Going Nuclear: The Story of Todd Howard & Bethesda | Develop:Brighton Digital 2020

[@abhisekbus]

Todd always manages to get me with his speech 100 skills, classic Todd.

[@boomwowsion64]

or capped out charisma

[@sgvaldehueza]

@TMTK1348 XD

[@Dalec81]

@TMTK 1348 They are just making sure your clean before they go to town on your wallet with all of their microtransactions.

[@ColonialBoi]

Todd just has that kind of behavior and voice that makes you feel like everything is going to be ok

[@ColonialBoi]

I know I posted this on a Juicehead video, but I just wanna reiterate what I said before

[@coryv5679]

Till you play some of his games and realize he's mostly full of shit. I mean look at Fallout 76...

[@ColonialBoi]

@@coryv5679 Fallout 76 on day one is undeniably a bad game, with glitches of falling through the floor, to too many enemies spawning, the game at its core, to me, is still great. When you actually get to play with friends, you understand why Fallout 76 is an online game, the challenges of trying to go through all the loops to launch the nuke, to shooting down a Scorchbeast Queen is something that only feels good playing with friends. When getting out of the vault for the first time and seeing the mystical West Virginia with light coming in through the trees, and the morning dew covering the ground down the hill, is an irreplaceable experience, to the Cranberry Bog that had been ridden with holes from the remnants of the Great War, the game looks great. The map is most definitely 4 times the size of Fallout 4. However, I will agree that 16 times the detail is a little ridiculous. Fallout 4 had a good lighting engine, but the developers did not use it to its full extent. You can really see the improvement of what you are supposed to feel when you are in a biome. The beginning section feels nice and welcoming, the middle section feels challenging and more against you, and the last part feels depressing and mystical in a sad and weird way. What I’m trying to say is that I think that Fallout 76, though bug-ridden and filled with overpowered weapons, is still a game that I love. I love the community and the welcomingness of high level players to low level players, and I love the increase of stuff to come back to with the Daily Ops, and the game pass to complete. It is a game that I will continue to play, but I understand why you might not like.

[@ApologyforPepology]

@@ColonialBoi I didn't hate Fallout 76 yet it still rubbed me the wrong way overall. I played with a friend like three months after launch till the "end" and little further. I played it again alone a couple of months ago to see how it changed due the added human npcs. As a coop game it rarely gave me the thrill what for example a Left4Dead did. As a singleplayer it felt shallow, grindfesty and uneventful most of the time. So why Fallout 76 is in no way or shape a disaster (anymore), for me there are way better games out there to play with friends or alone.

[@david8157]

@@coryv5679 Listen to all Todd said in this interview about F76. To do that you will have to get your fixed opinion out of the way for a few minutes. Difficult I know, but I bet you can do it.

[@100Wilbur999]

So glad Todd is still very enthusiastic about modding. It really does give a game eternal life.

[@goblingoddessgaming608]

I hope he means free modding via Nexus and other places, not just stuff on Bethesda.net (although I expect future games to require making an account anyway) or Creation Club. Problem I have is that the Creation Club updates are a royal pain in the butt, always breaking free mods which has led to some modders abandoning their mods. Which I can totally understand. So Creation Club is not modder friendly as far as I'm concerned. And I doubt it will go away. So I'm wary...

[@captntargaryen]

also means, he doesnt need to fix bugs, fans do it for him

[@PedroGomes-cx7ku]

@@captntargaryen A price everyone who is aware of the potential in modding in Bethesda games is willing to pay. Just imagine if Cyberpunk was as moddable as Beth games.

[@2drealms196]

Investors are so sad Todd is still enthusiastic about free modding. In their eyes locking down modding behind paywalls generates eternal wealth.

[@100Wilbur999]

Yeah I mean Nexus! Monetizing would destroy it. They should only monetize big Bethesda owned mods (like DLC)

[@bananamilkteacappuccino]

16:49 if you call Whiterun "Whitethorn" you should automatically be disqualified from interviewing Todd Howard

[@paulandreotti1639]

He knew the name of the capital of Rohan, so he balanced himself out.

[@bananamilkteacappuccino]

@@paulandreotti1639 you make a good point.

[@hans_____]

He didn't remember Riverwood either.

[@brandonhughes9113]

@Mojo Jojo maybe a cabin, trailer parks aren't usually that nice

[@BishopDeeds]

Lmao, Todd was looking at him like "motherfucker, fuck you"

[@HickoryDickory86]

I am absolutely impressed with Todd Howard's candor in this interview. From the city sizes in Skyrim, to the problems of Gamebryo/Creation Engine, to the botched launch of Fallout 76, he freely admitted it all and held nothing back, and that regains huge respect from me. I also appreciate the language he used regarding their Creation Engine update for Starfield and TES VI. He used "overhaul," which, if accurate, is a very, very good sign that, finally, they have buckled down and done the hard work they've needed to do for quite a long time now.

