
I've always internalized the idea of Fallout as a slightly tongue in cheek series. Things like marrying Daisy Duke, becoming a porn star, Myron, the somewhat racist caged boxer, and the fact I had a martial arts fight with Lo Pan after defeating Scientology. In Fallout 2, things are much more firmly tongue-in-cheek. In Fallout 1, the game is played very straight even up to the point where you meet the Master. That was Fallout 2 and I suspect that influenced my opinion of the series in a way which a lot of people who started with the original game weren't. I should note Fallout 3 wasn't my first Fallout. Certainly, they're among my all time favorites like The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines.


It's an interesting note because I used to be the fan of Bethesda but I only kinda liked Fallout while I think of Fallout 3 (and Skyrim to an extent) as one of the best video games ever made. There's been a lot of people questioning why I love Fallout 3 so much.
