

As someone who played Fallout 2 as a teen it’s not your age, the first 2 have a lot of little things that end up having a big effect, and they are difficult. They do not pull their punches and will happily smack you around.
I restarted Fallout 2 many times when I was first playing it trying to figure out a build I liked.
Do not attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence.
I’m not saying these aren’t malicious people, but the explination that makes the most sense is that they are, in fact, that stupid.