Fallout 3: Alton, IL | Analysis and Review
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- čas přidán 6. 05. 2021
- Alton, IL is a mod for Fallout 3 developed in 2009 by a resident of the area who wanted to see his hometown in the Fallout Universe. It's a relatively niche mod, so this video is meant to be both an introduction to, as well as an analysis of, Alton IL.
Link to the mod: www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mo...
Link to the WIP new project by the author of Alton, IL: forums.nexusmods.com/index.ph...
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Fancy NV footage by Zebbz: • Fallout - New Vegas Ci...
TTW footage by Sexy Biscuit: • Fallout 3 In New Vegas...
Thanks for watching :) - Hry
As always, make sure to tell me what you thought of this so that I can improve later content. Apologies for this taking so long, been a bit of a stressful month. But the Uni year is done, so that should give me a little more time to work on stuff for you guys. I have like 6 scripts in the works right now, some of them are mod reviews, some of them are different, more unique content. IF you have anything you'd like to see, drop it below or hit me up via the discord link the description. I appreciate yall so much, thanks for watching and have a great day :)
That is like my name or something idk
Another mod you should do for fallout 3 is Washington's Malevolence. Its the size of a smaller DLC and could fit your description at the start.
Great video my only advice is just stay humble I like how you give criticism but also acknowledge that it was a fan-made mod and that at the end of the day your opinions are only your opinions and not the absolute law, which becomes the main reason why I stopped watching a lot of Fallout CZcamsrs.
@@brotherhoodofsteel4751 Opinion is implied. I think the video would get tiring if he kept saying "in my opinion". all analysis/reviews are all opinion based. It's a given.
Are you going to review Fallout Olympus? Or just mods with English translations?
Hey Ramblelime! A buddy of mine linked me to the vid. This is a super thoughtful (and accurate!) analysis of, indeed, a bad story written by a teenager wrapped in a hopefully nice looking world. Regardless of the fact that it has countless rough edges and nonsensical story decisions, it’s still cool to see people playing Alton so many years later.
And hopefully after 10 years, I’ve got something a bit more interesting coming up for my next project ;)
Wow, i never expected you to see this (especially not so early after I put it out). Thanks for working on projects like these, they're what keep the fandom alive. Can't wait to see what you do next, man!
@@ramblelime Thanks! This is the sort of criticism that (in my opinion) both mod authors and the game industry as a whole need. Sure, there are plenty of videos poking fun at everything wrong with The Frontier, but those videos aren't genuinely useful for the mod authors. This sort of clear-cut, thought out analysis is really helpful.
@Starless Thank you! It's fun to reflect back on this old stuff, see where it could have been improved, and where I've grown since.
I'm simply impressed by the fact that you finished it. I've lost count over the things I've started, failed to meet my own expectations, and quit. You have actually made everything single thing that is needed to call it a game, and that is something I've dreamed about, attempted many times, without getting any closer to the target. Can I ask you what motivated you at the time, into making a complete game, with story, voice acting, custom assets and everything? For example, you probably knew at the time that your mic and voice acting would never sound like the real deal, but you still went for it. You wrote the lines, learnt the software, recorded the dialogue, edited the material, got it into the game and everything. I would get stuck reading reviews for recording equipment and create an entirely new rabbit hole of complications for myself, before putting the project aside.
I hope I don't sound condescending or rude, I genuinly wonder. It is surprisingly difficult to sound sincere in a different langugage. But what I am trying to say is that I am really am impressed by the process you went through here. Best of luck with your new project!
@@olemardy Hey olemardy! First, a few misconceptions to clear up - I finished the mod at 16, not 17, and I didn't voice any of the dialogue lines. While I wrote the lines, I grabbed volunteers to voice them from various modding forums. :)
But don't worry - your comment absolutely sounds sincere! I had two big motivations:
1. I found it incredibly fun to imagine what my hometown would look like in the Fallout universe
2. I had a strong desire to learn game design from scratch, as I quickly found that I wanted to make it my profession
And it paid off! I got my first AAA game design job at 19, shipped a game I'm incredibly proud of in 2018, and am quickly on my way to a second shipped game. And now I still get to work on my hobby project, A Better World, on the side, which I'm really happy about. My point is - jumping straight into a huge project like this with no experience can seem overwhelming, but what you'll learn from them along the way is invaluable. For me, I learn quicker when I jump into big projects where I need to cover multiple roles. And I think that's true of any self taught hobby, not just game design.
