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Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

PC (Microsoft Windows), OnLive Game System, Mac, DOS, Linux • 2015

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Quick resume

You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.

Global score

94/100

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Deep and immersive story
    • High player freedom and choice
    • Challenging tactical combat
    • Rich post-apocalyptic atmosphere
    • High replayability with diverse builds

    Cons

    • Dated graphics and interface
    • Steep learning curve
    • Bugs and crashes reported
    • Limited companion ai and interaction
    • No modern convenience features (autosave, quest markers)

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players have extensive freedom to create characters, choose playstyles, and solve quests in multiple ways."

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    • Competence

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      "The game offers challenging turn-based tactical combat requiring skillful planning and execution, with meaningful feedback and progression."

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Cooperation

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      "Companions exist but are AI-controlled with limited player input; game primarily a single-player experience."

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    • Creativity

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      "Players can customize characters extensively and experiment with different builds and party compositions."

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    • Domination

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      "Interactions emphasize player choice and consequence rather than exerting control over others."

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    • Escapism

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      "Strong immersion in a post-apocalyptic world provides escape from real life through atmospheric storytelling and gameplay."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and intrinsic motivation; no obligation or pressure noted."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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      "Open world with many locations, secrets, and quests to discover; exploration is a core gameplay element."

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Primarily a single-player experience with minimal social or community interaction within gameplay."

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    • Growth

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      5

      "Character development, skill progression, and learning game mechanics provide strong personal growth opportunities."

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity; players spend long hours in front of the screen."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during tactical combat and strategic planning; not suitable for casual or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Limited emotional or close social interactions; companions have minimal relationship depth."

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    • Leadership

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      "Player leads their own character but companions act independently; no group leadership dynamics."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, achievements, and character development."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Game is challenging and punishing, causing tension rather than relaxation."

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    • Sensation

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      "Atmospheric visuals and music provide sensory engagement, though graphics are dated."

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    • Status

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      "Focus is on personal story experience without social recognition or popularity mechanics."

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    • Story

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      "Narrative-driven RPG with rich characters, branching plots, and meaningful player choices."

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Relaxation, Survival, Violence, Fellowship. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Story, Expression.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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