Even when Fallout 5 is only a mere twinkle in Todd Howard’s eye, the sequence remains to be the most important it’s ever been. Between the continuing resurgence of 76, the Amazon TV present, and the superb Fallout London, there’s greater than sufficient to maintain us busy forward of Bethesda’s official return. Whereas we wait, although, there’s no higher place to look than the Fallout New Vegas modding group. After initially being placed on maintain earlier this yr the expansive, DLC-sized complete conversion mod Fallout: Nuevo Mexico is again, and it has a packed trailer to indicate for it.
In case you’ve been studying my phrases for a few years, you’ll know I like a great Fallout New Vegas mod. Devoted gamers are overhauling the motion and taking pictures, making their very own quests, and even going to warfare over a hat. It’s been over a decade (don’t crumble into mud simply but) since Obsidian’s tackle the universe dropped, and it’s nonetheless by far the very best recreation within the sequence. For that cause, the Fallout New Vegas group remains to be very energetic, and probably the most anticipated initiatives proper now’s Nuevo Mexico.
Set 5 years after the occasions of the unique Fallout, Nuevo Mexico desires to be a return to type for the RPG sequence. There’s going to be new voice performing, music, and landmarks to discover. “Mexico Metropolis is the most important metropolis in North America and serves as the most important hub in Fallout: Nuevo Mexico,” the group writes.
The Nuevo Mexico group introduced the mod was indefinitely placed on the again burner earlier this yr. The Discord and YouTube have been scrubbed, and every little thing went quiet. Then a quick replace in July stated the “undertaking is not on maintain.” Now we now have a brand new three-minute trailer to sink our enamel into, and you’ll watch it beneath.
“Whereas nonetheless largely beneath improvement, we’re thrilled to lastly reveal this iconic wasteland,” the group writes. “As soon as the colourful coronary heart of an enormous metropolis, Mexico Metropolis now lies in smash, a battleground for factions struggling for dominance and survival. From the decaying colonia of Chapultepec to the submerged canals of Xochimilco, town is a haunting mix of magnificence and brutality.”
I wouldn’t get too excited simply but, nonetheless. The mod group provides that Nuevo Mexico is “nonetheless a great distance from completion,” with the extent of element throughout the hubs proven within the trailer “very a lot a piece in progress.” In brief: Nuevo Mexico is unfinished. Which means there’s no launch date but both. Not all hope is misplaced although, as you’ll be able to learn our 9/10 Fallout London evaluation and decide up the expansive mod for your self fully free within the meantime.
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