Man, I don't think I could've managed to do what you did here. To actually criticize this would be impossible for me. I would've been all, "OHMYGODHE'SSOPRECIOUS, GOOD JOB!" Which is, sure, much more *nice* but not exactly helpful. It's frankly mind-blowing that some high schooler managed to make this, and the kind of person that would've made this has clear ambition. I'm sure he wanted actual feedback, as opposed to the "attaboy" which myself and others like me would've supplied.
great video, fascinating mod, and a really respectful and genuine critique which I hope the original author sees.
Thanks man. Your feedback is always super appreciated (partially because i love your work, partially because you're good at giving feedback). The guy who made the mod actually found this super fast, and he agreed with me on all my criticisms. Part of me fears the worst whenever i criticize something small because i worry that they'll see it and be offended. At the end of the day, game development is a lot harder than youtube analysis videos so i don't want them to feel like i'm in some way saying i'm better than them or anything. That being said, he took it well, so all is good
Y’all should voice act for passion projects like this that’d be dope
@@NoOne-hr9ti I'd love to, no one's reached out though
@@DJPeachCobbler aight, bet. I'll reach out when it's time.
@@DJPeachCobbler you should try out for F4NV, they need as many voice actors they can get
Wild to see this, the creator is a friend of mine and I voice acted for the mod
that's crazy!!!!!!!!!! Never expected anyone who worked on the stuff i make videos on to see it
@@ramblelime well I linked most of the group that worked on the mod so... I hope you don’t mind 😳
@@thearchivistofold tell your friend I'm looking forward to playing his mod now that I got my PC fixed.
Oof.
Damn, glad you kept going
The use of "Underground Railroad" in Alton is not a "bizarre" choice: the real Alton has an extensive system of underground tunnels that were a part of the historic American Underground Railroad. It's not at all weird to imagine the in-game UR would have named themselves after the actual UR tunnels they are using.
Good catch! I had no idea- and I feel like that's only something you'd know if you lived in the area or had really extensive understanding of US history. I have neither of these things. With that knowledge, i'd amend it with "it's bizarre unless you know this area's history already". There was nothing in the mod to hint at this history so I just assumed it was completely arbitrary. Not as big of an oversight as I imagined, but still definitely could've been helped with, like, at mimimum a terminal entry about it, yknow?
@@ramblelime good point 🤷♂️👌
Ramblelime destroys an 17 year old's mod with facts and logic
I agree with all of your points. That being said, holy fuck man this kid is going to help make some sweeeet games in the next several decades. I can't imagine having that much drive at 17, kudos to him. Fucking phenomenal teenager.
It’s interesting to see this, as a lot of the stuff you talk about that where the bad parts of Alton, are things we exactly reference when talking about development and Elijah’s current work on A Better World. I originally voiced Hartrick and I can tell you that fake Australian Batman accent is without a doubt one of the worst things I’ve ever done. There was a lot of improvement in world and audio design when Eli and I were originally developing (the now dead) project Ethas. And Eli’s gotten even far better at world design since then. Hope to see your video on A Better World, as that will be a whole different experience from Alton. Modding and game design was a whole brand new world to us when Alton first came out.
In a world where we get the Sseth trio of Mandalore and Uberdanger, we're finally unearthing the Peach Cobbler posse. C'mon now, debut your third underling!!
as someone with tons of unfinished personal projects, shoutouts to this mod author
Wow, I just looked at his next mod and I'm impressed, he's really talented
Fallout 3 is a weird beast, in a way it does feel like there are some parts here and there where Bethesda really tried to make a decent Fallout game, it certainly has more heart in terms of quest design than F4. But it definitely is rough going back to.
it’s the one i wanna play the most yet when i try to, it’s the hardest to stay dedicated to a save
Bruh its literally just an older new vegas, and the dc ruins is awesome. Your a chump
It's so funny that this is set in Alton of all places. I grew up around there and was a huge fallout fan as a kid. It was surreal to see this when I was younger.
