The Fallout 4 Nuka World expansion added a Crazies-meets-The Warriors vibe to the post-apocalyptic adventure, and now a new mod from l00ping and TreyM transforms your stroll through the Wasteland into a 17th century horror.
Channeling Robert Eggers’Â The VVitch, “Pilgrim — Dread the Commonwealth” is an ENB and weather overhaul that adds a graying, desolate patina to the game and a creepy new soundtrack, ensuring a cinematic edge of atmospheric horror to a game where mirelurk kings already jump out of nowhere and you’re forced to hang out against your will with Preston Garvey.
This mod looks so, so gorgeous. I want to revisit Salem with it immediately.
And they picked a spirit animal, too, marrying the old-timey New England religious mysticism in The Witch to the 23rd century nuke-worshipping survival of the game. The pairing works insanely well. That’s probably thanks to a key factor that Fallout 4 and The Witch have in common: a deep sense of loneliness. Yes, there are raiders and cities filled with Super Mutants and settlements filled with ungrateful tato farmers but moving through the universe without fast travel is an exercise in woodsy isolation. Not to mention the shared goal of building a new society out of ash and the fear of what’s lurking beyond the treeline.
For fans of The Witch the most exciting element of the “Dread” mod is yet to come. The team is planning to replace Dogmeat with Black Phillip. For now, they’ve turned the most faithful companion of the game into a hellhound with glowing eyes and a sinister bark. For those who haven’t seen The Witch: what are you waiting for? It’s great. Go watch it.
What do you think? Are you getting it just because Black Phillip told you to?
Image: l00ping and TreyM
