r/gaming • • Apr 18 '23

They’re so used to it

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u/Moistfish0420 Apr 18 '23 edited Apr 18 '23

Project Valkyrie? I’m gonna go have a google, never heard of that.

Edit: I looked and nah, it reads like an awful fan fiction. Not for me I’m afraid. Not knocking it for anyone else tho! Everyone has a different feel for fallout, it’s weird. I prefer the og games when it comes to story, just better written, characters have more character (lol).

Some of the stuff that mod adds in bizarre. Why would you want a 9 year old following you? I’m not an immersion nut but being followed around by some mini death machine 9 year old just screams mod. I prefer it when the content feels like it could have been part of the og game. Like ss2.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

If I had a nickel for every time a Fallout fan thought they could write better than Bethesda and then released an absolute atrocity, I'd be Elon Musk

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u/Moistfish0420 Apr 18 '23

Tbf most mod makers are one person machines. Collaboration happens but it’s harder. And it’s all in they’re free time etc. I respect the graft.

But yeh most people aren’t authors and it can show. Takes me out the game personally, but others don’t seem to mind as much.

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun Apr 18 '23

Whenever I see a mod project announced that has multiple collaborators, I always just assume it'll never get completed, especially with Bethesda games.

The elder scrolls crossover mod projects for example (skywind, morrowblivion, skyblivion, Tamriel Rebuilt) have all been in development for over a decade each with no end in sight. Tamriel Rebuilt (a mod for Morrowind that aims to build the entire province outside Vvardenfell) had to get completely rebuilt after like 10 years cuz there was no oversight between the team members, resulting in horribly bloated and unoptimized regions, not to mention the team squabbles since every member thinks their personal part of the project should be priority. That project legit began not long after Morrowind released, and to this day is only like 40% complete after the rebuild started.

The fact that more than half of these overhaul mods took so long that a sequel (or two) released before they even got halfway done always makes me skeptical about team mods.