What's your favorite Fallout game?

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Since Fallout 4 came out recently, I thought we could all take a moment to look back on our favorite Fallout experience.

My personal favorite is Fallout 2. I actually wanted to talk to NPC's in that game because the dialogue was so well-written. The gameplay was also fun and challenging if you could get past the admittedly slow-paced combat. It ironed out some of the issues with the first game, but kept the spirit of the original. I may be in the minority here, but that's my pick.

So, what's your favorite Fallout game?

Having played Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and just getting into Fallout 1, I'm not really sure. Fallout 3 was the first one I played. I had a blast with that, it was very impressive for me. New Vegas seemed an improvement in many ways, but I never finished the main questline. I just couldn't be bothered to become an assassin for Colonel Moore or Caeser, and I wasn't interested in taking over the Strip. As for Mr House, forget it. He came off as even more of a prick than Ceasar or Col. Moore.
Really enjoying Fallout 1, its very slow-paced and tactical compared to the new ones.

New Vegas, 4, 3, 2, 1, Tactics, in that order.

Of the isometrics Fallout 2.
Of the 3D versions, Fallout 3.

Fallout 3

Could never get into the 2D ones, the color scheme of them kind of hurts my eyes and gives me a headache. Fallout 2's story sounds really compelling, which bums me out that I can't visually handle it. Fallout 3 is inferior in game mechanics compared to both New Vegas and 4, but story wise is the most solid of them all, which is why it's my favorite. Nothing about the New Vegas story line compelling at all. 4 has some great ideas, but doesn't follow through on most of them and just left me annoyed with a lot of important unanswered questions. The "twist", which I guessed was going to happen, was the only enjoyable part, the ending afterwards was frustrating. Hopefully one of the DLC's will continue the after the end of the game and answer the questions that are buzzing in my head. Also nothing you do really has an effect on the world, a problem that's getting worse for Bethesdas games in general.

I enjoyed Fallout 3 the most and while I haven't played 4 yet I suspect that won't change. I just found New Vegas to be a huge letdown (especially the Strip) although its still a very good game. One thing I did not like about 3 was the awful ending: second only to Mass Effect 3 as the worst video game ending of all time.

I prefer Tactics.

In my opinion it's the only game in the franchise with any real difficulty.

New Vegas is perhaps my least favorite. I found the main story to be uninspired and very "un-Falloutish".

YMMV

Well I've only beaten the first game, and been a few hours into the second.

If it counts, my favorite would be Wasteland, there was a lot of stuff in it that I wished had also been in the FO series.

Fallout 4 suuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks. I played like 12 hours, rolled my eyes, and decided to shut it down, shut it down forever! (dark city reference).

NV is my fav followed by 3. I found the 2D 1 and 2 very lame.

New Vegas with a bullet; actually two of them, right in the head. I like 4 a lot, but NV was just better written with more compelling characters and choices.

I did play the isometric ones back in the day, 2 is definitely the definitive version, 1 is for serious fans only.

Playing Fallout 1 after 3 and NV, I'm appreciating the Energy Weapons; they're tremendously powerful, and look a lot meaner as well, as opposed to the "pew pew Buck Rogers" Energy weapons in the newer games.

Fallout 2

I bet I've played that game at least a dozen times and I've never hated a fictional character as much as I hated Myron... that bastard.

It was fun letting the kids in the Den pickpoket bombs off me too.