One notable example would be striking a deal with a strip club that allows them to set up in the Institute proper which doesn’t get old. While it shines most in Depravity, some parts of it present in the main quest line border on glorious stupidity. The writing is at times immature, hilarious, and a little R-Rated. The Thuggyverse is also more light hearted than Fallout 4’s story in its own way. Not only do they contain some challenging combat encounters but they introduce some fan-made lore that seamlessly fits in Fallout 4 by being both well-researched and entertaining to read. Not only is there an entire new region in the game added with the Fusion City mod, the different Thuggyverse mods add new dungeons and buildings for players to look through. What is just as important is the ways that they add new content for the sake of it. Picture credit: Thuggysmurf on the Fallout 4 NexusĮverything mentioned above is about how Thuggysmurf’s Fallout 4 quest mods serve to change the way that Fallout 4’s main questline functions. One of the new NPCs having a serious discussion in a strip club. In someone else’s playthrough, they could do away with Brotherhood of Steel by just blowing up the Prydwen, their headquarters, using the Depravity mod. In my own playthrough, one of the Outcasts and Remnants factions, the Brotherhood of Gold, can be used to depose the Brotherhood of Steel.

It uses factions from Outcasts and Remnants to mess around with the vanilla factions. Fallout 4’s Project Valkyrie fully embraces the influence that the Sole Survivor has over the factions that they assist and they can enact meaningful change. One of the endings even has them leading the institute but unable to force them to work for the benefit of the commonwealth. Considering the amount of influence the Sole Survivor could wield by the end of the story, it’s hard to believe that they couldn’t have metaphorically or literally slapped some sense into the different factions that they work with.

Sure, the Sole Survivor could pick one of four factions to end the game with but not all of these factions are mutually exclusive. While the game launched to positive reviews, there was plenty of criticism levelled at the game for how it limited the player’s options for roleplaying and their ability to impact the world. The alterations that the Thuggyverse makes to the game are especially impressive considering what Fallout 4’s original story was like. Picture credit: Thuggysmurf on the Fallout 4 Nexus

Elder Maxon saying a new line of dialogue.

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