70
It's simply too frenetic in spots for some tastes. Still, that's a fairly minor quibble with what is undoubtedly one of the more enjoyable strategy offerings of the year thus far.
80
An innovative game with a long single player campaign filled with loads of detail and fun gameplay.
91
A very enjoyable game with an intriguing storyline, a captivating environment, and engrossing gameplay.
5
Had a blast with the first two entries of the series. This one, on the other hand, wasn’t as great.
I finished it and went all the way, but I felt way less immersed in the story because it’s much more linear.
It’s simple: you’re thrown straight into the Warrior’s story without knowing anything (Or did I missed something ?). There’s barely any intro or explanation before you’re suddenly on a BoS commando mission with characters you know nothing about...
It took me a looong time to get into the story, to master the new mechanics, and to actually start having fun. But the lack of dialogue choices and freedom was really noticeable. Indeed the whole game felt a lot less open-world than the first two.
Even the gameplay frustrated me at times: some missions were way too long to complete and felt really tedious.
3
Do you love the combat in Fallout 1 and 2? Like truly can't get enough of it even after 20 hours straight? Then you might like this game, as it provides you with huge maps brimming with enemies to kill. For my part, I thought I loved Fallout's combat until I played this, and saw that there can be too much **** thing. The missions are tedious and grindy, and the gameplay is fraught with quirky line-of-sight, annoying elevation rules, and frustrating enemies popping in and out of cover to take popshots or throw dynamite. If you're looking for an experience like the Fallout games, this is not it. There is little story or exploration, and questing and choice are minimal. I think I liked that terrible PS2 Fallout game better than this. It's just not fun. I'm 4 missions in, and am quickly losing the will to go on.
6
This was a game I enjoyed much more than the first two. The graphics had some small improvements, nothing amazing, but it helped a lot to identify some things and items in the scenario that I couldn't before. The gameplay in my opinion has improved dramatically. The option to turn off turns and be a tactical action game was really cool in this game. Being able to choose the specialty, weapons and which companions to follow is great. Of course, it's still a limited game due to being from 2001, but it's a lot more fun than the previous ones. The story/general context of this game is better than the previous ones too, but your decisions practically have no weight at the end, much less throughout the story. At the time it must have been a great game, but today I dragged myself to finish.
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
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Mar 14, 2001
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82
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7.6
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91
A very enjoyable game with an intriguing storyline, a captivating environment, and engrossing gameplay.
90
Squad-based, tactical strategy game set in the same universe as the classic Fallout rpg sets a new standard. [Feb 2003, p.94]
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Nov 19, 2021
10
One of the best games to the series and an All-time Classic. A true Masterpiece ****!
Apr 1, 2021
10
I love this game, the indescribable atmosphere and unreal graphics, the system of the semi-turn-based game P. S. old fallout with the same atmosphere and modern system pleases!
87
What I did not expect from this game, besides its well-developed RPG foundation, is the sheer size of it. Fallout Tactics covers 3 CDs, contains 20 missions, and for the average game will take over 60 hours to complete. That is amazingly long, especially for a strategy game.
82
It will push you to be a better gamer, but once complete it has little replay value.
80
Contains all the elements of a classic but foolishly falls short in vital areas. The overall quality does remain however and can keep a gamer involved for weeks, though not without side effects.
75
The mission structure is thoughtful, the character skill/trait development is fantastic, and the tactical combat is challenging.
67
Many strategy fans will appreciate the depth and Fallout groupies will love the continuity, but some things like control in CTB mode or the pace in the classic style may drop bombs in the wrong places.
Nov 8, 2020
10
best fallout game, its a damn shame they didn't make a sequel, actually several sequels, this game is way better than any of the new fallout games
Nov 2, 2013
7
I started with the newer Fallout games. Then about a year ago I decided to pick up the triple pack (Fallout 1, 2, and this one. At first, I didn't quite understand this game. It was confusing, felt a little weird and such. I got a few missions in and I have to say that it isn't all that bad. I was astonished by the graphics of the cutscenes. A little disappointing in the linear gameplay. Though if the original 2 games had combat like this, it would be nearly perfect. I say around a 7 or 7.5 out of 10.
Jan 26, 2012
7
I don't understand all of the critical negativity surrounding this game (outside of Metacritic, that is!). It was never meant to be a direct sequel to the first two Fallout titles and yet it gets judged as if it were one time and time again. It's a combat strategy game with some adventure/RPG elements set in the Fallout universe. It also happens to be fairly good. It's aged reasonably well and I recommend it, as long as you're not planning to hold it to the light of the original Fallout titles.
Mar 25, 2024
3
Do you love the combat in Fallout 1 and 2? Like truly can't get enough of it even after 20 hours straight? Then you might like this game, as it provides you with huge maps brimming with enemies to kill. For my part, I thought I loved Fallout's combat until I played this, and saw that there can be too much **** thing. The missions are tedious and grindy, and the gameplay is fraught with quirky line-of-sight, annoying elevation rules, and frustrating enemies popping in and out of cover to take popshots or throw dynamite. If you're looking for an experience like the Fallout games, this is not it. There is little story or exploration, and questing and choice are minimal. I think I liked that terrible PS2 Fallout game better than this. It's just not fun. I'm 4 missions in, and am quickly losing the will to go on.
Dec 6, 2014
0
Random encounters are super frequent, outdoorsman skill allow to skip most of that pointless fights (which actually don't give you any benefits whatsoever) but it is so frequent that sometime you made only one millimeter on worldmap between another encounter. So that skill is absolutely necessary here not mention other skills which seem to be useless. Its totally linear game there is no free exploring on map so this map could be even removed as its FAKE (you cant discover ANYTHING beside special encounters) For that am give zero. In real strategy you should have every locations available or at least parts of it accessible, visible on map. And you should be commander who lead and plan some strategy make decisions. This would be tactic. Where what you get is linear shooter with Fallout style graphic. Its NOT Fallout just because it have similar gfx and stats system. Without freedom of exploring and entire adventure part that is pointless. They should at least make some poor dialogs and poor quests so it would be modified by fans into Fallout 3 Am played Awaken mod and it almost works as adventure game so cant understand why they cut off best parts and give that shooter. Ok it look good and may keep you busy for while but reality is that they broke game and its bit pointless now. Somehow am enjoyed even that broken game so what would be with all this missing stuff? Definitely epic 10/10 game, but this is zero because am feel its broken.
SummaryThis latest entry in the post-nuclear "Fallout" series is not the third chronological installment, but rather a spin-off that takes place between the first two episodes and which shifts the focus of the series from its original RPG, story-based roots in favor of strategic, tactical, squad-based combat.
Rated Mfor Mature
