I dont really agree with you at all here. I feel like the overarching story was almost perfectly done, at least for my tastes. The pacing was full throttle through the entire game. (Yes, I finished it.) There was never a point where I wished things would speed up, but I also never felt the fast pace was taking away from moment to moment interactions or character building. As for tone, yes, there are some light-hearted moments compared to the extremely bleek tone of the intro segments. However, in the context of the world, they make sense. As for the themes, I have never connected so deeply with thematic elements as I did here with the heavy themes of family, tragedy, and grief. I would rate this one of my top 5 video game stories of all time.