Summary
It launched all the way back in 2015, butFallout 4has managed to remain relevant over the years, primarily through the continued support of the game’s player community. As a game that has seen its fair share of criticism among fans of the franchise and set the tone for the future of the studio that followed, community-made content has allowed players to bring out some of the best thatFallout 4has to offer.
In production for years now under Team FOLON,Fallout: Londonis a total conversion modthat is set to takeFO4across the pond next month. Mods that totally alter the game world are nothing new to Bethesda releases, butLondon’s scope and development timeline have made it clear that this mod will essentially operate at the scale of a standalone title. A long wait further delayed aroundStarfieldwill come to an end when it arrives next month, but there are also existing mods with similar depth that players can experience right now, includingVault 494, one revolving around a particularly disturbing and compelling scenario caused by Vault-Tec.
Expanding the World of Fallout 4 Through Story-Centric Mods
The Appeal of Going Beyond Fallout 4’s Narrative and Fallout: London
While the protagonist’s journey through the Commonwealth that sees them discovering the fate of their son and deciding which faction to ally with in the end is a satisfactory adherence to what has become a series formula, several outspoken players have found it less substantial than in previous titles. TheFallout 4DLCs Far Harbor and Nuka-Worldcame with their own merits, but many fans have ultimately found lasting fulfillment in the game’s modding community.
With everything from custom 3D models, voice acting, and an entirelynew set of factions inFallout: London, it truly sets the tone for what a mod is capable of. It remains to be seen howLondon’s narrative will play out despite that, however, but there’s one currently available mod that is guaranteed to deliver on that front.
The Secret of Vault 494 - A Vault-Tec Story is Worth Solving the Mystery
Uncovering Vault 494’s Mystery Through Environmental Storytelling
Set in an area beneath a building in Nahant,Vault 494achieves a level of quality befitting of the base game despite not being a total conversion mod. Players will uncover yet another lost experiment set in motion by Vault-Tec leading up toFallout’s Great War, and there’s a surprisingly dense level of depth to the plot conveyed by creator Seddon4494.
Seemingly abandoned and filled with long-dead skeletons,Vault 494is the site of a devastating event that can be slowly understood via the clues scattered across the dwellings of different fallen NPCs. While this mod doesn’t actually contain any combat for the most part, the attention to detail present throughout its chilling atmosphere and the ominous text logs that have been left behind within all come together to build up to a chilling pay-off which asserts the dark truth aboutFallout’s signature prolific defense corporation.
Vault-Tec’s Experiments and the Premise of Fallout
The many Vaults ofFalloutwere designed as facilities to conduct tests on their residents alongside existing as nuclear shelters.
From intentionally leaving people exposed to radiation to pumping the air full of hallucination-causing gas, there is a multitude of inhumane scenarios that occurred in many of the hundred-plus known Vaults, of which the number 494 is said to be an accounting error on the mod’s page. Players can learn for themselves if attempting to create a crime-free society turned out to be one ofVault-Tec’s most disturbing experimentsby uncovering the truth ofVault 494, a cautionary plot to be remembered even afterFallout: London’s release.
