Agent_KaryoAs Fallout 3 and New Vegas remake hopes and rumors persist, Bethesda's Todd Howard says he's actually "anti-remake" and prefers remasters like Oblivion's instead
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finalarbiterI’m actually kind of surprised we don’t already have remasters / new editions of 3 and NV, given that we get new Skyrim releases seemingly every time somebody drops a new console or smart fridge.
There are fan mod updates to both, including the Tale of 2 Wastelands that combines them into one game. The fanmade stuff is fantastic, far better than a remaster would be and they are basically free. I’d still pay for an official remaster, but I can understand why it doesn’t exist.
Ooh I’ll have to give tale of 2 wastelands a try, sounds interesting! I don’t think I’ve played either in upwards of a decade at this point.
It holds up, especially with the plethora of mods.
Highly recommend finding a wabbajack TTW list that fits your vibe, there should be a few that are tailored to a “vanilla + fixes + visuals” experience. Wabbajack lists make modded Bethesda setups incredibly easy for those who don’t have the time or desire to learn how to manually set up hundreds or thousands of mods. Personally I’ve been playing Nuclear Sunset and enjoy it, but it’s a hardcore experience and probably not everyone’s cup of tea.
Lol my eyes always bulge when I see people say they’re using hundreds or thousands of mods.
I definitely used to mod my bethesda games, but I think my mod lists peaked somewhere below 50 at most as I tend to prefer keeping my games near vanilla with some qol improvements and bugfixes mostly.
Maybe one of these days I’ll get over the intimidation of giant lists!
That’s the neat part about Wabbajack! You just follow the pre-setup guide for the list you’re interested in to the T, make sure you log into Nexus through Wabbajack, and then click the start button. Wabbajack will handle everything else (downloading and extracting mods and pre-configured config files into the selected directory, unpacking BSAs, etc). There may be a few post install steps (TTW always has to be manually installed for example, but is quite simple) depending on the list and maybe some documentation on optional mods.
If you decide to try this out, I’d recommend subscribing to the cheapest Nexus premium option you can just to get you through the install, otherwise you have to manually approve and slow-download everything.