I liked the story, although starting as a random no background character made me dislike the main story... I mean was the courier from NV or California? He or she isn't known in the NV wastes so... NEED BACKSTORY! that aside, it was more like Fallout 1 and 2, not to be negative but I hated the originals, Fallout 3 on the other hand is an odd ball that ran much better than its predecessors