Maybe the story is about building a future? We'll have to wait for that to be explained.New Vegas triumphed in creating a believable world where there was no black and white where every action you took and every quest you went on played into that. This presentation feels like "look at all the awesome crazy shit we're doing bros!" I don't think that's a bad approach, it's just not what I want from a Fallout game. In fact things like "look at all the sick settlements you can build!" actively take away from the strife of living in a post apocalyptic world.