If you want a detailed explanation of the Amazon show, I did it in this post here but the short answer is it's actually good and not really woke at all.
This post is more discussing a something that looks to be the future of the franchise in terms of lore so there will be spoilers for the show.
Basically in the show, ALL lore related to Fallout New Vegas has been erased. The fractions are either not mentioned at all or severely diminished in terms of the NCR, some things in 1 and 2 have been changed (like Vault 15 which Shady Sands was built around is not mentioned at all) and it looks like they are only using the setting of New Vegas in a season 2 as they show the strip at the end of the season.
This is one thing, but I also recently heard of a Fallout 4 update and DLC planned where the update is optimising for 'next gen' consoles and the free DLC will introduce a new fraction to the commonwealth to stop...
..the fucking Enclave...
They seem to be only keeping lore cannon completely in Fallout 3 and 4 so does the Legion exist any more? Are the Followers of the Apocalypse still around or they gone too? Does any of the characters we liked from New Vegas exist either like Boone, Veronica or Cass?
The other thing that urks me is Fallout New Vegas was the best written and world built game in the franchise in competition with 1 and 2. The fact they are bringing back the Enclave for 4 just makes me think the writing staff at Bethesda aren't that creative at all and they're just rehashing old plots again and again than try some other direction or a new take on an old fraction. It's REALLY not giving me hope for Elder Scrolls 6...
TDLR: Bethesda may be doing what Disney did to Star Wars Extended Universe and erasing lore not made directly with Bethesda
I couldn't stand the underground railroad from fallout 3. That was all that was needed to deter me from buying fallout 4. Anything further left than 3 is a hard no.
(x) Doubt?
It is good by itself, the issue I'm having is lore related because I loved New Vegas.
It's why I'm warning people to attack it for being woke is a mistake, we have an erasing of previous world building issues.
"Canon is only important to certain people because they have to cling to their knowledge of the minutiae." -Leonard Nimoy
Compare the American attitude towards franchises, vs the Japanese attitude towards franchises.
What a faggot. Damn. Canon is important because continuity is important
Is it?
Or is it just that in western franchises quality seems to decline without it?
I have always wondered why some people care so much. Like when Disney did their whole "the books aren't canon" thing. Really the only thing that bothered me from that was the symbolism of the new owner giving the finger to the past. I read tons of those books when I was younger, and at no point did someone sounding a trumpet and announcing they were canon make any difference to whether or not the book was well written and a good story.
I think it's the finger to the past that's the important point.
Whenever that happens, it's usually a sign that things are going to go shit fast. You can look through every fandom and franchise, the moment they go "this isn't relevant anymore, not part of the story" it's gone to crap very soon after as it shows their intentions.
If you do, reply back on what you thought of it from someone who didn't play New Vegas
This seems to be the big dividing line right now.