[@bebo2629]

He is great when it comes to that. There is an interview from 2008 where he responded to all of Oblivion's criticism and he even said that he "appreciates" the maener comments they got for Fallout 76 because in the end even those are some form of criticism. I think this is a really smart view of handing these kind of things.

[@Cairnsification]

That doesn't justify the misrepresentations or outright lies Todd Howard's known for. It's easy to look back in hindsight after you've made your money selling your product and say you didn't get everything right. That doesn't mean it's now OK. Todd Howard admitted he *knew* Fallout 76 would be released in a broken state in an IGN interview but went ahead with it anyway. Saying that post-release doesn't now make him innocent; it makes him *more* guilty of scamming players.

[@cizeek9748]

@@Cairnsification the problem is, he was definitely forced to do that. No game developer would want to talk about his game like that. The company knows he is charismatic and an icon, so they forced him to it. Yes of course he was a part of it a little, but I wouldn't throw it all on it...

[@232Invoker]

@@cizeek9748 It sad that a lot of people fail to see what you see, Todd was a punching bag and the company knew.

[@KRG30001]

New engine confirmed!

[@mountainshark2388]

Todd touched on a lot of things, even the city sizes of Skyrim. I really enjoyed this.

[@pfnieks]

There's a video here on yt where Emil Pagliarulo explains all the thing they had to cut from Skyrim cities because of console limitations. And even on this current gen it wouldn't have been much better, because it would have been limited in scope by the terrible jaguar cpu used in both ps4/pro and xbox1/x. Look at how much cdprojekt red has been struggling to get cp2077 to work properly on this gen consoles, while it could work out of the box on next gen.

[@pawe1721]

@@pfnieks That's true. 3rd delay happen because of that.

[@caementicium284]

Yeah the insidious nature of consoles has hamstrung video game development for a long time. The period in which Skyrim was developed was potentially the worst for this, everyone was eying Wii money, PC piracy was a massive industry buzzword and everything was generally terrible as a result. Look how long we stuck with 32bit architecture. And yeah Todd is generally fairly open to criticism about his games and there is usually a legitimate justification for the criticisms. The main disconnection is that consumers might be absolutely crestfallen by a bad game, but for Todd it's just one job of many, he's not an indie developer with his heart and soul sewn into his projects. What might be the biggest criticism one might have with a Bethesda title was likely just casually discussed in the boardroom at Bethesda. Justifying the flaws doesn't fix the issues, of course. But suggesting Todd is either malevolent or completely blind to flaws in his games is absurd. He simply isn't anywhere near as emotionally invested in the minutia as somebody who has fanatically consumed Bethesda titles for the last two decades.

[@pfnieks]

@@caementicium284 That's why I think breaking the routine with starfield was necessary, you can tell that he is very excited about it and that it's a passion project for him.

[@haroldallaberg6359]

@@pfnieks yeah it's awful that they've always been constricted by stupid consoles. even with starfield, they're being constricted by limitations of the ps5/xboxwhatever.

[@HareDeLune]

By Azura! By Azura! By Azura! Imagine *me,* sitting *here,* talking to *you!*

[@sgvaldehueza]

XD that would be lovely. Follow thy esteemed champion.

[@thatbrohh2366]

Hahahahahhaha

[@jacksoncoleman4401]

Todd's face when the interviewer said whitethorn 😂

[@Enzevil]

This was so, so interesting to hear! He's my favorite director and designer and I find his thoughts so amazing. He also sounds very relaxed to listen to, and presents his words very well. Todd, I know you read comments and stuff on Reddit, so if you read this: thank you so much for everything you done for your games and games in general. You insprire me a lot, and yes, I still play Skyrim often nowadays. Can't wait for Starfield en TES VI!

[@sgvaldehueza]

Exactly what I was thinking.my Favourite director too! And I've been waiting for starfielddd for a long time now, we just can't wait.

[@SirKotok]

"I had a baby, my firstborn" "I am sorry"

[@ifaa5755]

😂

[@coopzors1507]

"Todd Howard has heard your weeping, He has seen your mourning, He has turned his ear to your cry! He has not turned his face from us, He has not forgotten us! Hark! For he has spoken unto us from his high seat! Turn your ear, and let your heart be glad, May your weeping cease, and your hope restored. For he brings tidings of 3pic games to come, With an 'important update' he has spoken unto us!" And so the prophecy is complete, as it was foretold many ages ago.

[@joshuawolford1972]

Is that from Psalms? 😆

[@Skullzi]

How many Star in Starfield Todd?

[@g4fly4ever8]

My man skullzi is here Waiting for your analysis of everything here

[@Klipiklip1]

At least three I think

[@hamishleeford215]

16x more than Skyrim

[@varana]

A whole field of them.

