The ideas in this game are crazy cool. I love the fantastical sci-fi post-post-apocalypse of Fallout, and the visual irony of a retrofuturistic utopia buried amid the rubble of a nuclear wasteland, swept aside as new nations build houses of adobe brick to hide from the mutant scorpions outside.
That said, Fallout is not a perfect game; there are some real character viability issues (it's easy to build a character that will manage well enough during the early/mid game but become useless towards the end) and the UI is straight up clunky. I truly think this is a fantastic title that still holds up in a lot of ways, but you have to accept it for what it is and don't be ashamed to follow a guide if you get stuck.
That said, Fallout is not a perfect game; there are some real character viability issues (it's easy to build a character that will manage well enough during the early/mid game but become useless towards the end) and the UI is straight up clunky. I truly think this is a fantastic title that still holds up in a lot of ways, but you have to accept it for what it is and don't be ashamed to follow a guide if you get stuck.