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Fallout 3 Quest Mods Review #89 by TrickyTrack00

Mod Name: Arlington House Restoration

Mod Type: Location/Weapon

Original Creator: Sinuev2

Original Links: Arlington House Restoration

To be honest my knowledge of original history of United States and about its most important "faces" is pretty low. And from this perspective revisiting Arlington House with so many additional features and actual historical references was a pleasant surprise and new way to engage myself in this period of time.

Even though you won't find any new quest or special features from this mod, the original creator succeeded in his goal of bringing Arlington House in its "real life glory". By this I want you to approach "Arlington House Restoration" project not only from gameplay perspective, but also to experience it as a very good interactive part of the museum.

It's really hard to choose the best aspect in this mod since all parts of it was done by a very passionate person who put his interest and love in this project. From little clutter to the actual interactive notes and historical entries, everything feels amazing.
The interiors design and decoration of the place is another point of how you can immerse player in this period of time and fully make him invested in this part of history.
Of course, it wouldn't work as just "out of place" interactive museum, that's why the original author put good work in decorating and making it feel like this place was invaded by the gang of raiders and by putting some notes about the last owners of this house.

Also I should mention that every thing added is absolutely lore-friendly and won't bring any suspension of disbelief in you while exploring this place.
To read all the entries and visit every new section of this house, you will need at least 20-30 minutes. The most passionate gamers will get around 1 hour of additional content.
After visiting "restored" Arlington House you can also bring many little "souvenirs" like oil lamps, ancient globes and new melee weapon in the form of an ancient saber.

From technical side of things, I would suggest to use "cleaned" Arlington House Restoration esp. But aside from a few deleted NavMeshes, everything else worked well in this mod without any bugs or problems.

So, should you try this mod in 2024? Yes, it can be a good experience even for those of you who don't really want to invest yourself in the USA history and have a desire to explore new location.
Endorsement from me.