Well, to me Fallout 3, NV, and 4 ARE Fallout. Those earlier games are just little niche games for some ancient whiners.
P.S. I loved Fallout, didn't care for Fallout 2 at all.
P.P.S. I sorta hope Fallout 76 bombs too, even though I plan on getting it. I want single player fallout to be one of the two successful Bethesda Softworks brands. They already take decades between games, so I don't want a third successful franchise to mess up the release schedule. I hope this dies and costs Zenimax millions. Does this make me chaotic?
Nope, I feel the same way. I know it's evil to hope a game fails, but I worry that the success of these online games will kill the single player game