Fallout fans can take a trip back to the series' roots as the entire classic collection is free on the Epic Games launchertoday.
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The classic collectionincludes the firstFallout,Fallout 2, andFallout: Tactics. Although, if you actually likeFallout, you can probably skip Tactics.
Fans of the modern 3 to 76Falloutgames are in for acompletely new experience withFallout 1,2,andTactics, should you choose to play it.
Before the Lone Wanderer, Courier Six, or the Sole Survivor,there was the Vault Dweller, and his grandchild, the Chosen One; no one really remembersTactic’sWarrior.
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The classicFalloutgames wereisometric role-playing games focused on diverging story paths, interesting characters, and bittersweet decisions, not gameplay.
Setting the series' tone and universe, theyintroduced us to the post-apocalyptic hell of stuck-in-1950s futuristic Americaand manyrecurring concepts, characters, icons, and locations. WithThe Master and Frank Horrigan, these games also had some of thebestFalloutvillains.
Epic Games' choice to give out the collection now is no surprise. After the success of Amazon’sFallout TV adaptation,all Fallout games saw asurgein theirplayer numbers.Fallout 4had a 160k player peak while76enjoyed a smaller 73k.
While leagues apart in gameplay,the classic games will still give seasoned and newFalloutfans a deeper look into theoriginsof theirbeloved wastelands.
Epic’s Not Generous, They Need Players
A few weeks ago, Epic’s CEO Tim Sweenyannounced that hundreds of millions of free games had been redeemed each year through the Epic Games launcher. He said these free games were muchmore successful than “not so good investments” they’d made forplatform exclusivity.
At first glance, Epic Games seems benevolent, wanting nothing more than to give gamers free games to enjoy. But,they’re a corporation, and corporations are businesses first.In fact, the entirefree games program was a bid to push gamers away from Epic’s competition, Steam, which clearly did not work.
Steam players numbers have beenalmost 3x Epic’sin recent years.
Sweeny’s comments may make it seem like Epic’s glad everyone’s getting free games, but that’s not necessarily true.This strategy has successfully brought in players, but it’s also theonly reasonmany use the launcher in the first place.
Last year, in a post on X,Sweeny spoke about companies with generous policies initially, and then pulling the rug from under their users.The irony is apparently lost on Sweeny, as Epic canceled player-to-player trading on the Rocket League the same year.
There are no plans to change the free games program now whatsoever, but it’simportant to be cautious regardless.
When you go to download the free Fallout collection, and Wild Car Football,remember that Vault-Tec and Nuka Cola aren’t real, but their inspirations are.
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