Fallout 4’s Far Harbor expansion is pretty anime with its island of misfit Synths and deep-seated mysteries. But one modder decided it isn’t anime enough and took matters into their own hands.
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Nexus Mods user Hiyokomod created the AnimeRace Nanakochan mod, which adds anime-style characters to Fallout 4, after being disappointed with how the mechanic and synth expert Kasumi Nakano appears in Far Harbor’s questline. You first learn about Nakano by hearing her voice over the radio. She’s animated and bubbly, but also grappling with some heavy existential crises. Once you meet her though, she’s just as grim and mannequin-looking as most of the other character models that tend to populate Bethesda’s open worlds.
“I was absorbed in her and went to see her in a hurry. I was so excited that I even forgot that the game I was playing was Bethesda,” Hiyokomod, whose first language isn’t English, wrote using a translation tool. “I was in despair when I met Kasumi. At the same time, I realized that my ideal Kasumi could not exist in this world. I had to choose between quitting the game or creating my ideal Kasumi.”
Hiyokomod decided on the latter and so created the AnimeRace Nanokochan mod. Rather than just change how Nakano appears in the game, the mod adds an entire race of anime people. It even adds tools for players to create their own anime player character.
It’s a bizarre addition to the game that makes its strange, futuristic setting both more charming and more disconcerting. On a thematic level though, it also sort of works: Nakano’s whole storyline is about an island where Synths, the game’s race of beleaguered, self-aware androids, have taken refuge, and her residual doubts about her own humanity. Turning her into a youthful anime girl heightens that emotional turmoil. As a bonus, it makes Fallout 4 look like a Japanese role-playing game, which I’ve always felt like it was meant to be.
A new Fallout 4 mod offers an alternative to VATS for those who like things a bit more twitchy.
Fallout 4 straddles the line between RPG and shooter, but not everybody’s in love with VATS and its implementation.
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The default setting can be toggled at any time but drains AP while in use. The mod is fully customisable so you can adjust or disable AP drain – but doing that would tip your use of the mod over from cool alternative to cheating, really.
The only down side I can see is no more killcam showing off exploding heads, but on the other hand you get more organic slow motion views of your successes.
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Changelogs
Version 1.2a
Bugfixes to Critical Banker 2 and 3 not modifying Time Dilation effect
Bugfixes to Grim Reaper's Sprint script logic
Changed Sniper 3 to 'bonus sneak attack damage with scoped, non-automatic rifles while in VTDS'
Version 1.2
Added Grim Reaper's Sprint support. This perk now triggers outside of VATS, but with a few seconds delay after kills.
Added Sniper 3. This perk now slows time to a stand-still if you have VTDS active, and is aiming down sight using a scoped, non-automatic rifle.
Version 1.1
The toggler will be added automatically on first use with a character
Version 1.0c
Version 1.0b
Now uses the exact same hotkey (hotkey 12) for controller as well. Does the game even support 12 hotkeys for controller?
Version 1.0a
Controller support (I don't own a controller, so this might not work. Fingers crossed)