Yes Fallout 2 does have a very annoying starting though there is way at least to avoid the villager fight and you can run away from all of the ants and radscorpions in the test.Of course I find that though the first quarter of FO2 is fairly hard if you avoid too many battles it hurts you long run because you miss out on the XP.The first time I played FO2 i got tired of not having any ammo or good weapons so I walked up to Tubby in Den and blew his head off and took all that he had that made things a little easier.
By the way make sure that you guys get the Fallout and Fallout 2 highres patches makes the game look much better though with a larger screen it might be too small to go fullres but it does make the game look better you see more area. link to fallout2 highres fallout is in the same thread :
http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42386
If you are a Fallout nut like myself you then may also like to check out the Fallout "bible"
http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/dlo...gory&cat_id=37
There is a lot of cool mods on No Mutants Allowed if you love the original Fallout games you should really check the entire site out.