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 ...
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Fallout 3 nearly didn't have VATS

Fallout started in 1997 as an isometric, turn-based game, in which the Wanderer would patiently wait for big rats and ...
Game Rant

Fallout 4 Mod Swaps VATS For Slow-Motion Bullet Time

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for Game Rant since 2015. After meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. Sarah majored in game design in college and utilizes that knowledge to ...
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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 ...
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Fallout 76 has a real-time VATS system

One question about Fallout 76 wasn't clearly answered in the Bethesda reveal at E3 this week: if this entry in the series is always-online, what's to become of the VATS system that slows the action to ...
Game Rant

Fallout 4 Director Talks New Version of VATS Combat

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of Game Rant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...
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How Fallout 76 handles combat with VATS

My history with Fallout begins with Bethesda Game Studios taking custody of the role-playing franchise a decade ago. So I’ve only known combat under VATS, the series’ time-slowing/stopping approach to ...