Fallout: New California Beta 231

The modern Fallout games have had a ton of criticism, mostly towards its writing and story. It felt like they took a back turn in terms of role playing and character choices, which is criticism that's followed the mainline games for a while. New Vegas took a step in the right direction, but still came up short in some areas. Fallout: New California is a mod that aims to fix that.

To install Fallout: New California, simply make sure you have Fallout: New Vegas installed and run the installer.

The firs thing you'll notice when you start playing is how many choices there are from the get-go. Before you even create a character, you'll play a choose your own adventure game where you're playing in a big Vault game. The outcome of this will heavily affect where you start,d what your character is good at, and what faction you're leaning towards. Although every  road leads to escaping Vault 18, the number of ways it happens is nothing short of incredible.

This game also features several war sequences, and the engine strains to support it. Dozens of troops on all sides try to kill each other, Vertibirds fly overhead and artillery constantly bombard the area. These sequences are a great reason to pull out your biggest explosives.

The writing is also very solid, and aside from some clumsy swearing, matches up and surpasses many of the mainline Bethesda games. Overall, Fallout: New California easily fits into the Fallout universe and has plenty of unique things to offer.