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

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 ...

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 ...

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Fallout 5 will likely include the popular VATS system, giving it a unique combat experience that sets it apart from Starfield. Starfield's combat feels more realistic but lacks the strategic gameplay ...

“I don’t want anyone to either think our combat’s boring, but I also don’t want them to think there was too much rote combat in the game,” Co-Director Tim Cain said in a recent interview with the ...

This month has been a whirlwind of information for the upcoming online adventure from Bethesda, Fallout 76. Since the studio is doing things a bit differently with this spin-off, it’s understandable ...

Yesterday, an embargo lifted for a Fallout 76 preview event that many game journalists attended, myself not among them. The result was that we got hours and hours of preview footage from select areas ...

Fallout 76 is almost upon us and one of the most asked questions is, “How will VATS work?” Well, here’s what you need to know about how to use VATS in Fallout 76. One of the defining features of the ...

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