When the first thing your post says is "hello moron", you lost the debate, no matter how good the rest of it was.
Even though I agree, I got really angry when I read it.
About superweapons and even-more-super-armor:
The 2 first Fallout games were great until you got the powered-armor. After that I thought the playability went downhill.
But with combat armor and combat shotgun... whew, that was fun.
I discovered fallout after a party at a friends place. It was back in 98 and the first thing he did when he awoke, was to play Fallout. I was addicted the moment I laid my eyes on it. I remember wondering why I hadn't heard of this game before.
I totally agree with Saint_P. about that "mega-new ph4t l3wt" issue. Fallout was all about surviving in the wastes and scavenging for remnants from the former civilization. Like other great games, it was all about the story. Nowadays it seems like all that matters is...