Fallout, at time of inception was..
"a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_video_game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game, developed and published by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplay_Entertainment in 1997. The game has a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-apocalyptic and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro-futuristic setting, The game is considered to be the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_successor to the 1988 role-playing video game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasteland_%28video_game%29. It is not an official sequel, although it was initially developed as one. Fallout was critically acclaimed and inspired a number of sequels and spin-off games, known collectively as the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_%28series%29."
For those that feel that the recent Fallouts are "inferior," what exactly keeps you playing Fo3 & Fo:NV and what are you looking for when you play?
Additionally, if you are a hater, why do you feel that a Fo4/ Fo:NV2 would be any different from the last two on the series?