Tour Skyrim's Bethesda Game Studios With Todd Howard

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
  • Bethesda Studio's game director Todd Howard leads Game Informer on a full tour of their studio and offers a few glimpses behind the scenes of Skyrim. Be sure to check out more behind the scenes videos at gameinformer.com/skyrim
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  • @gracie-C3
    @gracie-C3 Před 4 lety +5427

    “Here’s our light switch, it just works”

  • @memesredacted
    @memesredacted Před 7 lety +9704

    im surprised that the trees in the basement aren't clipping through the walls

  • @dropdedd
    @dropdedd Před 4 lety +1677

    5:11 todd must sit above everyone via ladder during team meetings

    • @hodarov1564
      @hodarov1564 Před 4 lety +240

      The jarl, Todd Howard must sit above the lowly peasants.

    • @titanxsayed7498
      @titanxsayed7498 Před 4 lety +8

      No Yes
      Lol

    • @gptechnologiesmangalore6909
      @gptechnologiesmangalore6909 Před 3 lety +21

      @@Steamed yea but he lost that godlike power after fallout 76
      Morrowind : rise of todd
      Oblivion demigod like todd
      Skyrim : godd howard
      Fallout 4 : beginning to lose power
      Creation club : THE MASSIVE LOSE OF POWER OF TODD
      The abomination 76: thats it you lost your divine power todd

    • @Half-Vampire
      @Half-Vampire Před 3 lety +34

      @@gptechnologiesmangalore6909 He is still my Godd Howard, you Thalmor can't take him away from me!

    • @hammerite6418
      @hammerite6418 Před 3 lety +10

      GP Technologies Mangalore damn faithless imperials

  • @andresalizaga1
    @andresalizaga1 Před 3 lety +793

    Todd: Fighting is part of the interview
    New recruit: ok, let's do this
    Todd: Never should have come here!
    *Pulls out Daedric Warhammer

    • @hazardeur
      @hazardeur Před 3 lety +65

      After the kill, he'll utter some thing like "I think there's a killer about" or my personal favorite: "Must have been the wind"
      Love these games.

    • @amatanata
      @amatanata Před 2 lety +11

      Why could I not only see this happening but the new recruit going to sneak and Todd just starts laughing going “must’ve been the wind haha! Welcome to the team”.

    • @andrefilipe9080
      @andrefilipe9080 Před rokem +9

      Laughed like an idiot reading this.

  • @geert574
    @geert574 Před 5 lety +6329

    1:27 the PC used to make Fallout 76

  • @Rebelzize
    @Rebelzize Před 9 lety +2458

    I want to live here...

    • @majik5194
      @majik5194 Před 8 lety +14

      Hey! Rebelzize!

    • @Rebelzize
      @Rebelzize Před 8 lety +12

      Ello :)

    • @hqrmony5051
      @hqrmony5051 Před 8 lety +19

      +Rebelzize, Yeah... i would love to live there or... make a camp outside of the building

    • @brett7y7
      @brett7y7 Před 8 lety +13

      +Rebelzize you wanna live on youtube? me too. I wanna be an electron when I grow up.

    • @fierywolverine5044
      @fierywolverine5044 Před 8 lety +17

      +Krazy been there done that. Got a restraining order to prove it.

  • @binemisko
    @binemisko Před 4 lety +1454

    4:30 yoo he does the same "hand on hip" movement same as the NPCs

  • @adambinnie3762
    @adambinnie3762 Před 4 lety +1423

    Tod Howard is the Michael Scott of Bethesda. I honestly was waiting for him to awkwardly join in on the kickboxing with bereft looks from the employee's.

    • @assassinaria
      @assassinaria Před 4 lety +90

      Todd sounds like his voice would sound like Michael Scott's if he yelled.

    • @P.Whitestrake
      @P.Whitestrake Před 3 lety +76

      I mean he had his "The Office interview moment" when he talked about the chess club.

    • @ph-vf5hx
      @ph-vf5hx Před 3 lety +15

      @@P.Whitestrake 'now who's laughing!'.....erm, probably still all those jocks

    • @onelusciouslad7841
      @onelusciouslad7841 Před 2 lety +16

      @@ph-vf5hx I doubt it, this dude's minted, I doubt those jocks are.

    • @matthewspindler14
      @matthewspindler14 Před 2 lety +2

      This comment is gold.

  • @MattW05
    @MattW05 Před 9 lety +1189

    Working at Bethesda has to be one of the coolest jobs you could get

    • @qwertypaa
      @qwertypaa Před 9 lety +2

      Matt nope, zenimax will messing your work

    • @DomsBlading
      @DomsBlading Před 9 lety +50

      Matt Coolest job, but also gotta definitely work hard in it, and like Todd said, you gotta earn your position. It looks so fun, but if you don't have kickass work and drive with the team, you'll probably be let off pretty early, as goes with a lot of other game studios out there.

    • @funtourhawk
      @funtourhawk Před 9 lety +7

      Matt Working here or at Naughty Dog would be my dream job

    • @emiric101
      @emiric101 Před 9 lety +5

      funtourhawk do you have any experience with graphic design or programming?

    • @hannaye6996
      @hannaye6996 Před 9 lety

      Matt I was just thinking about that

  • @TheCulturalBomb
    @TheCulturalBomb Před 8 lety +2132

    How did a young guy walking past the Bethesda studios, join the company after being rejected multiple times and within a few years become essentially the head guy at Bethesda Game Studios?

