"classic" fallout 1/2-like mods?

[Bloodshot12]

Hey guys, I got Fallout 3 a long time ago, it was my first fallout game, and I absolutely loved it - and it inspired me to check out the originals. I tried both from a friend after I beat FO3, but I quickly wrote them off as not being the type of

 

games I'd enjoy. Fast forward to now, several years have passed and I found Fallout 1 was free about 2 weeks ago on GoG so I got it, and I decided to play it. This time I learned the game mechanics myself and started playing the game. I

 

realized how in depth it was and it really grew on me. I just beat the main quest today and I must say, the first one was fantastic.

 

 

Once I understood the combat fully I found it quite enjoyable, especially thanks to the gruesome death animations (which are in many ways better and more satisfying than fallout 3's gore - I wish there was a mod for adding stuff like that)

 

And the story, writing, and voice acting especially were fantastic - the dialogue options surprisingly allowed so many ways to screw with the many voiced characters and piss them off as well - but there are 2 things that I loved in

 

particular:

 

1. The atmosphere is brilliant in the first game. The music is very much to thank for it. I was amazed by the music when I got a music pack for FO3 that replaces it all with FO1/2 songs - originally in FO3 I used to listen to the radio all the time but with that music I pretty much stopped because it was so immersive and scary (which is probably another reason I gave FO1 another chance too) In the first one everything just feels so threatening and it really feels like a dangerous would that your thrown into trying to survive, which leads me into my second point.

 

2. The difficulty. The first game is brutal if you don't properly manage your character and equip yourself, much more than fallout 3. Although my character is a powerhouse now, I really feel like I worked for what my character has, and I "earned" it. It really has left me with a great sense of reward from the character building - while Fallout 3, and new vegas (without hardcore) increase the difficulty in arbitrary ways by making enemies take more ammo to kill.

 

I want to know, if anyone can give me a list of mods that make Fallout 3 into a hardcore, survival game similar to what fallout 1 is, things like making stats matter more, making you less of a walking tank in regards to damage, etc.

 

Also, I would like mods that have more weapons and ammo types akin to FO1/2, and some that change the weapon models, like the laser rifle and pistol (which I always hated in FO3) into the style of models they were in FO1/2 which IMO, looked better. I've seen FWE and that looks like something similar to what I want, but I also want to see what other alternatives there are and what mods add FO1/2 stuff that aren't really poorly done or conflict.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated

[panzersharkcat]

If you have New Vegas and can wait about a week, you can try the update to PMO. The Enclave can and will kick your ass if you aren't careful. Same with the Brotherhood and the Outcasts, and to a lesser extent, Talon Company if you're low level. Raiders can shoot you to pieces without power armor, too. Once, with a level 14 character with Toughness and Dragonskin armor, I nearly got shredded to pieces by a pair of raiders with 10mm submachine guns. The two of them fired on me from up close and chopped off about three quarters of my health before they had to reload. I think you eventually run into the issue of "I am a walking ammunition shop capable of mowing down anything" in the end, though.

EDIT: There are a lot of old Fallout weapons added back in, too. It's best run with New Vegas stuff, though, since you get the Enclave in classic Advanced Power Armor. Anyway, I really hate the DR only system. There's only so much I can go up. If I had my way with a DT-only system like New Vegas, I'd have T-45d at 30 DT, T-51b at 36 DT, Hardened T-51b at 39 DT, APA Mk I and Tesla Armor Mk I at 42 DT, APA Mk II and Tesla Armor Mk II at 45 DT, and Hellfire Armor and APA Mk III at 48 DT, with the energy weapon resist that all power armor has to boot. As it is right now, with a 40 DR boost to NPCs in power armor, Brotherhood Paladins top at at 88 DR out of 90, with Enclave troops topping completely.

Edited April 17, 2012 by panzersharkcat

[SDeden]

Get the "alternate level perks" mod. This way you only get a perk every other level. I've never played the classic Fallouts, but it was clear to me that FO3 gave you way too many perks.

[panzersharkcat]

Yeah, the classic Fallout games gave perks every three levels. New Vegas is being generous in making every other level. I'd do that myself, especially since I raised the level cap to 50, but I'm not very good at scripting.