How Todd Howard and the Bethesda team create the massive worlds in Starfield and Skyrim | BAFTA

[@maxzapom]

This comment section does not feel real

[@monzsoap2424]

same feeling

[@qcumber6652]

This comment section is no different than all other video's where Todd get's interviewed though. Always has been like this.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

mostly bots and devs kissing their bosses boots

[@JVillalbaAnimation]

​@@WrangleMcDanglesure, cause is impossible to find people that enjoy videogames :)

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@JVillalbaAnimation no it's just toxic positivity. not one comment section is this positive about someone like todd howard

[@mhommond]

I wouldn't say irresponsibly big your Starfield can be bigger. I say continue adding to it. You got the entire galaxy to build onto it with from just our little corner of the galaxy. You can also add other galaxies once you run out of space in our galaxy. The one big thing I ask is if it's an unexplored uninhabited planet, make it uninhabited. With not pirate/spacer/merc bases or mining outposts. That way you can make it your own without having to fight for space to build your outposts. There can be an occasional crashed ship even with the possibility of survivors you can rescue. Another addition is not only can you build an outpost but you can build your own city from that outpost and bring survivors or people from other over crowded cities that want to leave and make your own bustling metropolis. Or you can go the loner route build yourself a mansion on a beautiful beach on a lush planet full of exotic life. Oh you can hunt already but I'd like to see the ability of fishing also. There are some stability issues remaining it's gotten much better though. It's gone from crashing every 30 seconds through 15 minutes to 3 times in 4 hours which makes it more playable but still frustrating.

[@mhommond]

3:34 Oh here's another thought that could just add to the games environment say like TVs and Computers can access the Internet and well TVs for instance you can access your Netflix or whatever service your signed up for and have a movie night with your crew and PCs can browse the real world internet where you can browse through both Bethesda/Starfield internet/stores/the real world internet for when you just want a break from the game. It's not important but would be a cool feature finally added to a game I've always wondered why nobody has done before.

[@vpwavv]

nice botted comment section

[@RichardBejtlich]

I thoroughly enjoy Starfield and look forward to playing Shattered Space on Monday!

[@WestSeaSpirit]

Me too. Once I pick up the controller, I can't put it down! I already put in 90 hours in 2 weeks!

[@raphaelfranco9438]

Don't you have a work?

[@DarthArctos]

So glad I'm not the only one. I just bought the game on steam, ignoring all the hate..like you mean I can be a XenoBiologist and explore space?! I am in love with this game and I do not understand why it has so much hate.

[@skyriminspace]

​@@DarthArctosone of the main reasons is that it receives such praise. Believe it or not there are a lot of people who cannot bear to see others enjoying something they don't get.

[@Ved000000]

How's that copium taste?

[@Morg2851]

I love a lot of games, but there are a certain few where I enjoy just existing in, and BGS games are the first among them. Can't wait for another world with Shattered Space (and TES6 ).

[@WrangleMcDangle]

You really should curb your excitement for the elder scrolls 6. It will be on the same engine, again, and the people who made Oblivion the game it was have long since left the team.

[@Morg2851]

@@WrangleMcDangle 1- My expectations are properly managed. It's just a game. 2- I have no problems with the Creation Engine 2, and I'm no dev. 3- Duh, Oblivion is 20 years old. And even if I love it, it has the weakest world among their titles. Some of the people that made Skyrim weren't around for Morrowind either, and vice versa. So what? Talent is a constant in our history. 4- Mind your own business. You people manage to write bullshit everywhere, but never get around to inform yourselves. I'm tired of you.

[@pfnieks]

@@WrangleMcDangle Many of the people who made oblivion are still there, don't know what you're talking about.

[@khymaaren]

@@WrangleMcDangle It's the same engine like how Unreal Engine 4 is the same as Unreal Engine 5... Creation is a proprietary engine, they don't need to market it with version numbers.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@khymaarendamn how come they still need a loading screen for everything and how come all of the character models look like playdoh? weird!

[@willmorgan5692]

🌟 FIELD has been my go to game since launch heck when CYBERPUNK came out I played it for two years I see myself playing this amazing game just as long or longer only stopping to try a new game but always going back to 🌟 FIELD thank you all who love and play this game

[@hasddgdgsdfghdrdgh]

How many bots in the comments?

[@skyriminspace]

Is a bot someone with a different opinion to your own?

[@joshb7326]

​​@@skyriminspaceOoo you coping 😂😂😂😂

[@skyriminspace]

@joshb7326 yep, coping just fine thanks. 😂

[@Marmite1001]

All of them

[@kuky4054]

@@skyriminspace Skyriminspace Do you know that we even have doubts about your existence? Bot name. Hahahahaha, Irony, just in case, but that doesn't mean that Starfield has been falling apart since its birth.

