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Let's Play Fallout
Fallout, a Post-Nuclear Adventure, Interplay's stand-out RPG from 1997, launched a venerable gaming series with a relatively down-to-earth first installment. With a mix of thrilling combat, mind-challenging puzzles, and diverse characters all set against a dour, retro-futuristic post-apocalyptic world to explore, Fallout is sure to always have a spot on the list of greatest RPGs of all time. Even thirteen years later, it's still for sale on various websites.
When the nuclear holocaust of World War III rained down upon the world, your parents were lucky enough to make it to one of the vast hardened underground shelters, and the safety of Vault 13. Forty years later and the Vault is in trouble: the water purification chip has failed, and in one hundred fifty days, the Vault will run out of water. You have been selected to set out, alone, into the wasteland, to find a chip and save your people... but the outside world holds many surprises. Life in the Vault is about to change.
The first Fallout will always be my favorite, even with all its bugs and (relatively) short play-time. The story and setting is tighter than in future Fallouts, and the bleak, serious atmosphere emphasizes the weight of the mission on your shoulders.
I played this game in three 'sittings', divided here into 'Acts'. Each Act (arbitrarily delineated by me based on how long I could sit there playing the game and being entertaining) roughly corresponds to a distinct segment-arc of the game. So you'll see several videos all grouped together at once. I sped up the less interesting/repetitive parts with some fast-forward musical interludes. Otherwise everything you see is how it played out. There's some random graphics issues in it that I was unable to resolve but hopefully it's not too distracting.
Total runtime: 7:37:56
MechCommander Playthrough (In Progress)
Saddle up to your command console, it's time for MechCommander! MechCommander was a significant, if oft-forgotten piece of Battletech PC lore, as it was the first time on Windows PC that you got to step out of the cockpit and take command of entire lances of Battlemechs in a semi-3D isometric environment. The game played fast and loose with the Battletech rules in order to maintain some semblance of balance, and weapons and mechs were changed to fit this. It came out just before the critically-acclaimed Mechwarrior 3, making the two an interesting contrast between each other.
Castles II: Siege and Conquest (CD)
Random videos and such from the CD-ROM version of Interplay's 1992/1994 PC strategy game Castles II: Siege and Conquest.
Mechwarrior 2 Playthrough: Clan Wolf
Plug in your neurohelmet and strap yourself into a one-hundred ton massive war machine in Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, a mech-driving simulator from Activision (1995)!
Bitter combat rages across dozens of worlds throughout the Jade Falcon occupation zone. Against the backdrop of the Refusal War, you start as a lowly cadet in either Clan Jade Falcon or Clan Wolf as they battle for what may very well decide the future of not just the invading clans, but the entire Inner Sphere. Will you rise from the ranks through tactical prowess and victory in arena-style Trials of Position to become Khan of your clan, or will you simply be another name in the long line of fallen warriors?
Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat gave its players numerous play options, with 32 missions (16 per side) as well as a nearly-infite number of Trial of Grievance 'instant action' missions to jump straight into combat. Mechwarrior 2 has 15 different pilotable chassis, from the weak yet fast Firemoth, through the iconic Timberwolf, up to the 100-ton Dire Wolf behemoth, and all fully customizable to (nearly) the Battletech rules. It also allows you to bring up to two additional computer-controlled starmates to assist you on your objectives, leading to many possible strategies for each mission.
This sequel to the fondly-remembered but otherwise unremarkable 1989 game Mechwarrior, Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat can arguably be credited with helping to thrust Battletech, and giant-mech combat games, truly back into the limelight. With controls more similar to that of contemporary flight sims, Mechwarrior 2 successfully melded exciting action with an intricate setting, diverse missions, beautiful front-end graphics, and an attention to detail into one of the best presentations of the late DOS age. Mechwarrior 2 led to one expansion (Ghost Bear's Legacy) and a stand-alone semi-sequel (Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries), and the series still continues, with an all-new game simply entitled Mechwarrior to be released soon. To this day, Mechwarrior 2 is still played in multiplayer by its many fans.
Normal difficulty.
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TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 3:02:42
Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space Playthrough (US)
Blast off with Buzz Aldrin in this exciting and unique strategy game from Interplay and Strategic Visions, 1993/1994. Take total command of either the American or Soviet space program. Research and construct rockets, capsules, and satellites, recruit astronauts and cosmonauts, and launch missions across the solar system. Your goal: be the first to land on the moon and return safely!
With five capsule systems per side (one man, two man, three man, four man direct ascent, and minishuttle), this game offered a tremendous variety of gameplay options and paths to achieve your ultimate goal. Besides historical paths, it also features some missions that were explored but ultimately decided against, including joint lunar missions, direct ascent, and the reusable mini-shuttle, as well as hypothetical super-heavy rockets like the Nova and Vulkon, and the manned orbital lab. Apollo 11 astronaut and the second man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, also contributed as a consultant, as well as allowing his name and likeness to be used for the game.
This turn-based strategy game was originally released on floppy disk. This playthrough features the later compact-disc release, including voice acting, many more videos, and some additional gameplay tweaks.
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TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 1:34:30
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