where you get the rope there’s a guy standing next to crops. When talking to him he’ll mention the crops not growing or something to that affect. That’s your guy. Been years since I did it but I think if you head slightly south when you enter the area he’s the first guy you’ll find.
I've had these games in my steam from a bundle sale like 5 years ago and totally hated fallout 1 and 2 for a while. Replayed them within this month and I can now safely say fallout 1 and 2 are the best fallouts
A very handy thing he didn't mention is the F1 key which just shows a bunch of quick keys. There are a lot of them and they are very useful. Quick Save/lLoad is listed there for example and are very handy
@@TabletopTurtle Timothy Cain, one of the main devs of Fallout 1, would strongly disagree that it's a bad show; in fact, I think you're the only person I've found that has complained.
Man, honestly, I just want to thank you. I've been trying to get into Fallout 1,2 and Tactics for years now but could never cause I couldn't figure it out no matter how much I researched but this helped me a ton and just finished 1, will be moving onto 2 now
Glad to see these games still get interest. I'm old enough to remember playing the original Wasteland, which helped inspire FO1. They really are special, and FO2 especially rewards multiple play-throughs. I've killed Frank Horrigan in every way that seemed remotely interesting, including bare-fisted.
OH. New video! Yay! I'll be honest here, the first time I got to play FO2, I hated it. It was so flippin' annoying for me. But suprisingly, Fallout 1 wasn't. Maybe because of 10mm pistol you get, I think that's the reason. But I gave Fallout 2 yet another chance and wow, it was so good. I remember killing this trader in New Reno and finally getting some good stuff. Great game. Same with Fallout 1, I love the game so much, it's great. These games are so memorable, I love them. But I'll be honest here, I think you're probably a fan of the classic fallout games, not a fan of the new ones, but I just like Fallout 3 and New Vegas, one of my favourite games of all time, alongside STALKER games and all Valve games. And thanks for making great videos, mate! (Also, some of the jokes in this video remind me of this masterpiece: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jwr5DEh4lKQ.html )
My man, Smithy you're quick on the draw. I didn't expect a comment for a few hours. Respect. I think FO1 definitely benefits from it's far easier early access. Getting a gun and dashing out into the world reduces the early sluggishness. But also FO1 is just, well, easier and shorter. I also feel like it has a better designed "intended but not required" path that than 2, making it less confusing. Which means that 1 really is a tutorial for 2, in a sense. Which... I'm hoping this video encourages a playthrough. Hoping I'm a good teacher. Never made a tutorial over a game before. Yeah, I'd classify myself as a Classic fan more than not. Like if you put me on a sliding scale of fan types from my first video, I'd be between Classic and Post-Classic. That's not to say I hate modern titles, I don't. There's actually a lot of things I found myself enjoying from them. My ideal game would blend the a lot of the strengths together of each style.
@@GamesTwiceOver I'll be honest, I like New Vegas more than 3, but unlike, well, 76% of this community (I'm sorry), I don't hate Fallout 3, 4 and 76. It's just kind of sad to me that people hate these games. I just want to see a Fallout game written by Chris Avellone and John Gonzalez (Maybe T. Stout too), designed by Bethesda, aka, Bethesda does everything that doesn't have anything to do with the story. Aka. gunplay, map, models, programming. I'd also want to see Obisidan's creativity (perks, wild wasteland, etc.). You're gonna kill me for that, but I'd also want Bethesda to write all the terminal entries. I'm so sorry, but I like the terminal entries and notes of FO3-76 more than NV's. Not to say they're bad, but there's just something about Bethesda's world-building that's, well, special to me, I just think these stories seem... almost real. Again, you can ban me from this channel for saying that lol, but that's what I think. And again, great video! Even though I know a lot of things about FO2, it'd still be nice to see you cover "the wackiest Fallout game".
Lol, my man, don't worry about having the opposing opinion of mine, my channel about sharing Fallout opinions. Only thing I ask is civil behavior when doing so - and you've been more than that. Besides, I wouldn't mind your theoretical setup mostly because my main concern is the possibility of writing time for post-war being eaten by pre-war. In your scenario, the "Obsidian" team would be dealing with the post-war, that makes it not a problem. Though, I think Obsidian should be allowed to give input in specific cases like Rob Co or Wattz. Also, covering 2, like a tutorial (I did mention the possibility of covering one) or a retrospective?