[@landonewts]

Fallout 4 got me through the pandemic. It is 100% my comfort food game, one I go back to over and over, and Starfield is fast becoming one of those games too. Can’t wait for Shattered Space. Interesting that Todd mentions The Expanse as an inspiration - I modeled my Starfield character after Naomi Nagata!

[@xx_kuus_xx]

paying tribute to GOD HOWARD by buying skyrim again

[@RandomWandrer]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@004MostWanted]

i think starfield could use some tarkov/death stranding mechanics in terms of exploring particular random generated planets, so you must prepare for what you're up to, fight through enviroment and have a risk of losing the loot which must become more valuable and useful. Your ship could use not some abstract "ship parts" but a number of specific rare components to address various damages which could result in fuel leaking or preventing you to grav jump and force you to land and explore nearby planets in the first place. Even scanning random rocks and flowers could be much more interesting if it's a part of complex meta gameplay when you know what you're doing and why do you need this.

[@Pixeltwist22]

Starfield is my favorite space game, just keep updating and supporting the game, it still has enormous potential! Looking forward to shattered space!

[@blindfire3167]

Lol

[@hihosilver1234]

Thanks for the positivity sir! The hate that game gets is absurd lol

[@hihosilver1234]

​@@blindfire3167hater ay?

[@blindfire3167]

@@hihosilver1234 Hate is a strong word. Starefield is just one of the games of all time.

[@Marmite1001]

I saw this exact comment on this comment section a min ago. Botted to hell n back.

[@_S.H_]

Todd you built an impressive game that I found myself enjoying no less than I enjoyed Skyrim. Starfield was my fastest game to 1000 hours of play time.

[@mirrorgust]

Starfield is right up there as one my all-time favorites. It's been such a long time since I felt this good about a game. Looking forward to playing Shattered Space!

[@user-account-not-found]

Oh yeh I bet so Todd bot lol

[@Nick-kb2jc]

LMAO! Todd was definitely about to say "Buggy" at 2:00 and you will never convince me otherwise 🤣.

[@gormelimi]

Shattered Space time ..

[@theincrediblefella7984]

Massive worlds mean nothing if the game design is terrible and the world is empty and lifeless (literally every BGS game after Morrowind)

[@GigaTele]

thanks for creating half-assed games so that modders can fix it for ya!

[@WrangleMcDangle]

Todd Howard and his "push a button and something awesome happens" has plagued Bethesda games to an extent that I don't think can ever be fixed. It is absolutely heart breaking for me that the elder scrolls 6 won't be on a new engine and will just be another "chosen one with special powers" storyline.

[@khymaaren]

"Chosen one with special powers" describes 90% of all the games ever made.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@khymaaren yeah and it sucks

[@skyriminspace]

​@@WrangleMcDangleget off the couch & make something better then.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@skyriminspace It wouldn't be that hard. The creation engine is quite outdated and weak which i evident in the large amount of loading screens and lack of immersive NPC behavior in Starfield. I've played 10x more immersive and detailed games made by small dev teams. I don't expect you to comprehend what I'm saying considering you've made an entire profile about a shallow, unimpressive game

[@mrhouse9368]

@@khymaarenit doesn’t even describe the majority of 3d elder scrolls games

[@SlayerSeraph]

Bring us Elder Scrolls 6 you hear me? Or at least an Oblivion Remake if nothing else

[@Sanfu69]

Well I totally forgot shattered space came included with the premium edition. I had stopped playing starfield of course its not perfect but i probably listened to too much internet criticism. So I as interested but skeptical about buying the DLC but hey I guess I got it. I'm definitely excited.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

me too and i will literally never play it

[@Sanfu69]

@@WrangleMcDangle why? It’s free content. It’s just a video game you don’t have to take it seriously. You’re allowed to enjoy things

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@Sanfu69 it's bad content it doesn't matter if it's free. bad games need to be criticized. toxic positivity is bad.

[@Sanfu69]

@@WrangleMcDangle so you “need to criticize” content you decide in advance is bad that you haven’t even played for free because you refuse to. So you’re a textbook hater. Just go touch grass do things in the real world, have other hobbies then come back realize it’s just a video game rather than expecting it to be some ultimate life changing fulfilling escapist experience of pure bliss.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@Sanfu69 I put 176 hours into Starfield. My opinion is just as valid as yours. What's your position here then, just shut up and accept the slop we get? You're a complacent little worm.

[@yrh002b8]

Todd build the foundation so modders can add and finish the rest. Thanks Godd Howard.