[@brandonhughes9113]

@@varana ya beat me to it by 2 weeks

[@clarinetgirl75]

Always a pleasure to hear Todd speak. Thanks :)

[@lulubeloo]

i also love listening to his sweet little lies.

[@thebrightestsun4685]

@@lulubeloo Well he has a lot of points in charisma

[@execute6200]

@@thebrightestsun4685 he passes every red speech check

[@austinskaggs4184]

listened to this entire thing. love Todd Howard / Bethesda. been a loyal fan since oblivion when I was 12 years old.

[@DarthPhillius]

Interviewer; "I only just found out about Terminator Futureshock" Me winking at my big box copy from back in the day "These kids today"

[@Sioolol]

35:59 Todd reads Reddit. We are doomed.

[@17Haru17]

50 minutes in or so Howard gives such a good explanation of why you shouldn't announce games and show trailers more than a year out from a release. Obviously Starfield, but everyone complaining about 76 makes the best case why it was the right decision to announce that at the same time.

[@inspirer4763]

2:00 "What would a 12 year old hot Todd Howard produce?" I'm calling the FBI.

[@NorsiGaming615]

I swear I thought I was hearing things lol

[@sgvaldehueza]

Lol, I swear I missed that part when I watched this

[@fuckyou37]

Todd smiling after cashing out his Zenimax stock for $150 Million

[@TheDanteEX]

Wouldn't be surprised if he retires after Starfield. Maybe taking more of a consulting position for Elder Scrolls VI.

[@Osama-KIN_TMZ01]

@@TheDanteEX Doubt it if he does love developing games like he said. Heck, Shigeru Miyamoto is 67 years old and still going strong in Nintendo and Satoru Iwata kept making video games until the last day of his life. Games are art, and if an artist is driven by passion they could never let it go.

[@thelocustgrappler513]

@@TheDanteEX Todd has said he will do video games until he literally can’t so I don’t think he’ll be retiring soon

[@fuckyou37]

@@thelocustgrappler513 Todd’s Zenimax buyout deal includes an additional $125M in Microsoft stock grants. These are usually unvested and serve as golden handcuffs to keep critical employees onboard after a buyout. I doubt he goes anywhere atleast the next 5 years.

[@venepskeuten9206]

Nice to get some more insight on the games and their creators opinion on the process of creating it. Also feels like Todd is more free to say more after microsofts aquisition judging by the fallout 76 segment. Which is nice.

[@Half-Vampire]

Exactly, i get a feeling he and his team at Bethesda Game Studios never wanted F76, but forced by Zenimax.

[@ArturoPladeado]

@@Half-Vampire I think it's more Zenimax forcing them to release it so soon and do such a shitty beta phase rather than Todd and the rest of the time not wanting to do a online Fallout. And due to Microsoft acquisition of Bethesda he seemed more free on what he could say and even he said he would have preferred a 24/7 beta for a longer period rather than the short beta bursts, so it's safe to say that Fallout 76 having a rocky start is all on Zenimax specifically the shareholders that dictate most things but now that Bethesda has Microsoft's funding the shareholders opinions should more or less be irrelevant now so hopefully things become better now.

[@bebo2629]

@@Half-Vampire Nah, they are interviews from 2007 in which he is completely open and talks about probels. He just rarely gives interviews.

[@savascoruh7981]

@@bebo2629 Like you said, it's from 2007. Bethesda's board of directors has changed a lot since that time. Now is the time for Todd to talk freely and do his thing freely yet again.

[@AintPopular]

28:19

[@GhostShadow860]

Ak47 missed a word but close enough

[@avieleliyahu6199]

IT JUST WORKS!

[@0FFICERPROBLEM]

Hey, guy on the right, stop staring severely into my soul.

[@inspirer4763]

Nobody believes me, but Todd Howard seduced me in the bathroom at a Fleetwood Mac concert back in 2018. I don't mind tho.

[@abhisekbus]

With Todd having a speech skill of 100, why would you even mind?

[@savascoruh7981]

It just works!

[@TheDanteEX]

Did you ever tell him your baby is his?

[@someoneuppingdudetechnical6320]

I did not need to read this

[@LanDiEvil]

Todd Howard is permanently on Grape Mentats. The other guy has taken Jet and Psycho but really just needs some RadAway.

[@markklimaszewski7360]

Bwahahahahahahaha!

[@Simon74]

The graphics of Todd still hold up.

[@vast634]

16 times the information

[@AP13P]

4 times the size of peanus

[@KORNEWARRIOR]

16 times the financial rape

[@a_void]

16 times the Todd

[@adityajoies]

Gods be praised. It's a pleasure watching Todd.

