I've been a fan of the Fallout franchise for 6 years now. I own all of the games (yes, even Brotherhood of Steel) and I have beat every main game at least twice.

I'm also really excited for Fallout 4.

I am 21. Unlike most people around my age, I wasn't introduced to Fallout through Fallout 3. Well...I kinda was. But it wasn't the first I played. When I was 15 one of my friends was telling me about this awesome game called Fallout 3, a RPG/FPS hybrid game where you explore a 50's-styled post-apocalyptic world. I'm a big fan of RPGs, First-Person Shooters, post-apocalyptic settings, and 50's aesthetic. So Fallout 3 sounded like the perfect game for me.

I really wanted to play Fallout 3 but at the time I didn't own a PC or a console capable of playing it. I wondered "It's called Fallout Three, what about the first two"? So I looked up the Fallout games and found out they were from the 90's, and I was like "Hey these games are really old! I can play these on my crappy PC"!

So I went on Amazon and bought the Fallout Trilogy (which had Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout tactics, not Fallout 3). I played Fallout and Fallout 2 for months and I loved them! Fallout 2 is still one of my favorite RPGs to this day, I even replayed it just a few months ago. The original Fallout is alright, I still like it and replay it occasionally, but Fallout 2 is so much better that it kinda ruined the first game for me. I didn't like Tactics, even thought I really wanted to. (I tried damn it, I really tried!)

Years later, I think around 2011 (I know it was after Skyrim came out) I finally played Fallout 3 (I had a PS3 by this point). And again, like Fallout 2, it's one of my favorite RPGs and I still love it to this day. Like it said, it was basically the perfect game for me. I'm even playing it right now to get ready for Fallout 4! I didn't like the story or the characters very much, but I love the setting and how immersive it is. It's just so fun to explore! To this day I'm still finding new stuff in the game!

Fallout: New Vegas is my favorite Fallout game. It combined the exploration and immersion I loved about Fallout 3 with the great storytelling and writing that the original Fallouts had. I actually like New Vega's story the most out of every Fallout game (and most RPGs in general). It's the best of both worlds!

Now I own a $1000 or so gaming rig and I'm eagerly awaiting Fallout 4. So far I like everything I've seen about it.

tl;dr: An annoying friend wouldn't shut up about Fallout 3 so I played the old games and now I love the Fallout franchise.

So, how were you introduced to the Fallout franchise?

I bought Fallout 3 when it came out, because I loved Bethesda ever since I laid my childish hands on Oblivion. Since then, TES and Fallout are my two favorite straight up RPG's out there, and favorite franchises. They do constant battles with Mass Effect for my favorite franchises, but in the end Fallout and TES wins.