I jut used it to look at my character's new armor then switched back five seconds afterwards. First person is much better in most games anyway. I like having the option though.
Do you play Bethesda games in 1st or 3rd person view?
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Half and half. First person for interior environments and combat and third person for exploring the world and talking to npcs. I like switching viewpoints a lot.
Mostly 3rd Person because I easily get sick when playing in 1st Person. I switch when I need to zoom in on something but not for much more than that.
It also really depends on how people view the game and how it is best played. I would bet anything a gta v poll would have entirely different results. From what I can tell I'm the rare person who uses first person in that game.
1st person, no exception and at all times.
I'd rather not be taken out of the game by dopey animations. Their animations have improved but there is only so long you can look at your character awkwardly running before your immersion is broken.
I'd rather not be taken out of the game by dopey animations. Their animations have improved but there is only so long you can look at your character awkwardly running before your immersion is broken.
1st person only, if it's not Fallout 4. Animations look too worse to enjoy looking at them all the time.
Combat is always 1st person. Unless I'm playing around with mods, god mode, etc.
I would say its like 80% of the time is 1st person. 3rd is usually in non combat situations or when exploring the world (without interacting with something - switchs, levers, terminals, etc).
I would say its like 80% of the time is 1st person. 3rd is usually in non combat situations or when exploring the world (without interacting with something - switchs, levers, terminals, etc).
1st, I would love to play Skyrim on 3rd person but I found it totally unplayable. For Fallout 4 I didn't even try 3rd person...
It would be great if they change the motor/control of the game for one who can do 3rd person properly
It would be great if they change the motor/control of the game for one who can do 3rd person properly
Always first person.
I am mainly a console gamer, but I refuse to play TES/Fallout on anything other than a PC for this specific reason.
I am mainly a console gamer, but I refuse to play TES/Fallout on anything other than a PC for this specific reason.
I play mostly 3rd person. I melee, explore, talk to people and go through towns in 3rd, I use the bow and arrow, and loot shelves in people's houses in 1st.
Skyrim - Bow and Arrow playthrough and Mage playthrough= 1st Person
Skyrim - Melee playthrough = 50:50
Fallout = 1st person. Not even sure if they have third person?
Honestly though, third person in Bethesda games feels so clunky and felt like it was not the view the game was designed for.
Skyrim - Melee playthrough = 50:50
Fallout = 1st person. Not even sure if they have third person?
Honestly though, third person in Bethesda games feels so clunky and felt like it was not the view the game was designed for.
Depends on what I want to be seeing secretly.
This post confuses me. You can't switch to third person in many of them even.
This post confuses me. You can't switch to third person in many of them even.
As someone who just bought the Fallout 4 GOTY ari play the old DLCs that released... playing in third person is a fucking mess. Your character runs and moves so weirdly. Trying to interact with the environment always is difficult in third person too.
So awkward.
So awkward.
Pretty much entirely 3rd for Elder Scrolls (well, Skyrim, only played Oblivion in first) and 1st for Fallout. Far prefer the gun first person view than a sword and shield taking up 30% of my screen.
Exclusively 3rd person view. I'm a savage apparently.
I can't play first person games any more without it messing with me.
I can't play first person games any more without it messing with me.
Of the 5 I've played, I'm counting New Vegas, I played them all in first person. Only ever switching to third to see how I look in this new armour or whathaveyou. They aren't built for third person I feel. Too imprecise.
I just started Skyrim for the 1st time about a week ago and I play it in 3rd person.
I played Fallout 3 a few hours before dropping it. So this will probably be my first Bethesda game I finish since I'm about 16 hours in now and loving it.
I played Fallout 3 a few hours before dropping it. So this will probably be my first Bethesda game I finish since I'm about 16 hours in now and loving it.
Almost always in 1st person. Bethesda games are still largely terrible to play in 3rd person all the time.
I mostly play in first person except when in towns or talking to NPCs, but my girlfriend and my bestfriend both play exclusively in third person. My girlfriend does it because she likes to see her character and my friend does it because first person gives him motion sickness. So in case you are wondering why they include the option...people definitely use it, and wouldn't play the games otherwise.
I find it is easier to play third person in Fallout than it is in Skyrim.
I find it is easier to play third person in Fallout than it is in Skyrim.
3rd person does have some practical benefits such as easily seeing around corners. In Skyrim if you unholster the bow the camera angle lifts up and you therefore get a better view of your surroundings without worrying about trees and other objects getting in your viewport.
Same. Honestly, I find the janky animations charming. Also, I like to be able to enjoy the sexy characters I create.
