Dev Executive: Okay guys! How do we get people to love Fallout more than we already do?
Designer: Lets give them a robot build bench with a few side quests to get them hyped!
Co-Writer: How about a new set of building material to trap monsters in the waste and have the players create their own arena!
Dev Executive: These are all good ideas, but how do we give them the time of their lives?
Head Producer: How about a location DLC with lots of lore on the land and world, which would come with new weapons, armor and enemies?
Hello Wandering Traveler and welcome to this Far Harbor DLC review! Now before I get started, I haven't played much of the DLC, but I had a good impression of what this certain DLC contains, so might have dipped my toe in the water, but I felt like I got dunked afterwards. Don't worry, I haven't explored the story missions, so no. There is no spoilers on the story mission on this DLC. Hope you enjoy!
Before I can tell you about the terrain of the land, I must talk of the beasts that tames it. There is the Gulper, which is a mutated deep sea carp that likes to swallow their prey whole. Although, I haven't seen them do that (Like I would ever want to see that), but many of the people who live in the area say they do so. To say how they are in combat, let's just say they aren't an easy target to hit, and even if they got hit, you still need pack another punch. And what makes it worse, they have projectile attacks. How fun!
Then there is the Angler, which looks like that fish from Nemo that tried to eat the main characters. Anyways, this enemy is one of the worst in the bunch of ghoulies, since the enemy can take loads of damage and can give a bigger punch than a rabid Yao Guai. And if you are wondering, no. You can't tame them. They are too vicious to be friendly. Neither are any of these creatures in this DLC. They're almost identical to the Gulper in terms of attack and how they move. They do the same dodging attacks and attacks with the same swing as a deathclaw. Sometimes the attack animations are different from each other, but the only difference is that one pact a bigger punch than the other. Which one? I'll let you find that out for yourself.
Okay, then this guy is a bit of a jumpscare, so this a warning to you guys that can't take some things. If you see the rear end of buss and think nothing of it, please reconsider. This thing will pop out at you in the most unlikely moment. And what makes it worse is that it's a gigantic hermit crab! I hate crabs and anything with so many legs!
And the last beast of the Fog, but not the least, is the dreaded Fog Crawler.
Now before say "What the f*ck is a Fog Crawler? Sounds small! Ha!" just know that's way bigger than you think. Remember those Chaurus creatures in Skyrim? Imagine them more like a mantis and 12 times bigger! Then you got the most hated (At the Moment) enemy in the DLC. This thing has more forms in appearance like the most common feature, the Radioactive or Glowing version which usually is a Legendary enemy. Before you say "I'm going to beat that thing into submission! I'm a level 150! I can take!" Last time I researched, this creepy f*cker can follow 3 times above your level all the way up to 250! And these guys don't mess around... It's the Drauger Overlords all over again!
There are others, like there are new skins on the ghouls and stronger ghouls with a large amount of health and/or damage. There is the Rad Rabbit, actual wolves that like to travel in packs, and I guess there is a theory of a new enemy called the Ghoul Whale, that travels through seas and large bodies of water. I don'r know, no one has found this "Ghoul Whale" yet!
Now onto something else! How 'bout the terrain? Oh, the terrain is just so beautiful! I know, I'm calling the most ugly terrains pretty, but there is so much realistic animations! The fog animations are just so cool-looking and the way the fog moves is just so well designed. And I love how the sun is reflecting off the fog like a giant ray of light! All I need to say about this is, Good Job Devs! You got my stamp of approval!
And the game design around the terrain is kind of rare in some ways. It's hard to name games with the same mechanic, but at night the terrain turns into this foggy landscape and most parts of the fog are radioactive having you to move away from it or face the creatures following the radioactive fog's current. And sometimes you need a light on at all times to make sure the things you run into isn't a mudcrab or ghoul. Wait... Are there mudcrabs in Fallout? That never really hit me.
Besides that, there has to be some talk on the water animations in this game! To make it short and not as stupid as it sounds, the water look beautiful, even in a sunset.
And the boat ride just makes you wanna drift in the sea's frightening beauty...
Sadly all that is gone when you arrive at unsettling Far Harbor.
Before I start to get emotional, Let's talk about the weapons and armor. The weapons are new and are a step up to what you already have. Yes, it's a bit of a small new selection, but it's all something new and something to get use to. There is the Harpoon gun that fires a, you guessed it, a harpoon! And it packs a punch!
Then there is the Lever Action rifle, which basically lightly punches your enemy, unless you got a perk that helps you on that end. The gun is full equipped with it's very own specific ammunition, 45-70 Cal..
And there is an odd weapon called the Radium Rifle. It's basically like a submachine gun, but bigger with lots of upgrades. I know these might not be all of them, but it's all that I found in the game. If you find any others, please tell me and send a link to the picture of the weapon. I would love to see a lot more weapons of this game.
And then there is the armor. Again, I've only played a small bit of the game, so don't attack me. It's called the Marine Armor. It is said that it's better than the metal armor in the original product. And from what I hear, it can act like a rad suit and take radiation damage very good. If you know any more armor sets that you found, then please tell me and give a link of the picture.
Now let's get to the game's story setting. I know, that I said I wouldn't spoil anything about the story, but I barely played any of it. And if you still think I might have some spoilers, then don't read below this last statement in the paragraph
The first thing you're brought with is a common mission that seems a bit tedious at first, where you got to help this Asian married couple (Sorry if that offends you) to find their daughter that has been missing for a few days. As you search around for where she might have gone, this kid searching escalates pretty high. I won't give any spoils on how, because that would be rude, but to say, it involves a crazy conspiracy.
When you enter the unsettling darkness that is Far Harbor, you are immediately put into the action, which is a great example of what you might face out there. The small town of Far Harbor is attacked by Gulpers and Anglers and you are given the choice to help defend the towns people. Of course you are rewarded with some caps and given some lore of why they live there.
From what I got, the fog has been getting bigger and has been putting the locals in a survival state, causing them to lose more land to live on, people to trust and more radiation to consume. The fog contains the creatures we talked about and many have been since perished wandering in the fog. Those who manage to take on the beasts of the fog, most likely have been driven mad and became psychopathic murderers.
Most of the people in Far Harbor believe that the reasoning of this fog is because of the Children of the Atom making it their own. So (From what I got), I believe you are soon to be able to chose a faction to call home and your friend. And some of the synths managed to claim some land in the foggy landscape and became what is know as Acadia. I don't know much about them, but that's when I stopped playing.
There are a few bugs and glitches in the DLC that I have witnessed happen, but they are very common ones like stretched limbs and a squished face. Bethesda, please change that bug where people begin to squint and pucker their lips, because it seems very offensive on this guy...
I get that he's Asian! I don't want you to show me by giving me that! Although, they are minor, but you don't wanna offend some of the Asian players out there.
I know I had a small experience with the DLC, but I like it. The DLC expands the world and lore of the game, making things even more awesome. I would rate a 9/10 for a great time in the shortest amount of time I spent to play it. What do you think of the DLC? Is it good? Or is it bad? And did you find anything worth talking about? You can tell me, but OH GOD A DEATHCLAW!!!
Now before I end this, I just wanna tell you that this is my 100th blog posted. It's a giant mile stone and I just wanna thank you guys for reading the nonsense I write. Thanks for everything and as usual...
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