No, I have never played any Fallout games, but I plan to. I have been so busy with all kinds of stuff lately that sadly I don't have much time for games. But now that I have my entertainment center set up, everything is good to go.
I am a console gamer, I would much rather play a console game than a handheld one... Except in the case of Pokemon and one Sonic game, which would be the original Sonic Advance. And nah, my very beginnings turns out that I was a PC gamer for the original Tomb Raider games. I will almost never buy a Tomb Raider game for anything else but PC. It's a habit of mine since the original Tomb Raider Gold.
I actually understand how you feel. Three of my favorite childhood games, Sonic, Tomb Raider, and Spyro all changed companies for the worst. I can't get excited for any new game they come up with because they are almost always horrible... And they brought back some characters back to life that they just shouldn't have.
Yeah. I've been here for a year... It won't be that bad starting off. Just don't be shy to talk to people and make lots of friends, that's what keep a community and forum alive to you. It's always fun to post around on the forums, but if you don't have any friends it gets kind of old after a certain amount of time. Friends keep it alive, so make many! That's my advice.
I can talk as many times as ya want, I'm a very chatty person. No one here can out chat me! Lol