videogaming247 interviews Todd Howard

1. Why do feel that you have to get gimmicky with the fallout setting? And by that I mean the major shift in gameplay mechanics and restricted one view?

2. Couldn't you include a free roaming camera for those fans who want iso? Doesn't sound that hard to do.

3. Hasn't bethesda noticed that every "gimmicked" fallout title has had either mediocre sales (Tactics) or completely went into the shitter (Fallout: BOS)?

4. If your answer to number 3 is yes then why once again is bethesda going to repeat history instead of finally giving the fans a product they are raving for?

5. Do you agree that the original Fallouts were cult classics because they went in the opposite direction of mass marketing and appeal? It seems as if the originals followed in the footsteps of the other genre defying productions in the past such as Night Of The Living Dead and Rocky Horror Picture show.

6. How do you think a game like F3 will compare to other first person shooters? Games like Counterstrike, Quake Territory, Battlefield 2041, Battlefield Modern Combat, Crysis and Half Life are just a few of the competitors already out there and they seem to have a big share of the market already.
 
They're not an indie company, they're not selling to a niche group, they would love their game to be a classic but they want it to be popular now not loved in 10 years. That means appealing to the lowest common denominator of what people want and that means a lot of people are going to be pissed off to all hell but for the most part, people are going to be satisfied with it.
 
Yellow said:
They're not an indie company, they're not selling to a niche group, they would love their game to be a classic but they want it to be popular now not loved in 10 years. That means appealing to the lowest common denominator of what people want and that means a lot of people are going to be pissed off to all hell but for the most part, people are going to be satisfied with it.
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Like people were completely satisfied with Fallout: Brotherhood Of Steel? Afterall it was also a game targeted towards the lowest common denominator.

Also, who says Fallout wasn't a sucess when it was still a new game?
 
DarkCorp said:
3. Hasn't bethesda noticed that every "gimmicked" fallout title has had either mediocre sales (Tactics) or completely went into the shitter (Fallout: BOS)?
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Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Tactics the most preordered game at the time. That in fact they were making part 2, but after tactics came out they canned part two because of fan protest?
 
DarkCorp, in my opinion Bethesda needs to 'burn' its hands, making it realise that not everything they make is gold just because they use buzz words like 'immersion'.

And I so truly hope that Fallout 3 will be Bethesda's kick of reality.
 
The Dutch Ghost said:
DarkCorp, in my opinion Bethesda needs to 'burn' its hands, making it realise that not everything they make is gold just because they use buzz words like 'immersion'.

And I so truly hope that Fallout 3 will be Bethesda's kick of reality.
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I couldn't agree more ghost just hard when every gaming magazine kisses beth ass. I would love just 1 gaming mag to say their true thoughts on the game like movie critics do.... so freakin tried of reading magazine saying same crap and not saying one ounce of criticism.
 
Vasuki said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Tactics the most preordered game at the time. That in fact they were making part 2, but after tactics came out they canned part two because of fan protest?
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Well I don't know about pre-orders. I think back then people could still trade their computer games back in for credit if it wasn't what they liked. Also, were it successful, I think IPLAY wouldn't have had to place their hopes in FBOS.

There was also plenty of fan protest about FBOS, we all know how that went.
 
Vasuki said:
I couldn't agree more ghost just hard when every gaming magazine kisses beth ass. I would love just 1 gaming mag to say their true thoughts on the game like movie critics do.... so freakin tried of reading magazine saying same crap and not saying one ounce of criticism.
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Problem is Vasuki, I actually think a lot of the people at those magazines are really impressed with what they see of Fallout 3, and how it recreates the Fallout atmosphere or that sort of jazz.
If you would compare it to the original Fallout they would probably say something along the lines of "That stinky old RPG? Games have evolved from that point and Bethesda have brought Fallout into the 21st Century."
 
The Dutch Ghost said:
Problem is Vasuki, I actually think a lot of the people at those magazines are really impressed with what they see of Fallout 3, and how it recreates the Fallout atmosphere or that sort of jazz.
If you would compare it to the original Fallout they would probably say something along the lines of "That stinky old RPG? Games have evolved from that point and Bethesda have brought Fallout into the 21st Century."
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Funny you bring it up. After I posted, I was thinking about how FBOS was supposedly "brought into the future" although it wasn't marketed as so.

1. We got cool ultra hardcore slipknot YEAH!!! Thats totally modern.

2. BAWLS. Holy crap I drink tons of that stuff while LAN gaming at my buds house or at a lockout at a PC house. Its a new drink for the new generation of gamers. ROCK ON!!!!!!

3. Graphics. Man, forget that old Fallout cheesy graphics. We got 3D now. Look how the bodies explode and tons of guys get wasted. I mean, old Fallout was never like that. Hey, its like Fallout sandwiched between Smash TV and Total Carnage with super updated graphics.

4. Lots of shine. Look at those cool explosions. Not only are there a ton of them but they look awesome on the XBOX and the PS2. Sure old fallout had some explosions but their graphics were limited with the technology of the past.
 
eladmir said:
if i'm not mistaken, shooting in fallout 3 will be kinda like shooting in hellgate london, another RPG gone horribly wrong.
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Or like Bloodlines, an RPG gone horribly right! Or Mass Effect, an RPG gone horribly kind of eh it's ok I guess.

