so what do you think of the third person?

[marrow12]

At first I thought that I could pretty much beat the entire game in third person, though I've realized it's pretty hard to judge how far my sword will reach and far too many times I've swung at air whilst my enemy cut me to pieces whilst I was vulnerable(playing on master difficulty), archery seems to be a bit off at close range to, it's basically the same as if you were to use a centered camera in fallout. I'm curious to know if anyone has been able to use this camera effectively.

[Mouse]

I find it works fine with melee, but archery... nope, doesn't work at all. Third person is superior when roaming around though, especially when scaling mountains. You can the notice much better all the nooks and cracks you can use while taking the hard shortcut (which has allowed me to literally have a jump on a dragon ).

[Ryanhabs]

I have found that since the camera is angled to right slightly when standing the cursor is off dependent on where the camera is angled. This shows up mostly with archery, and activating switches / chains. Also makes it difficult to perform snatch and run type thievery when caught trying to sneak. LOL

[alexandrox]

camera in 3d need to move a little bit down

[Mud]

Archery and stealing has to be done in first person. The discrepancy between the cursor and where you actually shoot/pick up is just too major.

 

I actually like combat in third person, particularly against multiple or large foes, so that my screen can keep track of more enemies, or not be filled with dragon ass while I'm trying to hack at it.

 

And third person is totally king for sneaking. Can't peek around corners without exposing yourself in first person.

 

Hating the zoomed-in over-the-shoulder noncombat third person, though. Hope a mod will get rid of that.

[afro-herbalist]

I find it works fine with melee' date=' but archery... nope, doesn't work at all. Third person is superior when roaming around though, especially when scaling mountains. You can the notice much better all the nooks and cracks you can use while taking the hard shortcut (which has allowed me to literally have a jump on a dragon ).

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You and me the same mate, although I've not managed to jump on any dragons yet! I like the close-up 3rd person sometimes while dungeon/cave exploring, because it reminds me of Deadspace, and enhances the claustraphobia factor (even though I dont HAVE that lol).

 

I know what your saying about the "hard shortcuts" too. Ones your not supposed to use lol (I did the same in Farcry 1 on the hardest parts, to fool the game), but you cant do this if you have a companion like Lydia lol. The fool just stands there.

[Woohoo]

I use third person all the time on my melee character but for archers and, to a lesser degree, mages, it's unusable. It's somewhat irritating in that, now that I would even consider using the 3rd person POV, I have to keep switching to first person. That's a significant improvement over every other Bethesda title though.

[Sebah]

I can't even play my mage unless I use 3rd person camera. xD I've tried to use first person but I can never see what's to my left or right or at my back, plus in first person those 2 arms look so weird sticking in front of my camera. The only time I use first person is when i grab small size objects apart from that for me it's 3rd person all the way baby. In my case it boosts the immersion factor i guess.

[Presto]

I bounce back and forth between the first and third person. If I'm in a dark cave with narrow hallways I tend to stay in first person but if I'm out in the open world or in a larger interior I enjoy playing in third person. It would be nice if we could make some adjustments to the camera height and orientation but thats just something that is waiting to be modded.

[tkdb17]

Only time i really go 1st is when i want to pick small things up or talk to someone that is surrounded by items flagged as 'steal', other than that i'm 3rd person all the way

[galgat]

I play in third person most all the time except during Close up combat, and when I am sneaking in the dungeons with my bow.. I like it a lot.

[TheTraveler]

not a fan of the camera as it is really. When you mousescroll out and look at your character from the front the camera is off to the side. i hate it. i hope its possible to mod it to be like oblivions camera.