Fallout 1 did. Everything that came after absolutely was absurd. Harold with a tree in his head named bob, dogmeat coming back from the dead, porn shoots in new reno for fallout 2. Bethesda's versions were a bit more tame than 2, but still off the wall. There exists some purists who only like fallout 1 for that reason. My favorite is fallout 2. I think fallout 1 was still trying to be wasteland, but after that the series became a parody. That doesn't mean parody doesn't make commentary, of course, because it does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I honestly disagree a bit with that. 1 was a dark comedy, 2 was half dark comedy half absurd references, 3 was bleak absurdism, New Vegas was back to dark comedy, then 4 went to less dark absurdism.

In general, the classics and New Vegas better carried the serious tone, while 4 was pretty close to pure parody. Like 2, 3 seems split in half, while 1, NV, and 4 were more consistent in tone, though not necessarily with each other.