For those who want to know what it's like to stalk the desert of post-apocalyptic Las Vegas as a creature of the night, it's now possible to do so thanks to a recent Fallout: New Vegas mod that implements an Oblivion-style vampirism perk. With its stressful open-world setting and highly praised writing, Obsidian Entertainment's take on the long-running RPG series stands out as one of the best Fallout games ever, according to a lot of fans. Many are still holding out that the studio will make a follow-up.
Sadly, despite Obsidian's CEO wanting to do a Fallout: New Vegas sequel, nothing has come of it so far. With the developer working on Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, an opportunity for the team to dive back into the Fallout universe could be a long way off. That's if the studio even decides to, of course. However, the 2010 release is still celebrated to this day. While the game as it stands was enough to receive accolades, the fact that the modding community is still hard at work releasing new content for it shows that there's still a lot of love for the game.
A recent mod for Fallout: New Vegas even incorporates elements from another RPG, specifically The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. As seen by The Gamer, Nexus Mods user seldalore has released "Wasteland Vampirism - Vampirism and Vampire Race," a mod for the nuclear-themed title that, as the name suggests, adds vampirism. Anyone who decides to become one of these bloodsuckers will have a number of perks to go with it, such as +100 to health, additional carry weight, more action points, and the ability to breathe underwater. However, as with vampires in general, players exposed to sunlight will suffer.
While this could easily be described as a similar feature to Skyrim's vampirism, the reason why seldalore's mod is described as being in line with Oblivion's vampire trait may well be due to both games using the Gamebryo engine. In any case, it's interesting to see vampires in a setting outside of fantasy games.
While releases like Fallout 4 and Oblivion are known for having the best Bethesda step-out moments, New Vegas is still lauded for its introduction. The chance to embody the Courier, who was left for dead in a shallow grave and set out to seek revenge, is a story that pulled a lot of players in. With such stellar writing, it's no wonder people are still playing and modding the game more than 12 years after launch.
Fallout: New Vegas is available now for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
Source: The Gamer, Nexus Mods