[@NinjaWiener]

I love Starfield and I've obviously been thinking about it everyday since 2018. Closest a BGS game has gotten to feeling like Oblivion. I'm glad that BGS listened to Skyrim and Fallout 4's issues and brought back Backgrounds (essentially Classes but less restrictive), Traits, longer side quests with lots of choice open to the player (like the one with Genghis Khan), and so much more. I love all the new things this game introduced to the formula. Of course, the Daggerfall-esque world design and exploration holds it back from being a 10/10 (I think it's a 9.5) but stuff like Shattered Space balances it out. Cannot wait for the DLC. Just two days to go!

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@NinjaWiener LMAO fanboy cope

[@skyriminspace]

​@@WrangleMcDangleyou're under every comment? 😂

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@skyriminspace you just quadruple replied to me lol

[@G_Silent]

0:25 “that it exists, or… did exist” Ah sorry! I just cracked up on that one. I love Skyrim! Edit: Starfield is still a great technical achievement for Bethesda, it’ll only get better as time goes on.

[@OllieGrigg]

Shattered space is currently sitting at mostly negative on steam. It sucks

[@TheRealJackArthur]

That's why he's the GOAT... the GOAT!

[@TheExile1138]

I can’t wait for Monday! Got my Captain to lvl 340 and I’m ready for any type of horrors that can be thrown at her and crew

[@traversal6881]

I restarted as I had been modding and needed to have a mid-playthrough character for the new achievements. It bugged and gave me an achievement for seeing all areas on Va'ruun'kai already somehow, though. 😅

[@KombatUnit91]

Can't get enough of listening to Todd's methods and views on game creation and worldbuilding. He's still got it for sure. Starfield is a solid start and I know it'll just get better as more expansions come out. Shattered Space looks sick, can't wait!

[@PaulBrocklehurst]

Starfield is such a joy can't wait for Shattered Space

[@magoo97]

more like sharted space

[@cartereckblad]

least obvious Bethesda dev account

[@kevinlist3330]

Me either dude 👍

[@skyriminspace]

​@@cartereckbladlet's do an experiment. Think of a game you really like. Now ask yourself if you were one of the developers who worked on it.

[@odd6554]

Starfield is a Masterpiece

[@PedroGomes-cx7ku]

Love Starfield, can't wait for Shattered Space.

[@MumblyJumbles]

Imagine liking half-assed procedural mediocrity, going to the same places generated the same way each and every time.

[@AviJEY]

imagine crying because someone likes something you don't lol ​@@MumblyJumbles

[@bhavyasharma4115]

​@@MumblyJumblesyou really haven't played it right? It's a magical experience 😄

[@MumblyJumbles]

@@AviJEY Imagine belittling someone instead of ignoring and not understanding what's wrong with the thing that's "liked".

[@bhavyasharma4115]

@@MumblyJumbles nothing is wrong with liking starfield, i play it on rtx 2050 on laptop and it plays just fine

[@Ciel451]

Can't wait for Shattered Space, I thoroughly loved Starfield, just like all their previous games. They always have that Bethesda magic you can't find anywhere else.

[@skyriminspace]

Fact! Different recipe again this time, but the old magic is still there.

[@lhays117]

Are you a bot?

[@Ciel451]

@@lhays117 No, just a normal ass gamer, enjoying the things he enjoys. You should try it.

[@vinniciusrosa8284]

Todd, I like to walk through the world you create inside a rainy forest. :)

[@antonioruberto7077]

Todd, Starfield is my dream game. Thank you for making it and supporting it! I’ve easily sunk more hours into this game than any other. And I will sink many, many more.

[@GlaucioRSem]

3:04 I have always felt a lot of Interstellar in Starfield. The soundtrack itself, the concept of the motor grav, etc. always make me think of Interstellar.

[@ahmedp8009]

You have one last chance left Todd, ES6. If you ruin it, kiss your reputation goodbye. I don't have high expectations for Bethesda anymore, its not what it used to be.

[@hihosilver1234]

Love u todd!

[@Dd-fb2tj]

Legend

[@NocturnalChillwind-y2n]

Lol. Almost all comments are obvious bots

[@Block-G]

Может это ещё один своеобразный Трамплин для серии Древних Свитков? Раньше ведь был Чудовищно огромный и пустой - Daggerfall, но затем вышел Прекрасный и наполненный Morrowind, а теперь появился Чудовищно Огромный и пустой Starfield.. Кто знает, может это будет ещё одним толчком для развития и работа над ошибками? .. Может Шестые Свитки будут под Стать Morrowind, только для своего времени и может даже опередят своё время, после чего даже Скайрим потускнеет на фоне Нового Творения. Вся надежда только на это. Что финальный выстрел будет Особенным!

