Amazon's "Fallout" TV show is coming to Prime Video in April, and the online retailer is celebrating the upcoming premiere by giving away various Fallout games through Prime Gaming After offering subscribers the first two games in the series, it is not surprising that the next installment in the franchise will be the third

But don't be confused, because despite its name suggesting otherwise, 2008's "Fallout 3" is not the third "Fallout" in terms of release date Rather, it is "Fallout Tactics": the "Brotherhood of Steel" released in 2001

Prime members can get the PC version of "Fallout Tactics" for free as part of the monthly Prime game lineup through April 24 In addition, Prime members can get Fallout 2 for free through April 10

These freebies are part of Prime Gaming, one of the best Amazon Prime member perks: popular EA Sports FC 24, Call of Duty: Warzone, Pokémon Go, and Apex Legends Along with DLC items for titles, the company offers a rotating selection of free games

If you are an Amazon Prime subscriber, you already have access to Prime Gaming and can claim your free Fallout game now; simply go to the "Games" tab in the Prime Gaming hub and download the game from there

Remember, once you claim these free games, they're yours forever So even if you don't have time to play them right now, make sure you get them

"Fallout Tactics": Released roughly three years after the epic Fallout 2, "Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel" set out to shake up the RPG series, It did this by removing many of the role-playing elements that had defined the franchise up to that point and focusing on strategic combat

Set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago in ruins, players take on the role of a new recruit to the Brotherhood of Steel, an organization founded to restore civilization after a nuclear war They will confront all manner of mutated enemies in order to grow their clan and find "Vault Zero," a mysterious location said to house the most advanced technology of the Old World

Unlike its two direct predecessors, Fallout Tactics is less about making choices and interacting with NPCs and more about shooting everything in sight and taking away the loot To facilitate this combat-heavy approach, combat has been reworked and made more tactical than in previous Fallout mainline titles, but Tactics is still turn-based rather than a shooter like recent Bethesda-developed franchise titles

Visually and gameplay-wise, Fallout Tactics is considerably more primitive than Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, or Fallout 4, but it still holds its own in the year 2024 As long as you embrace the old-school quirks and don't mind the dated visuals, "Fallout Tactics" is well worth a try

Additionally, "Fallout Tactics" is part of the Prime Gaming lineup and can be downloaded for free by Amazon Prime members You might be surprised how well the classic Fallout game has held up