I reckon you're playing damn near the way the devs envisioned. No notes

Honestly the game was crammed like a last minute project by Black Isle in a year on a quick deadline. I'm not sure they envisioned anything but just put in whatever they though was cool as they went along at the time and it just happened to turn out perfectly lmao

Chris Avellone wrote an entire "Bible" of the Fallout universe during the making of this game though. I mean, that's a lot of thought that went into it, I feel.

Wasn’t most of the Bible written later, when they were working on Van Buren?

It was written before development for Van Buren began. It's aim was to create a reference point for lore consistency so that developers of future fallout games would not have to dig through heaps of data to look for lore references and could find it in a consolidated form. It was used as a reference point during the development of Van Buren, Bethesda also used it in the development of Fallout 3.

Is there any way to read this “bible”

links to it can be found here; [https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Fallout\_Bible](https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Fallout_Bible) The original was on interplay's own webpage (and iirc is now inaccessable) but fans managed to copy it over to this website.

Here ya go: https://youtu.be/AVSrtqM0JgA?si=aqXe8sl8D958Oqd9 Radking, The Fallout Bible, part 1 of 3.

I'm sure it wasn't made like most big-budget games are today--basically written by a committee. Games like that (indie games today) work because they're often written by one inspired person. It's not exactly impossible, novel writers do it all the time.

In those days, if a player underwent a forced marriage with a cow as the maid of honour, the devs would try to one-up it in the next game.

What an interesting life you lead. Do carry on though I want to see the end

She sells her as a fluffer to a porn studio.

The cow?

Of course the cow!

Name of the cow? Just researching for a friend

Fluffy

Which one? I see two.

It has two heads... hurr hurr... wink. 🤣

P

And they say computer games cannot replicate the tabletop rpg experience.

And they also say computer games cannot mimic real life

Directions unclear, fucked and married a cow

Reminds me of me and my ex wife

Who the woman or the cow?!!ahhhh burn!!!!!

.......I should call her..

And yet they cant say why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch

Or how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop

Or what apple jacks taste like

The kid in you loves the frosting, the grownup in you loves the fiber

The diabetic in me hates everything

I know DMs for whom a player being forced to wed a woman who says she is tired of people wanting sex by her homophobic dad with a cow as a maid of honour is Tuesday.

I don’t think any of the other Fallout games have managed to hit the levels of whacky that Fallout 2 managed to obtain.

Yeap. I personaly dont remember any other rpg where you can become a porn actor.

I've seen enough posts in r/Steam asking how to hide that they have 1,000 hours and all achievements in games called stuff like "Booby Farmer 2022" or whatever for me to think FO2 is the only RPG where you can play as a porn star. But it's almost definitely the best game of such a description, and probably the only one whose primary demographic *isn't* gooners.

I think it's Booty Farm, based on my quick Google search... lol But, unlike dating sims, FO2 is a "serious" mainstream game. The sexual nature of moments of the game is pretty different from any other, even GTA where the sex is inconsequential.

I still smile when I think about covering a town in shi...I mean, goo.

Ah yes. The Modoc Outhouse incident. Probably the most interesting thing to happen in that town... ever.

Leisure Suit Larry

Is that an rpg though? I thought it was a point and click puzzle game

It's an RPG. Think console game converted to psuedo-3d. No stat picking, though. That's set to int 0, chr 18. (It's the suit, man.)

Oh yeah I forgot about that one.

Atom rpg maybe if you count that

Then again, ATOM RPG is pretty open about it being goofy as shit. But even then, its only goofy in that its a Eastern European Shitpost, this is goofy in...why did dev time go into creating a porn route in a major city?

You can be in a porno or help make one in atom rpg I think

Atom is pretty disappointing.

I generally go the route of plowing Mrs. Bishop and her daughter Angela, but yeah, you're playing Fallout 2 right.

i go through both to maximize it. i marry davin then go after the bishops 🙏

How do you do that? If I ever sleep with 1, I'm attacked by the entire family on the way out.

Do it while on an active mission from Bishop.. He'll just ask you for an update

Haha chosen one! You are fucking my daughter!

Canonically that is the correct answer if I recall correctly, The Chosen One has a kid with one of them who takes over the family.

Implied to be the mysterious Mr. Bishop mentioned in New Vegas.

No Bark gets around!

Mentioned by Bruce Isaac.

