Editing Fallout 2 (section)

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| Allgame = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allgamereview">{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=15954&tab=review |title=Fallout 2 - Review |author=House, Michael L. |publisher=[[AllGame]] |access-date=April 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115011258/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=15954&tab=review |archive-date=November 15, 2014}}</ref>
| GamePro = 5/5<ref name="gameprocom" />
| CGW = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=cgw>{{cite magazine |author=Scorpia |author-link=Scorpia (journalist) |title=Help Me, I'm Falling |date=February 1999 |issue=175 |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |pages=214, 216}}</ref>
| GSpot = 8.8/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/fallout2/review.html |title=Fallout 2 Review |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |date=December 9, 1998 |access-date=October 22, 2010 |archive-date=October 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010210530/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/fallout2/review.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| IGN = 8.9/10<ref name="pcigncom" />
| PCGUS = 89%<ref name=pcgamerus>{{cite journal |author=Vaughn, Todd |journal=[[PC Gamer US]] |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000116195844/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/3.html |archive-date=January 16, 2000 |date=February 1999 |title=Fallout 2 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]]''
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''Fallout 2'' received positive reviews, according to the [[review aggregators]] [[Metacritic]] and [[GameRankings]]. It was a finalist for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Role-Playing Game of the Year|PC Role-Playing Game of the Year]]" during the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences|AIAS]]' [[2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]], along with nominations for role-playing game of the year awards from ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'', ''[[GameSpot]]'', ''[[CNET|CNET Gamecenter]]'', and ''[[IGN]]''; all were ultimately given to ''[[Baldur's Gate (video game)|Baldur's Gate]]''.<ref name=gamecenter1998>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001216230700/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Awards98/index.html |url=http://www.gamecenter.com:80/Features/Exclusives/Awards98/index.html |title=The CNET Gamecenter.com Awards for 1998 |date=January 29, 1999 |work=[[CNET|CNET Gamecenter]] |archive-date=December 16, 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref><ref name=gamespot1998>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815235823/http://www.gamespot.com/features/awards1998/index.html |url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/features/awards1998/index.html |title=GameSpot's Best and Worst of 1998 |author=Staff |work=[[GameSpot]] |archive-date=August 15, 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ignawards1998>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020404002022/http://pc.ign.com/articles/066/066665p1.html |url=http://pc.ign.com:80/articles/066/066665p1.html |title=IGNPC's Best of 1998 Awards |work=[[IGN]] |archive-date=April 4, 2002 |date=January 29, 1999 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref><ref name=aias1998>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991104003923/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_pc.html |url=http://www.interactive.org:80/iaa/finalists_pc.html |title=Second Interactive Achievement Awards; Personal Computer |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |archive-date=November 4, 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=cgwpremier1998>{{cite magazine |author=Staff |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |title=''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s 1999 Premier Awards; ''CGW'' Presents the Best Games of 1998 |date=April 1999 |issue=177 |pages=90, 93, 96–105}}</ref> The editors of GameSpot wrote, "A bigger, better ''Fallout'', this sequel to 1997's RPG of the Year was populated with more characters, more places to go, and more things to do."<ref name=gamespot1998 />

