Barozi on 28 May 2015
| fluky-nintendy said: In Fallout 3 and NV there's a cinematic turn based mode (vats) that allows you to enter in a window displaying your enemies while being invulnerable to them. It took me a while to find it and when I did I thought it was so cheap and so gimmicky like what was the point in including this feature in a game you are primarily supposed to kill things in real time. |
Because it's an RPG first and foremost and not necessarily an FPS.
The system uses action points and once they're gone they either recover themselves slowly or you can use items to replenish them.
You aren't able to defeat a whole group of enemies with it. But if you have the right perks, it can make your life a bit easier. (obviousy it's not that necessary if you play it on the easiest setting).
With that said, you might be invulnerable for the time you choose your actions, but you aren't when the actions are being executed during the cinematic. You're also not guaranteed to hit either.
Really not that different from other RPGs where you can stop time and give orders (Dragon Age, Mass Effect for example) or RPGs that use a turn based system.
