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This week, Fallout 4 on consoles got quite a shot in the arm from the new mod storage increase update — a patch that significantly expanded the amount of space that players can use for downloading and installing mods on Xbox and PlayStation consoles.
Originally, players only had 1GB they could allocate towards modding Bethesda's 2015 open-world RPG. After the patch, though, Xbox Series X|S users can now use a whopping 100GB of their storage for mods, while Xbox One, PS5, and PS4 players now have 15GB available (last-gen hardware and Sony-imposed restrictions are responsible for the smaller amounts here).
That 1GB limitation was pretty suffocating for fans trying to use advanced overhaul-style mods, as well as for mod authors that wanted to make their bigger projects available on consoles. Now, however, it's a thing of the past — and the creators of one of the best and biggest Fallout 4 mods in recent memory have taken advantage to bring it to Xbox.
That mod is none other than Misery Island, a massive DLC-sized project developed by Tenhats and shreddah4 that was originally released on PC in November last year. Thanks to the storage expansion patch, it's now available on Microsoft's consoles (though not on PlayStation, sadly, due to the aforementioned Sony restrictions that prevent installing custom non-vanilla content). Check out the trailer for it below:
Misery Island takes you to a huge new world space with two full Settlements to take control of and build, over 20 locations to explore, eight interior areas, and "and many small points of interest hidden across the map." It's set on the real-world Misery Islands in Massachusetts, and features a full lore-friendly questline with voice-acted characters.
As you adventure across the island, you'll find custom weapons, armors, and clothing, along with new types of food, junk items for crafting resources, and more. Skill checks from classic Fallout games are woven into the gameplay, too, while new random encounters and weather conditions keep the moment-to-moment experience feeling fresh. There's even a new radio station and a custom background music selection.
It's no exaggeration to say that Misery Island is effectively an expansion to Fallout 4, and offers players several hours of content to enjoy. Do note that it requires the official Far Harbor DLC to work, so pick that up if you don't already have it (you should do so anyway, as Far Harbor is excellent).
It's also the second chapter of the "Isles of New England" series, with the first being Boon Island — a much smaller piece of content that was able to come to consoles at release due to its limited scope.
Seeing a very large and ambitious mod like Misery Island come to Xbox is incredibly exciting, and I can't wait to see other advanced projects make their way to the platform as well now that size isn't an issue. The future for Fallout 4 modding on consoles — and Xbox especially — is a bright one.
Do you plan on checking out the Misery Island mod in Fallout 4? Are you going to take advantage of all the new storage space console players have for mods now? Let me know.
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