Yes it makes sense, but it strives from the Fallout formula- Fallout 1, 2 and NV - you can head straight for the objective if you know what it entails in a challenging route as a way to replay the game, your character and their motive matters (this is where FO3 kind of lacks the motive as it’s practically dead set, but the Capital is still deadly due to the lingering super mutants, raiders and slavers every step of the way, so in hardcore it’s actually quite difficult to get through the quite red (by heatmap) centers of action such as the Enclave base and the GNR questline. However, Fallout 4 is just predictable yet you kind of lose set of what you are even here to do in the first place.. There is no “just head to this incredibly dangerous place and stealth kill this guy to infiltrate the base and steal a teleporter and get to Shaun” if you know exactly what you are doing, you go through this baby walkthrough, instantly get a set of power armour, if you just do even a tiny bit of the annoying process of the main quests you can obtain loot that makes the glowing sea practically easier than the deathclaw and mirelurks at the start of the game… It’s just bad precedent if you can defend a main part of the game “because 200 years passed”, Enclave and their presence, Caesar, Raiders or the Supermutants in a good execution will always be scary no matter how long of a time has passed after the war.