Summary
Team FOLON’s highly anticipated, extremely ambitious, DLC-sized conversion mod forFallout 4,Fallout London, may not be accessible to a group of PC players upon its launch. The mod was set to let players explore an apocalyptic version of the English capital with entirely new factions and quests and has attracted voice talent such asBaldur’s Gate 3’s Asterion actor Neil Newbon,Final Fantasy 16’s Anna Demetriou, andDoctor Whoalumni Sylvester McCoy and Colin Baker, with many fans heralding it as being the closest they’ll get to a newFalloutinstallment any time soon, despite Bethesda Executive Producer Todd Howard previously stating that he currently has no official plans to take futureFalloutgames outside of the U.S.
Therefore, it will come as a disappointment to some that a spokesperson for the PC storefront that is set to distributeFallout: London, GOG.com, has toldVG247thatthe conversion mod will not be playable with copies ofFallout 4purchased through theEpic Games Store when it first launches. While this will likely disappoint some players, it sounds like it’s due to situations outside of Team FOLON’s control at the moment.
Fallout London Mod Gameplay Trailer: 10 Biggest Takeaways
For the first time, the Fallout series is moving outside the United States via an impressive, sprawling Fallout 4 mod called Fallout London.
Fallout 4’s “Next-Gen” Update Impacted Fallout London
Players Will Have To Roll Back To An Earlier Version To Experience The Mod For Now
The release of Betheda’s officialnext-gen update forFallout 4"blindsided" the teamat Team FOLON, with the studio due to releaseFallout Londonjust two days later. This resulted in the team delaying its launch indefinitely until it was tested to ensure the conversion mod worked with the new version ofFallout 4. Since then, Team FOLON has confirmed that “the end is in sight” as itpartnered with GOG to conduct quality assuranceon the mod and its installer.
To ensure a decent release ofFallout London, however, players will have to downgrade their copies ofFallout 4to a version prior to the “next-gen” patch, stating that the current version of the game “isn’t stable enough.” Because of this, Epic Games Store players won’t be able to experience the mod. The GOG version of the game will offer “a very simple and convenient rollback feature,” and the team has confirmed that it is working on a downgrading tool that will allow those who own the game through Steam to play it as well, despite some frustrated players already creating similar mods after experiencing issues withFallout 4on PC following Bethesda’s update.
Unfortunately,Epic Games Store doesn’t support update rollbacks, which currently rules them out of receivingFallout London. It should be noted that the team has also already indicated that it still plans to offer a version of the mod updated for next-genFallout 4at some point further down the line, which will presumably work with Epic Games Store copies on the current version of the game. However, there’s no confirmation on how long this will take.
Source:VG247
Fallout 4
Bethesda’s action RPG Fallout 4 puts players into the vault suit of the Lone Survivor, a pre-war soldier from an alternate future cryogenically frozen inside Vault 111. After their infant son is kidnapped, they venture out into the irradiated wasteland of the Commonwealth to scour the ruins of Boston for any sign of him. In doing so, they encounter various factions and companions and use an array of skills and abilities to navigate the apocalyptic remnants of society.
