In all likelihood, watching Fallout (by the way, here’s the review of the Fallout TV series) pushed you to delve deeper into the origins of the saga, born as a video game in 1997 and still very popular. You want to know how to start playing Fallout following the chronological order of the story? We’ll think about it!
1- Fallout 76
Since the best way to enjoy Fallout is chronologically, the first chapter that should be played is the last one to hit the shelves of all stores, namely Fallout 76. The game that transformed the series into a MMO it is in fact set before all the other chapters and allows you to discover how Appalachia has been reduced following the nuclear disaster in the role of an inhabitant of Vault 76 in search of the missing superintendent.
2- Fallout
59 years after the events narrated in the online game we find the very first chapter of the series, profoundly different from the episodes created by Bethesda (i.e. from the third onwards). It is in fact a CRPG with turn-based combat and an isometric view in which the player finds himself playing as a survivor of the Vault 13forced to come out into the open when one of the shelter’s systems stops working: the objective, in this case, is to find the right equipment to repair the fallout shelter and return home in time to prevent all the other inhabitants from dying of hardship.
3- Fallout Tactics Brotherhood of Steel
Then comes the turn of Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, a spin-off created by Micro Forté which arrived on the shelves way back in 2001. The game is set 30 years after the first Fallout and allows you to experience an adventure starring a member of the faction most loved by fans of the series, namely the Brotherhood of Steel. Despite being much appreciated by Fallout fans, this spin-off is only partially canonical, as some elements were then reused in other exponents of the IP by Bethesda.
4- Fallout 2
Instead they take place 40 years after Fallout Tactics the events of the second chapter, developed by Black Isle Studios and with gameplay very similar to its predecessor. The protagonist of the game is always the same, the Chosen One, who sets off in search of a mysterious device and finds himself having to deal with theEnclavea faction that viewers of the TV series have certainly heard of.
5- Fallout 3
The time has therefore come for the first of the chapters of the series that we could define as modern. With Fallout 3, in fact, it is taking the reins of the brand Bethesda Game Studios, that is, the authors of Skyrim and the other chapters of The Elder Scrolls, who transform the brand into a first-person role-playing game, with shooter elements. The action here takes place thirty years after what was told in Fallout 2 and what gives rise to the story is the mysterious disappearance of the protagonist’s father, who thus decides to leave the Vault 101 and set off in search of him in the Waste Lands. After playing the main story, we recommend that you also complete the expansions in the following order: Operation Anchorage, The Pitt, Point Lookout, Motership Zeta and Broken Steel.
6- Fallout New Vegas
There are only four years that separate the third chapter from Fallout New Vegas, a spin-off much appreciated by fans which was created by Obsidian Entertainment. Set in a Post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, the game puts us in the shoes of a courier who, while carrying a very important load, is ambushed and left dying. Once put back together by some local survivors, he will begin his revenge, which will lead him to interact with various factions. Again there are some expansions and the order in which to play them is as follows: Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues and Lonesome Road.
7- Fallout 4
Although the game begins shortly before the nuclear disaster that started it all (and which we also saw in the Amazon Prime Video TV series), Fallout 4 is set many years after all the other chapters in the series. In fact, the protagonist and his family manage to find refuge thereVault 101but for some strange reason the protagonist remains hibernated in a capsule for a long time two hundred years. Once he wakes up, he will find himself in a devastated Commonwealth and will try to follow the trail of his son, who woke up before him. Once the main quest is finished, you can continue with the DLC Automatron, Far Harbor, Vault-Tec Workshop and Nuka World. And soon Fallout 4 will also arrive on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S with a version optimized for the two current generation consoles.
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