Fallout succeeds in depicting a creative dystopia, telling the players just enough about its world so that they can appreciate their impact, but keeping enough mysterious to evoke a sense of scale. Populating this vast environment is an interesting cast of characters, and while unfortunately none of them experience any character arcs or evolving personalities, their basic traits are entertaining in themselves. The dialogue trees have a relatively large amount of depth, but a degree of choice is removed if the player realises that picking the polite option normally achieves the desired outcome. The UI is overly complicated and the combat system is clunky, but once the player grasps the controls there's much potential for strategic play.