Abaddon

Ive heard good things about Fallout 2.

Its my friends favorite game, needless to say he was sad about the way Fallout 3 was handled

Your friend is right, fallout 3 was a huge letdown, I spent large portion of my childhood playing fallout 2 and when bethesda's version came out it was as if they were crapping on my childhood

In those cases it just seems better if they left it alone.