The premise is the Sole Survivor is invited to a sick gladiatorial game under the guise of rescuing someone's family, only to kill the leader of the Nuka World bandits in single combat before being declared their new leader. However, it is that very need to work with the deplorable and blunt their efforts which makes an intriguing path for those who don't simply want to have their Sole Survivor crack and go Raider.

Indeed, there are only a handful of quests which do not require working with complete scum. It's an absolutely beautiful spectacle and blows the main game out of the water but it's also something which has been controversial for the fact it favors an 'evil' playthrough.

I've mentioned my absolute love for Nuka World before and that remains to be the case. He or she, after all, knows what it means to destroy an 'evil' enemy like his nation did. With no peace option between the Railroad, Institute, and Brotherhood of Steel-I can't help but think that it is more emotionally satisfying to have the Sole Survivor do what he has to avoid another massacre. I confess to finding the 'Peace with Raiders' option a more interesting one for my mostly Lawful and Good Sole Survivor because it seems against the spirit of a man who lived through the Great War to just pursue the annihilation of his enemies completely. I wonder if this is something which might be interesting to look into for future installments? It's interesting to note what the consequences for this were and how it isn't just the 'happy ending' which most peaceful settlements would be. Yet, I did an experiment and played through the role of the Overboss as a negotiator and compromiser and managed to prevent the Raiders from coming into conflict with the people of the Commonwealth. It's just that it's a mostly unique case where you're making a peaceful compromise with a bunch of complete assholes. Nuka World is the only part of the game save Far Harbor where it's entirely possible to do a (mostly) pacifist run and find a peaceful compromise with factions. It's clearly not something they put too much thought into with the game as a path but the fact is that it is a path. Now before I begin sharing what I just wrote out with my people, I'd like to clarify this is mostly a happy accident of Nuka World.

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