Fallout: London

For me it was unplayable experience that i dropped after 3 hours of trying to fix it and hour of actual "playing". I`m got into the group of unlucky ones who have NO problem with crashes but really BAD problems with lag. Its unberable at some point. Low/Medium goes with 90+ fps with textures even worse than original low/medium (at least for me with 2k monitor) While high/ultra is VERY inconsistent 50-65 fps with really good looking textures. But in the fact original game goes consistent ~130fps+ (cleared mod off the game, reinstalled my Steam version, downgraded like for the mod and got that result) And the thing is nothing helps. Buffout 4, ini configs manipulation, more mods for stability and fps improvals. Nothing works unfortunately. Not even a slight improvement. Maybe the problem is me using the downgraded Steam version. But if it is, it makes situation even worse due to fact HOW technically raw the mod is. Hope it will be better several months in when i revisit it.

##Spoilers## Up to now, it is seriously painful to play the game, I do not enjoy it at all. Switching from one area to another can take up to 2 minutes of waiting and that is with a very good PC. During the beginning of the game, you end up outside and you get into a train, which at one point, is starting automatically. Thinking that it was a trap, I reload a quick save but only to see the same train continuing to go further in the distance with no option to get on it. Oups, it was important, but no matter what I try, I cannot end the first quest. So I manage to get back up on the tracks, I run all the way to that same train that seems stopped at another station and then "pouf", the screen changes and only then the first quest is over and you can start quest number 2. Not having found this, I would have walk endlessly around not being able to go any further in the game. For now, I just stopped playing because it is no fun at all.

The full conversion mod with the ambition of being a full game on its own. In terms of level design, atmospheric setting, world building, character development and factions the mod sure surpasses the original Fallout 4. London and its locations are very well made. Factions and characters are very interesting. The British fallout atmosphere is very enjoyable and seems authentic. Sound design, the music as much as there at first sounds good, but gets repetitive, but fits the overall dark mood of the mod. Story is good, but quite predictable. When at starting level I looked closely at mister x I knew who he was and who my character is. But, then with all of this, two core things make this all concept in terms of gameplay and technical sphere very unenjoyable from the very start to the very end. The gameplay difficulty is very unbalanced. You can be killed all the time with one shot one kill, while all the enemies are bullet sponges. So many quests are not balanced. One hit killer mele boss in a small room. After beating him, there is somehow a spawn of about 40 mele enemies just waiting outside. A very long urban assault mission with enemies using grenade autoaim in the best traditions of Stalker Clear Sky. And there is always a shortage of bullets. So many quests are not properly tested before release, they tend to break often. And crashes they happen here and there, you never know when. All in all this must be a result of lack of any lengthy and thorough beta testing, that may not be asked from a modding studio, but with such ambition they have for this mod, its a sad thing. Obviously for this mod the same hope applies as for original Fallout 4 - "Other moders will fix it"'. In the end after finishing the story line even when knowing there is two other endings, I have no will to play this ever again. In conclusion great concept, great level of detail. Bad gameplay. Play at your own patience and sanity.

extremely long load times, crashes at random, a lot of effort to even play, weird moments with enemies.

I've played this extensively, I've used console commands to explore, played the game using all sorts of characters. This is one brilliant mod. First, the graphics. London isn't like the Commonwealth, where there's lots of open spaces. London is a sprawl, buildings everywhere, ruins, landmarks, and just the attention to detail makes it impressive enough to grab, just to see it. Second, the gameplay. This is a mod, but you'd be forgiven if you thought otherwise. While a lot of the game is familiar - animations, sounds, etc. the vast majority is a new experience. Just immersing youself in the different accents, the rhyming slang, even the radio stations pulls you out of the familiar. I'm an American living in the UK and this is like a breath of fresh air for me...how the British see the Fallout universe from their perspective. So don't expect to find pip-boys, vaults, vault-tec or even Pip Boy himself. The Brits have their own inventions. You'll see. Third: I like open worlds. I love a big open space to play in and explore. And when you realize Fallout London is actually a bigger worldspace than Fallout 4, with a lot more to do, then if you're like me FOLON becomes even more appealling. I'm not giving much away here, you need to discover it for yourself. One thing I will say - when you learn who some of the voice actors are, you'll realize the devs pulled out every stop they could. One hint: The first two voices you hear when you're in the game are legends, if you're a british sci-fi fan. Get this, play this, enjoy this. It's free, so why not!