    • @hqrmony5051
      @hqrmony5051 Před 8 lety +645

      +TheCulturalBomb, He's god

    • @geofframsey5721
      @geofframsey5721 Před 8 lety +618

      +TheCulturalBomb One does not simply deny a Godd.

    • @OvUK
      @OvUK Před 8 lety +590

      +TheCulturalBomb Charisma, charm and good ideas.
      And mind-control, lots of mind-control.

    • @KoeSeer
      @KoeSeer Před 8 lety +533

      +TheCulturalBomb he rolled with 9 CHA, 9 LUCK, 9 INT

    • @TheIceTurtleGod
      @TheIceTurtleGod Před 8 lety +245

      +KoeSeer Be real, he rolled 10 everything... without the bobbleheads :O

  • @SasukeFromPart1
    @SasukeFromPart1 Před 4 lety +550

    *Walks in through the door*
    "NEED SOMETHING?"

    • @tjstrong3607
      @tjstrong3607 Před 4 lety +18

      Visitor walks into the Kitchen,,, sarcastic employee,, "Let me guess....."

    • @jetvellareno382
      @jetvellareno382 Před 4 lety +9

      There should be a statue at the door of an oblivion npc just saying need something

    • @toddhoward5824
      @toddhoward5824 Před 4 lety +3

      Oh yes, that phrase was an idea of mine. Still catchy.

    • @TheCrowncard
      @TheCrowncard Před 4 lety +2

      "Huh?"

    • @Elias___
      @Elias___ Před 3 lety +1

      "What might you need hmmm?"

  • @PKPK-rr3rs
    @PKPK-rr3rs Před 4 lety +402

    I remember when Skyrim first came out, I pretended to be sick so I could skip school and play it. Here I am now, almost a decade later and I still play it.

    • @matin793
      @matin793 Před 2 lety +17

      It's 2022 and i still playing fallout 3 and skyrim

    • @nonegone7170
      @nonegone7170 Před rokem +44

      That's a long time to pretend to be sick.

    • @PinkRival-xt4em
      @PinkRival-xt4em Před rokem +10

      Skyrim is time less in 2023 its still better then most games

    • @Mellovici
      @Mellovici Před rokem +3

      ​@@nonegone7170hahaha

    • @RecapNerd
      @RecapNerd Před 11 měsíci +2

      with heavy mods and it's good!

  • @lordanjucero
    @lordanjucero Před 6 lety +2712

    I love how at 1:28 it crashes when Todd is trying to use it.

  • @pixelwanderer1962
    @pixelwanderer1962 Před 5 lety +1535

    "This is some of the concept art we have here..."
    >Sees Bob Ross
    *HMMMMMMMMMM*

    • @RTr-nw1fj
      @RTr-nw1fj Před 4 lety +68

      They wanted him as one of the greybeards.... because you know... even a whisper could kill you

    • @gregga.7546
      @gregga.7546 Před 4 lety +39

      @@RTr-nw1fj Beat the devil out of it

    • @maternitywardspawncamper5392
      @maternitywardspawncamper5392 Před 4 lety +39

      Gregg A. *Beat the daedra out of it

    • @mrbatman3008
      @mrbatman3008 Před 4 lety +10

      He was going to be the secret president of the enclave instead of eden

    • @monkehman4323
      @monkehman4323 Před 4 lety +5

      Hmmm brother Ross interesting

  • @yourladbrennen3130
    @yourladbrennen3130 Před 3 lety +507

    I don't care what he's done, Todd just seems like a really nice person to talk to

    • @DTheAustralian
      @DTheAustralian Před rokem +60

      I mean he just helmed some bad games, right? Stuff like Fallout 76 is unfortunate, but not damning for Todd as a person.

    • @yourladbrennen3130
      @yourladbrennen3130 Před rokem +43

      ​@@DTheAustralian Most people dislike him because he constantly makes big, grandiose statements that either don't meet the expectations in practice or are just out right lies.
      Then there's the fact he literally invented Microtransactions for Videogames, sending the industry on a downward spiral to what it is today

    • @trissmerigold7722
      @trissmerigold7722 Před rokem +14

      @@DTheAustralian apart from 76 which wasn't even his which games were bad exactly?

    • @CommanderZavala
      @CommanderZavala Před rokem +67

      @@yourladbrennen3130 How exactly is Todd responsible for microtransactions??

    • @jimshmee
      @jimshmee Před rokem +11

      @@CommanderZavala If I remember correctly, oblivion was on of the first games to use microtransactions in the way of charging like 2.99 for a horse. Not sure if that's fully correct.

  • @strategicinsomniac5607
    @strategicinsomniac5607 Před 2 lety +79

    2:04 They were clearly designing Skyrim on that white board!! That's so awesome. Seeing some of the brainstorming for one of the greatest games ever made. So awesome.

  • @samrider1628
    @samrider1628 Před 8 lety +436

    Todd Howard seems like such a nice dude

  • @jedifan65
    @jedifan65 Před 8 lety +381

    "I saw Indiana Jones and the Crystal skull.....I don't plan on seeing it again"-Todd howard

  • @josephseed6098
    @josephseed6098 Před 4 lety +158

    This was actually really cool, now I think differently of Todd Howard. He takes care of his employees and overall they do a lot of work so I have more respect.