I watched Alchestbreach played this mod back then.. it's kinda nostalgia seeing this review.
Same bro, I used to watch Al all the time in middle school
As a person who's spent a greater percentage of my life in the actual Alton, IL than any other location on earth, this is super strange. However, spend enough time there and you absolutely will want to make a fictional dystopia based off of it. Even if you could release a fully unmodified copy of Fallout 3 and have denizens of Alton say "yup that looks like Alton"
Heartwarming to see someone go through with something that has been a possibility in my mind for a while. Unfortunately i never met the mod author as i only spent freshman year in Alton High School before moving quite a bit, then joining the navy active duty at 19 years old in 2007 to escape the area. Corona kicked me out of Alton and all the way past Godfrey to my farming roots. However, i recognize the last names of mod collaborators. After all, the Darr's gas station is now just down the road from me. Congratulations to the mod authors and i can't wait to see what they make next. Love from macoupin county! 👍
BTW there is an updated converted version of this mod made for Tale of Two Wastelands, it's really awesome
It is interesting to see this mod. Not exactly good, but interesting.
I wanna see him do New California and The Frontier I love NC but TF? Not so much..
@@averagechadlegionary5824 i'm really excited to do new california, i've played through it probably a dozen times. The frontier is going to be a challenge to talk about though. It'll be difficult to find things to say about it that haven't already been said
@@ramblelime world good, ncr quest and weird shit bad? Or more
It's so nice to see thoughtful analysis of quest mods. However niche they are, thousands of hours go into creating these stories and I think they're worth taking a closer look at. Thanks very much!
One of the best game criticism/review video ive seen in few years... I wish there were more in depth videos like this one on most modern indie games, it would help a lot to study various perspective & shortcomings for future reference
♥️ thanks man
Love the content! I remember seeing this mod years ago when Al played through it. Seeing FO3 exclusive mods reminded me of Terran Starship Command (Mothership Zeta Crew), I was pretty young when I played through it but I remember enjoying the story, even though its was unfinished at that point.
Altonian here! The map isn't TOO bad all things considered. The Clark Bridge around 9:40 looks okay. The building the player is going into next to the bridge is the Marion "Heights" building. I put quotes there because it is only about 6 stories and built right down at floodplain level.
Random video shows up on my feed while on a Fallout binge and this is pretty interesting to me. It’s awesome that a teenager even had the skill to pull this off, even if it didn’t end up amazing, and even recreated parts of his town and own home just makes me smile. I’m also from Illinois and a lot of things, both in terms of Fallout and most other media, focus solely on Chicago when were brought up. So it’s…weird and yet kind of cool to see one of the only ‘complete’ conversion mods for Fallout 3 is centered on a little town here. Honestly if you told me something like this existed ahead of time I would have guessed it have been focused on the capital city of Springfield, just so someone can shove in a crap ton of references to Abe Lincoln.
Could have it been better? Absolutely. But I still applaud the kid for doing something not many else would have been able to do, and I hope he’s going far this many years later.
Solid review. Can't believe this is the first time Im coming across your channel! Subbed and I hope youll review Fallout Sonora when it's translated!
Just watched peachcobblers video now It’s time to watch you off his recommendation YEEEHAWWWW.
Picked up the TTW version of this, excited to check it out for myself
(Edit: finished it. Honestly I loved the world space but yeah the dialogue and story did draw me out of the experience quite a bit. But honestly my enjoyment of the open world of Alton made up for any flaws for me)
literally heard about alton il like 2 days ago. this is quite literally the only comprehensive media form i've found covering this mod LMFAO. really well put together video btw, laughed at a few points and fully agree with your assessment
Oh crap, I didn't realize this guy was working on A Better World! I remember seeing the first few bits of that mod getting shown off a couple years ago, and it's one I'm really looking forward to checking out once it releases. Hopefully they haven't been too screwed by the next gen update!
man, this brings me back. I remember liking this mod even despite its flaws and wished it gotten more expansions/addons to it from other modders. Hope you'll review other not so well known mods like The Institute quest mod for Fallout 3.
