
But taking it slow and aiming felt truly natural. Shooting the bottles was a bit tricky at first, especially from the hip. I could lift my right hand up and see the pistol I could move it around, bring it close to my face and examine the beautiful details on it that’s something you can’t do in the regular version. The feel of the pistol in my hand was unreal. No enemies of any kind were around so taking shots was confined to bottles and mannequins lying about. Interestingly enough there was nothing to do other than explore the gas station, examine my classic 10mm pistol in my right hand and my Pip-Boy on my left arm. There was no escaping the immediate area as the demo was strictly held within that location. The Red Rocket gas station within the Sanctuary Hills’ location, just outside of the first area of the game.


If you’ve played Fallout 4 you would have immediately recognized the location in which you are placed. Within the anti-chamber where the demo had been administered, The HTC Vive headset was put onto my head, the two controller sticks were placed into my hands and the demo began. Fallout 4 was running on an HTC Vive, which I hadn’t had the opportunity to try out just yet, so it was indeed a thrilling announcement. PlayStation VR to Oculus Rift and more), it quickly became very clear that Bethesda was indeed looking into future gaming experiences with their own franchises. From a remastered Skyrim, to Dishonored 2 gameplay footage, Bethesda had an amazing showcase and even surprised a great many of us with the announcement of Fallout 4 and Doom both available to demo… in VR.īethesda had announced that they had been working on Fallout 4 to modify it for 3D in secret, and with the current trends in the gaming industry heading ever closer to an onslaught of Virtual Reality headsets (i.e. With a good amount of new releases coming this year and beyond, there was plenty of returning franchises to go around for just about anyone. Bethesda really put on a show at this year’s E3 presentation.
