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

Fallout has a lot of iconic hallmarks—ghouls, deathclaws, radioactive cesspools, and some swingin' music. But it's also ...

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

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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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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 ...