User Guide

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Starting a
New Game
When you first start
playing Fallout 2, you
will need to start a
new game. This will
start you off with a
new character at the
beginning of the story.
A character is a
representative of you,
the player, in the
story. The character
will be your alter-ego,
and follow your
commands and pay the
consequences for those actions. Obviously, your
character is the single most important facet of the
game and you should spend some time deciding what
kind of character to play.
The decision about your
character is the most
important decision you
have to make at the start
of the game.
There are two ways to
decide on a character:
select a pre-generated
character or create your
own. Both ways have their
plusses and minuses, and we’ll leave the choice up
to you.
When you click on NEW GAME from the Main Menu,
you will see the character selection screen. This
screen will always display one of three pre-
generated characters. Besides a picture of the
pre-generated character, you will see a brief
summary of their primary statistics and their
biography. You have four choices on this screen to
choose from.
You can
bypass a movie in Fallout
2 by pressing the space
bar or the ESC key.
You should not do this
until you have viewed the
movie at least once.
Important information and
background story is
often conveyed via a
movie. Besides, they
look good.
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