[@tesoblivionfan933]

Tes Oblivion is my favourite because the world and music just hypnotised me )After hard day at work-I switched on oblivion And was roaming around .After few quests for DB I entered my cheyndinhall home and put my boots near fireplace )It had such an amazing atmosphere )And mix of Roman and medieval culture in fantasy setting was stunning) It was so good i simply just wanted to live in game .Concerning the balance between freeplay and story I choose freeplay (oblivion had much more freedom than Skyrim )in Skyrim it was hard to get lost in the game because you were Dragonborn and everybody recognised you)and fallout 3 for me had more freedom than fo4 because in fallout 3 you start as baby and it easier to role play unlike fo4 there you are already war veteran with family .Thanks Todd and Bethesda because you changed so many lives and gave so many good memories. In conclusion i should say that I hope that TES VI will be as atmospheric and colourful as oblivion and at the same time game it will be for adults (like Witcher 3) Ps Sorry for my English )

[@CousinBellic]

I'm pretty sure that TW3 will influence the next TES just like Skyrim had an influence on TW3. These two franchises will always complement each other from now on.

[@lunagrace2872]

First you English is great 👍. But also how to agree Oblivion has this unique charm that I haven’t seen in other games before or even after. It’s very whimsical, a little quirky, zany, unpredictable but optimistic fun. For me I liked Skyrim but Oblivion personality was way more fun and was a game that wanted to be funny. And they easy have the best side quest in all of ES. Plus the music is literally perfect 🥰. It feels peaceful, makes you lost into the music and makes you feel incredible strong (I was so excited when I heard an oblivion song in Skyrim). Plus Oblivion has probably the best dlc ever made in Shivering Isles. The game that fits my personality prefect. 🤩

[@DagothDaddy]

I think it's just the fact Todd comes off as someone who is there because he loves making games like if he wasn't head of one the largest devs in the world he would still just be sitting at his computer making games for fun. Which in an industry full of guys like Andrew Wilson who walk out like Oil Barons. With dead eyes and fake smiles announce "Cash grab simulator current year" is refreshing.

[@MrInternetMan]

Really loved this. It's always a treat to get insight from Todd.

[@legiongamer-works-podcaster]

Wish the interviewer asked if todd.... would ever use the unreal Engine :/

[@MrInternetMan]

@@legiongamer-works-podcaster He did bring up the engine issue. We will be surprised by the upgrades they've done. It's the most engine work they've ever done. They would never use unreal or any outside solution.

[@legiongamer-works-podcaster]

@@MrInternetMan why not? everyone hates the creation ..engine....how much longer till they fail again..

[@MrInternetMan]

@@legiongamer-works-podcaster You're not understanding how this works. They don't need a new engine. If you listened to how he explained it in this video you would have a better understanding.

[@legiongamer-works-podcaster]

@@MrInternetMano sry my bad

[@austinbevis4266]

Todd Howard stole my cat and made me buy Skyrim to get it back

[@mopar426power]

Pretty good deal I'd say.

[@austinbevis4266]

@*CJ* Todd Howard is a god among men.

[@austinbevis4266]

@*CJ* that wasn’t a dream. He can project himself into your consciousness.

[@Ren21798]

@*CJ* he achived anti chim. when he dream he projecting his existence into your dream and told you to buy skyrim just like dagoth ur

[@ItzItazuki]

Todd Howard is relentlessly handsome

[@faygoorangedrip4426]

Did the interviewer say Whitethorn instead of Whiterun?

[@GooglyEyedJoe]

@Winchester_BornIn1973 He's a games industry journalist who mainly focuses on the industry/business/developer side of things rather than a gamer who probably plays Bethesda games etc. - www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/?author=1570

[@slapthekillswitch]

@@GooglyEyedJoe yeah you should know about the Biggest games themselves if you work in that field and you are going to interview people. Was this an excuse for his terrible research.

[@haneefy8700]

I wanna protect Todd Howard's smile

[@Frederic_S]

Danny, you were very fair. No unnessesary todbashing. Thumbs up. Thank you for the video.

[@Arlenishn]

James stares into the abyss every 5 minutes.

[@ivshofspb]

Thanks for that interview! I wish we could hear more tech details, regarding limitations and challenges.

[@wetpenguin]

I fear not the man who has released 10,000 games once, but I fear the man who has released one game 10,000 times

[@DiogenesDworkinson]

True... True... Still expecting starfield to open with "Good... You're finally awake".

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

ok

[@MrGrim-ck7qj]

I don't quite understand the host's point on Fallout 4 about time pressure vs idle exploration. The whole point of an open world RPG is that you play the way that feels the most true for your character. James Batchelor was playing a female character - the mother - and so if he felt that she would do only what was absolutely necessary to finding her child, then the game absolutely facilitates you to follow that agenda. You can entirely ignore Preston Garvey at the museum. You can find the location to Diamond City from Trashcan Carla and bee-line the main quest with great urgency, and then you can return to everything else in good time. There is also the factor of imagination. In one of my playthroughs, I imagined my character emerging into this bleak and blasted wasteland and immediately losing hope that a kidnapped baby could ever survive such a hostile environment. That was a roleplaying decision that facilitated my desire to pursue the periphery experiences of the game without delving too deeply into the main questline.

