Fallout 4's VATS isn't a time-stopping panic button any more
If an angry cazador's bearing down onš± you and you just really don't want to deal with its crap right now, you push the VATS button. The time-freezing targeting system from Fallout 3 and New Vegas was⤠meant to be a new take on called shots from the original turn-based Fallout games, but it also turned out to be a nigh-supernatural way to get the upper hand in otherwise hectic fights.
澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Fallout 4 will still have VATS, but it won't be quite so much of a "get out of jail free" cardš. Game director Todd Howard told about its new implementation which - as you may have noticed in the gameplay trailers - now puts the rest of the world in slow motion instead of freeze frame.
āWe found some ways to make it a bit, not a ton, but a bit more dynamic,ā Howard said. "Itās very, very slow and youāll see the percentages change because the person is moving behind or coming out oš¦©f a wall. So queuing up āthe shot at the right time matters."
Critical hits achieved throughš VATS are no longer random, either. Instead, you'll get to pick which shot will inflict an extra spike of damage, "so itās a little bit more under your control, not a lot, but jusšøt enough to make it feel better.ā Might I recommend you assign the critical hit wherever it will make your target's eyeballs fly the furthest?
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