Though the shooting of Mass Effect was pretty well done in my mind, it was kinda loose in the RPG department. If I looked at it like a shooter I enjoyed it more than if I looked at it like an RPG, where it was sort of meh. A fun meh, but nothing I get worked up over thinking about.
 
Brother None said:
Doesn’t the fact that the game has shooting elements means it’s going to appeal to both those interested in RPGs and those interested in FPSs?

Todd Howard: You’re probably right, in that it appeals to fans of both, and we’re OK with that.
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I thought that means both fangroups will hate it.

I mean, I'm supposed to like it because it's called "Fallout" and the FPS fan it's supposed to be thrilled he can shoot something somewhere? Resulting in both of us being happy?

Does Dott Howard really belive what he's saying?
 
Brother None said:
Black said:
The world around you and the lore of the Fallout world, it’s very important to us, and we’ve always loved it.
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Stopp the lying Todd... You already f-ed up BoS.
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Still, the answer is very telling and indicative of what they're doing.

One would argue that it's a very superficial approach. Since they're moving cross-continent and already changed the BoS, the actual plot connection to the original Fallouts will be close to nihil. That means all you have are circumstantial setting elements, which - to be really honest - is really not that much more than coating.

's a bit of a weird approach to take to a sequel.
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I think so too. The main question I have about Fallout 3 is "Why?"

Also. I just really don't think Todd Howard is that intelligent of a person. I'm dead serious about that. He strikes me a lot as a Michael Bay type figure. No real talent, no real intelligence, but somehow has become a success.....

and they have similarities. Bay shits on movies I like by remaking Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Birds. Todd Howard shits on games I like by making a Fallout sequel.

Now all I need is for The Jonas Brothers to get cracking on re-making the first two Zeppelin albums, and my brain will explode.
 
Jiggly McNerdington said:
Or like Bloodlines, an RPG gone horribly right! Though the shooting of Mass Effect was pretty well done in my mind, it was kinda loose in the RPG department. If I looked at it like a shooter I enjoyed it more than if I looked at it like an RPG, where it was sort of meh. A fun meh, but nothing I get worked up over thinking about.
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In the case of bloodlines, troika followed the vampire canon of white wolf. Bethesda on the other hand has already said they intend to vivisect fallout and then re-attach the pieces in their own image.

Judging by their track record in daggerfall, morrowind and oblivion, things are not looking bright.
 
ArmorB said:
Where as this fps turn based makes it sound like
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What FPS turn based?

:evil:

MrBumble said:
Or even worse: your shooting skills could have an impact on the damages caused, just like in Mass Effect, which is even more idiotic because, until contrary is proven, a 5mm bullet shot by an amateur can cause the same damage as a 5mm bullet shot by a sniper if both reach their aim.
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That's like what Oblivion did, but unlike ME, Oblivion has a bit o logic in that, but it ruins the whole character progression mechanic (it was already bad, ok).
 
DarkCorp said:
Jiggly McNerdington said:
Or like Bloodlines, an RPG gone horribly right! Though the shooting of Mass Effect was pretty well done in my mind, it was kinda loose in the RPG department. If I looked at it like a shooter I enjoyed it more than if I looked at it like an RPG, where it was sort of meh. A fun meh, but nothing I get worked up over thinking about.
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In the case of bloodlines, troika followed the vampire canon of white wolf. Bethesda on the other hand has already said they intend to vivisect fallout and then re-attach the pieces in their own image.

Judging by their track record in daggerfall, morrowind and oblivion, things are not looking bright.
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Except he was stalking specifically about RPG shootery combat. At least, that's what I took from it. So while he listed Hellgate's rather suck combat, I regurgitated two other alternatives that did it pretty decently.

And following canon certainly isn't everything. Hell, I knew next to nothing about the "World of Darkness" setting before I got into Bloodlines. Don't even like vampires in most things, but damned if I didn't enjoy the hell out of that game.
 
Todd Howard says little and means less, yet again. See, if you were only ever exposed to a single source of this empty rhetoric, in the same way that most of the game-buying public are, then you might not notice the PR-spin.
 
Bernard Bumner said:
Todd Howard says little and means less, yet again. See, if you were only ever exposed to a single source of this empty rhetoric, in the same way that most of the game-buying public are, then you might not notice the PR-spin.
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Seconded. As far as I'm concerned, Todd's all about inflating hype for fallout 3. He's entitled to do that, but we shouldn't expect anything useful out of him.
 
doesn’t the fact that the game has shooting elements means it’s going to appeal to both those interested in RPGs and those interested in FPSs?
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"Do you think it will be a problem that just about everyone will think your game rocks? Do you anticipate critical questions from the press about your game just being too damn good?"
 
Hi everyone, it was a long time since I've posted anything anywhere regarding Fallout 3 after the first disappointing news.

On topic...

CRPGs are not genre blenders, that's supposed to be a separate genre itself. If developers blending it with other genres, that's another story.

Personally, I'm an RPG *and* FPS fan myself, but it doesn't mean I like them mixed. If that's what they think, they should try pouring chocolate shake in their burgers.

Was it a good idea to combine sci-fi with animated comedies? No. Did quite a few people hate it? Yes. Was Star Wars Episode 1 commercialy successful? Yes, because it had "STAR WARS" on it.

The only thing I hope is that "Fallout" as a name is not so popular among the brainless-with-lots-of-money to make it a success.

This game is just looking more and more disappointing with every post and interview I read...:(
 
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