
According to Disco Elysium lead writer and designer Robert Kurvitz, Fallout has stood the test of time since its monumental 1997 release as one of the best RPGs – with some of the best post-apocalyptic worldbuilding.
Speaking to author Marijam Did in a recent stream, Kurvitz explains how significant Fallout is to Eastern European gamers and developers in particular before Did plays its opening – an opening Kurvitz dubs "the perfect beginning." He describes the old RPG as an "incredibly important game in Eastern Europe" where it was "tremendously and totally adored," detailing how Fallout "showed them that video games can be a total work of art."