Later, players emerge into the wasteland and have to pick sides between the NCR, a raider warlord's army, the New Reno mob, the Enclave, the Shi and the Super Mutants, each with their own quest-lines and unique endings. New California tells the story of a new protagonist - the Star Player - a Vault-Ball player who (depending on choices made during the prologue) will follow broadly combat or science-themed stories. Below, the trailer.įormerly known as Project Brazil, New California has been in the works since the early days of New Vegas, which coincidentally just turned eight years old. Set out in the New California Republic twenty years before The Courier got shot in the face, there's a new map two thirds the size of New Vegas, and a branching, voiced story that developers Radian-Helix Media reckon can take between six and thirty hours to finish. Fallout: New California might technically be a mod for Fallout: New Vegas, but it's closer to a whole new game.
Fallout 76 may be on the horizon, with Bethesda preemptively warning players of 'spectacular' bugs, but fans hungry for a more traditional, solo apocalypse are well served today.
