Fallout 3 PAX Preview

[GameBanshee News]

Voodoo Extreme has slapped up their own PAX-based preview of Bethesda's Fallout sequel.

Instead of going up the hill after entering the wastelands, I went down towards D.C. Instead. Todd and Emil were on-hand giving me tips as I went along. One of the major features that I didn't use too much the first time I played was the VATS system. The concept of pausing combat, aiming at specific body parts, and queuing up attacks doesn't come naturally to me. I'm glad I did though, as it was really cool.

Basically, when you get a bad guy in your sights, you press a button (on the PC you can put it to whatever you want, but if memory serves me correctly, it was the right trigger on the 360). Then you can scroll around and pick a region that you want to hit. The bigger the area, the better percentage to that specific part you have. Head shots (obviously) have more kill power than shooting someone in the leg, but you can literally blow different body parts off to cripple, disarm, or flat out gib your opponents.