    • @HeiroftheAbyss
      @HeiroftheAbyss Před 4 lety +7

      You don’t know tho. It’s just a 5 minutes video from.. 9 years ago lol, pretty sure it’s not this accurate

    • @josephseed6098
      @josephseed6098 Před 4 lety +30

      Silfur Stormur Doesn’t mean it has changed, you don’t know and this video pretty much sums up of how cool he is. Just because he has released some bad titles doesn’t mean he doesn’t take care of his employees.

    • @NerdStuffing
      @NerdStuffing Před 3 lety +23

      @@josephseed6098 it's also not really his fault they're releasing bad games either. I've typed this rant like 10 times already so I wont do it again but basically hes just a puppet and a salesman for zenimax. Also he had like 0 say in fallout 76 as his team wasnt the ones who developed it.

    • @nyquilp
      @nyquilp Před 3 lety +3

      @@NerdStuffing yeah looking back at it it seems like it was just made to shut the investors up while bgs is on starfield

    • @KalashVodka175
      @KalashVodka175 Před 3 lety +20

      @@NerdStuffing
      Yeah todd is basically a convenient scapegoat
      He get praise when zenimax or bethesda does good but more often than not he’s the one who gets blamed for all the failure

  • @mc_hotboi4958
    @mc_hotboi4958 Před rokem +77

    Listening to Todd Howard talk about their games or Bethesda and the team in general is so fun. He’s unbelievably passionate about all that stuff. I can’t wait for starfield man

    • @eshoosca
      @eshoosca Před 9 měsíci +3

      You playing it now?

    • @merksmovies25
      @merksmovies25 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@eshooscayes and im having a blast playing it! Bgs always comes through on the single player rpgs

    • @eshoosca
      @eshoosca Před 9 měsíci

      @@merksmovies25 what are you playing it on? I can’t wait to play

    • @merksmovies25
      @merksmovies25 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@eshoosca xbox. And it runs smooth. Ive experienced no frame drops and less than 5 glitches. None of which are gamebreaking… just typical bethesda quirkiness.

  • @noni4315
    @noni4315 Před 9 lety +1787

    I wanna live there.

  • @dommannion8534
    @dommannion8534 Před 8 lety +516

    the people who made the sounds and themes for bethesdas games deserves a huge trophy

  • @Leikjarinn
    @Leikjarinn Před rokem +46

    We need a NEW tour

    • @aspero_yt411
      @aspero_yt411 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Hope we get one when ES6 releases

    • @martymcfly1312
      @martymcfly1312 Před 3 měsíci

      @@aspero_yt411good luck ES6 is gonna take a while.

  • @blub2121
    @blub2121 Před 4 lety +73

    Todd seems so happy and chill there, it's cute. Man, the hours I sank into their games (Morrowind and Oblivion)...

    • @assassinaria
      @assassinaria Před 4 lety +12

      Spent the entirety of Winter 2011 playing Skyrim while hyping GTA 5. If only I knew ES 5 would be better than GTA 5...

    • @BrxIghtside
      @BrxIghtside Před 9 měsíci

      Seems like a super chill creative studio right amount of staff

  • @ShirleyCurryTheOlderGamer
    @ShirleyCurryTheOlderGamer Před 6 lety +3978

    This was so great! I would love to come and walk through there! Maybe get to talk to some of the designers!! That would be so interesting. I'd even like to make a little video of it and put on my channel...me talking to you guys! Would be so great!!

  • @idchipoodle3361
    @idchipoodle3361 Před 8 lety +1381

    Bethesda seems like the most chill gaming company to work at

    • @velocityfilms7253
      @velocityfilms7253 Před 8 lety +6

      treyarch?

    • @trevorphillips9349
      @trevorphillips9349 Před 8 lety +228

      Velocity Films treyarch just stealing other people's ideas
      Beteshda is purely creative

    • @OriosBackup
      @OriosBackup Před 8 lety +36

      +Trevor phillips exactly, all they do is the same fps games over and over again

    • @OriosBackup
      @OriosBackup Před 7 lety +4

      +Thee3ndIsNear yep lol

    • @awildtaser2087
      @awildtaser2087 Před 7 lety +4

      I think most game studios are like this...

  • @TreeckoBro
    @TreeckoBro Před 3 lety +163

    This is like watching Anakin before he became Darth Vader.

    • @mr.someone5679
      @mr.someone5679 Před 3 lety +9

      I mean it not his fault. Hes just a puppet.

    • @UlyssesM
      @UlyssesM Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@mr.someone5679They are his ganes

  • @Lu-ql
    @Lu-ql Před 10 měsíci +11

    3:52 That guy deserved a raise for making one of the best trailers of all time.

  • @Deltarii
    @Deltarii Před 6 lety +449

    3:02 It’s a happy little Bob Ross.

    • @finngray1476
      @finngray1476 Před 4 lety

      Jack k it's the face of Bob ross

    • @chillionionpeas6429
      @chillionionpeas6429 Před 4 lety

      Finn Gray R/wooosh

    • @skylax356
      @skylax356 Před 4 lety +1

      @@chillionionpeas6429 *r/woooosh

    • @femmemachete
      @femmemachete Před 4 lety +1

      Silence. If you're going to say that, go to Reddit. This is CZcams. Thank you.

  • @sashaxo
    @sashaxo Před 8 lety +655

    Working at Bethesda would be a dream 😍

    • @Stayler17
      @Stayler17 Před 8 lety +54

      Laying down by your side would by a dream.

