Is there a good gameplay-balance mod?

[Deleted4610270User]

I liked Fallout 4 back when it came out, but, IMO, it had one EPIC failure - gameplay balance. Its a game where you become God-like fairly quickly and that's on the highest difficulty. It is also a game with bad RPG qualities, where you are everything-at-once, mighty warriors, scientist, thief, etc. There's no class gameplay. When I think of an awesome Fallout RPG (aside from Fallout 2 of course...), I think of New Vegas.

 

Are there mods that overhaul gameplay and at least fix the first issue of being over-powered? What about mods that may try to fix the second issue of Fallout 4 being class-less RPG?

[sopmac45]

Yes there are :

 

1 - WOTC - War of the Commonwealth : you will be in combat all the time but expect CTD's in some places ... if you access those places from different direction, you will avoid CTD's. Excellent mod and my number one priority mod btw. The author of this mod is working on another ( SOTC ) that will be much better than this one but will be ready by the end of the year.

2 - Super Mutants Overhaul - a must have mod that enhance mutants to their max capabilities

3 - Raiders Overhaul - a must have mod that also enhance raiders to be more aggressive in combat

 

... but ... even though I play in Survival and Very Hard modes ( Survival will not allow you to fast travel so I switch back and forth ), the game is not unbeatable. It is not hard but fun and challenge. Perhaps because all my weapons are explosive ( via console command ) and because my armor is the excellent Nano Suit ( white - medic pump automatically - ) with a Jetpack Overhaul ( that allow you to fly horizontally and it is another "must-have-mod" - you will be amazed with what you can do with this mod - ) .. so, I am having a lot of fun but I do feel a bit over-powered.

 

Now, if you really do not want to feel over-powered, then use regular weapons ( do not turn them explosive ) and wear any suit, power armor or any other armor ( raider, etc ) so you won't be that lethal in combat and you will have much less protection and if you play in very hard mode or survival, then you will die constantly, especially when you face the Super Mutants so they are very dangerous with the mod mentioned above.

 

I play my game to have fun not to get killed every time I face my enemies. However, when I was wearing a power armor ( in my previous play through, I was dying more often than now that I am not wearing a power armor but the Nano Suit, which makes me more agile in combat ). I got tired of power armors to be honest and IMHO, there is not better armor than the Nano Suit.

 

Do you want to really feel like running in combat ? Play in very hard with all those mods ( mentioned above ) and use only the weapons that you pick up from dead bodies and once you run out of ammo, go to the next weapon and so forth. Also, you can play lone ranger and it will be more difficult. If this is not enough, then stop playing Fallout 4 and play Dark Souls III so you will die a hundred times and probably you will give up. :cool:

[Zzyxzz]

If you are looking for a real challenge, check out my Better Locational Damage Mod. Its realistic as it can get. It does a lot more than the name says.

 

Regarding Super Mutant and Raider Overhaul. There are issues. They may cause stutter. Ive created a patch for Raider Overhaul for my mod and it also fixes the stutters. Super Mutant Overhaul needs still to be fixed.