Positive reviewers praised the gameplay, storyline, and worthiness as a successor to the original ''Fallout'', while detractors criticized frequent [[software bug|bugs]] and lack of improvement over the first game. Daniel Morris of ''[[GamePro]]'' praised the mix of action and character interaction as well as the non-linear gameplay.<ref name="gameprocom">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/798/fallout2/ |title=Fallout 2 |author=Morris, Daniel |publisher=[[GamePro]] |date=January 1, 2000 |access-date=December 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005093851/http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/798/fallout2/ |archive-date=October 5, 2008}}</ref> ''[[IGN]]'' applauded the developers for the sizable game world, the writing, and "not fixing something that wasn't broken."<ref name="pcigncom">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020818103501/http://pc.ign.com/articles/153/153783p1.html "Fallout 2"] (November 13, 1998). IGN. Retrieved December 5, 2008.</ref> ''[[Game Revolution]]'' praised the game's depth and storyline but criticized its graphics and interface.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/fallout-2 |title=A kiss to build a dream on... |date=February 1, 1999 |publisher=Game Revolution |access-date=October 27, 2013 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201844/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/fallout-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sales===
''Fallout 2'' was a commercial success.<ref name=desslocksales2 /> In the United States, it secured third place on [[PC Data]]'s computer game sales rankings for the first week of November 1998. It was absent from the weekly top 10 by the following week, but debuted at #20 for the month of November overall.<ref name=nov1-7>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000609184911/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_11/25_pc_pcsellers/index.html |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/98_11/25_pc_pcsellers/index.html |title=Top Sellers of the Week |work=[[GameSpot]] |date=November 25, 1998 |archive-date=June 9, 2000 |author=Feldman, Curt |url-status=dead |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref><ref name=nov1998>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406162520/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/016/025/pc_data_november.html |url=http://www.cdmag.com:80/articles/016/025/pc_data_november.html |title=November Belongs to ''Deer Hunter 2 3D'' |date=December 13, 1998 |author=Mayer, Robert |work=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |archive-date=April 6, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref> ''Fallout 2'' sold 123,000 copies in the United States by March 2000. ''[[GameSpot]]'' writer Desslock considered these "very good sales, especially since the overall [worldwide] figures are likely double those amounts."<ref name=desslocksales2>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010203124200/http://desslock.gamespot.com/archives/200005/20000511.html |url=http://desslock.gamespot.com:80/archives/200005/20000511.html |title=Desslock's Ramblings – RPG Sales Figures |author=Desslock |date=May 11, 2000 |work=[[GameSpot]] |archive-date=February 3, 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Keza MacDonald of ''[[Eurogamer]]'', ''Fallout 2'' was unsuccessful in the United Kingdom; she noted that the game and its predecessor totaled just over 50,000 sales combined in the region.<ref name=eurogamer>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029123628/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fallout-retrospective-article |url=http://www.eurogamer.net:80/articles/fallout-retrospective-article |title=''Fallout'' Retrospective |work=[[Eurogamer]] |archive-date=October 29, 2009 |date=October 27, 2008 |author=MacDonald, Keza |url-status=live |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref>

As of March of 2025 ''Fallout 2'' is available for purchase on several major PC game platforms, including [[Steam (service)|Steam]] and [[GOG.com|GOG]].<ref name="Steam">{{cite web |title=Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/38410/Fallout_2_A_Post_Nuclear_Role_Playing_Game/ |website=Steam Store |publisher=©Valve Corporation |access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref><ref name="GOG">{{cite web |title=Fallout 2 |url=https://www.gog.com/en/game/fallout_2 |website=GOG.com |publisher=CD Projekt® |access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref> These platforms include the SFALL version 4.4.5 patch (see improvements section of GOG's Fallout 2 store page)<ref name="GOG" /> that modifies the game to have improved compatibility and performance with modern operating systems & screen resolutions, and cloud save functionality;<ref name="SFALL">{{cite web |author1=Timeslip |title=Fallout 2 - SFALL |url=https://github.com/sfall-team/sfall |website=Githuib.com |publisher=GitHub, Inc. |access-date=28 March 2025 |date=20 March 2025}}</ref> though there is an option when launching the game to play "classic Fallout", which runs the game in its original 640x480 resolution. Both platforms also include the 1.02 version of the game, which was the last official patch released by Interplay on February 11, 1999, it could originally be downloaded from their website or mailed on a 3½-inch [[floppy disc]] (prior to broadband internet games often had to be patched with disks),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Balasubramanian |first1=Karthik |title=The Decline of Physical Games and The Rise of Digital Distribution |url=https://old.website.gameopedia.com/decline-of-physical-games/ |access-date=28 March 2025 |work=Gameopedia |date=October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Brief History of PC DOS Game Patching |url=https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2014/09/game-versions-what-was-lost-with-patch.html |website=Nerdly Pleasures |publisher=Great Hierophant. & Awesome Inc. |access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref> the final U.S. version of the patch was 1.02d (U.K. is 1.01) and includes fixes for a number of major bugs including both combat and quest glitches.