History YMMV / Fallout2

** Sergeant Arch Dornan

* CompleteMonster: The Enclave as a whole are pretty damn evil, but Frank Horrigan is easily the worst of them.

* EvenBetterSequel: Pretty much everyone agrees that it's pretty awesome.

* HilariousInHindsight: The next exchange is even more hilarious now considering that every ''Fallout'' game after 2 had a way to [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talk down the end-game boss into submission]]. Frank Horrigan's caustic disdain for diplomacy almost fells as if he were lampshading the whole issue.
--> '''Frank Horrigan:''' You've gotten a lot farther than you should have, but then you haven't met Frank Horrigan either. Your ride's over, mutie. [[PrepareToDie Time to die]].

--> '''Frank Horrigan:''' [[ShutUpKirk We just did. Time for talking is over.]]

* DemonicSpiders: Deathclaws are still around, and the game introduces the Enclave Soldiers, who will absolutely insta-kill you with their plasma rifles if you're at anything other than near-endgame levels.

** The random peasant children in the Den are some of the worst GoddamnedBats. They don't do ''anything'' but run around and try to pickpocket you, and unless you're prepared to get the Child Killer perk, you have no choice but to let them unless your steal skill is obscenely high. You can go with a more moderate option and [[DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff hit them once]]. They won't ever bother you again.

** Boxing in New Reno. If you win, you get a perk giving you 12 normal damage threshold, and 4% to all resistances except fire. It is cumulative with armor. Normal damage is anything that isn't plasma, laser, fire, electricity and explosive. Which means that you will take no damage from most enemies, and half damage from most more powerful enemies, without taking armor into account. The Most enemies who use laser, plasma, fire and explosives are either using [[SortingAlgorithmOfWeaponEffectiveness low tier weapons]], using AwesomeButImpractical weapons, or plain non military personnel (who don't wear effective armor and don't have much HitPoints).
** [[DeadlyDoctor Living anatomy]] and bonus ranged damage. The former gives you +5 damage against biological targets, the later +2/+4 damage against everything when using firearms/EnergyWeapon. These ignore ANY form of damage resistance (tested with an EMP Grenade against humans (every non robotic enemy gains a 500% resistance to EMP). The damage increase is done to each bullet. The best gattling gun (which use extremely rare ammo) fires 25 bullets by burst. Assuming half of them (rounded down) hit (and from close range, they will), you inflict 12*(5+4) = 108 points of damage, enough to kill most target, not counting the normal bullet damage that goes through the armor.
** [[DiscOneNuke The infamous]] [[FanNickname "Navarro Run"]]. From the second town in the game, it was possible (though ''very'' difficult) to trek all the way to San Fransisco and get a quest to infiltrate the Enclave Base to steal some Vertibird plans. If you manage to survive all the random encounters (via SaveScumming and a high Agility stat) and get to the base, then you can easily complete the mission without any combat. In addition to getting the Vertibird plans, you're also awarded with a locker full of high end weapons (including a ''[[{{BFG}} plasma rifle]]'') and a suit of Enclave Power Armor, by far the strongest armor in the entire game, which makes you invincible to pretty much every enemy until you get to the endgame. Since this could be done literally in the first hour of the game, this is completely ridiculous.

* GoddamnedBats: ''Wolves''. Your wondering around the countryside trying to get to New Reno, when you get stopped by three random encounters in a row with wolves. They can't do any damage at all to a decently leveled player, but there's a ton of them, you can't skip their moves, and your companions will likely burn through the ammo of whatever very powerful weapon you've given them to kill things they can just kick! They also have a nasty habit of circling around you and mauling you to death at lower levels. Let's not forget the rats, who stop you from traveling around and force you to enter combat mode until you just step on them.
** The random peasant children in the Den are some of the worst GoddamnedBats. They don't do ''anything'' but run around and try to pickpocket you, and unless you're prepared to get the Child Killer perk, you have no choice but to let them unless your steal skill is obscenely high.
*** Or go with a more moderate option and [[DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff hit them once]]. They won't ever bother you again.