Terran Starship Command was fun. No, really. It's also Fo3 exclusive, features some neat quests and stuff. I liked it.
Such a cool video! I'm from close by and in the modding community and had no idea about any of this.
On some level, I like any mod of this size that even make it to the light of day.
As someone from Alton Illinois (or at least went to highschool here) one thing that tripped me up is the map is upside down. The Mississippi river is to the south of Alton not the north as is in game.
This is impressive, even with the issues and weaknesses.
Have you ever played "Into the Ark"? for Fallout 3? It's also got weaknesses, but I genuinely enjoyed it.
Your bewilderment at the usage of the name underground railroad is bewildering me. It is a totally organic sounding name one in the universe can imagine, simple as.
It’s so cool to hear about a mod based on my hometown
Good video; nice to see what mod player want out of a Fallout mod.
I remember my dad talking to me about this! Like, more than 10 years ago ;3; Weird to think that anything good, cool, or interesting came from IL, but great!
Was getting worried we weren’t gonna hear from you again!
Just a busy school month. I'm not going anywhere :)
@@ramblelime nah understandable, just love this series. Having run through a lot of these mods myself it’s cool to see a series like this.
I imagine we have different takes on the likes of the Frontier, but I’m really interested to see an actual analysis of the mod that comes after the whole shitstorm.
mr pogchamp with the amazing legal editing!!!!!!
I remember playing Alton a few years ago, not sure if I ever finished it as I think the voice acting grated on me.
Thanks for this. I started playing FO3 with a bunch of mods installed 10 years ago. I'd play it a bit, put it down for a few years, and then continue my game. The desktop PC is old now and I want to get rid of it, but I don't think my modded FO3 will transfer over from Windows 7 to Windows 11 without something going wrong, so I am determined to finish my game now. I looked in my quest log and I have three quests: one is obviously Brotherhood of Steel, one is Point Lookout and one was a mystery - "She Runs on Motivation". So I Googled it, and vaguely remembered the mod "Alton, IL", but I couldn't remember anything about it. Anyway, watching this video has helped me a lot because I can safely skip Alton and just do the other two. I have 450 hours in this playthrough and I've done almost everything including some quest mods, but now I want to do Point Lookout and finish the main quest.
Nice touch of the background music I like it
Thanks
That Ratatouille Snyder Cut joke got me, you earned a sub. Will you do Washington's Malevolence and Zeta Crew (still pissed what happened to it) next since they are the only other BIG mods for 3?
Never heard of them but i'll check em out fo sho
He’s literally just going to say they are bad by sin of being connected to fallout 3
@@questioneverything6667 not surprised the ancap is strawmanning me LMAO
@@ramblelime you literally said in this video at the beginning “yeah I agree with these videos that says fallout 3 isn’t good.”
@@questioneverything6667 yeah i think fallout 3 has problems, but i also mention in the video that I like point lookout, so saying that i hate everything remotely associated with fallout 3 is a gross misrepresentation. I think you just want to find something to be mad at my guy
So, as to why the plague doctor outfit is used by "The Plague" is because the plague doctors might try to cure people and their suits are protective... But their suits did carry the plague on them and they would spread the plague by accident while trying to cure it instead.
I love this video
Could you possibly do the mothership zeta crew next ?
I personally found this mod pretty fun for such a small project
Probably get this requested a lot, you should look at Havasu Blues or Tales of New Reno (or really any major, semi-popular FNV quest/area expansion mod)
I know this video is bit old, but if we're talking about DLC sized mods for Fallout 3 that were mediocre, overly ambitious messes, the Mothership Zeta Crew mod comes to mind. I forget it's exact story, but the premise was the Enclave had captured one of the crashed Zetan warships and began exploring space. It even spawned a sequel mod that found it's way to New Vegas. I hope I'm not the only one that remembers it, it was super divisive in the community at the time.
