Canceled Fallout game Van Buren rebuilt and playable now thanks to mod (www.pcgamesn.com)
from TreseBrothers@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 11:58
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Coelacanth@feddit.nu on 11 Jul 2024 12:57 next collapse

I haven’t read the design docs for Van Buren myself, were there enough in there to actually build a game out of or is this project more fanfiction and educated guesswork?

acosmichippo@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 13:02 collapse

sounds like fanfic.

In practice, this is a total conversion for Fallout 2, reshaping the isometric classic with new characters, quests, story missions, weapons, and items based on what the Fallout community has learned about Van Buren over the years.

Renacles@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 16:52 collapse

The original was meant to be 3D as well.

NoneYa@lemm.ee on 11 Jul 2024 21:05 collapse

3D like the Fallout 3 we got as a FPS-like game or 3D like still top down but could rotate the camera, sort of like The Sims or Wasteland 2 or something else entirely?

False@lemmy.world on 12 Jul 2024 00:02 collapse

Isometric with 3d graphics. There was a tech demo leaked, you can go play it: nma-fallout.com/…/van-burens-technical-demo.71/

str82L@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 13:42 next collapse

Had a look to see how easy it was to get it up and running on the stream deck. I’m a massive Fallout fan, but it was just all too hard at this stage.

cmhe@lemmy.world on 11 Jul 2024 14:14 next collapse

Link to the mod: gitlab.com/falloutfans/fallouty

SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 12 Jul 2024 19:17 collapse

Disappointing that its a Fallout 2 mod and not a fix-up of the Van Buren codebase but I guess only the tech demo ever got leaked, not any full codebase.