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{{quote|''[[Book Ends|"Your life has ended in the wasteland."]]''}} |
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A 1988 CRPG that was groundbreaking in its combination of a gritty post-apocalyptic setting with a nonlinear play style. The designers notably sacrificed more modern graphics for extended detail in the gameplay, as well as creating a rich false backstory that appeared in the game's copy protection, a set of 'Paragraphs' that were referenced by number at various plot points. |
A 1988 CRPG that was groundbreaking in its combination of a gritty post-apocalyptic setting with a nonlinear play style. The designers notably sacrificed more modern graphics for extended detail in the gameplay, as well as creating a rich false backstory that appeared in the game's copy protection, a set of 'Paragraphs' that were referenced by number at various plot points. |
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* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: A number are found and related in the Paragraphs, including actual logs from the Sleeper Base. |
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: A number are found and related in the Paragraphs, including actual logs from the Sleeper Base. |
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* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: NPCs are only under a reasonable amount of control by the player. Often they refuse to take orders or take them too well. They also can't tell between friendly and non-friendly non-party NPCs. |
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: NPCs are only under a reasonable amount of control by the player. Often they refuse to take orders or take them too well. They also can't tell between friendly and non-friendly non-party NPCs. |
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{{quote|"[[Trigger Happy|Ace]] rips a clip on the rabbit."}} |
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** VAX and Christina in particular will use full auto (which empties a magazine) as an attack option 90% of the time, wasting precious ammunition, especially if they're using energy weapons. |
** VAX and Christina in particular will use full auto (which empties a magazine) as an attack option 90% of the time, wasting precious ammunition, especially if they're using energy weapons. |
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* [[Back Tracking]]: Getting the Bloodstaff for Charmaine. |
* [[Back Tracking]]: Getting the Bloodstaff for Charmaine. |
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