[@bafta]

What is your favourite Bethesda game?

[@sasspiria1872]

skyrim

[@CybulDot]

Skyrim

[@Valkod23]

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Easily their best game as far as I'm concerned.

[@OGR-4394]

Skyrim is a masterwork

[@bhavyasharma4115]

Skyrim all time favourite ❤, starfield is good too i just want a list based dlc next year that somehow combines outpost building in list and new londenion expansion

[@JAIMEGARCIA-gw9re]

Skyrim, my favorite game, and the greatest game of all time.

[@lastdayer101]

THE TODDFATHER!

[@stevenjones4122]

Thanks todd love starfield! The hater mob will not win!

[@adhirajb]

VERY EXCITED about Shattered Space!

[@someguyonyoutube236]

Ah yes, the verisimilitude and reward of exploring only to find the same POI reused countless times.

[@fcpwins5356]

So many bots here...Starfield was so underwhelming, the reviews speaks for themselves.

[@davideitalianguy4533]

'the ReviewS SpeaK fOr tHEMselves'.. Man what are you saying? People can still enjoy a game that is not appreciated by critics, same goes for music or movies. Game has its flaws, but it is really not that bad like most people/critics say

[@ZoltarWOT]

releasing Starfield about the same time as Phantom Liberty just showed everyone how behind you are with your "massive worlds". uploading videos where you praising yourself won't change anything.

[@justinwestwood7375]

So excited

[@InterstellarAdventure]

I don’t get the hate for Starfield. I absolutely love it.

[@Hoowwwww]

microsoft and the UK, everything they touch becomes trash, the opposite of midas, even their weather sucks lol

[@joemama4473]

They did end slavery world wide which no empire has done ever before, thousands of British men died ending Slavery, but they were the evil bad whiteys right?

[@ruok3351]

A legendary living meme

[@SkyBorik]

Todd, I really enjoy Starfield. The world, the art, the tone. It's very cozy. But one thing that will make Starfield better is Taiyo bridge cockpit. Really, why is it the only ship manufacturer without a bridge?

[@adhirajb]

@@SkyBorik bruh I love Starfield too. But let’s be real here, Stroud cockpits >>>>>> Taiyo

[@skyriminspace]

​@@adhirajbnova 4 lyfe homie!

[@messiahaf]

the most positive comments I've ever seen for Starfield and it makes me so happy because I fucking love the game. could bring a man to tears when all I see is people disliking it and then just viciously attacking it, bethesda, and anyone who enjoys it

[@traversal6881]

The internet is a cesspool thanks to social media.

[@mf_rat]

People attack bethesda for their blatant lies, false advertising and dependency of hobbyists to plug holes in their development pipeline. Bethesda will soon fail if they keep releasing another Skyrim reskin but with uglier characters and less mechanics which are still broken.

[@willmorgan5692]

I've been commenting on many streamers for their unfair attacks on 🌟 FIELD I understand criticism but the flood of hate and bias was uncalled for so I defend this game where ever I can and support steamers playing the game and yea I appreciate all the support from everyone here thanks👍

[@pfnieks]

@@mf_rat blatant lies, false advertising...sure you're not talking about cdpr? They showed starfield exactly for what it was.

[@JVillalbaAnimation]

​@@mf_ratwhat false advertising? the game trailers are 100% exactly like the final game xDDD

[@UmmerFarooq-wx4yo]

Starfield - so beautiful, so functional.

[@victororozco6903]

God Howard. Pls don’t mess up es6

[@TheExile1138]

Keep an open mind and remember what their past games have really been about, an RPG experience dumbed down just a little for a larger audience. I think that’s what hurt Starfield at launch. Everyone set their expectations for an exploration and space flight simulator like NMS or Elite Dangerous and what they released was a Bethesda RPG in space.

[@TheParagonIsDead]

Shattered space will show us if they can still make focused content.

[@SyndicateOperative]

@@TheExile1138 Well, no... a lot of us were just hoping for a skyrim in space with guns.

[@traversal6881]

​@SyndicateOperative Which will never happen with procedural. The entire philosophy behind it is even more repetition than traditional gameplay loops. The game was always going to be a bit polarising. I quite enjoy it and have almost played it as much as I did Skyrim, but I can see why other people were disappointed hype wise.

[@traversal6881]

​@TheParagonIsDead Not definitively. They could also just do this as the committed-to DLC and then abandon it completely. The patches haven't been amazing. I love the game but it is still quite rough and buggy in a lot of ways. Diamond in the rough 7/10 still a year later is a little concerning, and now a new DLC when there are still a decent amount of crashes and glitches is a little worrying. But I love the game for what it is. I hope they don't abandon it.

