
While you can get into Vault 88 right away - and you can access some pretty sweet goodies right off the bat without even a Science check - unlocking the more dastardly hobbies that define Bethesda’s evil vault company take a few fetch quests in order to get them set up. I won’t spoil the journey for you, but suffice it to say that in spite of its brevity it’s still worth paying attention to. There’s a short period of question and answer before you happen upon the perfect idiot. It's more synthwave than 40s, but did grow on me after some hours put into Northern Springs.Once you’ve completed clearing out the Vault’s tunnels (which are expansive), you can set about interviewing potential guinea pigs. The choice of music is also a little jarring to begin with.

It's not perfect and isn't near the level of polish one would expect from official content (though, it's Bethesda), time will make it a better experience. Still, a mod that was developed by a single soul, it's commendable and is a vast new land for survivors to explore and interact with. The mod is certainly in its early days as numerous quests need tweaking, some characters need alterations and the sound levels need a little rebalancing - nearly blew my head off the battle music was that loud compared to the rest of the tracklist. The included quests are a nice touch to break up the exploration of a new land, though some are a little rough around the edges and buggy, and opting to become a deathclaw hunter gave my character something to do. It takes me back to the lands of Fallout: New Vegas where the game killed me off multiple times, albeit in a slightly different fashion. Playing on survival, it wasn't going to be an easy ride regardless but Northern Springs is a dangerous place. The Vault-Tec man you meet at the start of Fallout 4 is back.īut boy, was the mod author not wrong with the level recommendation. With all this in mind and the possibility of meeting the Vault-Tec man who got me into Vault 111 from the get-go, I set off at level 36 because I'm hardcore and not a fan of laying around with my female lead to get her levels up a little. Northern Springs even goes as far as to offer four new roles to help survivors make some caps on the side, including cage fighter, deathclaw hunter, book collector, and bounty hunter.
