They didn't start with a design document. They started with a pretty picture. It's a shot of a hillside, trees, craggy rocks. Perhaps it was taken in Oregon or England's lake district. In any case, players of Skyrim will look at that picture and immediately be transported into the game.
As creative director Todd Howard explains, the photograph represents the "feeling" of Skyrim's world, the taste of it. "You have to define the experience for the player," he says. "It's not enough to draw up a list of features. The game is about being who you want to be and doing what you want to do."
Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
In a recent interview, Todd Howard revealed that he has no plans to retire and reiterated Bethesda's openness to help from other studios.
Oh great, now we have to deal with Anasts Bethesda fetish indefinitely.
Thanks a lot, Todd
"with no plans to retire anytime soon" I mean this is like a common news topic involving his name. Knock it off and do some actual newsing. This is like the biggest "No Duh" article of the day, and several sites had to regurgitate it. Geez. So lame.
"Batman. I like the idea that if I had enough money, time, and vengeance, I could become him." - Todd Howard
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This is when he'll retire.
Netimmerse 4.0, presumably 5.0 for TES6. They should give the Fallout IP to Obsidian, and have it made in UE5.
Replaying Skyrim after 13 years is a reminder of the progress made in western RPGs over the last decade, but also what's been lost.
