Why did everyone love Fallout 3 so much? I played the first one, none of the expansions or anything, and I found it awful. It had good graphics, atmosphere, and story, but pretty much everything else sucked. I found the combat to be completely boring and unchallenging, and was dismayed to see that there were only like 7-8 different types of enemies. It seemed to just be a tedium fest where you explore every location in the world to get all the skillbooks, quitting at some point along the way.

Did the expansions improve dramatically on this?