Comments on: This Is How Many Headshots It Takes To Kill Somebody In Fallout 3

By: Trusty

Trusty — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:44:07 +0000

Uhm, Hello?! You’re tryin’ to kill a high-levelled and heavily armored wasteland-veteran with a lousy level-2-out-of-the-vault-character and a 10mm pistol (which is broken also)? You’re not playing GTA there, dude. It’s an RPG.

By: Fou Lou

Fou Lou — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:11:52 +0000

As Carl said. Its an RPG and this merc will probably be a high level npc. And i don´t think all hits were headshot exspeccially when he shoots without vacs. The pistol is very unaccurate so i think about 5 of the hits aren´t real head shots.

Try to kill in morrowind a guard with level 1 and a crapp sword. you will need more than 100 hits to kill him…

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:33:25 +0000

1. This is an RPG, not a FPS
2. Different guns have different damage rates
3. These damage rates are based on the type, condition, etc. Not caliber or ammo
4. THIS IS AN RPG

Lets say this bad guy has about 200 hit points total and 32 hit points for the head. Then you have a 10mm pistol in piss poor shape that does 1 damage due to the condition and the NPCs stats. This would then take about 30 hits.

This is just an example. Nothing is run and gun about Fallout 3, FPS skills are not a big factor… Stats and gear are.

By: Keane Ng

Keane Ng — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:52:17 +0000

Not even. Halo is all auto-aim.

That’s right, I said it.

By: Leathersoup

Leathersoup — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:23:51 +0000

This is what happens when Halo dorks try to play an RPG. Lots of mouthing off when their finely tuned “move the crosshairs to this location” skills aren’t the only thing required to play the game.

By: Aykis16

Aykis16 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:34:40 +0000

Ya the guy who took this video probably set this up deliberately by not giving himself any points in small arms to start off.

I’m lvl 6 in that game with about 50 points in small arms and the bloody mess and gun nut perks, and I can usually 1 shot people with my combat shotgun or Hunting Rifle.

And to the person who said they’re glad they didn’t buy this game, you are missing out. This is definitely Bethesdas best RPG yet.

By: Jonathan Zungre

Jonathan Zungre — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:28:35 +0000

this video just made me want to play it more.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:08:22 +0000

First: The 10 mm is the third weakest gun in the game. The 32. cal and the Chinese pistol have the honor of being much, much weaker.

Second: Obviously the bloke has just started playing the game. He still has the Vault 101 armor and the gun that Amata gives you while you are trying to break out.

Third: If he was a higher level, that fucker’s head would have flown off like a frisbee. Even at level five when your small arms abilities get better your enemies need less and less shots to die. At close range, at level 10 with the “Bloody Mess” perk and more than 40 points in small arms, that blokes head would have come apart like a watermellon dropped off the Empire State building.

By: lolek

lolek — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:42:38 +0000

omg, i´m happy i decided NOT to buy this game…thank god.

By: Marcus Absent

Marcus Absent — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:18:58 +0000

OK, first off this NPC is not supposed to be killed easily as it is not an enemy and is associated with a key character. Secondly, the gun is in poor condition. It’s deliberate that it takes this much to kill this character since they actually don’t want you to kill him. This is not a good representation on how the game really plays. Generally 1 to 3 head-shots will take out an enemy at that range depending on your level and gun condition.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:46:50 +0000

That must be a really really really bad gun. Wait! Maybe it’s a ketchup pellet gun…

By: Dan Landis

Dan Landis — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:21:38 +0000

Yeah, this is all a matter of circumstance. I’m not too far in the game and even at my level I have sneaked behind a raider and killed him with one punch.

By: Keane Ng

Keane Ng — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:55:23 +0000

I figured that.

Still hilarious though!

By: Art Rumpf

Art Rumpf — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:48:32 +0000

To be fair, that’s a high level enemy and literally the first “real” gun you find in the game, in really poor condition so it’s probably doing about half damage. If he survived two headshots from a combat shotgun though, I’d be really, really surprised.