Fallout 1.5: Resurrection

Fallout 1.5: Resurrection
Developer(s)	Resurrection Team
Engine	Fallout engine
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)	3 October 2013 TBA
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Fallout 1.5: Resurrection is a Mod for Fallout 2. The Czech version was released on 3 October 2013. The development took approximately 10 years. It was made by four fans of the original game from the Czech Republic. They worked on the game in their free time. The mod offers a completely new story and locations. It is estimated that finishing the game takes 25 hours.^[1][2]

The title Resurrection symbolizes not only a revival of an old Fallout but also the protagonist of the mod who is resurrected.^[3]

The English version of the mod is scheduled for 2014.^[4]

Gameplay

The mod features the same gameplay as original games. The player is free to move at will until they enter into combat. Combat gives them a number of action points to move, fire, check their equipment, reload and the like. When a player uses up all of their action points, they end their turn and enemies start theirs. If the player survives unharmed, he or she has their action points restored. Injuries and poisons can reduce the number of action points available both in a single term and semi-permanently until combat ends and the player can be treated. Combat and completion of jobs or quests rewards the player with experience points with which they can level up their characters and apply beneficial perks to become more suited to the dangerous post-apocalyptic world. General gameplay consists of traveling and interacting with local inhabitants and organizations to complete goals and aid or inhibit the NPCs. The player's actions dictate what future story or gameplay opportunities are available. Mature themes such as alcohol consumption, drug usage and sex are present.^[5]

Organized crime, prostitution and slavery are major elements of the setting. Character creation is based on the SPECIAL role-playing system.

Plot

The story is set in 2170 in what was once New Mexico. The injured protagonist wakes up in a cave with amnesia. He starts to search for hints of his past but the only clue he has is a mysterious talisman.^[6]

On his way he comes across a group of ghouls who act as though they know him and then proceed to try and to kill him. The player then finds a dying ghoul named Thomas, who claims he was the player's best friend. Thomas reveals to him that they are members of the Cult of Renewal, led by a person known as the Saviour. The cult has a machine that turns ghouls into normal humans. The problem is that turning a Ghoul human again requires at least one normal person and the turned person later dies of tissue decomposition. The protagonist is, along with the Saviour, one of turned Ghouls so it means that he will die as well. In the Renewal base player can choose whether he joins the cult once again or destroys the cult.

If the player joins the cult once again, he can help the cult destroy the city of Albuquerque. But they will die in the battle. Renewal then dominates the whole area which overshadows a conflict with New California Republic.

The Player can also destroy the base of Renewal which then terminates hope of the Ghouls to become normal again. The cult is destroyed and the protagonist goes to wasteland where he kills himself to avoid a slow death of a tissue decomposition.

Characters

• The Thirteenth - The protagonist of Resurrection. He wakes up in cave and doesn't remember his past. His only clue is a mysterious talisman he has at himself. It is later revealed that he is in fact the Thirteenth Renewed, one of thirteen ghouls who were turned to normal humans. He later found out that he will die from tissue decomposition and escaped. He became a traitor for Renewal and was injured in a fight with soldiers who were sent after him.
• Keri - A young woman who can join the protagonist in Sedit. She is a daughter of a member of the local city council.
• Lystra - An important member of imperial family who can join the protagonist in imperial city. Her brother got lost and player can help her to find him.
• Gabriel - A bounty killer who can join the protagonist.
• Andrew Ryamon - The leader of Renewal Cult and the primary antagonist of the mod. He is known as the Saviour. He lies to his followers and tells them that he turned himself from a ghoul to a normal human but damaged the machine. In fact he has never been a ghoul and the machine has never worked properly.
• Thomas - A friend of the protagonist. He helped him to escape from Renewal and later reveals him who he is.

Development

The development started in 2013 when the official editor and a script documentation for Fallout was released. It took 10 years because developers underestimated the project and mny works. Because of it many things were changing during the development and the original idea of what would story be about was completely changed. The mod was completed and released in 2013. Developers currently focus on a translation of the mod into English.^[7][8]

Developers

• Václav "Daemon" Panoš
• Marek "Maryo" Štípek
• Milan "Ratman" Ratičák
• Marián "Saruman" Lóži
• There were also multiple external co-workers.^[2]

Reception

The mod has received universal acclaim upon its Czech release and was treated by Czech critics as a full-lengh game. The average score of the mod was over 90%. The mod was elected 6th best game of the year by readers of Bonusweb. Readers of Eurogamer elected it to be 3rd best RPG of the year.^{[9][7][10][5][11][12][13]}

References

External links

• Official site