    • @Floorshurt
      @Floorshurt Před 8 lety +29

      loser lol

    • @Stayler17
      @Stayler17 Před 8 lety +23

      Nutsack for life Glad you enjoyed my cringe comment.

    • @Floorshurt
      @Floorshurt Před 8 lety +11

      don't act that thirsty on CZcams bby

    • @Stayler17
      @Stayler17 Před 8 lety +3

      Nutsack for life haha

  • @ventingshow4995
    @ventingshow4995 Před 4 lety +68

    4:12 it's been too long since I've seen a good brawl!

  • @leonweall1125
    @leonweall1125 Před 4 lety +78

    Skyrim is the best free roam game I’ve ever played. And the most nostalgic.

  • @molecularnut6122
    @molecularnut6122 Před 4 lety +1698

    The title is Skyrim, the backsound is Oblivion, interesting.

    • @bonkstimus
      @bonkstimus Před 4 lety +28

      Skyrim was lacking In the music department

    • @mikaelmyers6135
      @mikaelmyers6135 Před 4 lety +128

      Peri Od WHATDUYUMEEEEAAAN Skyrim’s music was IMMACULATE

    • @SgtZaqq
      @SgtZaqq Před 4 lety +141

      The video is from June 2011, Skyrim was only released half a year later. They only had so much music from Skyrim to use it here.

    • @Finneagan
      @Finneagan Před 4 lety +43

      Skyrim hadn't been released yet lol

    • @cringeman4199
      @cringeman4199 Před 4 lety +7

      I miss oblivion

  • @JumpinJackClash
    @JumpinJackClash Před 7 lety +1451

    2:24 My god, it's the Institute.

  • @ziggy1222
    @ziggy1222 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Years later and I'm still coming back to rewatch this. I wonder how many developers still work here and how their overall experience has been over the years

  • @theGhostSteward
    @theGhostSteward Před 3 lety +4

    10 years and still can't get by how amazing todd is with people

  • @SanilJadhav711
    @SanilJadhav711 Před 4 lety +764

    Me: Enters the Jorrvaskr to talk to the leader of the Companions
    Athis and Njada: 4:23

    • @WeirdTroll666
      @WeirdTroll666 Před 4 lety +15

      I killed athis for the boethiah quest

    • @johnmanthorpe4640
      @johnmanthorpe4640 Před 4 lety +28

      My first playthrough I walked in, heard battle music, saw those two fighting, assumed they were bandits and killed them both. No one stopped me or even cared lol.

    • @whitewolf2679
      @whitewolf2679 Před 4 lety

      @@WeirdTroll666 well in modded skyrim u can Honeypot a small farmer to do that how abt that.😀

    • @supergenius6256
      @supergenius6256 Před 4 lety +3

      Will never forget that on my first playthrough.

    • @QueenAllTheWay
      @QueenAllTheWay Před 4 lety +4

      Are those two at it again?

  • @bdwilson97
    @bdwilson97 Před 8 lety +347

    I only live 10 minutes away from this place. I also use to drive by it every single day on the way to school.

    • @PotatoBalls09
      @PotatoBalls09 Před 8 lety +46

      take my babies pls

    • @thingonometry-1460
      @thingonometry-1460 Před 8 lety +4

      If thats really you, then you're awesome Please make elder scrolls6 soon!

    • @thingonometry-1460
      @thingonometry-1460 Před 8 lety +3

      Always Has to Be Right Duck Y-you too
      #MEGAREKT

    • @bdwilson97
      @bdwilson97 Před 8 lety +21

      Hey now everyone, Fallout 4 comes out tomorrow!!!

    • @bigfella2175
      @bigfella2175 Před 8 lety

      Todd Howard I already have it bitch.

  • @joshburns493
    @joshburns493 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank it was pretty cool to see your place. I am a 68 year old gamer and I think I play all the old and new games you had on the shelf upstairs. The games have come so far sense the old days of just seeing letters and words on the screen instead of graphics we have today. I was lucky to be one of the testers for ESO before it came out. I play it every day now and love the graphics.
    Thanks for the tour of your place. Keep up the GREAT WORK Thanks Again.

  • @OneTwoMark
    @OneTwoMark Před 4 lety +48

    I always liked Todd Howard, its a shame about the 76 mess. I hope he can make a come back in the same way No Man's Sky's Sean Murray did. Although adding MTX to 76 was the opposite of the right direction, however that might have been suits in top of Bethesda decision to try scrape money from a wasted project rather than listening to creative heads to bring the game back. Its all down to Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6 now.

    • @victorkreig6089
      @victorkreig6089 Před rokem +2

      BGS didn't make 76, literally all they did was have about a dozen senior devs available for consultation and then when the new engine was finished several program leads helped BattleCry studios program the game to said new engine build.
      76 was made because literally hundreds of thousands of people have hounded BGS since FO3 came out for a Fallout MMO, so Zenimax went ahead and had one made, hell BLACK ISLE who everyone jerks off for the original games were working on a Fallout MMO. The hate for the game is pathetic and childish just like the people who cry about it all the time

  • @RomeoTheOracle
    @RomeoTheOracle Před 8 lety +1719

    Our Lord and Savior, Godd Howard.

    • @Scarfaceman77
      @Scarfaceman77 Před 8 lety +1

      +John Bibeau Ofc it does.

