big brother
First time out of the vault
Hey guys, Been a member for a long time, been reading for years before but I always get the hell away from here after a while. There is so much negativity in general that I get pissed, start getting aggressive and lose faith in this.
But every couple of months I forget... or hope it's better. Let me get onw or two things from me before getting on the subject at hand: I like Fallout 2. And I also liked Fallout 3. And I also kind of liked Tactics... just less. Yeah, I'm a sucker for post apocalyptic stories, I just like the setting.
And on the subject of "negativity" on the site there was huge discussions how Fallout was better isometric turn based than first person 3D. I disagreed but I'll admit that the strategic part of combat kind of disapeared. But let's face it, Fallout will never go back to isometric turn based.
And this is why I'm asking you this: How about stealing a page or two from one of the biggest game from last year Dragon Age Origins?
Let's take a look at their pause system. It was basically a 3rd person adventure game that you could mostly play as a normal RPG-action type of game but if you really needed to take control of your team you paused the game and started issuing orders.
Now granted, they were using magic and special attacks that aren't part of the Fallout world but it doesn't mean it can't be adjusted. Let's say you can have up to 3 followers (could be two, could be more, I don'T really care), there can be dozens of commands you could give them in combat that could use Action Points: Walk over there, take cover, cover fire, attack, switch weapon, use medecine/drugs. I would make it that you can queue up to 5 or 10 actions. "Go over there+Take cover+Use Stimpack+Select 9mm+Attack". I would replace VATS with this.
What do you guys think?
But every couple of months I forget... or hope it's better. Let me get onw or two things from me before getting on the subject at hand: I like Fallout 2. And I also liked Fallout 3. And I also kind of liked Tactics... just less. Yeah, I'm a sucker for post apocalyptic stories, I just like the setting.
And on the subject of "negativity" on the site there was huge discussions how Fallout was better isometric turn based than first person 3D. I disagreed but I'll admit that the strategic part of combat kind of disapeared. But let's face it, Fallout will never go back to isometric turn based.
And this is why I'm asking you this: How about stealing a page or two from one of the biggest game from last year Dragon Age Origins?
Let's take a look at their pause system. It was basically a 3rd person adventure game that you could mostly play as a normal RPG-action type of game but if you really needed to take control of your team you paused the game and started issuing orders.
Now granted, they were using magic and special attacks that aren't part of the Fallout world but it doesn't mean it can't be adjusted. Let's say you can have up to 3 followers (could be two, could be more, I don'T really care), there can be dozens of commands you could give them in combat that could use Action Points: Walk over there, take cover, cover fire, attack, switch weapon, use medecine/drugs. I would make it that you can queue up to 5 or 10 actions. "Go over there+Take cover+Use Stimpack+Select 9mm+Attack". I would replace VATS with this.
What do you guys think?