Of all ambitious Fallout 4 mods in the works, I think I’m most excited for Fallout: London, which will finally give us a glimpse into how the UK is coping with the post-apocalypse. And the Fallout: London Mod team is not only hard at work creating an all-new map, characters, and missions, they also regularly take the time to give fans progress updates, like the one above that ushers in the new year .
In the video, you can see some of the fun features planned, including several dangerous-looking new robots, a well-dressed and rich gang you’ll have to deal with, and some of the local irradiated wildlife. Oh, and there are trains that can actually take you around London. Working trains!
According to the team, the running trains shown in an earlier trailer were actually cheated by doing “side lifts”, but when the mod launches, you’ll be able to ride these trains around the world, from one station to the next. It’s not just a matter of getting on board and then seeing a loading screen: you’re legitimately driving it around. You can even fight while the train is moving, and if you’re standing on the tracks you can get hit by a train and die. Hurrah!
Later in the video we are introduced to some of Fallout: London’s robot threats, the funniest being a killbot that is made from the UK’s iconic red letterboxes and is armed with a claw on one arm and a circular saw on the other . At least then you finally have a legitimate excuse not to send letters home.
Another robot is made from a sea mine, one of those big spiky metal balls you see in war movies. However, this mine will not float quietly in the water while it waits for you. It has legs and it will chase you.
There’s more in the video, including a preview of one of the mod’s 100 music tracks, a look at some of the comic and magazine covers in the game, and even a creature called the mittenlurk: it looks a lot like Fallout 4’s mirelurk, though this one evolved (via extreme radiation) from the Chinese mitten crab which is considered an invasive species in Europe. There’s also a segment about one of Fallout: the London factions, the Isle of the Dog Syndicate, genteel mobsters who are described as “something in between the London Mafia and the Kray twins”.
Fallout: London certainly looks like it’s shaping up nicely. Hopefully we won’t have to wait too long to get our mittens on. You can read more about it (or sign up to join the mod team) at its official website.