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Fallout series of role-playing games is known for its epic post-apocalyptic storyline and its deep combat system.
Fallout Tactics turns the tables by focusing almost exclusively on a series of complex missions that are loosely wrapped in the plot. The focus is on combat, but
Fallout Tactics stays true to its RPG roots.
You create your own character with the RPG system from the previous Fallout games. The basics should be familiar to RPG fans: assign numbers to attributes such as Strength, Perception, and Dexterity, which help determine values for skills such as Medic, Sneak, Repair and Big Guns. Fun quirks such as Fast Shot, Finesse, and Bloody Mess make your character unique. Once your character is complete you're assigned your first mission.
Instead of the "one man against the wasteland" story of Fallout and Fallout 2, Tactics sets you up as a junior squad leader in an expeditionary force working for The Brotherhood of Steel, a no-nonsense group of soldiers that have managed to thrive in the nuked American landscape as feudal overlords. You and your squad tackle increasingly difficult missions for the Brotherhood.
Each successful mission lets you improve your character and squad by accumulating experience, weapons, equipment, and vehicles.
The word "tactics" didn't get into the title by mistake. Characters can sneak into position, lay down covering fire, set up ambushes, and do just about anything else a real soldier can do. You'll need to use these abilities in order to complete the game's tough single player campaign, or if you want to succeed against human squad leaders in the multiplayer mode. The game can be set to play in the strict turn-based mode familiar to Fallout veterans, or can play in "continuous turn-based", which is essentially the real-time strategy mode seen in games such as Baldur's Gate. The developers should get a medal for allowing gamers to switch between turn-based and real-time anytime.
Between battles, your characters wander the Wasteland in search of quests and interact with non-player characters whose reactions depend on the squad's reputation. It's enough to keep role-playing aficionados and action fans entertained. Fallout Tactics is just as profane and violent as the other games in the series, and isn't for kids...
Manufacturer's Description
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel is the ultimate in squad-based, third-person tactical combat. Set in the award-winning Fallout universe, players join the Brotherhood of Steel as they travel through 20 tactical missions, attempting to overcome a powerful new enemy. Players will work toward developing their squads' specialised skills and improve their stats as they utilise squad-based skirmish techniques to survive battles. In multiplayer mode, 36 characters can be onscreen at one time with up to 18 gamers playing at once.
3 Disc Cd-Rom Version , In Mint Condition. Complete with manual and reference card.
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