Summary
Project Arroyo is a fan-madeFallout 2remake, bringing Interplay’s old-school ’90s isometric RPG into the style of the 3D era. Led by Damion Daponte, the project has over 100 developers who are making “fast progress”, sharing constant updates on Twitter of new models and locations.
I spoke to Daponte earlier this weekabout how they’re bringing the game to modern audiences by reimagining it as a true open world, even fleshing out San Francisco in the same vein asFallout 4’sBoston. And while ambitious fan-led projects such as this take a while to complete, I had to ask where Daponte hopes to see it when they cross the finish line.
“I’m leaning towards doing what Enderal: Forgotten Stories did and putting it on Steam,” Daponte tells me, referencing a similarly-scoped Skyrim mod. “It’s just a platform that everyone has. It’s easier to access, easier to update, easier to install. It’s just more efficient.
The fan-madeFallout London is launching on GOGbecause it’s too big for Nexus Mods, which is why I asked Daponte if he had similar ambitions for Project Arroyo.
“We would have to figure out all the specificities with that, making it so you require Fallout 2 and Fallout 4 and all of its DLC to get it and verify there are no legal issues. But we’ll see - we’re still looking into it. I’m personally leaning towards Steam.”
Launching On Steam Means That Project Arroyo May Work On Steam Deck
One of the big upsides to launching on Steam means that it would be incredibly easy to get it running on Steam Deck. Even if Project Arroyo doesn’t implement official support, unverified games can be tinkered with to run on the handheld.
“Maybe, we’ll see,” Daponte says when I mention the idea of getting a Fallout 2 remake running on Valve’s newest hardware. “I don’t even know if mods work well on Steam Deck, to be honest. I’d have to ask my friends.”
