I'm kind of bummed that more people are not suggesting you play Fallout 1 and 2. Â Fallout 1 is a fairly quick game and it's awesome. Â Fallout 2 is longer, and an even better RPG all around. Â There's just so much possibility and of course the awesome unforgiving "god I hope I saved recently" moments only older games can offer.
Fallout 3 is... "OK". Â It's my least favorite in the series tbh. Â It just didn't really feel as much like a Fallout game as New Vegas did. Â But I agree that Fallout 3 will have much more to do with Fallout 4 than any other item in the series.
My suggestion: start with the early Fallouts because they're cheap, pretty quick to play through, and provide an excellent introduction to setting and theme. Â Buuuut play them all if you can lol.
Fallout 3 is... "OK". Â It's my least favorite in the series tbh. Â It just didn't really feel as much like a Fallout game as New Vegas did. Â But I agree that Fallout 3 will have much more to do with Fallout 4 than any other item in the series.
My suggestion: start with the early Fallouts because they're cheap, pretty quick to play through, and provide an excellent introduction to setting and theme. Â Buuuut play them all if you can lol.