Well, I discovered Fallout 3 about two weeks ago. I never had any temptation to play it because I was not a fan of Oblivion. But, I bought the GOTY edition, after reading all of the hype concerning New Vegas. And the rest, as they say, is history. This is simply the greatest game I have ever played. Every aspect is simply amazing. The combat never gets old (I am now pushing the 40 hours mark) and I am still discovering new places. I couldn't understand how people put 100 hours in one game, now I do. I still have not finished discovering the original story and I will have 5 DLC's to sink my teeth into next.
Of course, I have also bought New Vegas. I will be patient for the release of the patches because I have the luxury of being totally into F3. I can understand that it must be very frustrating to lose save games because of corrupt data. I know F3 had some bugs, but New Vegas seems to be much, much worse. I now join the others in hoping the patch will be here soon and that it will fix the game breaking bugs.