    • @Electrodium
      @Electrodium Před 8 lety +12

      +LudwigRP *Godd Powered

    • @hrarddragonheart8144
      @hrarddragonheart8144 Před 8 lety +4

      +LudwigRP Do not believe his lies

    • @d00kiebird
      @d00kiebird Před 8 lety +16

      Toddler has the body language of a humble used car salesman who is totally not trying to screw you out of your money.

    • @Scarfaceman77
      @Scarfaceman77 Před 8 lety +10

      d00kiebird Shut up Meg.

  • @sammycw2000
    @sammycw2000 Před 9 lety +321

    See that building? You can climb it.

    • @boffifis1
      @boffifis1 Před 9 lety +21

      CHIN CHIN See that Deathclaw? you can FUC* it

    • @boffifis1
      @boffifis1 Před 9 lety +27

      ***** Im P*or and ca*t afford all the letter* ;(

    • @xzenecaryan
      @xzenecaryan Před 9 lety +26

      CHIN CHIN It just works.

    • @boffifis1
      @boffifis1 Před 8 lety

      ***** T*nk ***

    • @cia4U9525
      @cia4U9525 Před 8 lety +1

      it. just. works.

  • @SongsFromTheTrenchesMain
    @SongsFromTheTrenchesMain Před 4 lety +30

    *Ah, the CZcams algorithm unites us once again my brothers.*

  • @DeadSpacedOut
    @DeadSpacedOut Před 4 lety +11

    Who wouldn't wanna come here, hug Todd and hear his amazing Dreams & Stories about his ideas about The Elder Scrolls

    • @johncruelty1
      @johncruelty1 Před 3 lety +1

      and punch him in the crotch for making fallout 76

  • @mrholdit8478
    @mrholdit8478 Před 8 lety +281

    Why do they have a picture of Bob Ross along with the Skyrim concept art?
    Also, lol at Todd Howard bashing Crystal Skull!

    • @FriskyTurtlez
      @FriskyTurtlez Před 8 lety

      Yeah lol

    • @IsaiahINRI
      @IsaiahINRI Před 8 lety +27

      Cause bob ross

    • @TheSincerety
      @TheSincerety Před 8 lety +3

      +Bob “The Werebear” Luigi hahaha, because they're planning to implement him as an endgame boss in a secret future DLC of course ;D

    • @js100serch
      @js100serch Před 8 lety +4

      +Bob Luigi “The Werebear” I assume the world design was inspired by Bob's paintings... now that I think about it, yes some Skyrim landscapes could have been painted by bob =D

    • @Stowbot
      @Stowbot Před 8 lety +12

      It's how they get their trees to be so happy !

  • @slycullen7596
    @slycullen7596 Před 6 lety +703

    I'm still playing Skyrim

    • @JossueND
      @JossueND Před 5 lety +9

      Me too

    • @mr.purple250
      @mr.purple250 Před 5 lety +8

      Same

    • @kayaeki
      @kayaeki Před 5 lety +32

      It's not surprising but 30 years from I don't see myself completing all the side quests xD

    • @superretroben259
      @superretroben259 Před 5 lety +9

      Kenyce I recently got it on switch and it’s amazing to take it on car journeys

    • @wezale7349
      @wezale7349 Před 5 lety +2

      Same

  • @zonk1580
    @zonk1580 Před rokem +6

    I love how he just casually mentions disliking crystal skull.

    • @megavolt67
      @megavolt67 Před rokem

      He kept it real on that one. I wonder though if he would still hold to that opinion in public now that he's collaborating with Lucasfilmgames/Disney on a new Indiana Jones game.

  • @plprooo
    @plprooo Před 2 měsíci +1

    I remember getting that Oblivion Game Informer when I was like, 14. Just the side by side photos (I think there were comparison photos to something) blew my mind. And the first game with the ray tracing like holy.

  • @lazytanks4035
    @lazytanks4035 Před 8 lety +289

    Daaamn, even he is firing shots at the crystal skull

  • @TruePayneKiller
    @TruePayneKiller Před 7 lety +362

    [SPEECH 100] So you guys are almost finished on Elder Scrolls 6 right?

    • @neataesthetic3199
      @neataesthetic3199 Před 5 lety +34

      Come back in 10 years

    • @afarensis9720
      @afarensis9720 Před 5 lety +37

      @@neataesthetic3199 10 years? That's optimistic.
      I'll be back when I'm on my deathbed, with my children and grandchildren beside me. And I'll die before finishing character customisation

    • @neataesthetic3199
      @neataesthetic3199 Před 5 lety +2

      @@afarensis9720 cheers to that

    • @rahulsar2030
      @rahulsar2030 Před 4 lety +1

      @@neataesthetic3199 well 2020 or 2021😂😂😂

    • @sensennisya557
      @sensennisya557 Před 4 lety

      [?] I don't know what are you talking about.

  • @FallenDanish
    @FallenDanish Před 4 lety +74

    "The documentation isn't what matters, it's what is in the game that matters."
    Oh... oh no, Todd.

    • @phoenixtrite5068
      @phoenixtrite5068 Před 4 lety +5

      I'm sorry Todd but that is the wrong answer. You are not smarter than a 5th grader

    • @PrabhablyAGoodYouTuber
      @PrabhablyAGoodYouTuber Před 2 lety

      That's probably why they can't fix bugs, because they don't keep documentation of what they hell they did or are doing so that they can fix it in the future

    • @dandin9314
      @dandin9314 Před 2 lety

      "Working software over comprehensive documentation" is an Agile principle

    • @FallenDanish
      @FallenDanish Před 2 lety +1

      @@dandin9314 True, but when your project is this large in scope, you NEED it. They already take 5+ years minimum for new titles in general, adding another year max just to account for documentation ain’t much.

