Fallout takes you to post-apocalyptic California, where you have survived as a third generation child of an underground bunker called Vault 13. Your elder comes to you to tell you that the water purification system has malfunctioned, and you need to find a replacement chip to fix it. From there, all hell breaks loose as you battle raiders, monsters, and a slew of mutated creatures, all changed by the severe radiation poisoning the world has been left with. Pick up weapons, develop your skills, and explore the landscape for answers to your people's salvation.

Fallout 2 takes you some 80 years after the first title. You are a decendent of the hero of the first Fallout game, and need to help your village survive a horrid drought by finding a Garden of Eden Creation Kit (GECK). This item will help your people to grow new crops, and bring a new era of civilization to the tribals. After that, you're left to find answers to where the sacred Vault 13 is, and whether or not you can get a GECK to save your people with. You'll battle similar enemies from the first title, plus an assortment of new baddies. You'll get some different weapons, and the command interface is a little more user friendly.

The best part of these games is the freedom elements. Don't want to complete that mission? Then don't! Many of the quests are optional, so you can choose which ones you want to complete. You can attack just about anyone (provided you can fight off their friends), steal from people, or be a helpful vigilante and bring justice to the wastelands.

This game should only be viewed by mature audiences because of sexual situations and coarse dialogue. So, if you're 17 or older and want a game that you'll play again and again, pick up Fallout and Fallout 2.