Fallout 1 was excellent too, and the series still suffers from the decisions made in Fallout 2 - particularly the timeline jump, the tribals, and the Enclave (w

Fallout 1 was excellent too, and the series still suffers from the decisions made in Fallout 2 - particularly the timeline jump, the tribals, and the Enclave (which is fun but even more implausible than many of the series' other elements). Fallout 1 was 84 years after the war, and it was easier to imagine that functioning structures, robots etc. still exist. Fallout 2 was set 164 years after the blast, sadly, and the rest of the series has been stuck there for continuity's sake.