Deal | One of the most iconic RPG franchises ever has been discounted on GOG

With Bethesda tied up with The Elder Scrolls 6, a new Fallout game is unlikely to surface anytime soon. So, if you've sat the franchise out and want to give it a try, now would be an excellent time to give it a start. Falloutand Fallout 2 can be bought for $2.49 apiece on GOG.

Developed by Interlplay Entertainment, neither game has aged particularly well and may require mods to function properly on modern hardware. Nevertheless, they're still one of the most story-rich RPGs of the series, and many argue that the series went downhill after Bethesda took over the IP. Its isometric setting may be off-putting to new players, but that might soon change thanks to a mod that transforms Fallout into an FPS title via the GZDoom engine.

Fallout 3 is the first FPS game in the series. It, too, requires some mods to run without crashes due to its notoriously buggy nature and dated engine. With the base game, the Game of the Year Edition sold on GOG for $6.59 gets you five pieces of DLC, Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Broken Steel, Point Lookout and the quirky Mothership Zeta. Fallout 3's main storyline isn't anything to write home about, but the intricate side questlines and random world encounters more than make up for it.

Next up, we have what many consider to be the magnum opus of the series: Fallout New Vegas. Developed by Obsidian Entertainment, it has been widely lauded as a masterclass in RPG storytelling, featuring a labyrinthine storyline where every decision, no matter how small, influences the ending. Its DLCs, Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road, are just as captivating, especially Dead Money. The entire package will cost you just $7.99 on GOG. Unfortunately, it uses the same engine as Fallout 3 and is borderline unplayable without mods; however, this version falls under the GOG preservation program, so it won't be as bad as the version available on Steam. Probably.

Lastly, we have Fallout 4, the last mainstream entry in the Fallout universe before Fallout 76 took the franchise in an entirely different, always-online direction. It gives a much-needed visual overhaul to the engine that powered Fallout 3/New Vegas and adds a new, divisive base-building feature. Sadly, its main story lacks New Vegas' oomph, but its Far Harbor DLC more than makes up for it. For $15.99, Fallout 4 Game of the Year Edition gets you Automatron, Nuka-World and a bunch of new workshop tools, one of which has you running a vault full-time.

If Fallout 4's story doesn't impress you, there's an entirely free modpack that completely transforms the game. Developed by the talented modders at Team Folon, Fallout London moves the game from Boston to London, complete with its own set of quests, factions and a breathtaking storyline that far surpasses the original. Unfortunately, it has its own share of bugs. Even though most of them have been quashed by multiple updates, some continue to persist.

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