These features were widely welcomed as new activities that a player could actively sink their teeth into, including active questing options for those wandering the wasteland, or the option to send dwellers to a time-sensitive mission for some promised reward.įallout Shelter still stands on its own two feet as one of the best mobile games I’ve had the privilege to install into my phone. Fallout Shelter is a marked departure from other games in the franchise as a 2.5D simulation game, the 1.0 version relied heavily on mobile-centric gameplay mechanics that fed dedicated players a steady stream of rewards.Īs the game’s development progressed, a series major patches brought about new gameplay mechanics and activities for the player to engage in.

Bethesda released the game without any prior advertisement or fanfare, though it certainly rode the coattails of the highly-anticipated reveal of Fallout 4. Longtime fans of the Fallout series have undoubtedly heard of Fallout Shelter, a mobile free-to-play game deployed first on iOS in June 2015.

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