Fallout 3 Quest Mods Review #15 by TrickyTrack00
Mod Name: A Devil's Wish
Mod Type: Quest
Original Creator: devilswish182
Original Link: A Devil's Wish
It's gonna be one of the most difficult reviews for Fallout 3 mods for me.
I remember playing this mod back in 2013, when I was much younger. All this magic stuff, strange spirits, hard bosses and abilities were cool for my taste back then. But I didn't really complete this quest to the end.
In 2023 I decided to re-visit this quest mod and find out - will my opinion change throughout the years? And, oh boy, for my taste now, "A Devils Wish" is ambitious, cool looking, but absolutely chaotic mess.
I understand what motives were behind this project and some parts of mod I really enjoyed even on my second playthrough. Horror sequences are pretty good (some inspiration from "F.E.A.R." and other classic survival horror titles is very obvious), some of new enemies are interesting to deal with and few locations' design felt very unique.
But as a whole quest project, the only thing in my head, after finally completing this quest, was - Is it really deserves so many praises from players? I think it's not and it really depends on your own criteria for a good quest mod this time.
Even now the mod isn't very stable with high-spec PC (I don't think that my RTX 3070 and Ryzen 7 are a problem, no?), creation engine sometimes just couldn't handle so much objects, particles and effects at one frame. And that's why late stage content can be frustrating to say the least.
And from gameplay perspective it's pure action non-stop. It's not bad for many people, I know. But after so many years my taste is really changed and I just can't mindlessly shoot another glowing guys in robes for dozens of times.
Also author clearly used too many vanilla interiors with little additions to create new cells, for example, first mod's location - Bavaria Hotel used Tenpenny Tower interiors and Fort Independence cell mixed in weird "cocktail".
I don't want to discourage someone from trying this mod, but if you need some kind of narrative and story to compliment gameplay, there's very little of it. It's style over substance in many ways and, again, more isn't always better than less.
And I clearly don't see any "great" story in "A Devil's Wish" like many other users. But maybe someone has very low standards for narrative part, huh.
Should you try this mod in 2023? I can't give you proper advice this time, because for people like me who like action, but too much of it can become boring - these people won't like this quest. But if you only want to see "cool" new abilities, shoot some weirdos and try all your gun arsenal. Well, then it's better to try it for yourself.
Endorsement from me because I still think it's a decent mod quest, but not for my preferences.
Warning! This mod will conflict with magnificent Alien Resurrection Part 1 from JW1, so I suggest to complete them separately.
