Todd Howard on Gamasutra

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Gamasutra had a talk with Todd Howard about Fallout 3. Snips:<blockquote>Howard is unconcerned about this, however. “I wouldn't say doing Fallout has any more pressure then doing Elder Scrolls,” he says. “Most of the pressure comes from ourselves, trying to make a better game than our last.”

Vice president of PR and marketing Pete Hines recently told Gamasutra that the team was “a fairly good ways into the process”, and noted that “Fallout is not a quick two year process, and we are already several years into the project”.

Howard confirms this, stating that development on the game has “been full steam for a while now, and preproduction is coming to an end and we hope to show it off soon”.

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I've also been listening to a lot of music for Fallout 3 - stuff from the '40s."</blockquote>Link: Media Consumption: Bethesda's Todd Howard (Fallout 3) on Gamasutra.

Thanks Briosafreak.
 
He starts to tell us things we want to hear already.

Sorry Wooz, but what exactly does that mean? I...don't get it
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Rosh knows his Ultima shit, and he was somehow involved with Origin. I don't recall the details. He probably cringes and kills a kitten every time he hears that heathen Todd mention the holy Ultima.
 
The Idiot said:
Sorry Wooz, but what exactly does that mean? I...don't get it
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Rosh knows his Ultima shit, and he was somehow involved with Origin. I don't recall the details. He probably cringes and kills a kitten every time he hears that heathen Todd mention the holy Ultima.
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Ah! I know that reaction :lol: Well, I thought it could be something more obscure like Rosh secretly disliking ultima 4-7 or something, I don't know. I didn't throughoutly played the ultima series, but I think I remember reading here that its quality declined after Ultima 7... Or was it Ultima 9?

Anyway, thanks for the heads up "The Idiot" :ok:
 
...trying to make a better game than our last.
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Oh - "RPG of the year" Oblivion isn't good enough? I knew that already, but it's a nice confession.

He didn't say "we make" - he'll "try to make" only.
Hm, that isn't very complicated.

And lookin' at Ultima -lol- well, I hope they'll learn a lot from Ultima VII.
 
taxacaria said:
Oh - "RPG of the year" Oblivion isn't good enough? I knew that already, but it's a nice confession.

He didn't say "we make" - he'll "try to make" only.
Hm, that isn't very complicated.
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You're misreading. It's just a part of the mono-linear-development-of-games view. All games are moving in a single direction in a progress from point A (pong) to point B (the best game in the world ever (Duke Nukem Forever?)). I'm kind of unsure what the point of this development would be beyond killing the gaming industry by making the most entertaining game ever®, but it's a standard view.

Within that view, there's actually no shame in saying the next game will be better. It reminds me of a Garfield comic:
TV: EAT BRAND NEW CHUNKY CAT FOOD
TV: NEW AND IMPROVED! NEW AND IMPROVED! NEW AND IMPROVED!
Garfield: And to think all this time I've been eating old and inferior.

That's a logical connection that even a cat is capable of making, that to indicate that the new product will outshine any and all old products means the current product the consumer owns, be it dishwasher or the latest shooter, WILL be old and inferior. Rather than struggle against it, the consumer just shrugs and buys NEW AND IMPROVED, which is markedly better than old and inferior by being NEW AND IMPROVED.

Todd has no reason to be ashamed of Oblivion being old and inferior, Fallout 3 will be NEW AND IMPROVED.
 
I didn't throughoutly played the ultima series, but I think I remember reading here that its quality declined after Ultima 7... Or was it Ultima 9?
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Ultima 8 was the greatest Ultima evar little dude!

Back in the early 90's the suits realised that the Ultima rules were too "old tech", so they decided to modernise the game and changed it so it would be more like the totally awesome jump and run games of the day!

As a result both the Ultima fans and the casual players were overjoyed and that's why Origin are still making RPGs today! :D
 
The Idiot said:
Rosh knows his Ultima shit, and he was somehow involved with Origin. I don't recall the details. He probably cringes and kills a kitten every time he hears that heathen Todd mention the holy Ultima.
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How's Rosh doing anyway?
 
I've also been listening to a lot of music for Fallout 3 - stuff from the '40s."
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Well, something new and positive info. I don't know how I would've reacted, if he had said: "I've also been listening to a lot of music for Fallout 3 - you know, SlipKnot and techno."

And almost the entire rest of the interview is again just the basic blah-blah-blah-PR-talk-blah.

I just hope people ‘get it’ for what it is, and for what it isn't.
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That somehow bothers me, too. But then again, it might not mean a shit. Just more blahs.
 
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