For me VR Troopers wasn't so much as darker than PR as much as more realistic not just for the reasons you mention but also because the monsters, and super powers were created through human technology, and Grimlord started out as a human who became a supervillain through technology, and he was also a crooked businessman most of the time, and most of that seemed to be the big episodes like the multi parters..
But to the same degree it was also the comedy parts with Woody, Jeb, and later Percy, and the stand alone episodes that I liked.
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