Fallout Fans Reveal Full Prequel Made In New Vegas Engine
The Fallout series has no shortage of mods or fan games. In fact, we've been covering developments from Fallout London for some time - a totally new game made in Fallout 4's engine. But now, another contender has entered the ring, and it might just be a New Vegas fan's dream come true.
Fallout: Nuevo México is, as the name suggests, a fan game built in Fallout New Vegas. But that description doesn't go nearly far enough in describing what the devs have unveiled today. In an 18-minute gameplay reveal, we're given a bunch of details on this full-fledged Fallout game, including the fact that it's set way before the modern titles, going back to the time of the first Fallout game. It even seems to be taking inspiration from the version of Fallout 3 that the original devs had in the works before the series was later sold to Bethesda.
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As you can see in the gameplay trailer below, Nuevo México has clearly been in development for quite some time. This is our best look at the project yet though, revealing that there are two different origins for players to choose from, one of which being a prisoner (much like the planned background from the scrapped Fallout 3). Content warning for anyone watching the video - there's quite an explicit threat of sexual assault at around the 2:50 mark. The guy gets shot a whole lot though, at the very least.
On the whole, Nuevo México definitely seems to be coming from a team with a lot of love for the classic Fallouts. The game doesn't appear to rely on familiar faces like the Brotherhood of Steel or the Enclave, instead building its own world and lore around a setting the main games haven't explored before. It's hard to
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