An ambitious mod for Fallout 2 Dubbed by the developers as “Talking Heads Actually Talk” mod or “THAT” mod for short have added voice acting to NPCS, not bad for a game that had no such feature and was released 2 decades ago in 1998. What’s remarkable is the quality of the audio used and the animation of the 2D characters. This is demonstrated in the video below in what they are calling a “Release Demo”.
This mod is part of a larger group of developers working on a restoration project for the game to update it’s features to the standards of 2023, we’ve been very much spoiled the last 10 years with games, especially RPG games featuring full audio for text dialog which for triple A titles has become the standard and norm to expect.
The MOD is currently available for download via the website Nexus Mods.
Currently Supported Characters:
Character development is happening in no particular order, it just depends on who we find to cast for each role.
- Abott (Abbey)
- Barkus (Vault City)
- Cameron (Temple of Trials)
- Captian A. Ron Meyers (PMV Valdez, San Francisco)
- Cat Jules (EPA)
- Dangerous Dan McGrew – (Morningstar Mine, Redding)
- Dragon (San Francisco)
- Doc Henry (NCR)
- Joey (Den, West Side)
- Ken Lee (Shi, San Francisco)
- Klint (Temple of Trials / Arroyo)
- Lao Cho (San Francisco)
- McClure (Vault City)
- Mira (NCR)
- Mom (Den)
- Mynoc (Arroyo)
- Obadiah Hakeswill (Morningstar Mine, Redding)
- Sheriff Marion (Redding)
- Slim Picket (Trapper Town, Klamath)
- Smiley (Toxic Caves / Klamath)
- Sgt. Stark (Vault City)
- Steve (Broken Hills)
- Tyler (East Side Church, The Den)
- Typhon (Broken Hills)
- Wooz (Gecko)
- Dex (EPA) – Redacted w/ v0.3.0
Characters Added in v0.3.0:
- Angela Bishop (New Reno)
- Balthas (Vault City)
- Ben Wade (Redding)
- Dalia (Vault 13 & 15)
- Dave (Abbey)
- Dr. Schreber (Navarro)
- Father Tully (New Reno)
- Festus (Gecko)
- Gordan (Gecko)
- K9 (Navarro)
- Matthew (San Francisco)
- Proconsul Gregory (Vault City)
- Renesco (New Reno)
- Salvatore (New Reno)
- Shaman (Umbra Tribe)
- Skynet (Companion)
- Smitty (The Den)
- The Brain (Gecko)
Reference link.
