Old world blues was PAINFUL. Is it just me?

Im doing a re-run of new vegas and all dlc on a single character being more myself before doing more role play focused characters after getting back into the game after a long time away. Im doing v. hard hardcore difficulty speced into cowboy with medicine stick and hunting revolver. In accordance with what seemed to be the community consensus, I decided to do HH -> OWB -> DM -> LR. HH was one of the most enjoyable experiences ive had in a game in a WHILE. The characters, the setting, the story, everything. I just finished OWB and it almost felt like i was doing chores and side quests disguised as main quests. Not as bad as a lot of what FO4 is like, but being used to an NCR playthrough and then HH, OWB was just not "it". I know my character wasnt speced for robots, but the combat wasnt my main problem, it was more of just not enjoying the quests. Is it just me?

Edit: must say, what an amazing sub this is. Good tone in the comments, differing opinions, lively discussion. Ive gotta scroll this place more often.