I boougth this, dont shame me...
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It wants to be dark, absolutely. But the execution of a lot of its darker moments just don't click for me because of how the presentation of the world building, lore, dialogue, animations and voice acting is.
It's a rough start but the longer you play it the more it "clicks", if you already own it your might as well try to bash your head against the wall until your brain is the right kinda mush to understand it.
We tried to gatekeep it, we did what we could. But Fallout 4, it really was just designed as a giant slap in the face to FNV or even the faintest of idea that Bethesda could ever redeem itself.
I think it's the general tone and art style of Wasteland 1 and 2 as well.
Both have humor in it but 2 does try to take itself a lot more seriously and presents its world and characters and factions as a lot more gritty.
1 had flare. Pizaz.
The overarching story of Mass Effect pretty much pissed me off so I never finished the series.
Considering the time investment that Mass Effect is I don't really think it is worth it at this point.
It's too bad too cause ME1 built up a great space opera and ME2 had some wicked side stories and...