is there a reccomendation on what patches to use when playing this? theres a bunch and im just kinda confused on which ones to install to get the optimal/best experience out of this game.
Ask 10 people and you will likely have 10 different replies. It really depends on what your personal preference is. Some will try to scare you off of using mods with all sorts of doom scenarios like "breaking your saves". My advice is to disregard them. In 6 years of F95 and AVN's I've never broken a single fucking save by using mods. If your saves are broken it's either the dev's fault for messing up the update or lack of mod update, in which case you just need to wait a few days at worst. Or use the save fixer that the mods usually provide.
All that said, my reccomendation in this case for the better experience would be:
- Infamous Patch (should be self-explanatory)
- Walkthrough Mod (or just use URM it's always better)
- Uncut Mod (restores deleted scenes that were cut for..."reasons")
- Music Restoration Mod (restores amazing music that was once used in the game but dev lost licenses to continue using)
Choice is yours. Try them out and see what works for you. Have fun!