Err... guys, I thought I should share this:


todd@bethesda

Member Since 24 May 2000

Last Active Jun 13 2011 09:43 AM

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The guy is obviously not the type using his own forum to talk with the fans of his own games since he's made like 4 posts in 11 years.

lol

Cause... he's planning ... the next bag of goodies *bugs* lol.

Also. DLC... and *bugs*

Lmao! Maybe he's using another account to post. I would if I were Todd.

lol 4 days. Come on Todd.

My bet is on Dragonborn 1

If i came across wrong then i appologise for that.
It was not my intent on sounding over defensive.
The tone of the people on these forums as of late just has me a little on edge sometimes.
But to elaborate with your comparision:
I would only go complaining baout the food in a restaurant if it were completely crap,not if the recepy happened to be a little different from what i had hoped it'd be.
Pretty much the same in this context;I'd start complaining about the game if it had ended up being complete junk,but it is very much NOT.
Sure there are things that i dont agree with or irk me,but that doenst suddenly make Skyrim a [censored] game all together.
But that does seem to be how a great deal of players on here think about it now.
The earlier statement was pointed at them.
We've been so spoiled as gamers as of late that a lot of us start to misinterpret the meaning behind games like the Elder Scrolls.
Suddenly they're expecting EVERYTHING to be exactly how THEY envision it,and if said game does not live up to their insane standards,its a bad game.
Same goes with the Dev's;we want them not only to fix all bugs,glitches and errors right now instantly,we also want them to release DLC at the same time (remember,that dlc must also live up to our standards) AND we want them to directly interact with the fanbase to make the game exactly how WE want it to be.
This may be a generalisation,i know a lot of people do NOT think this way,but scroll across the forums,and you'll see what i speak of.

Point of it all is:
we expect too much at once from the dev's,while we should be happy they do as much for the players as they do.
Most companies you wouldnt even dream of that.
Beth may go their own way with the game on some accounts,but they've already done a great deal to improve the Elder Scrolls series to our liking and,even though its in silence,they listen to the fanbase,and i repeat,to a CERTAIN extent,to add to the game's quality.

See if you can relate to this:

X comes in and complains about feature A. X likes Skyrim, especially B and C features.
Y keeps complaining about feature B. Y mostly likes the game, having played it for 100 hours. His favourite features are A and C.
Z won't stop complaining about feature C. He expects it to be fixed by DLC release, or have it fixed in TES VI. The game's very good, he thinks, and thank goodness Beth has improved upon features A and B. They were horrible in Oblivion.

You come in and notice how ?People complain about everything. They want the game tailored to their needs and wants. Complainers are gonna complain?

Don't you see the overgeneralization going on here?
There's nothing wrong with reality.
It's your perception that needs adjustment.

I miss DragonBorn1, among other posters. I'd be interested in learning whether SKyrim lived up to his infinite expectations.
Actually, a number of forum members who used to post regularly have been notoriously absent from the forum.

Exactly.

To busy playing the game still obviously!

In case you didnt notice it in the wall of text,i'll quote myself:

And to continue with your comparision,you make a very valid point,but cases X,Y and Z are how most MATURE players reason.
Its the immature players who like features A to X but because they dont like Y or the game doenst have Z,the game is worthless to them,and they make such a scene about it all,that,even though they numbers may or may not be lower than the mature ones,the voice of reason on these forums is lost.
How do they ever expect the Dev's to sit down and discuss the game with such an audience?
Like trying to discuss sports with a crowd of hooligans at the back.

ANd yes,i sense the irony of complaining about complainers.

ive read ur answers and TBH he has alrdy answered them in interviews. Now im no Todd but the answer to ur question is that they tried to make the game even and playable on ALL platforms, and as far as the UI well u got peopel who play the ps3, xbox360 AND alot of people who play with an xbox controller on the pc...the majority are using controllers so thy tried soemthing new with the ui to satisfy ALL platforms. as much as i really hate to admit and even though their outdated consoles are severely holding back the potential of computer games....the ps3 and xbox users to bring a huge chunk of mony to the table so they are tryign to cater to them also. Its all about the money.

I would love for it to go back to the days of it coming out on PC then a few months later of downplaying the coding to work on the xbox360then even more months for them to go thru the jumble and mess of an equipment the ps3 is.Im very tired of my PC being gimped because of an outdated pos console that because a millions of players use it, that they are keeping the technology and video games at a standstill because its all gotta work on a 5year old system.

I hope you remember this?
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/108482-BioWare-Employee-Busted-in-Dragon-Age-2-Review-Scandal-UPDATED

OT, I too miss developer interaction post release.
It seems the norm now to spam social media with pre release marketing hype, only to shut up shop afterwards.
Understandable I guess, given that many a community can be quite hostile filled with too much negativity.

Well, I'm sure Bethesda are busy working on some DLC and patches and you know, I'm sure they have something better to do with their free time
than sitting around on these troll-infested forums answering questions.

They have spent so much time working on the game, trying to please every fans needs.
They may not communicate with the fans as much as we'd like, but the least we can do is recognize how much hard work they put into the series.

I highly doubt that they wanted a system they spent a lot of time developing (magic) to be utterly broken at high levels. Why do [censored] always have to pretend that it's not possible for anyone to have a legitimate concern?

From all I've read, there's only one valid complaint:
WHY NO PARKOUR IN SKYRIM?

Sorry, wouldn't resist.

Happy 2012!

I see a lot of suggestions for ways to improve the game on this forum. I have yet to see one that isn't filled with just as many balance and design issues as the game we have. It's like the blind leading the blind, most of the time.

You know how you can talk to Todd? Design your own game that isn't horribly unbalanced and broken and completed on time and within budget. Then you can go to the conventions and share stories about the trolls posting in your forums.

He does have an account. He doesn't use it.
It's Mysterious poster.

maybe he's partying in the caribbeans with all the money we gave him, thinking about all the time he saved by not testing this game

Maybe you guys should try to get a new fan interview. That'd be a lot more constructive than expecting a reply to each and every histrionic post on this forum.

This. Pretty sure Todd Howard doesn't owe you, OP, nor any of the other whiners any answers. They are working on patches that should address all problems across all platforms and everyone just needs to be patient.

My god some of the Beth fans are self-entitled.

Todd Howard doesn't answer questions because the answers should already be apparent:

"This functionality is beyond the Gamebryo 2.0 Creation Engine's capabilities."
"We did not have the time to implement it by 11-11-11."
"We did not have the resources to implement it 11-11-11."
"We did decided that it unnecessarily complicated the gameplay."
"There will be a DLC for that."

Pick one that suits best to the question you are about to ask.

Also, he is too busy counting his money. Do not disturb The Todd when he is counting his money.

there's a main question they should ansewer tho, all of them, not only bethesda:

"How can you release bugged games at high prices in 2011, relying on future patches? it's the same as if I sell you 4 wheels for 1.000.000 dollars and tell you: "don't worry, in a couple of years they'll become a ferrari", don't you fell guilty?"

It's safe to say that developers and games were best 5 years ago.
The fact that sometimes you can't even finish the main quest, THE MAIN QUEST, is a shame.