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    Fallout 3

    Game » consists of 45 releases. Released Oct 28, 2008

    In Bethesda's first-person revival of the classic post-apocalyptic RPG series, the player is forced to leave Vault 101 and venture out into the irradiated wasteland of Washington D.C. to find his or her father.

    Over the shoulder 3rd person view.

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    #1  Edited By benitobb

    I think it was after I downloaded the Pitt dlc that when i put the game into 3rd person view it went into an over the shoulder view not the behind the back one that the game shipped with.  I think after only about a few hours it was gona and the 3rd person view was back to being the old unusable behind the back view. Does anyone else remember ever seeing the over the shoulder view, because I feel like i had it for such a short time it was a glitch or dream, but I swear it was in the game.
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    #2  Edited By Hitchenson

    Fallout 3 can't be played in anything over than FPS, don't be silly. I mean... Bethesda... good third person camera? Really? 
     
    Also, you do realise if you keep hold of the camera perspective change button and move the right stick in and out you can change the camera distance, right? Hence how you got it to be over the shoulder.

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    #3  Edited By mhkjtha

    what? no, i only saw the over the shoulder view.

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    #4  Edited By Vitefish

    Yeah. Hold the left button (or L1) and push in the right analog stick. That should do the trick.

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    #5  Edited By RHCPfan24

    I never got the view you said but, then again, I never spent more than a few seconds in third person view anyway.

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    #6  Edited By Hitchenson
    @RHCPfan24: So what you're saying is; you played the game correctly? Good.
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    #7  Edited By RHCPfan24
    @Hitchenson: Of course!! No other way to play it!!
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    #8  Edited By artofwar420

    Isn't the third person ALWAYS over the shoulder? Not behind the back?
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    #9  Edited By Pie
    @artofwar420 said:
    " Isn't the third person ALWAYS over the shoulder? Not behind the back? "
    You can zoom out pretty far
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    #10  Edited By benitobb

    when i got the game at launch it was always the behind the back 3rd person view, but i was thinking that they maybe put in an update with one of the dlc content that got rid of that for an over the shoulder view, but i somehow lost it and didn't know how to do it again in the same play session.  i only use the 1st person view, but the over the shoulder one really wasn't that bad. when i get a chance i'll try that pushin LB and right analog stick trick and see if it happens again.
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    #11  Edited By JP_Russell

    I just bought the GOTY version on PC (so it's fully updated out of the box), and it's OTS for me. 
     
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    #12  Edited By TwoOneFive
    this game is laughable in 3rd person. its like they forgot to properly animate the dude
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    #13  Edited By Lestater

    He/she walks like Eddie Murphy when he pretends to be a white guy in that old SNL sketch. 
     
    http://www.hulu.com/watch/10356/saturday-night-live-white-like-me

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    #14  Edited By Crono
    @TwoOneFive said:
    " this game is laughable in 3rd person. its like they forgot to properly animate the dude "
    Agreed, the animations in Bethesda's games always look so wonky and rigid.
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    #15  Edited By CL60
    @TwoOneFive said:
    " this game is laughable in 3rd person. its like they forgot to properly animate the dude "
    It's like that in all Bethesda games pretty much.
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    #16  Edited By Ironknight

    I play in third person with camera zoomed in right by shoulder so my shoots line up easier and I can see what I look like

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    #17  Edited By eroticfishcake
    @Crono said:
    " @TwoOneFive said:
    " this game is laughable in 3rd person. its like they forgot to properly animate the dude "
    Agreed, the animations in Bethesda's games always look so wonky and rigid. "
    And the camera handles like arse anyway so it's shit overall the third person view.
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