Some of the story beats may be predictable, but the mod excels at bringing Fallout's written lore to life. Something I initially missed is that you can interact with the orange glowing objects to learn further background details from the Storyteller, a nice little detail which very much reminded me of a museum audio guide. until someone gets their head exploded and the jiblets freeze mid-air, perhaps.

Being able to move around mid-scene feels almost like watching a live reenactment. Literally - you walk between rooms on a neural pathway to view each scene. The Storyteller explains he's made the experience as a way to keep telling stories long after he's gone, and his voice guides you through the story's many twists and turns. 'It's a little buggy,' he says, 'like this one glitch where Sergeant Platner keeps getting pronounced Sergeant Planter.' It's some nice narrative grounding for the occasional bit of jank in the mod. Listening to the Storyteller's Signal leads you to the Memory Den in Goodneighbor, where you'll find the Storyteller ready to beta test a fancy new experience composed entirely of simulated memories. Things kick off as they often do in Fallout: with a mysterious radio signal. Of course, with a description like that I couldn't just leave it there - so I downloaded the mod to have a poke around, and got in touch with some of the modding team behind the project. There's even an introductory trailer to set the scene, which explains how the narrator acquired all his information.

The story is set in pre-war America and explores the origins of the Brotherhood in the Mariposa Rebellion, and reveals the horrific results of the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV) tests that prompted Maxson to rebel. Released at the end of October, the mod stars voice actor Mark Meer (male Shepard in Mass Effect) as Roger Maxson, military man and first high elder of the Brotherhood of Steel. Made by a group of modders including members of YouTube channel Shodd圜ast, Fallout: Brotherhood is an 'interactive movie mod' for PC and Xbox telling the origin story of Fallout's famous Brotherhood of Steel faction. Look, I know there's been some big news about Mass Effect recently, but you're going to have to wait a while for that remaster and new game anyway - so why not try out this Fallout 4 mod with voice acting by Commander Shepard in the meantime? Oh, and it's also pretty great if you're into your Fallout lore.

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