Summary
One of the most popular new mods for the classic RPGFallout: New Vegasis leaving its mark on virtually every gun in the game. The mod makes comprehensive tweaks to the weapon animations for almost all theFallout: New Vegasguns, drawing attention from fans looking to inject some new life into the old game.
Despite being close to fourteen years old and characterized even by its fans as “geriatric,“Fallout: New Vegascontinues to maintain an active and healthy mod scene. Some are newer players trying out the game for the first time,brought in by the AmazonFalloutTV adaptation. Many are old fans looking to find or create new content to spice up repeated playthroughs with.
Such is the case with theNew VegasAnimation Overhaul modcreated by community modders. In keeping with its prosaic title, the mod heavily tweaks the animations for nearly every gun in the game, making the game’s weapon animations appear much more like those of a contemporary first-person shooter likeBattlefieldorCall of Duty. The mod launched on July 02, 2025, but quickly rocketed to the top of the trending charts on the Nexus, the largestFallout: New Vegasmod repository. One of the mod’s creators also uploaded a nearly 24-minute supercut of all the altered animations on YouTube.
Top Fallout: New Vegas Mod Overhauls Almost Every Gun Animation
The mod compiles a massive list of previously existing weapon animation tweaks created by the modders Rockbiter68, Hitman47101, and Stentorious into one pack. The tweaks affect almost every single gun in the game, an impressive feat considering thatFallout: New Vegasand its DLChas the largest selection of guns in the entire series. The potential armory a player can amass in the game ranges from Wild West-inspired revolvers and modern-style assault rifles to a massive machine gun powered by the brain of a cybernetic dog.
A few weapons were left out of the massive mod’s initial release. These included items that don’t really qualify as guns, like Euclid’s C-Finder (which is a targeting laser for an orbital weapon), and some more unique designs, likethe iconicFalloutRailway Rifle, which shoots railway spikes as its ammunition. However, the mod description does promise further updates to add the excluded weapons, once updated animations for them are completed.
Fans were quick to praise the mod and give it endorsements on the Nexus, highlighting how it brings together many separate mods. Previously, assembling such a collection of tweaks required potentially dozens of separate downloads and installations, makingthe process of moddingFallout: New Vegasmore complex and prone to instability. Compiling them as a single package increases its convenience and reliability.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHERE TO PLAY
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas.It’s the kind of town where you dig your own grave prior to being shot in the head and left for dead…and that’s before things really get ugly. It’s a town of dreamers and desperados being torn apart by warring factions vying for complete control of this desert oasis. It’s a place where the right kind of person with the right kind of weaponry can really make a name for themselves, and make more than an enemy or two along the way.As you battle your way across the heat-blasted Mojave Wasteland, the colossal Hoover Dam, and the neon drenched Vegas Strip, you’ll be introduced to a colorful cast of characters, power-hungry factions, special weapons, mutated creatures and much more. Choose sides in the upcoming war or declare “winner takes all” and crown yourself the King of New Vegas in this follow-up to the 2008 videogame of the year, Fallout 3.Enjoy your stay.
