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"Is Anyone Going to Use This?" Fallout's Most Iconic Gameplay Mechanic Almost Didn't Make It

A Bethesda dev reveals that one of the biggest changes Fallout 3 brought to the franchise almost didn't make it into the final build of the game.

Fallout 3's iconic VATS system almost didn't make it into the RPG in time, and Bethesda was worried no one would even want to use it: "Is this even fun?"

After Morrowind and Oblivion, the difficulties Bethesda had in pivoting to sci-fi for Fallout 3 are well-documented. But one ...

VATS almost didn't survive the transition to Bethesda, says Fallout 3 dev: 'We only just got that working by the time we shipped'

While it'd be hard to think of a Fallout game without VATS underlying it, linking gunplay to the classic RPG elements of its ...

Fallout 3's VATS system helped compensate for Bethesda's lack of shooting chops: "We were never going to create gun combat that was on par with Call of Duty or Ba…

Bethesda hadn't dealt with guns in a long time when it came time to develop Fallout 3; thankfully, VATS helped close the ...
DualShockers

Fallout's VATS System Has Ruined Starfield's Combat For Me

Starfield offers a familiar Bethesda experience, but the combat feels lacking without the VATS system from Fallout games. While other RPGs like Mass Effect and The Outer Worlds have similar mechanics ...
Polygon

After a decade, Fallout 4's busted VATS system is getting fixed

Tell me if this has happened to you. You're playing Fallout 4. There's an enemy, let's say, a super Mutant. You press the button that slows the game down, so that you can shoot directly at its head — ...
IGN

Fallout - Official 'VATS' Retrospective Video

Join members of the Bethesda Game Studios team, including Fallout 3's lead artist Istvan Pely, lead designer Emil Pagliarulo, and more as they discuss adapting the combat from the original Fallout ...
PC Gamer

A mod has finally given New Vegas the more cinematic VATS visuals of Fallout 3

Among the many little tweaks Obsidian made in Fallout: New Vegas was an overhaul of VATS. The crit bonus and damage reduction were revised downward, meaning that rather than being a bulletproof god ...