[@pfnieks]

I agree, even if you feel the urgency to look for your child, you would still find yourself lost in such an unfamiliar and hostile environment. So it wouldn't be weird trying to get a stronger foothold first, rather than rushing to your death. And, as you said, it wouldn't be strange that, once you realize how messed up thus new reality is, you would just give up altogether. Another complaint that I never understood is about starting with a backstory, as if being a soldier or a lawyer had any value in the wasteland (for example, does anybody remember that Rick was a cop after a few seasons of the walking dead? He becomes a completely different person and borderline insane).

[@MrGrim-ck7qj]

@@pfnieks I especially find it strange when hardcore fans of New Vegas (disclaimer: I thoroughly enjoyed New Vegas, but not to the extent that I feel it necessary to attack other Fallout instalments) use the point that you brought up at the end of your post. Especially seeing as New Vegas is arguably the game that starts the player character with the most developed backstory, even going so far as to dedicate an entire DLC to a backstory that doesn't come from the player's imagination.

[@pfnieks]

@@MrGrim-ck7qj I know, I loved both fnv and fo4 and I can see both their strengths and flaws. That dlc was weird, all of a sudden a backstory was forced on you and you also had to take a questionable decision to move on with the dlc and get blamed for it when you had no choice on the matter. Basically I pretended that Ulysses was a lunatic who mistook me for someone else. Still it was a fun and challenging dlc with lots of awesome loot.

[@HareDeLune]

Not everyone wants to have to follow a main questline in order to play a game. In Fallout 4, there are entire areas of the game that are locked off from the player if you go out of your way to avoid the main quest. Heavy-handed tactics such as this have caused me to have no interest in playing the game. I like to make very different characters and live in a World that I can explore and experience from their different points of view. This is not possible for me in a game where I'm being dragged around by the ear from one plot point to another. No, thank you.

[@MrGrim-ck7qj]

@@HareDeLune That's fine, no one is forcing you to play a game you don't want to. Though your response is out of alignment with our discussion in this post. James Batchelor wanted the opposite to you. He wanted to pursue the urgency of the main quest - find his character's son - to the exclusion of all else, and made it sound like the game forbade him from doing so. My point was that this is untrue. You do not need to get side-tracked to pursue the main quest. You can ignore Concord entirely and find alternate ways to Diamond City. I don't think that a character looking for their child and deciding not to get involved in a gunfight is in any way disruptive to immersion. So, I'm not exactly sure what you think you're responding to in this specific comment. That being said, Fallout 4 is an immense game, and I'm not exactly sure what 'entire areas' you think are locked off from the player if you avoid the main quest. Only instanced areas specific to quests come to mind. Are you saying you want access to main quest specific areas but you don't want the main quest content? Seems poorly thought out. The world is wide open and I can walk from Sanctuary Hills to the Glowing Sea and back again without the main quest prohibiting my progress at all. Maybe you should stick to sandbox games like Minecraft if you're opposed to a narrative.

[@LeMoez]

Todd our King of Kings

[@nortomorrow]

Heard about you and your honeyed words

[@ExplosiveNPF]

Legend of the gaming industry

[@leftdoorslord1869]

After watching this interview, I feel like we might get really large cities in Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6.

[@chakko007]

Hopefully not too large. It's always a bit of a bummer for me, when the locations are that gigantic. Very hard to explore everything. I rather have some different medium size locations, than one really big one. In Fallout or Elder Scrolls it also makes sense. In Starfield maybe not so. We'll see.

[@leftdoorslord1869]

@@chakko007 Yeah the number of cities/settlements shouldn't be sacrificed. But I really want a city as large as Novigrad in TW3. As Todd addressed, it brings fidelity(closer to what lore describes). I also suggest watching Zaric Zhakaron's ideal Elder Scrolls V. I think you will be fascinated by the idea of larger cities.

[@tonkinjeezus6626]

chakko007 Idk about Starfield since we have zero idea about how the cities, people, aliens will look like, but Elder Scrolls should have excessively large cities to give that epic atmosphere. No one needs to explore everything at once, but as you live, spend time traveling this giant world you’ll learn things, explore things etc, meet new people etc like in real life. MAXIMUM IMMERSION

[@moriyokiri3229]

Sure, maybe even with "16 times the details"

[@wastelander1015]

it's actually nice to hear him acknowledge the disaster of Fallout 76. While i'm still concerned about his words on a previous interview where he said that his biggest regret was not being able to permanently engage and capitalize the success of Skyrim. That they delivered a full game to people, and there is no way to continue capitalizing on it's success. I sure hope these were vain words and Fallout 76 isn't just an experiment to see how people react to the monetizing schemes they came up with in that game, for future implementation. Todd, please go back to the times of Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Skyrim, these are the games that made Bethesda what it is.

