Oh please gentlemen, FO1's sales weren't even near the topic of my post that Threepwood seconded. It sold decently enough, let's leave it at that. What I criticized is the statement that it almost everybody viewed it as the peak of RPG design, which is an unprovable fallacy and is just a biased statement anyway, reducing the credibility of the OP's review further.
@ OP: You still have not said what you think of the general gameplay (not just combat, but skills also) beyond 'VATS sucks' which hardly means the combat automatically sucks, as VATS is just an option you can ignore safely.
And please do not lecture us because we do not view FO1 + 2 as shining beacons of absolutely sacred perfection. Great games, hell yes, but without flaws? Sorry, nothing is.