* MoralEventHorizon: Being evil is still kinda OK (although at -500 karma, you get BadAss {{Bounty Hunter}}s after you). Being a slaver won't make you many friends, but it's a living. Killing children, though, is an irredeemable act that will get you not only bounty hunters but also stop many people from even talking to you.

** Myron is completely devoid of redeeming characteristics.
*** Myron is ''funny.'' His level-up quotes are priceless. Lugging him around for the entire game and giving him top-tier weaponry will also make him halfway decent at combat, especially if your character is strong enough that he won't have to fire off more than a couple of shots per battle.

*** Also he makes Super Stimpacks which are great for killing people without any downsides.

* ScrappyLevel: The Wanamingo Mine.
** Not many fans of the Temple of Trials.

* {{Woolseyism}}: A minor one found in the Russian pirated version of all places (which was also how most of the Russian Fallout fans got into the series, thanks to the official version not being released until 2006), where in start-up loading screens the words "loading" were replaced with something else like (note: translation accuracy not guaranteed): "Get in the line, Sons of the bitches" (where the Chosen One is captured); "Scavengers are immortal" (Guy wearing damaged Power Armor Helmet); "Leave the hope here traveler, you won't need it" (Chosen One silhouetted against car lights); "War, War never changes" and so on. There is also an image where the "Loading" was not replaced, since it kinda fitted the image. The alternate title "Vozrozhdenie" (Rebirth, Revival) may also be this for some, if only for intended irony.

* GoodBadBugs: Probably not exactly a bug, but is still hilarious nonetheless: Wearing a suit of Enclave Power Armor actually makes you ''better at sex'' due to the strength enhancement. The fact that you're wearing a full suit of armor with no skin even visible doesn't seem to be a problem.

* TheScrappy: Find me a Fallout 2 player who is a big fan of First Citizen Lynette of Vault City. I ''dare'' you. The developers were so aware of what an unlikeable, bigoted fascist she was that they added a hidden reward for those who have the stomach to always say exactly what she wants to hear, knowing hardly anyone would ever see it.

** This troper has a serious issue with the Pariah Dog.

* CompleteMonster: The Enclave as a whole are [[{{Understatement}} pretty damn evil]], but Frank Horrigan is easily the worst of them.

* GoddamnedBats: ''Wolves''. Your wondering around the countryside trying to get to New Reno, when you get stopped by three random encounters in a row with wolves. They can't do any damage at all to a decent player, but theres a ton of them, you can't skip their moves, and your companions will likely burn through the ammo of whatever very powerful weapon you've given them to kill things they can just kick! Let's not forget the rats, who stop you from traveling around and force you to enter combat mode until you just step on them.

** Joanne Lynette, leader of Vault City, who is a racist, arrogant snob obsessed with committing all out genocide on the Ghouls. [[spoiler:And, if you [[NotQuiteTheRightThing repair Gecko's malfunctioning power plant]], she does exactly that in the epilogue (though this was a bug).]]

** It's actually quite difficult to break the game when playing on the max difficulty settings (One setting for combat-only, the other affects skill checks and skill levels), as most end-game enemies will stop missing, aim for the head, and roll criticals more often with their high-tech weapons. Keeping squishy followers alive becomes a real chore, at the very least.

* ScrappyLevel: The Wanamingo Mine.
** Not many fans of the Temple of Trials.

*** Myron [[UpToEleven takes this trope to eleven]]. If he survives the game, the ending says that [[spoiler: he got killed by a drug addict]]. Even authors of the game hated him.
* {{Woolseyism}}: A minor ones found in the Russian pirated version of all places (which was also how most of the Russian Fallout fans got into the series, thanks to the official version not being released until 2006), where in start-up loading screens the words "loading" were replaced with something else like (note: translation accuracy not guaranteed): "Get in the line, Sons of the bitches" (where the chosen one is captured); "Scavengers are immortal" (Guy wearing damaged Power Armor Helmet); "Leave the hope here traveler, you won't need it" (Chosen One silhouetted against car lights); "War, War never changes" and so on. There is also a image where the "Loading" was not replaced, since it kinda fitted the image. The alternate title "Vozrozhdenie" (Rebirth, Revival) may also be this for some, if only for intended irony.