[@khymaaren]

Laughable how some people can't fathom the idea of people liking Starfield, so much so that they need to pretend everyone is a bot...

[@yusofplayed]

Please bring to PS5 🥰

[@ryanmsalisbury5499]

Really love Starfield Todd! Thanks for creating an amazing game.

[@004MostWanted]

so i found this abandoned mining platform occupied by a swarm of some spider-like whatever, and there was a body with a audio log next to it named Susanne Kaufman's slate or smth like that. It was a recording of how the base was attacked by those creatures. Seemed like a really exciting place to explore considering i came there at night, kinda like a horror. The next day i fly to different system to a totally different planet and the first thing i find is exact same mining platform occupied by a swarm, with the same body lying at the same place with the same audio log WITH THE SAME NAME ON IT i mean i of course had already found dozens of copypasted locations by that time but none of them contaned straight pointers that it's the same place with same people in the same circumstances, as hard as it was not to think about the obvious but i still could keep a fragile illusion that this "dead worker" is not the same "dead worker" i found 3 hours before on a different moon. But someone in bethesda was smart enough to put a name on a body and that was the moment Starfield finally collapsed for me and got dumped.

[@skyriminspace]

If that made you drop the game i don't think it was really your jam in the first place because trust me, we've all seen those repeating poi's. 😂

[@RandomWandrer]

Starfield was really something special. I spend hundreds of hours exploring. Went through the unity a few times. Became the Hunter. Cant wait for shattered space.

[@sensacionsombria5125]

Are these comments bots? lol

[@OriginsAus-b6r]

You are ponies without any 1st party games to play? lol.

[@mf_rat]

Either that or paid shills.

[@jacksoncaswell2.0]

@@OriginsAus-b6rconsole wars in the big September 2024 💀

[@Von-Don-John]

seems so dude

[@kevinlist3330]

Can't wait for Shattered space, have it preordered 4pm Monday il be playing and adding more hours to my 1000 hours in Starfield 👍

[@aad6613]

Did they hire a bunch of bots to flatter him here?

[@JVillalbaAnimation]

ah yes, people enjoying videogames. They must be bots!

[@skyriminspace]

Nope, it's just people who like something you don't.

[@kingsuperbus]

its fun. i really like the gameplay loop, its addictive

[@Caelumization]

Starfield is ok but for elder scrolls 6 i want no less than skyrim, this is it

[@A9hl6fgx5ebisb72op]

Nah each elder scrolls games is different from its predecessor, oblivion looks nothing like morrowind, and Skyrim looks nothing like oblivion and so on and so forth, but since Skyrim peaked in realism just like how people referee to starfield and fallout 4 as Skyrim in space and Skyrim post apocalyptic

[@mf_rat]

Elder Scrolls 6 will have less mechanics. That's what Bethesda does, if something needs fixed they just remove it in the next release.

[@traversal6881]

​@@mf_rat And then modders add it back 🎉

[@Caelumization]

@@mf_rat Yep, im sure will be worse than skyrim in gameplay

[@XcosmogenesisX]

I still enjoy Starfield, about 350+ hours in. Didn't even start NG+, I will after I played the DLC. And I enjoy Shattered Space so far. It's just funny and sad how people come over to hate on a game that is out for a year by now. I really hope for more great addons and new mechanics and locations to come. BGS, please keep on maintaining this game. But for all those who dislike the Bethesda formula, come one, there are so many other great games out there. Let it go at last.

[@randybutternub031]

Try doing it 10+ times then go back and play through Skyrim or fallout and see how you feel. This games has so much waisted potential that you really start to notice playing older Bethesda titles.

[@realworld888]

I enjoyed inspecting an entire system that has no humans in it. My personal achievement is inspecting all the planets and I find it very challenging and interesting even though they say it is repetitive.

[@92Darkmind]

What is he talking about? Starfield is a game where a novice miner, having just left the mine, takes a weapon for the first time, kills two dozen criminals, then for the first time in his life, sitting at the helm of a ship, destroys a couple of pirate ships, and then lands on a military base alone, where everyone there was destroyed by a space monster - and kills it too, plus a gang of pirates and their leader. At the same time, this character, comparable in strength to the Astartes, can die from suffocation during the most ordinary light jog. What were you thinking when you made this horror? I am a fan of space games, but I lasted 1 hour of the game. This is a terrible start to immerse yourself in the game. This is not a game for fans of space games, this game is for fans of fantasy in a space setting.

