

You’ll enjoy two new radio stations, hours of voice acting, and professional grade presentation.”Īs for when we’ll be able to lay our hands on it? Through them all you’ll choose your path from SPECIAL dialog options, acquired PERKs, and travel with 8 possible companions depending on your choices. “You will face the New California Republic under president Wendell Peterson, the New Reno Mob’s Bishop Family, the remnant Shi Clans, The Enclave Leonidas Squadron, the Super Mutant Army, and the ‘legions’ of bloodthirsty Survivalist Raider Tribes that have allied together in the remote Athens-Tec Uranium Mine off the Long I-15. An unofficial prequel to New Vegas, FPB adds hours of new gameplay and a fully voiced stand alone campaign.” It follows an all-new character, “an adopted resident of Vault 18, embarking on a journey through the wastelands of the New California Republic’s Cajon Pass. New California’s story predates Fallout: New Vegas, taking place in 2260. “It’s opening shot is of California, the intro is all about California, we say California several times in the narration, it’s set in California, within New California Republic territory, about the struggles of New California against California factions that impact the New California Republic in New Vegas.” “New California is a superior name for this mod,” Lee says in this ModDB update. You can find out more on the game’s ModDB page, or in the video below.Just in case you’re confused why the name’s switched from Brazil to California, project leader Brandan Lee’s here to put you straight.

But it’s the arrival of the kid from Vault 18 that will have the greatest impact on the burgeoning republic. The NCR – which you’ll remember as a significant force from New Vegas – has to contend with an alliance of raiders, an army of Super Mutants, and a squad of enclave soldiers. Set 20 years before the events of New Vegas, the mod sees New California Republic still struggling for control, as a war is rages between multiple factions in the foothills beneath your vault. Hidden away high in the San Bernadino mountains, the vault’s scouts have kept their home hidden for decades. In Fallout: New California, you play as an orphaned teenager from Vault 18.

The mod offers an entirely new start to the game, with its own story and worldspace set in the previously unseen Wasteland of New California, and at time of writing will go live in less than four hours. Fallout: New California, an enormous mod for Obsidian’s magnificent RPG, releases today.
