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I have only played Fallout 1 and 2 and 2 was better. Both were great.

Never played the classics; yea shame on me >.>. But from the others, I'd go with New Vegas. FO 3 was OK, but Vegas was better. As far as FO 4 goes, it's a bit of a mixed bag. But the biggest complaint I have, has to do with the technical side. It's 2015, almost 2016, and Bethesda has managed to make the worst port of the decade; only surpassed by Arkham Knight. I've spent more time trying to tweak it, by modifying .ini files, than actually playing the game. The ugliest UI in history of games. The settlement building is so fiddly and un-intuitive, that it gives me more frustration than enjoyment. Other than this it's a pretty good game, but I can't really enjoy it as much as FO 3 and F:NV.

I liked fallout 2 the most but I have yet to play New Vegas I just avoided it because I really disliked 3. I have a copy of it on 360 so I may give it a try considering the praise it gets.

Fallout 2 is my choice.
I probably played it three times.

But I gotta admit Fallout 1 thought me something very important.
Never over value yourself and barga in a battle or a whole town of ghouls might be killed because of you.

There is a quest which ghouls want you to fix theirwater pump.
Instead of doing it silently i went to talk to a mutant. There were options like "i am using sunscreen" so i could easly out smart it.
Instead of that I wanted it to take me to their leaders. And it took me to end boss!!!

It takes three steps and hits you. Until it did that I started sneaking and runned away.
I managed to kill it with my level 16 (If i am not wrong) hero after endless turns.
Later I went to the ghoul town and they were wiped out from existence.
I cried for hours.

I'd say NV is the best, since I haven't played 1 or 2 (Played 1 for about 2 hours)
Fallout 3 had no real life to it. Only a few side quests and the world was too empty.
I had the chance to try a review copy of FO4 and it was great, but seriously dumbed down with it's dialogue wheel with no info and the horrible U.I.

I played a bit of F1 when I was really young and I don't really remember it. I recently found F2 on my shelf so I tried it but turn-based combat just enraged me (maybe I'll give it another try but can't promise anything). F3 was good. Maybe it has some story holes but I still loved it. But I think I had most fun with NV and companions were just amazing. And I haven't played F4 yet, I'm to poor :<

I've only played New Vegas and F3 but I haven't completed either of them ^^

I know I'm going to bring the god's wrath upon myself with this, and that I'm probably going to be exiled from SG at best, the whole internet at worst, but...

Fallout 4 is my favourite.

I was far too young for Fallout 1 and 2... you know,dark, post-apocaliptic wasteland isn't a good place for a 3 year old. My cousins tried to convince me into Fallout 2 later, when I was around 10, but I've never been into isometric view or dark and gloomy worlds, being a SEGA Rally Championship and Tom&Jerry (the MS-DOS version, remake of '91 Nintendo or something) kid. Then came Oblivion, which was my introduction to Bethesda. And I really liked it. Afterwards, Fallout 3 came out, and I was mildly annoyed because my 13yo mind couldn't remember the difference between Fallout and Flatout (I'm not a native english speaker, mind you!), and I oftentimes mistaken one for the other. Didn't like it back then. And here we are now, me being 20yo. Skyrim is my most played game ever, followed by MW2 and then War Thunder. (Oh god the horrible, horrible game taste! I'm not a casul I swear!). Now to the point! Before Fallout 4 came out I wasn't hyped at all, since I didnt like any of the other games of the series. I've recently got a Fallout Collection on GOG, so I've decided to give it a go. And... I still didn't like it. Not the 1st, not the 2nd, not the 3rd, not even New Vegas. Theres something not right with the game and I just don't like those. I still think it's the dark and gloomy world, something I'm not fond of (I have played Dark Souls without problem however. Up to the Sif, The Great Grey Wolf boss. then I cried and uninstalled.). But the 4th? I love it. It's not as dark as the other games, at least that's what I see. It looks great (maybe Im not the type of person who comes up 2cm of a wall and stares at it with a disgusted face and a "disgusting low-res" thought), the dialogue wheel, while not as good as actual sentences to say is good too, I guess the simplification was necessary for the recorded Character dialogue, and I absolutely love the fact that my char has a voice. (The female one. It's a nice voice, i like it, and it's fitting to my character, which is even nicer.), the gameplay is good, the FPS (good lord, I swear I dont like CoD anymore, I even played Battlefield and Arma and shit) aspect is very well made, I dont usualy shoot with 3rd person camera but EH!, the story is good, even though a little forced and a little obvious, the side quests are good, and, I dont know what the hell is wrong with everybody, cutscenes and animations and facial animations are loveable. The game is great. I never liked fallouts, but Im like over 30h of gameplay in the 4th one at this point which was unexpected.

Now, bring the hate.

Haven't played any, wish I know from wich one to start...

since i did not played new vegas and 4 I woul say its the 3rd one, but i also like the first ones

people like Tactics? xD

Fallout: New Vegas, not only as a Fallout game but as a RPG is pretty great, branching storylines, different way to tackle quests, great endings and on top of that amazing DLCs.

Favorites were Fallout 2 and Brotherhood of Steel

Dammit, i can't enter the poll... coz I like every F***ing one :)

Can't just decide on one game :(

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Fallout 2 with no doubt. Its the best one when it comes to role playing and writing