Do you have a list of all the mods your doing?
Also what about terran starship command?
LETS HOOO ANOTHER VIDEO BABBYYYYY
Would you ever consider doing videos for cube experimental or return to shady sands?
"Point Lookout, my favorite DLC of the base game."
Patrician taste. Subbed.
You said you're going to review a few other mods, i hope dust is one of them, its a really cool premise, it'll be cool to see someone talk about it.
Dust is 100% on my radar
@@ramblelime sweet!
I remember this! I haven't found anything on this in years!
You should make a review of another major Fallout 3 total conversion mod called Fallout New York, it's... Also similar to this mod in terms of quality but still better, more quests, story makes more sense etc
Cobbler has sent me to view your video. You're welcome for this unique and original comment that noone else has made (haven't checked but I imagine I'm right)
When u beat the mod can u walk back & shoot stuf in Alton?
So weird seeing my home as a fallout 3 mod
We have a neat little River town but most of our big history is well in the past.
But it is a neat town
We even have our own cryptid the Piasa Bird
i’ve always wondered where the story of the piasa bird came from. i personally don’t believe that there was really a human faced dragon bird thing that lived in our caves but i want to know where and how that was thought up ya know
I wanna know who made this mod. I was going to the Alton IL highschool when this came out.
they should've just made ur character an outcast defender. also the brotherhood being in illinois kinda makes sense bc im pretty sure the brotherhood was in chicago for fallout tactics
Glad to see someone critiquing the work instead of mindlessly mopping the kid off for slapping the mod together solo
This is so strange given that I live in this area. Not sure exactly what areas it's supposed to be looking at any given location though, especially since there's no literal underground railroad (aka subway), but the historical underground railroad was pretty involved there. It's super close to St.Louis rather than Chicago by the way.
My head cannon for the reason the underground rail road calls them selves that but isn't anything like the on from our world is that they say mention of the underground rail road and figure the literal rail roads under ground are what they are referencing
Well it's second most endorsed mod in the New Lands and Locations category of Nexus Mods - there's a few others that look worth checking out like the Mothership Zeta crew mod and I think there was a mod where you do the MQ but from the perspective of the Enclave. Besides a few here and there in that category, there aren't many decent ones in Quests and Adventures category either. Is it really that bad? For years I've been waiting to find the time to sit down and play through some awesome mods and I was always under the impression there were a bunch that would increase my playtime by 1000+ hours even but the reality is the opposite? There's like maybe ten and everything else is rubbish or unfinished, alpha/beta stuff. Please tell me I'm missing something. It's the same with NV tbf. 99% of mods are armor/weapons mods, body mods and UI or some junk. I'm mostly interested in quest mods, new factions and lands to explore.
did you find any good ones?
Bit late but what quest mods for New Vegas that add new lands have you already played or seen btw I might be able to recommend some you have not played yet
@@olliered9924 Never got round to playing any because while getting greedy with mods, my LOD textures messed up and I haven't been bothered to start all over again lol. The frontier is the one that stands out the most to me so far. I love the Enclave so if you know any good mods involving joining them I'm all ears. Caesars Legion reborn I think it was called... Lots of stuff; companion, lots of dialogue, new look... Not too interested in the more exotic mods that dont fit the lore unless I'm roleplaying a chem addicg maybe lol. I really need to get round to playing it again. 😆
@@H_Grunt If you like the Enclave I would recommend checking out For the Enclave mod, Also apparently there is an Enclave route in Fallout New California which is a massive mod like the Frontier never played either so I can't tell you much about it. And Caeser's new regime Is the mod you are talking about I think I would recommend using Factions Reloaded Legion and Living Desert with that too. Or instead of Caesar's new regime check out We are legion mod it's basically a lore-friendly overhaul of legion armour and characters. It gives them a more intimidating appearance and seem like a more legitimate power in the wasteland. I'm assuming you really like the legion and if you want a good Legion companion, look up Vulpes Inculta mod there is also a Arizona mod called Arizona redux its not fully complete yet but have a look at the description of mod it looks very interesting might be worth waiting till its fully completed before trying it. Some other quest mods I recommend are Havasu Blues,Salt lake stories,Beyond boulder dome,Cabot's quests,Race to the bottom,Autumn leaves,REPCONN blues,The blue note and have look at Th3Overseer and Someguy2000 quest mods their quest mods are very highly rated and regarded as some of the best quest mods for fnv although lore wise if you are doing a Legion playthrough some of their quest mods might not be the best since I know at least one of them has you fighting legion at one point
@@H_Grunt Also I saw you said you searched most endorsed New lands and Adventures on nexus mods try searching most endorsed Quests and Adventures instead on nexus mods :) EDIT: Nvm ignore this somehow I missed that you said you looked in quests and adventures too lol 🤣
man I couldn't remember which mod it was but i've played this for sure
I like everything about the alton Illinois mod
I do remember seeing a mod called fallout zero for fo3 but I don't remember if it was a tc or If it was even finished
it wasn't finished, and the creator moved on from it to work on Fallout: The Story (Fallout 1 remake in NV)...which also died.