[@DualAnalogReviews]

Fallout 4 isn't included in that list. You are a man of culture I see.

[@salamantitus7331]

Can you share the link for that interview?

[@KRG30001]

Fantastic interview

[@pmpdaddyt1218]

Todd probably, definitely won't see this, but *Thank You* for the Fallout 76 apology... I was a Day 1, Power Armour Edition Fan - and boooy were my feelings hurt... smh Edit - great questions, thoughtful expressive answers, great all around interview.

[@AP13P]

Don't forgive them just yet.

[@pmpdaddyt1218]

@@AP13P lol 😆

[@RYANG-THE-MANG]

I'd assume the reason skyrim was as successful as it was is because they had been riding a high level of success from morrowind and Oblivion and then they took the next title skyrim and made it larger and broader but also made in a lot less in depth and more shallow so any basic player can play it even if they weren't used too rpg systems or building a character with stats and what not, so unfortunately for rpg fans and elder scrolls fans a lot of them felt that skyrim actually wasnt as good as former titles but in terms of a full audience it definitely became more popular

[@triplehelix3207]

I'd say another reason is that the Last Dragonborn is easy to do branding for

[@salamantitus7331]

Their marketing was on point as well. And the title was catchy and pleasant to say. "Skyim."

[@kaloo9656]

million dollar smiles for days. todd howard is king!!

[@salamantitus7331]

The game you can play forever reminded me of the (fictional) movie you can watch forever that the novel Infinite Jest talks about.

[@RyanR3STL3SS]

SkyrimVR is amazing. AI procedural generation will be a game changer.

[@TheBumblebee84]

Daedric Prince of things that work

[@Hero_Of_Old]

An hour of Todd? Yeeeeeah boi

[@GrimGalore]

@1:50 Dude: OMG! Todd the Godd is talking to me!!!

[@sgvaldehueza]

His eyes shows how startruck he was. To speak to Godd Howard. What pleasure

[@AintPopular]

The man The myth The toad

[@I_Cunt_Spell]

The lying toad.

[@scottmoore4254]

Todd Howard looks a little like my childhood dentist.....

[@savascoruh7981]

He probably is among many other things.

[@scottmoore4254]

@@savascoruh7981 Hahaha the man of many talents XD

[@devon6039]

Thank you for sharing!

[@UnknownMoses]

25:45 - Morrowind handled this best out of Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 or Fallout 4. Because there was not a intro at the beginning making you feel forced in a direction. I prefer no tutorial to speak of with no intro explaining the game, figuring it out is half the fun. I mean sure Morrowind reminds you here and there but you'd hardly notice. If Skyrim dropped you off a carriage releasing you from prison and just let you go without telling you dragons are attacking you must help I can't stand that. At the same time, Elder Scrolls and Fallout are the only games I play because of freedom in the game worlds.

[@IngridGamedev]

best answer at all time ---> 1:03:16 =D

[@TheBurningOakTree]

Has that 'yes i was in the chess club' energy

[@toddhoward7831]

The awkwardness just proves it is todd howard

[@gabeux]

@@toddhoward7831 not a synth, just good old todd

[@Iambadboy88]

It just works.

[@Icureditwithmybrain]

I want the next elder scrolls game to have more named NPC's with different voices with more varied dialog and I don't care if the game is 200GB in size.

[@yaosio]

Somebody tell Todd to be in my Todd Howard videos.

[@arobertson87]

Great interview and really such a stellar interviewer. Every question posed was spot on! Kudos!

[@brandonhughes9113]

You serious?

[@sergeyborovoy6189]

Todd, u're the only hope in game industry, I do believe in you

[@sergeantgutter6552]

53:23 I feel very strung along, as far as things taking time, 2020 has nearly killed the world, and the finale begins in a few hours from now. Mr Howard, I think it's time for a reveal before we are all to dead to care.

[@alexmcqueen2916]

lolol relax

[@chraisystark9942]

Todd's just an awesome guy. Imagine he went to Nasa. They would go to the moon someday.

[@someoneuppingdudetechnical6320]

He would just implement Skyrim on the Spacecraft computers.

[@moriyokiri3229]

Yea, let's let the guy who made Fallout 76 do that and risk people's lives

[@Gamer-ln5we]

@@moriyokiri3229 Different team, that.s the BGS Austin team.

[@OXFKhan]

Anyone else find it odd that James headset microphone is not down.

[@chakko007]

Maybe he uses another mic.

[@OXFKhan]

@@chakko007 yeah just looked odd.

[@fortnotegamer6449]

*_This is surreal.. i thought he was just a stock picture and an ai making games._*

[@Klipiklip1]

Todd is really charismatic!

[@ShadoShade]

He's got that Charisma [# of Skyrim editions].

