Alexander "Red888guns" Berezin just released a new trailer for Fallout: Bakersfield, an ambitious fan-led project to recreate the original 1997 RPG's ghoul city in the GZDoom Engine. Basically: boomer shooter Fallout.
The trailer opens with what looks like classic FMV footage, but it's all gameplay. Ghouls can be seen wandering about the ruins of Bakersfield (now called Necropolis), hobbling over barrel fires to warm their rancid flesh. Behind them, a completely devastated store is adorned with a crude 'out of business' plaque, almost mocking the destruction.
Just because they're old doesn't mean they aren't worth revisiting.
We see the Vault Dweller tear through enemies against this backdrop with a double-barreled shotgun, knife, and a 10mm pistol, all while getting ready to throw hands with a cultist, entering what is no doubt Vault 12, and even conversing with a super mutant (don't worry, the old clay-modelled talking heads are very much in-tact).
This project has been a long time coming. First teased in 2020 on Berezin's DeviantArt, it was originally called "Fallout3D", but was rebranded to 'Bakersfield' two years later in its first teaser. This brief one-minute clip showed the Vault Dweller beating up...