@@GamesTwiceOver Oh, god, yes! Fallout 2 retrospective would be awesome! Like your voice, mate, so hearing you talk about Fallout 2 would be great. I'll be honest, I didn't really think about Fallout 2 retrospective, I was talking about a tutorial video, but your idea is so flippin' great!
I think I would have to do one for each title. Though I'd have to play through 76 a bit more, especially with them pumping out story updates, really need to find time to do that.
In my first playthrough back in 1997, the 12 year old me didn't know there was a aimed shot mechanic because I took "fast shot" as a trait because I thought it would be good. This reduces the AP cost of a weapon by 1 point but you cannot(!) use aimed shot. Let's just say I was quite surprised when a friend showed me the aimed shot mechanic...
I save my ammo on the rats. Just agro them one at a time. Then melee them and use your remaining AP to move away. The rat will then use all of its AP just to reach you. Then hit and move away. Rinse and repeat. You can use this method on many enemies. And i strongly advise using the Fallout FIXT mod. You can disable the waterchip timer or drastically expand it so you can explore the world without being rushed. The mod also lets you hold down the "Shift" key to highlight all the interactable objects.
In this list of problems in the example thread at 0:11, some stick out as just weird to me. Underestimating the brutality of combat and being forced in travelling back and forth by obstacle design is one thing I can understand being unappealing, but having difficulties with equipment management or trading? They’re as straightforward as it gets, twelve years old me had no problem with it back in 1998. Combat is more difficult to master as what the stats of your character's and weapons do can be quite opaque, but the interface itself is quite manageable : turn based, action point system. Or is it just that I'm so used to that kind of design for being born in the 80's?
tbh fallout new vegas is the best way to start, I just started 1 cause the show re-sparked my interest in the series I'm already a massive fallout fan but never played 1 or 2 , I've played 3,vegas, 4 and 76 tho.
This is really useful. I have tried to watch people play through this game for the 1st time and it's so frustrating watching them struggle through the interface. I bought this game new back in 1997 and even with the user manual that accompanied the installation CD, it was tough going. The only way I got through it was because several of my coworkers were struggling too and we compared a notes a lot. I still go back and play through once in a while because I have so many great memories of the "steep learning curve" that resulted in so many horrible deaths.
Should also check out Wasteland 2 and 3 (or even the first Wasteland if you're up for it). Fallout was basically made after Interplay lost the rights to Wasteland. So Wasteland borrows heavily from the Fallout themes. Minus the 50s aesthetic.
This is super helpful, thanks to the build you suggested it made fallout super fun to play! I kept dying to some of the most stupidest animals and missing rats point blank range before I saw your video and rage quit the game never touching it again, but I decided to actually try learning how to play and this helped me see how good of a game fallout was and still is
I just finished a replay of fallout 1. Here's my build: All points into luck, tag skills small guns, gambling, and whatever else you want. Perks are jinxed and the one that reducs action points for shooting but removes aiming. With gambling at 100%, you will win almost every single roll, giving you unlimited money. With 10 luck, I think you get better random encounters. I found a crashed flying saucer with one of the best guns in the game, and a bag of like 10k or 15k apocalypse dollars.
i started the franchise in Fo4 and after some time move to classic games and find the Fo2 is more challenge than Fo1, in Fo2 there some enemies higher level in some early areas like the wanamingos and raider equiped with flamethower in world map
I've been a massive Fallout fan since around 2011 and when Bethesda gifted the original titles on Steam I jumped on the first game and ended up exactly how you described the experience for newbies lol. In the middle of doing my 87th run of Fallout 4 I came across your video and I'm giving the original Fallout another chance with your tips. So far it's a bit hard to get used to it all, but the atmosphere is great, thanks for the tips!
Note: don't waste too much ammo on cave rats, I took this build, swapped Lockpick for Melee Weapons, and I got out of the Vault cave area without using ammo, and only used the 10mm Pistol once on the Lesser Mole Rat in V15.
