Fallout 4 Gets An Entirely New State To Explore Thanks To Large-Scale Mod

players who have managed to uncover every hidden secret in the Commonwealth might be ready to move on to another state that's still ripe with possibility. The franchise is explicitly linked to the United States with post-apocalyptic Americana baked into the series' very essence. While ambitious mods like may aim to take the action overseas, some modders instead turn to unexplored parts of The Land of The Bold and The Free for inspiration to expand the game.

Over on Nexus Mods, user Yogibird111 shared their «Fallout Vermont» mod which adds a new map based on the Green Mountain State. The location is populated by vast stretches of forests and idyllic rivers flowing past quaint towns that would like to live in peace if the rampant feral ghoul population wasn't becoming more aggressive. Yogibird111 notes that players who discover the secret tunnel in Sanctuary Hills and use it to travel to Vermont can help the locals deal with their problem while they slowly discover a "" responsible for all the attacks.

Fallout: London is practically its own game with all the content that it includes, but it is still a conversion mod.

While the mods that take aim at the game's lingering issues and persistent bugs must be commended, creators with more ambitious plans should be celebrated for taking Bethesda's game and making it their own. Aside from «Fallout Vermont,» which champions immersive gameplay by removing quest markers and requiring players to talk to NPCs, the aforementioned is an achievement in the modding community. The add-on is so massive that it requires an entire launcher to work correctly.

Other gigantic mods that are still in development include «Project Arroyo,» which is a ground-up remake of within 's engine. The mod has been in development for several years and given the small size of the team and the lengthy nature of creating something of that scale, it will likely be quite some time before it's eventually released. In a similar vein, a separate group of fans