Fallout 4 mod gives Nick Valentine an HD facelift

This week on the Mod Roundup, Nick Valentine—the synthetic detective from Fallout 4—gets some HD upgrades to his looks. We’ve also got a mod that removes those weird, irritating pauses from XCOM 2, and you now have the opportunity to play Crusader Kings 2 as an undead Viking warrior, which I’m sure you’ve always dreamed of.

Here are the most promising mods we’ve seen this week.

Stop Wasting My Time, for XCOM 2

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I’ve barely played any of XCOM 2 yet, but even my brief time with the game left me feeling that it was a bit clunky in some respects. There just seemed to be these long pauses at unusual times. By long, I mean maybe a couple seconds, but it’s enough to feel weird and intrusive, to make me wonder: “Is the game waiting for me to do something?” This mod removes the pauses that occur after shooting, getting a kill, and going into cover, making the game feel quite a bit smoother.

Valentine Reborn, for Fallout 4

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