series) and it has sucked me in for hours. The performance is worse than the vanilla game, and the buggy nature of FO4 definitely detracts from the experience.īut overall, there’s nothing quite as brutal or immersive as FROST (except for maybe the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Resources are scarce, so running away is a highly recommended option, especially when you don’t get the drop on the enemy.įROST certainly has its own issues. If you do die, be prepared to lose a lot of progress if you didn’t find a place to sleep. As if this wasn’t enough, you’ve got to manage your own needs, including securing food, water, and sleep (which often means that you need to travel to extremely dangerous places, preventing you from staying in any one spot for too long).
Ghouls and dogs can easily kill you if you don’t block their attacks. A single stray bullet can kill you instantly. Practically every NPC present in the vanilla game has been stripped out, and those that do exist will often try to kill you outright.Īll of the major quests are gone. No longer are you looking for your son Shaun, no longer are you welcomed into Sanctuary or the Minutemen with open arms.
I, like many other people, enjoyed Fallout 4 (especially for its exploration and combat), but many of the shortcomings (the bland story/quests, voiced protagonist’s limited dialogue options, etc.) definitely hampered my enjoyment.Įnter FROST, a mod that completely overhauls the game.