[@sussy_61]

todd, i believe in you, please make a comeback

[@jackiechan7821]

DONT THINK JUST ABOUT THE WORLD, THINK ABOUT THE GAMEPLAY, THE GAMEPLAY THAT ITS HARD LIKE A MORROWIND TYPE, I DIDNT PLAY MORROWIND BUT I KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE AND I WANT MORE OF IT, EVERYONE NEED MORE OF IT, GET BACK TO YOUR NINROOT TODD, BIG LOVE

[@setokaiba2351]

Timestamps my guy 🤦‍♂️

[@victor_734]

Its worth watching the whole thing

[@getitstandswithukraine6637]

2:00 is all you need

[@세계사전공자]

진심 베데스다와 CDPR은 너무 다른것같음ㅋㅋㅋ 사이버펑크2077, CDPR이 왜 지금 욕쳐먹고있는지.. 베데스다의 토드 하워드가 대놓고 이유를 말해주는듯ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ "우리가 스타 필드의 신규 영상을 볼수있을때까지는 아직 시간이 걸릴 것 같아요." 토드 하워드는 아직 출시일에 관해 말할때가 되지 않았다고 말하고 있습니다. 토드 하워드는 "사이버펑크2077이 하는 것처럼 스타 필드를 일찍 공개하고, 출시 전에 티저를 계속 내는걸 원치 않아요" 라고 하네요. 많은 사람들이 스타 필드를 기대하지만, 토드는 "아직 스타 필드의 출시일이 멀었다고 말하는쪽이 팬들에게 훨씬 더 좋을것같아요" 라고 얘기 합니다. 또한 토드 하워드는 "오히려 긴 개발과정 동안 게임 영상에 관한 정기적인 업데이트와 프리뷰를 제공하면서 쓸데없이 팬들에게 기대감만 높이는건, 잠재적으로는 더 안좋을 수있어요" 라고 얘기 합니다. "왜냐면 그런 정보가 너무 오래 이어지면 팬들이 피로감을 느끼게 되기 때문이죠." 라고 토드 하워드는 얘기 합니다. "팬들의 기대를 높이는건 좋은 일이지만, 그건 피로감으로 바뀔수있기 때문에 벨런스가 필요해요. 솔직히 말하면 트레일러를 만들고, 데모와 에셋을 만드는건 개발 시간을 뺏어갑니다. 게다가 한번 데모를 공개하면 계속 이전 데모보다 더 나은 모습을 선보여야 하죠. 그러느니 차라리 저는 모든 시간을 게임에 쏟고, 마지막에 하나의 대형 데모 영상만 공개하겠어요." 라고 토드는 말합니다.

[@artemnikitenko5198]

Yes

[@anrutoantic6293]

in Maacuss we trust

[@danielrauh4237]

i dont want to play it on my phone or tablet, i dont want to "Quick" Change it. I want to sit there, home alone and play a deep Single Player Game. Who else thinks this also? Thats not the future. Other Games maybe, but not games with Story, i dont get it, why Todd thinks this is the Future

[@paulandreotti1639]

#SavePlayer1

[@gabeux]

I think he was exactly referring to making deep games more accessible and lowering the barrier to entry, rather than watering down everything and making mobile games for everyone. It's the future in the sense that it will make it a lot more accessible for whole new audiences - not just folks with the time or desire to sit down for hours straight at a single game (which is also my case). One example is my Fallout 4 mod loadout and savegame taking nearly 15 minutes or more to load up. Or even vanilla FO4 taking a long time to load and having to load each cell/map after each transition. Making those stuff faster and more seamless, along with being able to stop and boot up at any point and time quickly, and doing that even on more-mobile platforms (consoles) is pretty darn significant. Of course, this comes more from a marketing and industry (sales, reach) angle than a pure development or game design one. Folks forget Todd has to balance many fronts, and to get him to reply with design or technical views the questions have to be worded in such ways.

[@salamantitus7331]

Because the Chinese and the Japanese (mainly) love to play games on mobile or handheld consoles, therefore all these big studios are already planning to secure that and cater to those big markets.

[@danielrauh4237]

@@salamantitus7331 have different titels like blade or shelter is ok, but if you want and TES or Fallout on Phone, thats not work, you need a controler or mouse - Keyboard. And then you dont need the game on phone, if you want it just stream it. Great Phone Titels are Touch only

[@quincyundead2417]

16 times the details

[@Icureditwithmybrain]

When I played fallout 4 I made sure to stay away from the main quest for as long as possible because I wanted to get as much out of the game as possible. Im the type that wants to get 100's of hours out of an open world game.

[@boomwowsion64]

I just started playing fallout 4 a month ago, straight up survival mode. I think it's been at least 100 hours, and I only progressed to killing Kellogg. I've been doing a lot of side quests and realized that most side quests would introduce you to one of those small areas or buildings most of which you would've ignored if you only play main quests.

