<P> Fallout 2 was released in 1998, with several improvements over the first game, including an improved game engine, the ability to set attitudes of non-player character (NPC) party members and the ability to push people who are blocking doors . Additional features included several changes to the game world, including significantly more pop culture jokes and parodies, such as multiple Monty Python and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - referencing special random encounters, and self - parodying dialogue that broke the fourth wall to mention game mechanics . Fallout 2 takes place eighty years after Fallout, and centers around a descendant of the Vault Dweller, the protagonist of Fallout . The player assumes the role of the Chosen One as they try to save their village, Arroyo, from severe famine and droughts . After saving the village, the Chosen One must save it again, this time from the Enclave, the remnants of the pre-war United States Government . </P> <P> Fallout 3 was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and released on October 28, 2008 . The story picks up thirty years after the setting of Fallout 2 and 200 years after the nuclear war that devastated the game's world . The player - character is a Vault - dweller in Vault 101 who is forced to flee when the Overseer tries to arrest them in response to their father leaving the Vault . Once free, the player is dubbed the Lone Wanderer and ventures into the Wasteland in and around Washington, D.C., known as the Capital Wasteland, to find their father . It differs from previous games in the series by utilizing 3D graphics, a free - roam gaming world, and real - time combat, in contrast to previous games' 2D isometric graphics and turn - based combat . It was developed simultaneously for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 using the Gamebryo engine . It received highly positive reviews, garnering 94 / 100, 92 / 100, and 93 / 100 averages scores on Metacritic for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, respectively . It won IGN's 2008 Overall Game of the Year Award, Xbox 360 Game of the Year, Best RPG, and Best Use of Sound, as well as E3's Best of the Show and Best Role Playing Game . </P> <P> Fallout 4, developed by Bethesda Game Studios, was released on November 10, 2015 . On June 3, 2015 the game's website went live revealing the game along with its box art, platforms, and the first trailer . The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, of the in - game New England Commonwealth and features voiced protagonists . The Xbox One version has been confirmed to have mods as of 2016 . Bethesda also confirmed mods for PlayStation 4, after lengthy negotiations with Sony . A virtual reality version of the game was released on December 11, 2017. Fallout 4 takes place in the year 2287, ten years after the events of Fallout 3 . Fallout 4's story begins on the day the bombs dropped: October 23, 2077 . The player's character (voiced by either Brian T. Delaney or Courtenay Taylor), dubbed as the Sole Survivor, takes shelter in Vault 111, emerging 210 years later, after being subjected to suspended animation . The Sole Survivor goes on a search for their son who was taken away in the Vault . </P> <P> Tactics is the first Fallout game not to require the player to fight in a turn - based mode, and it is also the first to allow the player to customize the skills, perks, and combat actions of the rest of the party . Fallout Tactics focuses on tactical combat rather than role - playing; the new combat system included different modes, stances, and modifiers, but the player had no dialogue options . Most of the criticisms of the game came from its incompatibility with the story of the original two games, not from its gameplay . Fallout: Tactics includes a multiplayer mode that allows players to compete against squads of other characters controlled by other players . Unlike the previous two games, which are based in California, Fallout Tactics takes place in the Midwestern United States . The game was released in early 2001 to generally favorable reviews . </P>

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