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Which is why the plot of NV is so good - it’s multi-layered but interconnected, with the nexus being the Strip/Dam. Each faction has pros anmd cons instead of being simply kitten-murderer evil. The Kahns are outright assholes but they are that way because of Bitter Springs, and largely keep to themselves, the Brotherhood are xenophobic but not xenocidal, the NCR is corrupt and siphons everything they touch westward but is the most stable group around, House is a prick but the only reason Vegas is still standing, the Legion can be argued as necessary evil given the anarchy of the untamed wastelands of the east.
Comparatively each faction in the Bethesda titles are either portrayed as binary good:evil. The closest we get to nuance is
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when you’re arguing with the President about the FEV virus being necessary to remove super mutants - along with 99% of the population.