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Bethesda never releases games. They release mod sdks. Beta versions.

The only good fallout after the first two is the one they weren't involved with. And it was the mods for skyrim that made the game.

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My controversial opinion is that Fallout 2 is by far the worst mainline Fallout game: it was obviously written by sexist 90s teenagers, the humor is plain awful, and most of the game is incredibly tedious, especially the dungeons. It’s also by far the buggiest Fallout. I think people give it points for ambition + a desire to take Bethesda down a peg, without actually playing it. Alternatively, they last played when they themselves were 90s teenagers so they’re looking through 30 years of rose-tinted glasses, and never noticed how misogynistic the script is.

Speaking as a grownup who got about halfway through a few years ago, Fallout 2 sucks.

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