[@OGR-4394]

When I play a Bethesda game I'm typically never thinking about the next ten steps, but they're always the best part of the game.

[@starfieldsignal]

This is what people don’t understand. They put so much work into this massive galaxy sized simulation. There is tons of potential, and they will be supporting and updating Starfield for a long time.

[@skyriminspace]

Yeah but.... attention spans! 😂

[@alphasword5541]

There isn't a single simulation aspect to Starfield. You realsie that words are supposed to have meanings right? Starfield is literally defined in part by the fact that it refuses to simulate things, if it actually did the proc-gen stuff might've been actually compelling.

[@skyriminspace]

@@alphasword5541 refuses, or doesn't try? It's not a sim, it's a story/quest-driven action rpg. If you want starfield (indeed any game) to be something it isn't, that's on you. That said, I do believe I've seen people say that each planetary system is simulated in real time for accurate positioning of other worlds in the sky of whatever world you happen to be on.

[@alphasword5541]

​@@skyriminspace It's a "story/quest driven RPG" that is also barely passable in that regard. You have to be a troll, your entire account and the way that you talk is like you were conceived into existence to praise Starfield lmao.

[@ArealDesEffekts]

I love him 🥰 and I am very excited for Shattered Space🌌

[@t-rexreximus359]

Todd: “We like to say ‘yes’ to the player.” Player: “Can we manually fly our spaceship to another planet in this space game?” 🤗🪐 Todd: “No.” Player: “Ok, can we swim underwater to see the sea creatures?” 😅 Todd: “No.”

[@jacksoncaswell2.0]

There’s a free mod called astrogate that lets you fly to other planets

[@JVillalbaAnimation]

you can fly to whatever planet. It can take days. Like in real life. Have you played attention to what the actual game story is trying to tell you? xD

[@t-rexreximus359]

@@JVillalbaAnimation Yes, I’ve paid attention. :) There are Dragonborn ..I mean Starborn.. powers, so it’s already not a hard sci fi game. Grav jumping is also not a real thing :) The devs could, if they want, introduce (optionally) flying / zooming between planets with new sci fi FTL tech that is suddenly discovered (perhaps via Walter’s company). Imo, it would greatly improve the game flow & immersion to have the agency to head out into space towards a planet. I know you can technically do that for days (as you say), but who wants to. :) It’s a game & games should be fun. Forcing the player to fast travel everywhere harms the flow, feels restrictive, & ironically makes the world feel small because there is no sense of distance. Imagine if you had no choice but to load to each area in Skyrim when you get on a horse. It would make the game feel much smaller & much less immersive.

[@khymaaren]

@@t-rexreximus359 So you're saying that every time you had to go from Riften to Solitude you walked or rode a horse? Come on now... It's a space game. Full stop. What you want is a space simulator, so go play one of those. This was never meant to be one.

[@t-rexreximus359]

@@khymaaren I’m not saying I rode every time. I’m saying we had the choice to do either, but if you take away the player choice it can harm the experience/ immersion of the world. If you are already happy without the option to fly your space ship out of orbit that’s great. But for me, and seemingly many others, we had hoped that a new game set in space (centred around space exploration) would allow us to fly our ship in space. I don’t think it needs to be a ‘space sim’ to have that option. Since BGS have said they will continue to update the game for many years, I just hope that will be one of the updates. It could be a game changer for many players.

[@mirolyub_]

Так все таки генерация нужна или нет?

[@JataDaYokudan96]

Todd Howard is my favorite Snake oil salesman.

[@510DeshawnPlays]

Todd is the man

[@Passageofsky]

Starfield is not just bad, it is a fundementally flawed and antithetically designed game where whenever there was a mechanic I liked is was canceled out by another until the whole of Starfield is rendered pointless and there is no redeeming quality left, it feels like none of the devolpers communicated with each other. Take space ship building as one example of a wasted mechanic: space ship building is open ended and highly customisable but the restrictive nature of space traversal being a sequence of loading screens renderes space ship building pointless. And this is true of everything in Starfield, take settlement building which works in Fallout 4 thematically and mechanically as the world is smaller and you're very likely to cross a path nore than once so building a settlement can have stratigic purpose, in Starfield the scale renders making an outpost on most planets pointless outside of resource genration (and once you have one or two that generate resources, it renders mining pointless, making planet scanning pointless which makes planet exploration even more pointless again). There are 1000 planets, across 100 systems... but only 10 biomes. It's embarrassing seeing a company as old as Fromsoft Ware, no older than them make such lame oversights and mistakes, they've learned nothing and I'm worried about Fallout 5 and Elder Scrolls V.I.

