Ha I thought this was a Fallout 4 review for a second, I clicked on this thread in such a hurry.
Scanning through the review he doesn't seem like the biggest Fallout fan, I personally loved every second of Fallout 2. It was the game that brought me into the series, I remember when I walked into EB Games to pick it up, one of the new release PC games. I think it was one of if not my first turn based game, and it still remains the only game I have ever liked (at all) with turn based combat.
Fallout 2 remains my favorite single player rpg of all time, and while I never really played Fallout 1, its basically the same game mechanically. I spoiled myself on the story so much with Fallout 1 that I have trouble getting myself to play it.