Bethesda Promises Better Shooting Gameplay in Fallout 4

Fallout 4's combat will be vastly improved over Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Thanks to Bethesda's acquisition of id Software, the developers of Fallout 4 say that they will be leveraging some of id Software's experience to develop the shooting aspects. id Software is the team responsible for the Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein franchises, and are regarded by gamers as the fathers of the first-person shooter.

Speaking in a new Fallout 4 video, the game's director Todd Howard says that Bethesda wants to deliver the best possible shooter experience with the upcoming game.

"I won’t say anything bad about Fallout 3, but we wanted this not to make any excuses for the fact that it’s a role-playing game, for how the action felt," said Howard.

"Because we feel we can layer all the role playing and stats on top. Let’s have our cake and our ice cream."

Howard says that the first thing Bethesda did was call up id Software to get them to help with the development of the game's FPS elements. 

You can watch the full video below, which covers the freedom that the game offers with its open world environment.