Many thanks to FOLON for developing this. Calling it a mod feels like an injustice. Beth should have paid you well and done a Beth production/developed by FOLON and released as a new title with all the associated fanfare. Maybe that was not what the developers wanted so I don't know. Regardless, one of the best fallout games I have played. In many ways, better than Fallout NV so far. Have not finished the story so maybe it drags at the end, but love the consistency of expectations, but the many surprises thrown in. The tunnel cough/intermingled with radiation is a good example of using an innovative approach that complicates your response to the dangers. Threw me for a loop. I favor guns but they set the situation so you almost have to use melee weapons to be sucessful. Never used them really so it was a new feature for me. I was expecting something much more basic, but this feels like the real deal, just a new title in the series. Todd should be doing a head slap if they had a chance and did not invest heavly in getting this out the door. Have no idea who FOLON is, but they should be the designated creative force in anything new in Fallout software. This is just an amazing and wonderful game. Really like that the learning curve is short if you have played a fallout game before, but like all the little tweaks that remind you this is a new release. Downside: there are some minor problems with how settlements work and a few crashes for unknown reasons. Definitely was not a problem for me. I have stuck with Archie so far. The lock picking is just too valuable if you are a completionist. That was a nice touch, since it is kind of a middle finger in the other games when you got to remember to go back and unlock stuff you already explored. Thank you Devs! You impressed the hell out of me. Just can't believe this got out as a mod and not hugged into a "special development" but provide by Beth.