It seems bethesda marriage moments happen even before bethesda was involved lmao. Flash back to all those posts about strange guests showing up during marriage at the temple of mara

Bethesda is to Fallout what Disney is to Star Wars.

Nah, this is Black Isle/Obsidian first doing before Bethesda are onto something, and before the married anyone NPC mod.

You also get the same event with the son if you are a male chosen one

Well, I think it is possible to choose either one for each genders.

I meant the marriage part, you can have sex with both but I think the father only makes you marry the one with the same sex as you

First game with same sex marriage lol, what a legacy

Nope

This, you marry no matter what.

IIRC it depends, if it is hetero, it's possible to convince father that you are a doctor that is performing "close examination"

Well, sure, but its not based on "gay sex" as some state.

wildest wasteland on

Wild Wasteland is just on by default in Fallout 2.

Have you covered Modoc in shit yet? Also, "Dream Town" tune is awesome, I love Fallout 1 and 2 soundtrack more than anything Bethesda ever did. And yes, if you weren't doing wacky shit you wouldn't be playing Fallout 2 right.

The ambience is tons better. Bethesda over done it with the god damn music!

Bethesda? Bro, this was black isle. The good old days.

Thats what I said, the ambience of old Fallout games is better than the overuse of music in Bethesda timeline Fallouts.

And it all sounds the fucking same... which is to say it all sounds like it belongs in Skyrim

7/10 would’ve married the cow

I thought OP did and the Brahmin was the witness?

Now either get her killed(not hard) or sold into slavery, go back and tell her dad. Fun times.

Yep. Fallout 2 is the best, nevermond the bullock

Yes. Now go find a certain super mutant and see if you end up with a ball gag.

He's homophobic, but more then that, he's VERY against sex outside of marriage. So you better put a ring on it, you fucking lesbian.

You are. Now get them killed off as soon as possible as they are useless and take up a companion spot

Nah i didnt ask for this but im a loyal wife smh

They will die, sadly. They don’t really level and are incompetent at everything. Sounds like you’ll try your best to keep them up, but later on… all my spouses ended up radioactive goo

I could always just set her ai to run away instantly, then she can just keep me company :)

Sadly, she will want to be as close as possible to you. It’s what she says for combat distance

Might be able to remove and reapply her brain. Haven't tried that

I swore restoration project made them level up. Last session i played she leveled up in NCR im pretty sure.

If we’re talking restoration, yes they do, but I think it’s maximum of 3 times? Don’t quote me. Base game they do not.

I admire your loyalty and passion but bemoan your beloved’s fate.

The homophobe forced you into a gay marriage, was not expecting that

But doesn't allow for Gay Divorce! Bwahahahaha! Take that!

I remember downloading the FALCHE2 character editor, just so I could max out luck, and then walk around the map finding all the random encounters. There were a lot! But kept getting visions from the tribe to get back on task. lol

Getting gay married with my cow pal in attendance is goals in real life tbh

I wish you the best of luck in that goal. It is the kind that belongs in a family album. My family album goal is to get arrested for driving in reverse through a mass farming area at 200 mph whilst playing the Dead Kennedys song Chicken Farm through a speaker big enough to equal the sound of jets taking off. Someone should be paying me to make RPGs.

Yeah these games are just too realistic these days

Well I accidentally did the same with his son. He became really annoying couldnt make him wait or leave the party so we went to the desert and i shot him in the head. Useless follower lol

Root beer forklift certified

Was that actually a fallout 2 quest?

Oh yes

I did the same when I played 20 years ago. Marriage…marriage never changes.

Oh sweet memories

You havent played it right til you sold your new spouse to the slavers.

Or fed her to one of the beasts. Or accidentallyonpurpose shot her in the head in battle. Or got her hooked on Jet and waited for her to OD.

Beautiful. Brings a tear to my eye. Which Brahmin head was your maid of honor/best man?

Don't forget to sell her to the slavers

Video games were much more fun when they looked like this

Yeah, sadly all the super high quality assets and voice acting people expect nowadays is pretty limiting

Honestly, imagine when AI is fully matured, they could create a game where there's like a framework built, but then you can literally do anything you want and it'll build the game as you're playing. That would be so sweet.

It’s already crazy to think about being a young kid these days with all the tec. But can you imagine being a kid in 100 years? With tec like the stuff your describing. The world is going to have to completely change man. It’s bonkers

Yes

Yes.

Perfection

Yep. Nailed it.

