

You can simply download the mods directly from the game – or you can grab them from the Bethesda website and put into your game library. This is not something unique to Fallout, but it’s worth noting if you haven’t played much with mods before. Let’s add more.Because of how much these mods can change the base game, Achievements are disabled the moment you load one into memory.

Too many mods, I guessed staring at the blank screen. Jet-packing over a swarm of 2,500 ghouls while listening to an old west radio station, I sung in my best Batman voice, “Because I’m Batman.” At least, until the game crashed. Still, what’s available is robust and more than enough reason to reenter the wasteland. Unlike “Fallout 4” on the computer, not all of the mods created will find their way onto the Xbox One or PS4, and likewise, there’s a two gigabyte cap whether that’s because of a hardware limitation or fear of downloadable content sales being negatively affected.

But, “Fallout 4” marks the first time mods have been allowed on a console, and hopefully, more developers will follow suit. Whereas console gamers usually depend on paid downloadable content, mods have long been a way of extending a game’s life on computers or creating an exciting game out of a boring one. Mods are user created content using a video game’s assets. When Bethesda announced last year “Fallout 4” would support mods, I didn’t realize how game changing, pun intended, or exciting mods could be. The monkey’s creepy silent stare as it swung a two by four will haunt my dreams.ĭecked out in a Batman cowl, Mad Max launched a cat to the tune of Peter Griffin’s laugh and watched as it collided with a bandit and explode in an atomic blast. Mad Max had amassed himself quite a fellowship on his way to Mordor. Attacking a group of bandits at a steel mill, I turned to find a synthetic android, nosey news reporter, wasteland soldier, robot manservant, alien and a creepy astronaut monkey fighting for me in stylish 80’s rockstar wigs. Yes you are.”īut perhaps Mad Max grew more sociable in his old age. “Who’s a little wasteland marauder? You are. “Who needs a super mutant?” I thought as my character patted Dogmeat on the head. You could only have one companion, and the developer made Dogmeat too adorable in his armor to switch out for one of the many other potential sidekicks you come across in the wasteland. The main game of “Fallout 4” seemed to reinforce that game style. With a name like Mad Max, he had a legacy to uphold. Sure, I’d occasionally come across others, but they’d never stay nor would I linger around. Just my faithful companion, Dogmeat, and I traversing the ruined remnants of Boston. The wasteland used to be a lonely affair.
