With Fallout 4 finally on the horizon, the developers behind the ambitious mod Fallout: Project Brazil are rushing to wrap up their project.
Set in the Fallout universe, Fallout: Project Brazil is an entirely new campaign that puts the player in a previously unexplored post-apocalyptic wasteland. The fan-made mod will take place in San Bernardino, California, prior to the events of Fallout: New Vegas.
Brandan Lee is spearheading much of the work on Project Brazil, along with a number of prominent members of the Fallout modding community. Lee is said to have taken heavy inspiration from Black Isle Studios’ Fallout and Fallout 2, creating extra gameplay content that reflects the community’s appreciation for the franchise’s original games.
While the mod was originally slated to be released in three separate installments, the game is now a two-part story. The first part was released in mid-2013, featuring around three hours of gameplay and 5,000 lines of dialogue, voice-acted by some twenty people.
However, with Fallout 4 in the works, extra pressure rests on the shoulders of Lee and colleagues. Speaking to Kotaku, Lee offered the following insight into the recent Fallout 4 reveal: “I’m excited for Fallout 4, it’ll be cool.” He then discussed the possibility of shifting, again, to a new engine: “Fallout: Project Brazil is a New Vegas game. That’s where it’ll stay.”
In thinking ahead towards Fallout 4, the mod community is already contemplating phasing out Bethesda’s “GECK” modding tools. Nonetheless, Lee says he plans to “make good” on the promises he made for Project Brazil.
“We’re going to do the impossible and make you proud to have been a part of it. We’re going to earn that trust our community and fans have placed us in and make sure it sticks!” an optimistic Lee concluded.
Worst case scenario: Lee and his team will need to finish Project Brazil by October 22, 2015. However, the project lead has already publicly announced his commitment to ensuring the quality of the final product remains as high as possible, and has even gone so far as to suggest he will recruit more people to achieve his lofty ambitions.
Lee admits the graphics of Fallout: New Vegas have dated considerably, especially when compared to the new Fallout 4 trailer. However, he says Project Brazil’s primary appeal lies in its incredible storytelling. “No, you’ve got to play this. That’ll last forever, no matter how old the engine is.”
The first part of Fallout: Project Brazil is currently available to download, entirely free, from ModDB.
