Me? I like it like an FPS. Fast paced, some mods for realistic damage, and no VATS.

I like not using vats but my favourite way to play is starting with stealth with some sniping then a bit of fast paced action now and then. Or doing a melee build that is super fun

I only play in 3º person , because (for me )its like a film, any time i can see my character, and i love it . About gameplay definitely fast paced ,i never used vats and never show HUD (map incluided) 
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I think it's more fun with bullet time and FPS than going vats all the time.

Sure I use vats in tight spots since I use weapon damage mods.

klaatu27 wrote:

I only play in 3º person , because (for me )its like a film, any time i can see my character, and i love it . About gameplay definitely fast paced ,i never used vats and never show HUD (map incluided) 
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Those are some nice screens

By shoving as much armor, weapon and texture mods into it untill it becomes unstable as hell so i have to tweak it, reinstall it every year just to play for a few days.

And thats only Fallout 4.

In 76 i just follow newbies and give them stuff while hoarding legendaries worth over 20-30k caps

Guys, please pay attention to the topic of the poll. It's about whether you stick to the vanilla gameplay or play like an fps.

I play it how I want to play it, strategically with forethought but with fast-paced combat scenarios comparable to a traditional FPS. Most of my New Vegas/TTW playthroughs use Jsawyer's mod to debuff my character because if I played the game without said debuffs it would be much too easy. When my stealth fails or I end up in a combat situation, I like my game to be as fast-paced and fun but also as unforgiving as possible to emphasise the use of cover and strategy. I still use VATS, but much less so than I would in the vanilla game. If I get my ass handed to me, I'll reload my last save game and try a different strategy.

I will use an anecdote from my most recent playthrough. I'm playing TTW right now using Jsawyer's mod as previously mentioned. I'm playing on Very Hard and the game is very fun. Even though my character has 10 Intelligence, I was still level 3 doing the Arefu quest for Lucy West. Once I got to the family, there was no way I was going to convince them to leave Arefu alone with my 1 CHR stat, so I had to paint their walls with a fresh coat of paint. The only problem was that even with my mad New Vegas skills, I was getting demolished. What did I do? I didn't run away like a lil pussy, I lockpicked their ammo boxes when they sat down for their vampire sermon, stole all their mines and grenades and set a mini minefield all around the stairways. I then preceded to throw 5 grenades into their sermon, which obliterated the entire group in seconds. I had tried 6 different times previously to kill them, but it only took a little strategy and some resourcefulness to put an end to those bloodsuckers.

As for Fallout 4, I play it in a very similar way. The only difference with Fallout 4 is that I'm forced into combat situations majority of the time so most of my strategy revolves around either using stealth sniper/melee builds or power armor builds. With the introduction of the new one-line-reworded "dialogue" system I find that using Charisma is even more useless.

BTW Hardcore mode FTW!

I mean don't get me wrong, VATS is useful to get the jump on enemies, but overall, with all the tactical mods, I pretty much play Fallout as a fast paced combat RPG.

I play the intro, exit the vault, see sanctuary, end up having a brain freeze, and hits pause, quit game, rince and repeat, dunno why, just i get bored on exit vault compeard to other Fallouts lol.