On the right side we have the officially licensed Creation Club version of the X-02 which is more polished and officially sanctioned by Bethesda.
#Power armor in fallout 3 mod#
The middle column image is the Nexus Mod Manager version of the X-02 Power Armor modeled loosely off of the Fallout 3 design.
The Right hand side of the middle row is the "Midwest Power Armor Enhanced" which is virtually the same as the middle image however is more true to the original base design from Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, even including the ability to have an optional Hood or Cape.īottom Row: Starting off we have the Enclave's "Advanced Power Armor" from Fallout 3. The middle depiction is of the Nexus Mod Manager "Midwestern Power Armor" which resembles the original but is bulkier more similar to how some of the power armors are seen in Fallout 4. This is just one version of the game sprite from the base game and was the best choice to see the armor in the best clarity. Middle Row: On the left hand side we have the Midwestern Power Armor as worn by the Brotherhood of Steel in "Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel. On the right we have the X-01 Power Armor as featured in Fallout 4 and Fallout 76. In the Middle we have the "Remnants" Power Armor worn by Arcade Gannon and the Enclave Remnants in Fallout: New Vegas which was crafted using Bethesda's game engine and forged by the hands of Obsidian Game Studios which was comprised of the individuals who had previously created the original Fallout games. Top Row: As you can see from left to right we have the Sprite of the Enclaves Power Armor as seen in Fallout 2 from the original generation of Fallout games.
#Power armor in fallout 3 mods#
In the case of Fallout 4 it's a combination of Both for the X-02 due to Nexus Mods and Creation Club as I can deem Creation Club not only as officially sanctioned Mods but DLC as they have been approved by Bethesda for inclusion through their Creation Club shop. Above I have rectified this situation and moreover I've taken the liberty to show them in each generation of game that they have appeared, either by being included through DLC or through Mods. Rather more specifically I failed to compare it to the Midwestern and Capitol Wasteland armors. The official theory from back in 2017 can be found here: I'll admit I left a few holes in my theory by failing to acknowledge the original Enclave's armor. In that theory I gave an explanation of the history of the Chicago contingent as well as a brief summary of the history behind the Enclave's move from the New California Poseidon Energy Off-Shore Oil Platform facility to the Raven Rock facility in the Capitol Wasteland. Please remember this is a theory and has no impact on the official source material.īack in 2017 I posted a theory comparing the Power Armor from Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel belonging to the Chicago Chapter aka the "Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel" with that of the Enclave's Advanced Power Armor aka the X-02 Power Armor from Fallout 3. However my theories ignore the statements made by Todd Howard on the grounds that the minor conflicts in continuity. DISCLAIMER: I'm fully aware that Bethesda Executive Todd Howard has stated that he does not consider Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel or Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel to be canonical to the Fallout Franchise as of the Bethesda Game Studios release of Fallout 3 which took over as the primary continuation of the Fallout Franchise in place of the cancelled "Fallout 3" title codenamed "Van Buren" originally created by Black Isle Studios prior to being bought out by Bethesda.