History Videogame / Fallout2

It's 2241, and the tribal village of Arroyo is an okay place to live. Aside from the trading caravans that come by every once in a blue moon, you and your family -- the tribe -- are completely isolated from the outside world, living life peacefully as one with mother nature... but nothing is ever that simple.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: NCR as a whole is doing some very shady stuff in order to forcefully annex Vault City, including collaborating with a mob boss and using raiders to harass it, and even goes so far as to [[spoiler:turn its people into second-class citizens]] in some of the endings. These would be very serious charges if Vault City wasn't such a bigoted, elitist society that fuels the slave economy.

* EatTheDog: Cousin Nagor's beloved dog, Smoke, will eventually be turned into a delicious meal by least-favorite aunt Morlis if you take too long getting the GECK.
** Also, a girl in the Den will tell you a story about how her cat Cuddles was cute and adorable and loving, until the day food started to get scarce...

* AnAesop: A recurring aesop throughout the game is the importance of peaceful coexistence and mutual cooperation. Each of the rivaling towns have something the other side wants or needs, and getting them to cooperate with each other will result in a happier ending for both sides.

** The Vindicator Minigun, despite being the strongest gun in the game, proven to take down TheDragon in one combat turn using the right build, eats up rare ammo like a starved pig. You can build up a pretty fast supply of ammo by farming random Hubologist encounters though, as many of them have [[CoolGuns H&K G11Es]] on them, which uses the same 4.7 Caseless ammo.

** The journal entries for the captain of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy submarine during the war points out that the only place in San Fransisco that was still habitable was Chinatown, which had been turned into an internment camp. The irony did not go unnoticed.

* ObviousBeta: The numbers of bugs and things left half-finished are quite high, even with the official patches installed. Luckily, there are a lot of unofficial patches as well. Sadly, these patches, due to the larger game world, are more likely to trigger the above GameBreakingBug.

** Myron is a teenager, but killing him doesn't get you the Childkiller reputation. Justified in that he may be an older team so society no longer sees him as a child. Plus, [[AssholeVictim they'd probably agree he has it coming anyway]].

** The Chosen One is from the tribal village of Arroyo, which has regressed so much from the vault inhabitants they're descended from that they treat Vault 13 like a holy site spoken of in legend and revere the Vault Dweller's uniform in a temple, have a limited understanding of currency, and the village is very barebones with no advanced technology. Despite coming from this background, the Chosen One's snarkier dialogue options throughout the game let them play along with its numerous pop culture references in a manner that implies they know of the material firsthand. For instance, you can quote ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' at several points, but there's no plausible way the Chosen One should know anything about the film.

''Fallout 2'', part of, of course the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series, was released in 1998. This installment improves much upon [[VideoGame/Fallout1 its predecessor]], being a game where you can do just about anything, within reason. Depending on your actions, intelligence, charisma, gender and patience, each playthrough is a ''wildly'' different experience. Numerous pop culture references make this game a troper's best friend.

* MinusWorld: Try pressing "3" next time you zone into the Den. (This only works in the vanilla game)

* MookMaker: Melchior, who summons [[FourIsDeath four]] of multiple types of enemies from the pools of FEV around him during his fight, from mole rats to fire geckos to even deathclaws. [[spoiler: Talk about pulling a rabbit from your hat]].

* AnythingThatMoves: The game allows the player to go this route (although it is generally easier with a female character, as MostWritersAreMale, and there is only handful of homosexual men in the game, but not vice versa) and [[CosmeticAward awards the player a reputation based on it]] (regardless of sex): Gigolo. Oddly, you only have to sleep with one person to do it. However, if you sleep with 10 or more people, you get another one, Sexpert, which effectively gives you the benefit of a sex-related perk (Kama Sutra Master) for free.
-->'''Gigolo:''' Let's be honest: You sleep with anything that walks on two legs. Sometimes, you're not even that discriminating.
** On the flip side there is the Virgin of the Wastes reputation which was cut from the final game. It is put back in the Restoration Project.
--->'''Virgin of the Wastes''': [[YouNeedToGetLaid You really need to get out more]]. Your sexual exploits have been... well, two dimensional.

[[caption-width-right:350: ''[[Music/LouisArmstrong Give me a kiss to build a dream on...]]'']]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: The Salvatore's family footsoldiers are feared throughout New Reno because they are packing "lightbringers (read: [[EnergyWeapons laser pistols]]) [[spoiler:courtesy of the Enclave in exchange for chemical components]]. They're hyped to the point that Orville Wright says one Salvatore goon could wipe out his entire family. The Laser Pistols aren't ''that'' powerful in gameplay and it's not particularly difficult to clear out the bar with a mid-level party.

** The epilogue where [[spoiler: you slaughter the entire population of New Reno]] actually only checks to see if you [[spoiler: killed all four bosses. Adding to this, you can ''assassinate'' each boss in turn without killing anyone in New Reno, and the game will still assume you went on a rampage]].

It's 2241, and [[RunningGag the tribal village of Arroyo is an okay place to live]]. Aside from the trading caravans that come by every once in a blue moon, you and your family -- the tribe -- are completely isolated from the outside world, living life peacefully as one with mother nature... but nothing is ever that simple.