@Indigo @xianc78
I have finished it

@LukeAlmighty @xianc78 I probobly will at some point too, I usually play a Fallout game every summer, so I think Tactics can be up next.

@Indigo @LukeAlmighty You could also try Wasteland 2 and Wasteland 3, which seem to be the spiritual successors to Fallout. (Ironic given that Fallout was meant to be a spiritual successor to the first Wasteland)

@xianc78 @LukeAlmighty I absolutely need to play Wasteland 2 and 3, they've been on "the pile" for a long time.
Maybe this summer... we'll have to see.

@Indigo @LukeAlmighty I never played it either. In fact I never played the first two games, but from fans of the classic Fallout games, they seem to agree that it is more of a worthy Fallout 3 than the actual Fallout 3, despite it being a spin-off.

I'll confess that I really liked Fallout 3 when I first played it only because I never played anything as open-world as that game prior. The closest to that for me were the Zelda games. I even went as far as claiming it as one of my favorite games of all time. Though I haven't replayed it since, so I can't say if it still holds up.

I also liked Fallout New Vegas, but I feel like that game is just an over-glorified political compass test which isn't always a bad thing, but I've seen online discussions saying things like "if you choose anything, but the Legion, you are just a soy-chugging Redditor". Discussions about that game just lead to political flame wars, at least from my experience.

I absolutely refuse to play Fallout 4 or Fallout 76, and any future game after that.

@xianc78 @LukeAlmighty I can respect that, I played Fallout 3 first too, and I was in the same boat as you, I'd never played a game like that before and it blew my mind at the time.
New Vegas, in my opinion, was a whole other level to me though. I won't bore you with another New Vegas gush-fest because I'm sure you've heard it, but I liked it. A LOT.
But dude, play Fallout 1 and 2. They are old and janky games, and they are going to take some getting used to. I always recommend using Per Jorner's "Nearly Ultimate Fallout Guide" (it's on the wiki) you're first time through the first game, because there's a few things about the game that I think some players need to have given to them, but trust me, it's worth it. Once you're in that world, those first two games are like nothing else out there.
Take it from someone who played Fallout 1 *after* 3 and New Vegas, and now considers the former to be both his favorite in the series, and one of his favorite games overall.