Bethesda dropped Fallout 4’s next-gen replace earlier in April, and it is truthful to say that it is garnered a blended reception from players–mostly due to technical points and mod compatibility issues. Now, PC mods that take away the next-gen replace are surging in recognition on Nexus Mods.
These mods, which embrace the “Fallout 4 Downgrader” and “Steam – Skip Next-Gen Update,” have roughly 60,000 downloads as of this writing, they usually’ve every been out for lower than every week. As their names suggest, the previous lets you roll again the next-gen replace with relative ease, and the latter (apparently) methods Steam into not prompting you for the next-gen replace in any respect.
It is value noting that we now have not used both of those mods for ourselves, so your mileage might vary–the Downgrader requires your Steam credentials to work, which is doubtlessly hazardous to say the least. Usually talking, hottest mods for video games are up to date to work with each main patch, however it’s undoubtedly not assured.
Fallout 4’s next-gen replace did add some graphical enhancements to the sport, however it was marred by technical points from the beginning. This was particularly the case for PS5 gamers, the place a bug prevented gamers who obtained the sport on the PS Plus Additional and Premium Video games Catalog from downloading the free replace. The following-gen “high quality mode” was additionally discovered to not perform accurately at launch by Digital Foundry and others. Curiosity in Fallout 4 and different video games within the collection has spiked just lately due to the success of Amazon Prime Video’s Fallout TV present.
For extra on Fallout 4’s modding scene, take a look at our listing of the 50 finest Fallout mods in 2024.