[@kevinlist3330]

Wow such hurt such hate such childishness 🤷‍♂️ you don't like there game get over it move on and play other games🤷‍♂️ I love Starfield and have 1000 hours in and still playing and loving it . STARFIELD was a success fastest selling BGS game ever and people love it.

[@mf_rat]

@@kevinlist3330 Are you a bethesda dev? Are you white knighting on company time? Hope you're getting overtime if not.

[@kevinlist3330]

@@mf_rat don't even live within a 3000 miles of their Studios 😂 so no I'm not a dev. I just think that people like you and OP are silly why come on a video for a game you dislike to just say bad things, does it make you feel better? Does it affirm your dislike and make you feel good when you see others hating? It's a sad and pathetic life to me. I dislike games you know what I do ? I just don't talk about them or visit videos about them. Literally one of my all time games I dislike is Final fantasy 🤷‍♂️ many channels, videos , movies all about that franchise and I visit 0 of then because I'm a adult and I just move on from what I dislike. Learn to grow up.

[@khymaaren]

@@mf_rat Yeah, sure. Everyone who likes Starfield is either a bot, a shill or a Bethesda employee... Come on now. Grow up.

[@WeesloYT]

No gaming company makes the player feel like they are in the world quite like Bethesda. How many times I stood on a mountaintop in Skyrim and looked out into the view like I was really there

[@WrangleMcDangle]

Are you on glue? CDPR, Larian Studios, Saber Interactive, Rockstar Games ALL do that better

[@eyeeye7356]

@@WrangleMcDangle nice try

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@eyeeye7356 nice try what? Larian Studios made Starfield and Bethesda look like a little baby game at the game awards.

[@eyeeye7356]

@@WrangleMcDangle keep trying

[@WrangleMcDangle]

@@eyeeye7356 keep consuming your good boy slop there buddy

[@DrDmitrii]

TES 6!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JVillalbaAnimation]

We all prefer Starfield

[@ModernDayPatriot]

I appreciate Todd and his enthusiasm towards giving us players freedom. I have kept every fallout on my console installed for a solid 3 years now. I am never going to uninstall them again.

[@mughug9616]

A man in his 'own' world.!!

[@goodtaste2185]

I love Starfield.

[@monzsoap2424]

Todd admitted that generating 1k worlds is a bad idea？

[@skyriminspace]

Wait until he hears about no man's sky.... 😂

[@derialnmau]

Todd, with the next update please delete 999 planets from Starfield.

[@UmmerFarooq-wx4yo]

Shut your mouth!

[@JVillalbaAnimation]

wtf

[@doesitlooklikeIcare710]

He sure loves putting bugs in his games that's for sure

[@vincentnguyen777]

Booooo

[@MrRossvel]

Oh, what's wrong, Todd?! You didn't solve the game after 1,000 hours?

[@seth4321]

People are so hung up on Starfield (which I feel is a great game in its own right though some disagree) that they are choosing to completely ignore everything Todd contributed to before it. Short memory spans. This man has led the team since Morrowind and has helped create some of the very best games of all time. Certainly my favorites. While recent design choices and writing do give me pause, Todd deserves plenty of praise for his contributions to the whole industry during his tenure. I hope to see a return to the Oblivion or Morrowind era with TES VI because I feel that was peak Bethesda in terms of their games being the best mix of everything.

[@user-account-not-found]

Starfield is a cosmic dump of poor and boring game design. How they released this game and thought it was good is beyond me.

[@RaNc0R]

Tbh, elder scrolls world was build before Todd, fallout world built by black isle. Only true Bethesda world build was Starfield and it’s meh.

[@l0y3lg45]

yes and no. the best lore in the elder scrolls is in morrowind and oblivion especially in morrowind. tes used to be a generic fantasy world like dungeons and dragons starting with morrowind it's like lord of the rings but under lcd. daggerfall and arena had pretty generic lore and they have a lot of lore that isn't even canon anymore. and todd howard has nothing to do with the lore of the elder scrolls and emil pagliarulo does not have as much weight here as in fallout since in the elder scrolls there is an entire team of writers and the proof that they still have their touch is in TES legends and in teso (only the books since that is where bethesda writers participate and even michael kirkbride returned to write some lore books)

[@l0y3lg45]

Todd Howard was the one who took The Elder Scrolls to the top. Ted Peterso and Julian Lefay were killing Bethesda. Although today it may sound ironic and contradictory, Todd was the one who made Daggerfall Arena and Battlespire look ridiculous. Todd Howard is the soul of The Elder Scrolls and the best era of The Elder Scrolls is Todd Howard's.

[@killit634]

In starfield, theres nothing over any hills... Its empty! Story good, idea great. Exploration is non existent!