[@deaddog4094]

Todd is great.

[@micosair]

Bruh, do you even timestamps??

[@paul221266]

Not sure if I missed it, but was there a question on Fallout 5. This is the game I really want but think this could be many years away considering both Starfield and TES6 are apparently not imminent

[@TheHiyy]

Go play Fallout 2

[@CrippleCrowx]

i havent seen any interviews with todd where the interviewer hasnt mildly insulted todd

[@ro-miexv8309]

im just here for todd howard :)

[@cruisingwithoutsail6585]

Even though he is a greedy money sucking son of a gun. I can't help but like todd

[@void0main]

Can we have Morrowind remastered? Please?

[@johnblacksad1627]

I invite you to get a look at Skywind ^^, if you haven't allready ;) ... I know it's not an official thing, but they have the blessing of Bethesda, so it's as if :D

[@void0main]

@@johnblacksad1627 oh nice! Thank you! How to get the invitation?

[@johnblacksad1627]

@@void0main Ah, unfortunatly, the "game" is still in developpement.. It's basicaly, in short, a remaster of Morrowind, nearly from scratch, using Skyrim engine... If I'm not mistaken, they actually use the Special edition. They even remade musics, have professional level of voice actings and all.. It's pretty advanced as it is, but as you can imagine, a fan-made project like that can take an uncertain amount of time to be completed, but I have good faith in it ;).

[@void0main]

@@johnblacksad1627 yes thank you for the explanation. I am tracking it a bit too but never tried actually. Maybe I should try

[@Pajkes]

Todd could serve you glass of water, you'd drink it and be convinced it was wine. He was pretty honest and open about his game design philosophy and Bethesda's successes & failures. I did register 1 lie: no Todd, you still can't in any way commit arson in Skyrim and burn local lumber mills. Nor be friends with local Giants. Both you could in your Skyrim DEMO. Why don't you accidentally upload it to the net ...

[@joeyweed5399]

cut content lol

[@howldread]

It just works

[@uncooked_ham]

I really enjoy Fallout 76 but my husband often makes me play it naked with the curtains open :/

[@kennethlee2910]

He says accessibility but limiting it with Microsoft is opposite of your words.

[@AP13P]

Not when you can put Skyrim on literally every electronic thing and charge 60$ for it through Xcloud lol.

[@salamantitus7331]

You have Windows PC and Xbox. Only systems that matter, really.

[@vasshadowkhan1605]

I have questions to Todd. Did work on Starfield begin while ago? May I help with testing future games?

[@Bigtooly]

There is nothing like Skyrim

[@Half-Vampire]

Me too, Skyrim in space, sandbox rpg in living breathing world(space?) where we can be anyone and do anything! With Bethesda, there will also be mods, oh my, the endless possibilities!

[@Bigtooly]

@Aaron hehe a year ago crickey, i was bang on the money :D

[@netbusinessproposals7648]

Nice video shows methods to create a business..

[@xfinafire]

How come these guys who do zoom call interviews never invest in a microphone? How do you work in broadcasting or media in general and not own a microphone, or a high quality webcam? Some irritating shit.

[@tonyblackburn6117]

I would leave my wife for Todd Howard

[@goblingoddessgaming608]

That's the look on James' face the entire time. :D

[@Thank_you_Holy_God]

Todd

[@Chinch27]

Wait, you can sabotage lumbermills?

[@Oxygen97]

Tell me lies, Todd.

[@Zarcaster]

@@Oxygen97 Cut content

[@TeemoAcademy]

todd is still employed after fallout 76?!

[@sgvaldehueza]

Of course. Bethesda still needs a charismatic, speech expert to speak on their behalf.

[@canismajoris6733]

Another sheep following the leader...

[@PedroGomes-cx7ku]

Rightfully so.

[@heime1990]

his fault is he is not a rpg gamer. he wants an adventure game with rpg elements. he was like that from the beginning. elder scroll olivion and fallout 3 were not rpg in true sense. they adapted fun things from many genres. rpg without boring texts or dialogues and adventure shooter with a little story and quests that didnt leave players emptiness were their games

[@Azzi_0161]

Big up ESO!

[@arthurcuesta6041]

TELL ME LIES TELL ME SWEET LITTLE LIES

[@cargorunnerUK]

Great interview but it made me scared for future games. Todd showed some passion for his old games. Games they made that they wanted to play. But there was no sign of any passion for the new games. He was describing the new games as just arbitrary solutions to questions like "how do we make someone play forever". Games are like art and they need passion and love for the game driving their creation. What game do you get if you are just driven by questions "we need to appeal to the FPS players", "we need to appeal to the MMO players", "we need them to play for more hours, not just 170", "we need to get revenue during all 170 hours they play"

[@dancan4949]

Did not know Todd is an epic Redditor. This is a wholesome chungus 100 moment