When it comes to revitalizing Fallout's characters, it only takes a few mods to improve their looks by leaps and bounds. Couple it with the Weapon Texture Project and the Hall of Equipment armor / apparel re-texture mod, and your entire arsenal will look brand new.

Hi-Rez Weapons is an excellent texture pack that improves almost every weapon in the Wasteland.

UHQ Terrain Overhaul by Nexus user printerkop adds even finer details to the roadways, trails and groundcovers, which may result in players spending a lot of time staring at their own feet.

For would-be modders without high-end PCs, there are also customized low-rez versions available as well. Containing hundreds, if not thousands, of replacement textures, the Maximum edition of this mod brings almost every item in the game up to a 2K resolution.

NMC's Texture Pack is arguably the biggest texture mod available for Fallout 3.

Thankfully, there are several mods that take the basic items in the 'vanilla' version of the game and slap a high-resolution face lift on them. YES NO Face Lift Even though Bethesda released an HD texture pack for Fallout 3 some time ago, there's still a lot that can be improved on. Many of the changes are subtle, but do a lot to improve the immersive experience. Similarly, the RH_IronSights mod, which adds a functional iron-sights aiming mechanic to the game, helps to make combat feel more fluid as well as modernize the gameplay of Fallout 3. Fallout 3 Re-Animated, for example, takes the default game animations and adapts them to allow characters and NPCs to move more naturally. Additionally, there are several mods that improve upon some of Fallout's basic mechanics. Thankfully, with the installation of just a few mods - predominantly the Unofficial Fallout 3 Patch and the Fallout Stutter Remover - most of these issues disappear and the game runs beautifully.

Repair and RebuildDespite all the critical acclaim it received, FO3 suffered - and still does - from a bunch of quirky bugs and weird glitches that could, at their worst, render the game almost unplayable. Here's a brief overview of how to get your own modded version of FO3 up and running for the next time you want to dive into Bethesda's take on post-apocalyptic DC. Thankfully, the modding community has come to our rescue once again, and while it may not be as beautiful as Skyrim, there are tons of visual updates and gameplay tweaks that make replaying Fallout 3 as satisfying as any of its current-generation counterparts. That said, the game was released back in 2008, so it understandably looks and feels a bit dated. From its massive and detailed world to its extensive cast of characters, it's never a bad idea to revisit the Wasteland. Fallout 3 is a great game - there's no denying that.

Fallout 3 animation project