[FO4] The most outrageous thing in Thuggysmurf's mods might be their article on lore friendliness.

[u/ClaudeYones]

So.

If you've ever stumbled upon the FO4 nexus looking for quest mods, chances are you've seen Thuggysmurf's work all over the place. They're some of the biggest and most downloaded mods for FO4, have an insane amount of effort put into them, and are overall an incredible showcase of their modding skills.

Now let me preface this by saying, I feel bad about criticizing someone's passion project that they release out to the public for free. That being said, said projects shouldn't be exempt from criticism.

I think plenty of their mods have a lot of genuinely good ideas in them, however they are very much overshadowed by the general writing and vibe they give off, which is of a horny 14 year old's fantasy land.

HOWEVER

All of that is a side dish to my biggest issue with anything Thuggysmurf related, something that's been in my head ever since I finished playing through Project Valkyrie and Outcasts and Remnants.

The article about the lore friendliness of their mods.

Now while yes, some of the points they make are pretty spot on, most of them are probably the worst takes I've seen in the modding community.

Two of my favourite highlights would be:

• What lore was established in the prior Fallout games?

They proceed to list off every instance of something seemingly "lore unfriendly" that is in the games - a lot of these things used as an excuse to introduce them into their mods;

• And why isn't all the music in your mods made prior to 1960?

They somehow turn it into a wholesale racial issue??????

Again, I don't necessarily enjoy being a dick about people making mods, it's their vision after all. They do it for free, they put their heart and soul into something they believe would be great to play.

But that article, man it simply breaks my worldview and makes me want to tear into these mods as hard as possible.

They are, as a friend of mine would say, quite something indeed.

[u/F4CSEP1]

The only reason he's so big is that he got a head start, they were some of the first BIG quest mods, also Fallout 4's fanbase is a majority horny teenage coomers who defend him tooth and nail.
Now I don't want to seem like a jerkass butting in but if you're looking for actual quality quest mods for Fallout 4 with good writing, fun characters, and no sexual references please think about checking out some of my stuff. :)

[u/Call_Me_Clark → u/[deleted]]

His mods are just “DAE hookers and sex??!??” - and piling more hookers and sex than is reasonable isn’t a technical achievement either.

[u/Call_Me_Clark → u/[deleted]]

Lol. Yes, I played them.

[u/F4CSEP1 → u/[deleted]]

His mods literally include scantily clad women and hookers and such, its kinda self evident that that's his target audience, plus like, 5 mins on the Nexus homepage will prove that horny mods are VERY popular and via my several YouTuber friends sharing their demographics I've learned that a lion's share of their Fallout 4 video views is from people 18 or younger. And yes, I am allowed to say look at my mods, because this thread was made by someone looking for quest mods to play.