No aiming down the sights? : Fallout 3

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:20 am

Alright i've been playing fo3 for about 6 months now and i just noticed that... YOU CAN'T AIM DOW THE SIGHTS!!!!????

*AHEM* so what do you guys think would the game be cooler if you could aim doun the sights?

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:20 am

Personally, I find it harder to aim "down the sights", but I believe there's a mod that adds that. Or a beta, at least.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:47 am

Personally, I find it harder to aim "down the sights", but I believe there's a mod that adds that. Or a beta, at least.

yea thats why ps3 svcks

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:10 am

never really noticed if it does o not.. really, i just pay attn to the marker that indicated where im aiming

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:18 pm

I use Alexscorpian's FPS weapon animations(which in is Beta). It adds ironsights, like most FPSs out there. Pretty cool. But, since you are on the PS3, you can't get mods. Sorry.

Edit: Oops, someone posted something bad in the pics.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:57 am

I would definitely love this game more (if that's even possible, which I suppose it is) if I could aim down the sights. The only way I was ever really able to keep on playing was when I told myself, this is more RPG than FPS (and I'm glad I did). Aiming down the sights would be good, but since my accuracy is a result of the skill of the weapon I'm using, it isn't that big of an immersion killer. If my skill is low, my aim will still svck, scope/iron sight/laser/reflex sight wouldn't be anything other than eye candy.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:38 pm

Alright i've been playing fo3 for about 6 months now and i just noticed that... YOU CAN'T AIM DOW THE SIGHTS!!!!????

*AHEM* so what do you guys think would the game be cooler if you could aim doun the sights?

Fallout 3 has VATS instead, which really fits its RPG foundation better than iron sights.

Personally I think iron sights would have been an odd addition to Fallout 3 but then I have to admit some bias since I never use the function when it is available.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:31 am

Not all of the weapons in FO3 even have sights, do they? I can't say I've been paying a lot of attention to this. <_<

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:41 pm

Oblivion doesn't allow you to use iron sights, but the zoom function you get with all non-scoped weapons serves roughly the same purpose, except you get a crosshair instead of iron sights, which i actually kind of prefer, ehile using the sights would be more realistic, I find crosshairs easier to aim with, which unless the game is going for a hyper-realistic experience where guns have realistic ballistics and you can only survive a fww direct shots to a vital area (and even getting hit in the leg is certainly not only a flesh wound.) I'd prefer to a bit of extra realism.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:20 pm

It Irks me much when I see someone ask why "Fallout 3" doesnt do something that...OhI dont know..."EVERY OTHER GAME" does....

Why does everything have to be the same? its refreshing to have a shooting system that isnt exactly like every other game.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:17 pm

I love iron sights. It's not a big deal for me that FO3 doesn't have it. Just doesn't seem like it would fit.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:38 pm

I think Bethesda should take a lot of notes from Borderlands to apply to the weapon system in Fallout 4.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:53 am

Or better yet, use a new engine

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:53 pm

I think iron-sights wouldn't be any good in this game, with the shooting in this game is just 'shoot them a bunch of times, or use vats', there's not much reason to aim.

Like, in STALKER there's a mod for iron-sights and for better ballistics, so you aim at someone and shoot them, they die. In this you aim at someone and shoot them a bunch of times to take them down. So it's pretty unnecessary anyway.

It wouldn't fit FO3's gameplay.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:23 am

yea thats why ps3 svcks

ps3 is awesome im sure if beth had the money from sony the ps3 would be powerful enough for mods

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:54 pm

I wouldn't mind ironsights, but if they were implemented, I would want the weaponskill to actually have a clear effect on your accuracy and general handling of a gun.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:15 pm

Well I think Iron Sights is actually quite entertaining. Using the mod I found the game more fun yet it runs out fast... especially with mod weapons where the Iron Sight mod isn't made for those weapons...

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:33 pm

It Irks me much when I see someone ask why "Fallout 3" doesnt do something that...OhI dont know..."EVERY OTHER GAME" does....

Why does everything have to be the same? its refreshing to have a shooting system that isnt exactly like every other game.

It's refreshing to see a game with an *innovative* shooting system that *works*, and Fallout 3's is neither. :shrug:

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:38 pm

I don't like iron sights.. They block the view.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:20 pm

I don't like iron sights.. They block the view.

Yeahh, Half of the screen's usually taken up. Fallout's aiming gives you almost the whole screen.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:05 pm

wouldve meant a lot more work for bethesda to do on an already massive game. every gun would need a new animation when u pull up the sights and thats prbly a lot more work than it sounds like.

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:03 pm

ps3 is awesome im sure if beth had the money from sony the ps3 would be powerful enough for mods

If only modding your console wasn't illegal...

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:35 am

If only modding your console wasn't illegal...

Companies say that because they want to be the only ones with an ounce of creativity.

"Bah, we only know how to make things, they don't!"

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:34 am

If only modding your console wasn't illegal...

thats not what I meant. I mean if sony gave bethesda some money I think it would be possible to download mods via psn store or something along those lines

» Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:35 am

thats not what I meant. I mean if sony gave bethesda some money I think it would be possible to download mods via psn store or something along those lines

Actually, it's Sony and Microsoft that forbids it, Bethesda itself has nothing against it. According to console manufacturers, allowing user-created (technically, any non-homologated) material is a potential security loophole. Which is true, actually, because it could allow you to eg change your records and cheat on the achievements, and we all know how important showing off those thingies is for (most) console users... -_-

EDIT: There's also the more palpable risk of piracy, though that's not so simple.