The game was well-received enough to lead to multiple sequels. They can recruit AI-controlled helper NPCs along the way, who will assist in combat and provide other benefits. Often, they must rely on their wits and charisma than brute force and firepower. A vault dweller - a descendant of the people who took to one of the enormous fallout shelters before the nuclear apocalypse - is forced to head out into the toxic wastelands to find a water chip: a vital piece of Vault technology that keeps water purified and drinkable.įallout focuses on an open-world approach: though the player is tasked with finding the water chip as soon as possible, following leads from settlement to settlement, they can actually head in any direction and see what awaits them. Fallout is a 1997 post-apocalyptic PC/Mac RPG from Black Isle Studios and Interplay.
