Really not sure how it's possible to group and rank Fallout 1 & 2 with the later games.  Apples and Oranges.  You might be able to rank certain aspects of the game e.g. story, but anything else is really stretching.

I like Fallout4 the best, but from what I've read here and other articles, New Vegas is the the crowd favorite. 

harmattan
Really not sure how it's possible to group and rank Fallout 1 & 2 with the later games.  Apples and Oranges.  You might be able to rank certain aspects of the game e.g. story, but anything else is really stretching.

Agreed I tried playing 1 after playing 3, Vegas, and 4 first. I'm sure back in the day 1 & 2 were great, but don't think a lot of players even got into Fallout until Bethesda acquired the rights. 1 though I couldn't even make it to the first vault tried taking a Radscorpian on by hand, it ended in death to me lol literally 10 minutes in.