A Fallout: New Vegas mod where NPCs randomly explode? Sign me up!

Considered to be the greatest Fallout game ever made, Fallout: New Vegas is simply screaming out for a follow-up from Obsidian Entertainment. Sadly, nearly 14 years later and we still haven’t had a new Fallout from the Avowed studio. Oh well, at least we still have plenty of mods to keep us amused.

And amused I am, thanks to this one from Nexus Mods user SadWeeble in which NPCs in New Vegas literally explode randomly. The game itself is already known for its dark humor and elements of the slightly absurd, so this should basically fit right into your normal playthrough.

SadWeeble describes it as turning the wasteland into the “tensest game of Hot Potato.” Imagine just strolling through the Vegas Strip or the Mojave Desert itself, only to see the denizens and Wastelanders flip and ragdoll via an explosion that leaves very little time to say goodbye to personal limbs.

Customizable booms

It gets better, as well. The mod creator has also added in some custom settings to allow you to configure the randomness of NPCs exploding. You can, for example, change the delay before said NPC goes all boom. You can change the explosion “type,” reward yourself some XP each time someone explodes, and mark essential characters as ones to ignore.

The only downside perhaps is you do need a few more downloads for this one to work. SadWeeble says in order to get “NPCs Randomly Explode” to work, you’ll need the following:

• The New Vegas Script Extender
• The JIP LN NVSE Plugin
• The SUP NVSE Plugin
• The Mod Configuration Menu (optional)

I recently replayed Fallout: New Vegas, having not picked it up for a few years. One thing people typically praise the game for is its story and writing. It has a certain levity to it that offsets the somewhat bleak aspects of living in a post-apocalyptic world, something that Bethesda can’t quite measure up to. I know I’m definitely not alone in hoping Obsidian will give us a New Vegas 2 at some point.