I tried using the subreddit search option for this, but there don't really seem to be many people on this subreddit that have only played Fallout 1 and 2 and haven't played any of the later games.
First, I am fine with going from hexagonal based movement to FPS.
In 1 and 2 I played through them in a bit of a pacifistic way. I would kill enemies in random encounters, but not really anyone in side or main quests. I had my Charisma and Intelligence stats both set to 10 and to me, the games (especially 2) were all about the dialogue. I loved the dialogue so much. The way with a high enough Charisma and Speech stat you could talk your way through nearly any situation and the dialogue options re