    • @dandin9314
      @dandin9314 Před 2 lety +1

      @@FallenDanish Yes, I guess that is true. Especially when they re-release this game many times

  • @Tawper
    @Tawper Před 4 lety +2

    It was this video and a school thing I did but mainly this video I watched when I was around 11 that sold me for wanting to become a video game programmer and hopefully work for bethesda one day. I'm 15 so far and still am learning a lot of programming languages. Skyrim is my number 1 game of my life so to work on an elder scrolls game sometime would be a dream for me. Thank you Todd Howard, for you're perfect games with absolutely zero exploits/glitches.

  • @anthonyd4678
    @anthonyd4678 Před 5 lety +2297

    Ahhh the Pre Fallout 76 Bethesda...Good times....Good time.

    • @yesyes6147
      @yesyes6147 Před 5 lety +19

      I would moan eating a phone

    • @Toby-xq6ui
      @Toby-xq6ui Před 5 lety +168

      This dev team didn't create fallout 76 they have been working on starfeild

    • @KurwaRomek
      @KurwaRomek Před 5 lety +152

      Funny thing is it took 30 people to make Morrowind, and 300 to make Fallout 76. What a joke.

    • @KurwaRomek
      @KurwaRomek Před 5 lety +15

      That's still a valid point

    • @KurwaRomek
      @KurwaRomek Před 5 lety +8

      TBH I stumbled upon his video by accident and didn't know him prior to seeing his last vid. I had no idea he was the fanboy shill type (I even had to google the other guy you talked about). I probably should have quoted Camelworks, for honesty's sake...

  • @HoMan300
    @HoMan300 Před 7 lety +772

    This place is more important than the White House.

  • @someguy._.
    @someguy._. Před 4 lety +3

    I swear, I watch this video once, now its always in my recommendations!

  • @mikeyswift2010
    @mikeyswift2010 Před 3 lety +2

    Love the complexity of the stealth system clearly visually demonstrated on the white board.

  • @cillrend5764
    @cillrend5764 Před 7 lety +233

    Little did they know skyrim would be the second biggest game of 2016

  • @Pokenopoly
    @Pokenopoly Před 6 lety +116

    "See that mountain? You can climb it!"

  • @PaulRoneClarke
    @PaulRoneClarke Před 11 měsíci +18

    I remember playing Skyrim with my son in 2011. We played none stop for about 4 months. After a few months not playing in the Spring and Summer of 2012 we jumped back in with the DLC.
    We completed Dragonborn and Dawngard (and messed with Hearthfire)
    We finished in early 2013.
    Over 16 months after Skyrim came out. My son was 13 at the time and we couldn't want for the next game
    He's started High school that Autumn - Since then he's finished high school, been to college - finished a 4 year degree, and bought his own home.
    But 2013 was also the year I backed Star Citizen - A game that 10 years later is as janky and unfinished as a shed made out of spaghetti
    So I can wait for the next Elder Scrolls game.
    I mean at least Bethesda didn't take my money for ES 6 10 years ago

  • @jeremychildrey6357
    @jeremychildrey6357 Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing and what a dream it would've been to work somewhere like this for a loving. But I'm 43 and to old to change course now. But still gaming till I die. Thanks for the awesome games!

  • @louetric1216
    @louetric1216 Před 6 lety +795

    Tell me lies, Tell me sweet little lies

    • @John6-40
      @John6-40 Před 5 lety +3

      You know you can't disguise

    • @Sapsche
      @Sapsche Před 5 lety +13

      "T'odd is done talking. Go bother somebody else."

    • @garretthurt1529
      @garretthurt1529 Před 5 lety +8

      🎶 It just works, it just works
      Little lies, stunning shows
      People buy, money flows
      It just wo-orks!
      It just works, it just works
      Overpriced open worlds
      Earnings rise, take my word
      It just works
      It just works
      It just works
      It just works 🎶
      -It Just Works by The Chalkeaters

    • @xD1904
      @xD1904 Před 5 lety

      Oh no, the earwig is back :D

    • @hL-jy2te
      @hL-jy2te Před 5 lety +5

      "Fallout 3 has over 200 endings"

  • @jsweizston5410
    @jsweizston5410 Před 7 lety +183

    Their sound director is a genius. I've seen a couple videos on that guy and he has built some of the most memorable sounds personally for me from Skyrim and all of the fallout games.

    • @rayhoodoo847
      @rayhoodoo847 Před 6 lety +8

      The person responsible for the dialogues on the other hand...

    • @AceTechHD
      @AceTechHD Před 6 lety

      dogjoy Was he also the sound director? I thought he was just the composer.

    • @rodrikforrester9343
      @rodrikforrester9343 Před 5 lety

      Jeremy Soule.And composing sounds is harder than making the game itself

  • @primalspongebob6144
    @primalspongebob6144 Před 3 lety +2

    Years ago as a young lad I wrote a letter to Godd Howard, even tho I don't think he got it, watching this again makes me still find him as chill as back then

  • @LaurelinB
    @LaurelinB Před rokem +8

    I‘ll be forever grateful for Skyrim. It‘s my safe place.