I think this was great. I tried FO1 a while ago and gave up. I had no idea what I was doing. I’m going to follow your guide for the first little bit. I think I’ll like the game a lot more. And I’m glad you didn’t really spoil anything.
Fantastic video. The game throws you in with no tutorial. Many did at this time!! Coming back from fallout 3 and on, it’s a struggle. This man is a savior. Thank you!!!!!!
The manual pretty much IS the tutorial. It explains everything you need to know. Games back then were constrained by memory limitations, so they couldn't put in game tutorials, which is why they had manuals instead.
This is why...now that Microsoft has Bethesda and Obsidian in its portfolio, Microsoft should just give the Obsidian the green light to remake fallout 1 and 2 as stalker-esque shooters Soo that it still retains the harsh difficulty of the old games in an FPS kind of sense
@@Themurderin if you watch the video he references oxhorns videos and my comment make sense. If you didn't then your just assuming stuff. Which do you sound like
@@tonysanchez5621 I still fail to see your point. It's cool and all that Oxhorn gets mentioned in the video, but what about it makes it fair exactly? I also don't know how I would assume anything seeing as I have nothing to go off of.
@@Themurderin after him bringing up oxhorn and the other RU-vid. My comment is a direct comment off that. If you didn't watch the video or don't remember then it wouldn't make sense to you. So I can assume either of those options
Installed it straight off the CD. Zero problems. Actually fewer bugs than I've seen people have with Steam. Just FYI, if you don't mind the 500 day time limit it's worth it
Thumbs up! This is pretty helpful. But it would be great to have a decent walkthrough guide playing the whole game straight. I would have missed the rifle in the bathroom in V15. And ammo. Even from watching this, I couldn't find it despite looking. Until I checked the top left corner. Every walk through on the YT is either blind and useless. Not even knowing how to play the game. Or modded, so not the actual game, as is. There was one I saw using punching which is not a universal way to show the game. But OK maybe they know what their doing, worth watching? No - starts giving major spoilers out of nowhere about the second game that you should not know at all playing the first game. What a pos. Tip - Other than resolution, the game does not need any sort of fixer mods or any mods to function perfectly fine. The Epic store does not even need resolution mod as everything is updated and built into the retail game. Not sure about the other shops, but the only one possibly needed for those would be resolution. Nothing else.
The first mouse in the game killed me because my character missed every single attack on it. It said I had a 46% chance to hit it but that was clearly a lie
So... I really shouldn't publish videos around 4 in the morning, without giving myself time to look over things when I'm more awake. I misspelled "Charisma" and I forgot to add "Bonus Rate of Fire" as one of the good perks. Come on, me.
So the way charisma is described in the game I either didnt understand it or its misleading. I tought I need charisma but instead i think luck wpuld work better for me. Will watch again. Thanks for vid.
Can this game like the back of my hand...sure it takes time to get gud...but so did soulborne games... in the end it's worth it...also xcom original was far harder to get into IMO. Just get gud. It ain't rocket science kids :).
Been wanting to play fallout 1/2 for awhile, grew up with 3 and NV, and i feel like such a zoomer lmao literally couldnt kill a rat in the cave start xd
I’m a very stubborn 19 year old, I refuse to accept help and I’m to young to have experience with these games. I just had an awful time followed by a great time after I got the hang of it
When i played this game in the 90's i dont think i knew some of this stuff and i was still able to beat the game haha. It was a few months to beat but i managed to beat it totally blind haha 😅
i liked him a lot at first, but he started to strike me as such a complete douche. that guy would blatantly wipe his A with established lore if it was from fallout 1 or 2. finally one day, he did a video on fallout 2. or it might have been a combined 1 and 2 video, but two problems. first it was a SINGLE video that had ANYTHING to do with anything before fallout 3. Then he more or less ended the video with "see, i told you i don't hate fallout 1 or 2" and that was it lol secondly, he only did it because people started to give him massive amounts of sh *t about it in his discord or something. kept saying he was a fake fan and what not. so he finally played through the oldies. not because he wanted to correct some of the lore he got wrong in other videos, not because he had a change of heart, it was to shut people up. i watched that video and afterwards, i unsubbed from him and never watched him again. edit: to be fair, he might have done more fallout 1 and 2 videos. but at the time, he only had 3, NV and 4 vids and the one single 1&2 video.
the main challenge for me personally is the technical problems. other then that the game is rather simple. honestly i love these kinda rpgs. wish fallout went a bit more in this direction but i also dont mind the way it went.