I hav seen much of the Alton ill level it looks great
Alright ramblelime I have binged all of your videos. Now can you please upload about 20 more so I don't go into withdraw?
Right away, sir yes sir!
The way you were talking about the “kid” who made this mod, I thought he was gonna have a squeaker voice. This dude sounds like he’s got a full beard and car payments lol
Honestly I enjoyed the Mods story. Nothing fantastic but maybe I was just happy to get something that gave me a choice after playing through fo3's main story again
He made a second mod called Washingtons Malevolence which is supposed to be way better
I just couldn't beat this mod due to an auto-ctd that I would get after getting jumped by the psychos in the cowl masks, they'd take me somewhere or fight me, but the game would just crash beyond that point, I would've setstage up to the next quest but since this is a mod I did not know their ID, also I didn't know anything about FO3edit
4:09
Haha!
Chill, dude
(I did laugh though, so good job)
Subscribed.
I'd like to counter your point about the underground railroad being named wildly because they simply live in an underground railroad with fallouts cannon depictions of baseball, Mormonism, hell look at half of the references in the classic fallouts.
There 2 other major fallout 3 mods salt lake stories and obscurim, obscurim is a total conversion and it's a mess but it's out there
To be fair, the world is after a nuclear war, information could be distorted (I doubt the mod dev thought of that, but it could explain it).
this is on the new vegas nexus for those who run ttw instead of fallout 3 :)
I'll watch anything about a game with my town in it
You should review Killap’s patch.
Specifically Restoration project or just the patch? if you mean RestoProj, it's Fallout 2 that's better patched, and the new content is neat for the most part (with some that are a like it or hate it deal).
I think reusing historical names like the underground railroad but having no connection to the meaning would be fine if the story itself explained that the original context is lost or who ignored it.
Wait u got 20 more mods to review. What are they?
New vegas bounties 1,2,3, the inheritance, autumn leaves, new california, frontier, DUST, beyond boulder dome, deimos, the overseer's mods, ... i'm probably forgetting a few. New vegas has a lot of noteworthy quest mods, and there are several mods for fallout 2 and fallout 4 still in development/translation that i plan to cover when they're out (or out in english)
@@ramblelime holy jesus that's alot I salute u sir
@@ramblelime Heh, someguy2k quest mods, eh? I'm expecting "lots of swearing that's for sure" but hey, that's Fallout baby!! even classic Fallout swear a lot
@@ramblelime
*Sees Dust on the list*
“N-no not again I’m not strong enough for this.”
Dude, I keep reading it as Afton IL
Daddy cobbler left me here but he's just going out for cigarettes...
I ❤ the Alton level
This is literally me when joe cobbler
There wasn't much discussion on what was good about the mod
well....
I only clicked on this because ive lived in like 20 different cities in Illinois and never heard of Alton. I'm guessing its down south..
*Holy shit i called it, its at the very southern tip of Illinois, about 5 hour drive from Chicago, near St Louis Missouri. ❤
Fallout 3 made the series atleast mainstream elevating the former 2 in relevance
the problem is most that get into the series through either 3 or 4 look own on 1 and 2 as out dated. or they call new vegas overrated and not a true fallout game.
