Hi. Im playing Fallout 2 for the first time and decided to pick Fast Shot as one of my traits. Now that i leveld a few time i also picked Awareness since seeing the enemys HP would be helpful.
But is it possible to see the ememys HP without useing VATs? From what i know Fast Shot disables VATs so does that mean i waisted my first perk?

V.A.T.S doesn't exsist in the originals. V.A.T.S was introduced into FO3 as a psuedo tribute to the aiming feature in the originals. It is quite redundant however, as you can take aimed shots in real time.

Fast shot as a trait just means you can shoot weapons for 1AP less then normal. But you cannot take aimed shots, as is explained before you select the trait. Traits have an upside and a downside. With Fast Shot you will only be able to target your enemy, and not specific regions of their anatomy. You can either start again, or wait until you can take the "Mutate!" perk at level 9 to change your fast shot trait for another.

You will be able to see your enemies statistics if you examine them. You can bring up the examine arrow by right clicking. For more information on point and click features in Fallout 1 & 2, press your F1 key in-game for a crash course, or examine your manual.

The lack of targeted shots doesnt effect whether or not you can see HP with awareness... Just use the "Look At" function on the enemy, and you'll see it (or without awareness Wounded/Seriously wounded/almost dead).

If you are playing FO2 - Turn on Combat look to do this automatically when your mouse is pointed on the enemy.

Thanks for clearing that up. I was lead to believe that you had to do a target shot in order to view a enemy's HP