    • @Luca-gj4yi
      @Luca-gj4yi Před rokem +1

      weirdo

    • @assassinaria
      @assassinaria Před rokem +1

      Sitting at a Skyrim tavern just feels so 'homey' and brings me back to when I was a teen

  • @P.Whitestrake
    @P.Whitestrake Před 5 lety +280

    5:31 So this is where The Gourmet is hiding.

  • @Eirikhauge91
    @Eirikhauge91 Před 7 lety +806

    who just want to sit down and have a six hour long conversation whit Todd :P ?

    • @Evil_Mesalon
      @Evil_Mesalon Před 7 lety +63

      I would be like " how much Skooma do you smoke a day?" and how many times a day to you worship daedra??"

    • @FunkInMyTrunk
      @FunkInMyTrunk Před 7 lety +74

      You drink skooma not smoke it...git gud m8

    • @jprec5174
      @jprec5174 Před 7 lety +21

      you can smoke it too. there are skooma pipes.

    • @h30polar22
      @h30polar22 Před 7 lety +5

      I would and want to work on the fallout game.

    • @dakotafoy1996
      @dakotafoy1996 Před 7 lety +8

      well i would like to ask where he got the idea for fallout because the average person doesn't just wake up one day and say I'm gonna create the best rpg game ever.

  • @PatchmakerSounds
    @PatchmakerSounds Před 3 lety +2

    It is been 10 years.Time flies

  • @LexLaboratory
    @LexLaboratory Před 3 lety +21

    he walks down a hallway diagonally and it just works 2:31

  • @BrettLaFemina
    @BrettLaFemina Před 7 lety +273

    And around this corner we have The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for the Xbox 360, and the PlayStation 3. Around this corner we have The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for the WiiU, the Xbox One, and the PlayStation 4, around this other corner we have Skyrim for VR headsets including the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. Also around this corner we have Monopoly: Skyrim Edition, and around this corner we have The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim official motorcycle, around this pillar on the other side here we have an entire hallway dedicated to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim including a number of posters, and collectables. Out back we have our very own official The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Garden, which is where we grow all of our outrageously creative and varying ideas for what system Skyrim will be on next, and further outside (sorry we have to do all of this walking) we have our official The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Rocket Ship. What we will do with this is we will fill the space ship with copies of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and send it to the Mars. This way all alien life forms will be able to enjoy The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Of course for the Nintendo Switch because they only have 4 fingers per hand). After all of these martians have enjoyed their copy of Skyrim, there will be the Mars voyager participants who are sent to mars where they will live there never to return and play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for the rest of their lives. After every organism on mars dies due to the nuke we're sending there in 2042, we will release the longest awaited game from Bethesda of all time... That's right. You guessed it. The Elder Scrolls VI: Skyrim With Slightly Improved Graphics and A Bug Patch.

    • @thech33f39
      @thech33f39 Před 7 lety +10

      yeah if only they focused on fixing gamebreaking glitches

    • @trieasy8546
      @trieasy8546 Před 5 lety +11

      Don't forget legendary edition lol

    • @bonesofeao3968
      @bonesofeao3968 Před 5 lety +3

      And very special edition...

    • @Mr.Goober7505
      @Mr.Goober7505 Před 5 lety +1

      You said that they would send it to mars for aliens to play but put it on the Switch because they only have 4 fingers per hand. I hope you know that humans have 4 fingers per hand, the thumb is not a finger.

    • @Trefalas
      @Trefalas Před 5 lety

      savage hahahaha

  • @danuchiha4496
    @danuchiha4496 Před 5 lety +138

    2:46 Godd Howard showing us his kingdom

  • @TroubledTrooper
    @TroubledTrooper Před rokem +5

    "I was watching Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which I don't plan on watching again"
    Mood.

  • @user-uv2cp1qd1j
    @user-uv2cp1qd1j Před 4 lety +5

    I’m a concept artist at a games studio in Europe (I don’t think I’m allowed to be anymore specific) and it’s by far the most relaxed part of the company. You draw all day, which is obviously awesome, and you basically kinda draw what you want. It’s by no means as large as Bethesda, so it’s a smaller team with more freedom. It’s extremely satisfying to see your ideas into the final product. I’d say that artists are overlooked though by gamers, they don’t really understand that before 3D models, and before photoshop sketches, it’s all just pencil and paper.

    • @victorkreig6089
      @victorkreig6089 Před rokem +1

      Adam Adamowicz did exactly that, ALL of his designs were on giant 24x36 sheets mostly using pastels and graphite
      If you go to Bethesda's Flickr they have several albums dedicated to Adam's work all of them scanned at full size so they are in extremely good detail. The world lost an awesome person and an amazing artist, I wish his wife would have the rest of his stuff scanned he had SO many sketches that I think deserve to be seen

    • @justinbowen1183
      @justinbowen1183 Před 9 měsíci

      I appreciate you! Without you drawing concept ideas, we wouldnt have what we do so I myself DO care about you my friend! Greetings from the USA

  • @harryiii3361
    @harryiii3361 Před 7 lety +349

    They should put the chef in a future game as an easter egg!

