I have heard the Fallout 3 is awesome. I want to play it, but I am wondering how much background I will need?
I played Daggerfall, Morrowind and Oblivion (also by Bethesda) and I think I could have played Oblivion without having played the other two, but I don't know if they did the same with the fall out series.
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As far as i know the stories don't intertwine too much, just that it has the same setting: a post apocalyptic environment with a touch of 50s. You will encounter some items that are well known for the series e.g the bobble head, but all in all you don't have much to worry about.
Personally I've played Fallout 3 without playing the other 3 games and didn't feel the least out of the loop.