Fallout

Apparently Fallout (the original) was free on Steam today, so Birk downloaded it. We weren't sure if it would stick around after today, so I played it as my game of the day.

I haven't played a lot of games that have looooooong opening cut scenes (or long cut scenes... or really cut scenes at all) so that was new to me. I am, however, familiar with the story of Fallout, so there wasn't any new information, really. I know, I know... war never changes.

It's turn-based, there are a billion cave rats right outside the exit from the vault (and they all want a piece of me), the machete only has a 55% hit chance but the pistol takes five action points... it's just a really slow start without incorporating tutorials. (Luckily, Birk pointed out that F1 gives me a list of key bindings, so I could figure out what I needed to.)

I died shortly after finding the desert entrance, because four scorpions were there waiting for me and it didn't occur to me to heal fully before going to a new area. The death cut scene helpfully informed me that "even the carrion eaters aren't interested in your irradiated corpse." Thanks, Fallout narrator.