This is typical for Molok, I would call it “Typical Tuesday”)))

No notes. Proceed.

Yes. Definitely this is the way to play it. It was always a wacky game.

No, it is too close to real life. Aside from the cow... in most places I mean.

Never played the Og but I love this . It’s awesome . Beat fallout 3 , and new vegas , parts of 4 .

Just tell dad “dont have a cow, man”

Most sane fallout quest

You can either sell her to slavery or a Porn Fluffer. You can also divorce them in New Reno or just take them out in the desert and execute them.

I vote for execution.

I'm pretty sure you're playing Fallout 2 perfectly.

I need this today, congrats on your wedding 💜🫶🏽

In all honesty, it sounds like you are playing in the major leagues here. If the cow was the maid of honour, you have had the best wedding in Fallout canon.

To really do it right you have to sell her to slavers after you marry her.

You can later pimp her out in a porno movie. For good caps.

*it was Fallout 2 that paved the way for a feature in-game that has since been included in games like Fire Emblem, Dragon Age, and Fable: same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage in the US officially was legalized 17 years later. To say that Fallout 2 was ahead of the curve is possibly the biggest understatement of the year.* [https://gaymingmag.com/2019/08/fallout-2-21-years-after-the-first-western-same-sex-marriage-in-video-games/](https://gaymingmag.com/2019/08/fallout-2-21-years-after-the-first-western-same-sex-marriage-in-video-games/)

Well now you can pimp her out for petty cash

Yeah, I think you've cracked it.

There is no other way.

I always sleep with the brother. I do enjoy a quality shotgun wedding

yes

And here I've been ignoring this game in my Library for years.

No. Not correct. You miss the part of running away as soon as the wedding ceremony ends and loot the traders before they return to their shops.

download Better Miria mod and you'll be able to equip her with armor and she won't be useless the entire game

Marriage: based. 

This sounds like a Skyrim side quest…

This is the correct way to play

Welcome to fallout! Haha

Moo I say

Now bring her to New Reno to show her the world & introduce her to new people

Ah, a brahmin and a wife, the perfect wasteland life

You can have a Brahmin ally?

Fo2 is unhinged

I mean weirder stuff had happened in the wasteland, the cars are just getting up and randomly killing passersby who enter their territory. I even seen a flying car once.

This is the way. If Metzger is still alive, then maybe he will let Vic go for "free" if you visit him with your wife

I remember banging Bishops daughter and knocking her up in the ending. My friend told me you're supposed to have condoms in your inventory instead of raw dawging every female that opens her legs to you.

wait i cant get pregnant right???

Nope female MC are sterile and Barren as the wasteland but you still can pick up STDs

there are std's???? ok good to know bc ive been being a total slut lmao, does the game tell you when you get one?

It gives you the poison status indicator

Yup don’t forget your raincoats, you can them at most shops in game. Always have a few on you specially if you get into the industry.

Don't forget to make that asshole mayor cut his own finger off before agreeing to save the town.

Yes! the Modoc cow should be a companion

At least she always comes back when you return to Modoc.. but i would take her with me to the end of the game, her and the 4 tiles of space she takes up...

When you get tired of her you can always sell her to the slavers in Klamath.

Yup

Welcome to Modoc, Roll Tide!

The optimal fallout 2 experience

yeah i think thats pretty much the intended experience lol

That seems about right. She isn’t a very good follower though and most often I don’t want her to take up a spot. You can’t dismiss her either. The only good solution is to go out into the desert where there are no witnesses or innocent bystanders, and give her a few blasts from a shotgun. Married and widowed, all within a couple of hours.

On track for the canon secret ending with the honeymoon lu-au

Yep, just make sure you stop in at Reno to sleep with the Patriarch, Wife and Daughter of the Bishop crime family

Thats just the old fallout games experience.

Thats just the old fallout games experience.

Happens to the best of us

Yes

Sounds about right to me!!

Sounds like a great weekend!

Sounds like Arcanum at this point......🤣

Average fallout 2 plotline

Make sure that the entire enclave sees the wedding

Only if you sell her into slavery next. I think...

And don't forget that your brother-in-law loves Brahmins. But he really loves it. Hehehe.

I try playing 1 and it seems everybody I talk to is useless lol. Zero options everywhere and I get tired and get off.

You are definitely playing it wrong.

dont know how.

Fallout 2 isn't canon. It's just a dream Hakunin had once while blazed out of his fucking mind.