I am about six or so hours into the game finishing dead city and doing nearly all of the side quests up to this point. However what I want to know is essentially said at the beginning. You are first picked up and Dan says he knows you have questions but it is a dangerous due to bandits so they will have to wait. What I want to know is when do we start finding out things. With the exception of people tell you that Authority would like you dead and some other allusions you still do not know anything. I simply want to know how long it sill be before I will start finding some meaningful information about the world at large.
Not sure what you are expecting... the meteor hit.. mutant and bandit gangs have formed.... Survive.
It's more than that, yes at first it's Survive and earn money / help people, but you learn little by little and listen to townspeople talk. You can piece alot together from just that. Remember the game is on average 15 hours long. They can't give you everything at once. I'm 9 hours in and have not finished many Wellspring quests, I'll probably have over 25 hours in.