You certainly do make a very good point, Fallout 3 is certainly casted to the side as a lesser game, even though it did revolutionize the franchise, as well as bring it back from the dead. Now with that in mind I personally do not enjoy Fallout 3 which primarily comes down to it's linearity, no matter what I do I'm always stuck doing the same quests over and over again, where as that simply isn't the case with Fallout New Vegas, and Fallout 4.