In this RPG on the PC, players took on the role of the Desert Rangers, a team tasked with roaming what’s left of the Southwest United States while battling any warring factions they came across. IT’S A SPIRITUAL SUCCESSOR TO WASTELAND.īefore Interplay’s original Fallout came out, the studio already visited a war-torn nightmare of a world in 1988’s Wasteland. As gamers anticipate the next entry in the series, Fallout 76, take a look at 10 facts about this iconic series. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where mutants, cannibals, and raiders descend upon you in waves, the Fallout franchise has come to define the modern role-playing game, from its first iteration at Interplay Entertainment to its modern installments at Bethesda Softworks.

But it’s that exact combination (along with the ability to have your very own handheld nuke launcher) that’s helped it become one of the most acclaimed series in the gaming industry over the last 20 years. On the surface, the pervasive violence, nightmarish difficulty, and dark humor of the Fallout series should have relegated it to niche status.

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