# Fallout 2

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/fallout-2/

11 people recommended Fallout 2 in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Fans consider Fallout 2 one of the definitive Fallout games, a favorite since youth with comedic writing and Vault City and NCR content.

Summary written by Claude from 12 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Nostalgic favorite since youth (4 comments in the sample): "one of the best summers ever (1998 and 1999" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46124190)) "some of my favorite games of all time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46123041)) "Formative titles for young me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694783))
- Considered a definitive Fallout game (2 comments in the sample): "Fallout 1 and 2 are the definitive Fallout games" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46940224)) "The first two Fallout games are quite worthwhile" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47119424))
- Works well on modern devices (2 comments in the sample): "Fallout 1 and 2 have nearly perfect UI for mobile." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48791812)) "Yes, it works great. I enjoyed it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155804))
- Comedic tone and rich setting (2 comments in the sample): "Especially when you get to Fallout 2 with Vault City and NCR." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945770)) "Fallout 2 went a bit more comedic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941298))

## Other role-playing games people recommend

- [Baldur's Gate 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/baldur-s-gate-3/): 58 recommend, 11 mixed, 11 criticize
- [Clair Obscur: Expedition 33](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clair-obscur-expedition-33/): 46 recommend, 12 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Chrono Trigger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chrono-trigger/): 22 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Disco Elysium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/disco-elysium/): 20 recommend, 3 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Fallout 2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fallout-2/ (11 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.