[@traversal6881]

Exploration at its core is just seeing and travelling. Sure, features are something people explore to go and see, but part of it is also the wandering and the sights of nature, even on barren worlds. How life interacts and runs around, the clear sky at night, just being where no-one is.

[@mf_rat]

@@traversal6881 So it's a bad touch-grass simulator?

[@traversal6881]

​​@@mf_rat Or a good walking simulator. I don't mind them though 😅 but yes, I'd say they likely wanted the whole 'gasp at every horizon' vibe which probably only fits 15% of what people seem to like in general. I like it, but I can see the points others make.

[@JVillalbaAnimation]

i dont know what i did exploring for 180h then

[@joemama4473]

​@@traversal6881the sighs of nature are good in maybe fallout 4 where it's a nature of mutated creatures, not starshit

[@donyelive6807]

NEW VEGAS REMASTERED

[@courirnorte8137]

sorry Todd, but Bethesda fell off, yall didnt deliver on F4, 76 was the biggest launch disaster in gaming history, and starfield was mid asf, the only reason these games arent dead is because of the constant updates, except for Skyrim and Fallout 4 because the updates ARE killing the games because they break mods. you got A LOT to make up for in TES 6

[@DayzeXzxR]

Он как будто хочет что бы в его слова поверили. Он пытается убедить. Но я как бы не верю... ни Тоду, ни последней его игре. В Starfield города и npc совершенно не естественные. NPC стоят на месте как массовка, а города не имеют даже инфраструктуры, у них даже нет входа и выхода, их как будто слепил случайный набор чисел. Уникальность планет и локаций отсутствует, ты четко видишь шаблон уже после пятого посещения рандомной локации. И когда я вижу это видео, я говорю... Тодд... Хватит... Это уже похоже на расстройство личности. То, что они продолжают обновлять Skyrim, ломая абсолютно все моды ради того, что бы их магазин получил какую то одну бесполезную функцию, это настоящий плевок фанатам в лицо. И они продолжают это делать выпуская подобные видео, которые демонстрируют оторванность от связи с игроками (или по крайней мере фанатами их более классических игр). p.s. комменты ниже очень похоже на купленные, я никогда не поверю, что на фоне более ранних игр, кто то может с таким восторгом смотреть на последние их игры и ждать того же.

[@stevej71393]

Bethesda's massive worlds are not that interesting without a firm vision guiding it. A committee of mediocre quest designers are not sufficient. You need a creative mind behind all of it. Bethesda needs to hire an author for their next game to fill a role similar to what Michael Kirkbride did for Morrowind. Have them devise the aesthetic and write some of the in-game books. Give them final say on the direction of the main quest and faction quests. Stop putting control in the hands of people who are either unqualified or don't care.

[@nib4626]

Well said. Beyond being dull as dishwater, the worldbuilding in Starfield has no cohesion or rhythm or interconnectedness, beyond NPCs trying to convince you otherwise. We will never get anything on par with Morrowind again, but at least Oblivion, Fallout 3, Skyrim and even Fallout 4 to some extent had some kind of distinctive atmospheres and immersion. But you're right, the vision is often muddled.

[@mf_rat]

@@nib4626 You can thank Pagliarulo for that, he actively lets quest designers do whatever they want. There is no cohesion on purpose. He's on record (as well as Todd) stating how they depend on modders to make better question and fill the gaping holes in their development process.

[@traversal6881]

​@@mf_ratOuch, you know what the video is called? Would like to watch it. Bit worrying if they're taking more of a leisurely approach now.

[@VampireNoblesse]

Starfield had issues.., Bethesda knows it .. ... those issues must not get ported to TESVI.., otherwise it will get the Starfield & Dragon Age Veilguard treatment from gamers

[@MrRossvel]

How many bots....

[@92Darkmind]

Это полная хрень. Я был полностью разочарован.

[@HankOlson-lt4ct]

they don't understand their playerbase anymore, they don't understand market and they don't listen to criticism. making up reasons and excuses in their heads ''why things goes wrong''. this company will die.

[@Antyss08]

Starfield is 5/10, they are lucky because grafic fidelity. Im happy it pleases ppl with little or no requests, its very generic game, the worst NPCs a game can have. I don't know whats wrong with Bethesda team, like I want to go there and see what they are smoking. The best way to describe how I feel Bethesda team is like they themselves are like the NPC they made.

[@MemoryPallace]

The DLC is not going to fix the bass game Todd you know this fix it.

[@Marmite1001]

Bethesda. Kings of outdated game design and world building, play something like horizon forbidden west to experience good world building and design.