00:01 New fans find old Fallout games challenging to play. 01:56 Optimize inventory and combat settings for better gameplay 05:46 NPCs in Fallout 1 and Navigation Tips 07:31 Combat in Fallout 1 revolves around action points 11:04 Choose traits wisely for agility and special boosts. 12:43 Optimal SPECIAL stats and skill progression 16:04 Recruit Ian as a companion and navigate through the scorpion cave with precaution. 17:37 Making antidote and finding rope in Fallout 1 20:37 Initial gameplay tips for Fallout 1 21:59 Perks are crucial for character building in Fallout 1
Thank you for this tutorial! I finally got the courage to open up Fallout 1 just to be immediately scared away by the mechanics... But after this video I opened it up again and I'm already in Shady Sands! Thank you!
An early xp hidden quest lies here!! 18:32 there is a beneficial bug in shady sands that has to do with irrigation system, talk to the farmer near the field and attempt to barter than close the menu, you will be rewarded with 500xp for fixing the irrigation system no stats needed
I didn't think someone would make a guide that would cover the literal basics, like every guide would assume you could figure the most simple mechanics and controls out. Thank you for this, i felt extra dumb and it would have stopped me from getting started. Instead, you've made the game accessible to me
its not far fetched really. These older RTS type games had a steeper learning curve than most modern ones. Simply because things either were not told to you or they were rich in content and did so much. Compared to most modern titles that baby you through the experience
Great intro to the game. I figured I'd give it a shot since the show was compelling. I starting with 1. Legit no tutorial of any kind so spent a good amount of time trying to figure things out. Once I gained some exp, I figured I'd see what was on RU-vid. Your video did not disappoint. Very well structured and put together! Thabk you.
6:20 can't you just hold ALT button to highlight all the items that you can pick-up? or was it in the second game? I remember it was in some fallout or some fallout mod, not diablo lmao
Thank you for this video. This game finally clicked for me and I just beat it today with no help post your beginning tips. Thank you for the amazing time
I finally gave Fallout 1 a chance. Well, a fourth chance really. First time I tried it was years ago and I put it down after I was killed by the second rat in the cave. Second time was about a year ago and I got all the way to Shady Sands but did not feel like continuing. Third time was after your video, I got all the way to the Hub, but I felt overwhelmed and uninterested. Then just last week I was itching for some "new" Fallout content and the legendarily bleak atmosphere that everyone mentions when talking about Fallout 1, and I gave the game another chance. I completed it today, and started a new playthrough with a new build. Loved it through and through. Amazing lore, total nostalgia trip, and I actually had lots of fun with almost all aspects of the game!
It's called exploring and talking to everything and everyone. If you press the barter button on the first guy you meet in shady, you'll see he's got a rope. And read the manual. It's basically the games tutorial. It explains everything in detail and even gives helpful tips about how to level up early on.
as far as i know the only thing charisma affects is the way you can come across quests. it might be a little harder, or you might have to talk to more people to find the quests you want, but you WILL find them. also, a LOT of the skills in this game are completely worthless.
replace small guns with the gun of your choice. but small guns are the best guns, plentiful cheap ammo. decent damage, can shoot multiple times, good accuracy. low weight, just all around the best. a lot of what ive said is why people prefer fallout 2 to 1, because a lot of these garbage skills were either blended together or made useful
pro tip pickpocket is one of the most broken skills in this game, the more you steal at once the more xp ypu get and to make it eaven easier npc have ton of good stuf which can make you loaded. the guard in frond of killain house in junktown has a leathar armor it's hard to steal but possible.
I just picked up the OG fallout games while they were on sale I got to vault 15 and couldn't find the rope to get down the elevator shaft, honestly these older fallout games despite being very different from the other titles are really cool and I cant wait to play through it