@@megamike15 1 and 2 ARE outdated. I really want to see a remaster of both that brings them to at least the same visual/UI level as ATOM RPG.
@@LasherTimora They work fine as is, personally. Sure, I guess some mechanics in them aren't up to date, but nothing as bad as having to heavily grind in older JRPGs to progress.
@@peppermillers8361 The mechanics are fine, I agree. The UI is not, not for me at least.
@@LasherTimora the UI can be a bit clunky, but nothing you can't get used to in your first playthrough.
came here from DJ Peach Cobbler's recommendation. You got anyone to recommend yourself? I don't know what this genre of CZcamsr is called (Video Analysts/Essayists) but it feels like finding treasure, and I want some more.
Excellent video btw, especially on a subject nobodie's talked about. 2 thumbs way the fuck up my asshole
No idea as far as people my size, but i've personally got a lot of inspiration from jacob geller, joseph anderson, and noah caldwell-gervais. Check them out if you haven't already!
@@ramblelimeI've never heard of Noah, thanks I'll check him out
I played this on og fallout 3, it ran like shit in my hp dv4000 , I loved it, it was one of the reasons I started modding every game I played on PC.
It really isn't that great indeed as a narrative mod, but the map was great and for a starved teen for more postapoc content back in 2009, it was enough.
To this day I keep Alton in my load order even in a TTW install. I play it when I'm brain dead and I just want to see quest makers and xp go up.
"Hi, I'm Gay NPC Michael Douglas."
7:32 so it feels like Fallout 3's world.
This is very pedantic but I feel like almost twice of 15.6 is not 23.6. Like that "almost" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
While you are right about the 76 map, the map design itself, while exploring, is probably one of the series best. It's just really well designed, imo.
Fuckup 76's map is lame.
Here from dj peach cobbler.
Same
Trinston was here..
Neat
Did you find fallout 3 unstable? I've played it several times on PC over the years, at first on dvd, then steam, then bug fixed with a couple of mods on steam because of the windows live nuisance, and the last couple of times on GOG with just tick fix, and it's always been really good to me.
The modding scene for FO3 is nothing compared to FNV, but the world of FO3 just eclipses what I've seen of FNV massively I think, hence why I've given up every time I've tried to play FNV but managed to explore FO3 many times over.
I wonder if NV might be better if I made it to the strip, but I've never managed to get there, the desert just depresses the shit out of me. A desert is already a wasteland, doesn't need the background of a nuclear war to make it so, and it just doesn't encourage me to explore it.
Every time I try it I do seem to get a little further, last time I made it to the airport, but like the desert it was hugely oversized for the content that existed within it to me, and broke me.
It's been a few years, maybe I should try again, better that than this mod by the sounds of it ;)
If you are willing to deal with the headaches of modding try modding fallout new Vegas with tale of two wastelands which mods all of fallout 3 into new Vegas. You can start in either game but I suggest grabbing Boone and EDE to explore the capital wasteland or some fallout 3 companions to explore the Mojave
@@bobbinsthethird I did end up having another pop at FNV immediately after writing that post, and I pushed a lot further, did lots of stuff in the strip and then it all fell flat on its face for me so I quit.
For all the great stuff people said about it, what blew it for me was having murdered hundreds of Caesars Legion, that weird guy from I think it was Nipton earlier in the game, just strolls up and invites to speak to Caesar, as if none of it mattered.
So I went to where you get on the boat, and the guy waiting for me was in a Radiation suit because I'd released a load of barrels from a truck on the hill killing all the Legion soldiers in that town earlier in the game, didn't seem to matter to them either.
Went to see Caesar and I was well equipped by this stage, I just killed them all because the whole situation was ridiculous. I had nothing but hate for them, in reality there was absolutely no way they could allow me near him or let me leave considering what I'd done, and that was it for me, I'd seen enough of it all.
After all the nonsense of how superior this game is, it's absolutely full of holes, and in order to make it work they had to pretend like nothing that happened earlier mattered.
Never going to play that again.