    • @joshiwoshi6955
      @joshiwoshi6955 Před 7 lety +47

      HarryIII I'm guessing the Gourmet from Skyrim IS the chef

    • @harryiii3361
      @harryiii3361 Před 7 lety

      I Am JTon ah yes I forgot about the gourmet

    • @jyggalag9838
      @jyggalag9838 Před 6 lety +6

      *Have you heard of the Gourmet?*

    • @hordlood
      @hordlood Před 6 lety +1

      HarryIII Takahashi

    • @silat159
      @silat159 Před 6 lety +1

      Still surprised he doesnt cook them sweetrolls

  • @matguimond92
    @matguimond92 Před 5 lety +389

    1:55
    Duh
    *skyrim music*
    _WORD OF POWER LEARNED_
    _BUG,GLITCH,CRASH_

  • @YoDzOnHalo
    @YoDzOnHalo Před 2 lety +8

    Weird how people hate Todd for port Skyrim a lot but love Nintendo for porting SMB on every console they have

    • @jackmayor3574
      @jackmayor3574 Před rokem

      It's even more dumb because I highly doubt Todd Howard is the one to make these business decisions. He's just a game director. He works for Bethesda, which is owned by Zenimax.

  • @t3d0_0
    @t3d0_0 Před 4 lety +233

    It kinda makes me sad seeing todd showing us all this so proudly and then mostly earning hate for his companys work.
    Sure, they deserve critical commentary and so on, but come on....

    • @filescout266
      @filescout266 Před 4 lety +22

      :/ i will have to agree with you...

    • @uggachugga760
      @uggachugga760 Před 4 lety +75

      Yep. Decades of good games coming from them and they botch one release and suddenly everyone’s angry.

    • @lotrlmao1648
      @lotrlmao1648 Před 4 lety +12

      So they will never make that mistake again like release unfinished game and lie to customers, make them better in future

    • @t3d0_0
      @t3d0_0 Před 4 lety +18

      @@lotrlmao1648 Yeah it would be nice... I just started another Skyrim playtrough with a friend and damn that flying horse was funny xD
      But like Mr howard said... "It's not a bug, it's a feature".

    • @t3d0_0
      @t3d0_0 Před 4 lety +8

      @@uggachugga760 Yes the games are good and a lot of fun to play, but Skyrim f.e. is just a big amount of bugs which makes the whole thing less serious.

  • @t_punk666
    @t_punk666 Před 7 lety +254

    i love the bob ross pic at 3:00

  • @Devilot91
    @Devilot91 Před 8 lety +62

    I'm 99% straight, but 1% of my gayness goes to this man.

  • @davidharrow9025
    @davidharrow9025 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I think its time to visit the Bethesda studios again! Please Game Informer, make it happen :D

  • @fenrix155
    @fenrix155 Před 4 lety +31

    Bethesda during quarantine: “you could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me.”

  • @Y2K4Y
    @Y2K4Y Před 6 lety +100

    Mad respect for Todd Howard and his teams.
    This is how you run a positive and fun environment and have employees for a lifetime.

  • @spookypen
    @spookypen Před 8 lety +634

    1:35 "use to play old games"
    box of kleenex by the monitor...

    • @ollie2665
      @ollie2665 Před 8 lety +6

      lol

    • @leighmorgan2959
      @leighmorgan2959 Před 8 lety +49

      +spookypen exactly what i thought, this is where we play old games and wank off.

    • @DirtyPoul
      @DirtyPoul Před 8 lety +49

      +Leigh Morgan If you can't come to Arena, you have no business at Bethesda Game Studios.

    • @poopdick485
      @poopdick485 Před 7 lety

      Read the reply above mine! NO MORE REPLYING SO WE CAN SEE THAT TRUE PIECE OF ART!

    • @d3viliz3d
      @d3viliz3d Před 7 lety +15

      It's just to wipe off the nostalgic tears

  • @underthesun-ml4mu
    @underthesun-ml4mu Před 9 měsíci

    This is amazing. It's almost as if it's SIXTEEN TIMES THE DETAIL

  • @Netryon
    @Netryon Před 2 lety

    Building using available things is great, it's also nice to have it because something made from materials like it would be around a player residence.

  • @calebbritannia6283
    @calebbritannia6283 Před 6 lety +266

    I bet they have a whole cabinet ready for all future skyrim releases

    • @swergdach
      @swergdach Před 6 lety +15

      You mean, ready for lootboxes for $9.99 and paid mods (with only 25% lump-sum taxes to mod's creator)? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @stagger9660
      @stagger9660 Před 4 lety

      @@swergdach maybe

    • @victorkreig6089
      @victorkreig6089 Před rokem

      @@swergdach there is no loot boxes in BGS games and they're DLC not "paid mods"

  • @DFxWoLvEz
    @DFxWoLvEz Před 6 lety +61

    2:03 pause it. Its literally a drawing of the hud.

  • @macrider007gaming3
    @macrider007gaming3 Před 9 měsíci +3

    12 years later 👋❤

  • @prgrms
    @prgrms Před 9 měsíci +2

    Awesome stuff, looks like a great place to work

  • @LookingTheBest
    @LookingTheBest Před 9 lety +83

    I've always liked this guy

    • @YeNZeC
      @YeNZeC Před 9 lety +13

      Edward Lueras TODD HOWARD !!!
      have you heard the story ?
      once apon a time there was a guy called Todd, his dads mate worked at Bethesda as a animator , and Todd wanted to work there ,so asked the manager there if he could come in and watch the people work on the games. he was denied and was told he was too young and to come back later in life when he was older, and so Todd did just that. at 19 he went back. he was denied again and 3 years later and ten years later he's the director of his own studio and most successful department at zenimax.

    • @tylerblaylock1118
      @tylerblaylock1118 Před 9 lety +4

      Edward Lueras You mean Godd Howard? He's amazing.

  • @hansnery
    @hansnery Před 6 lety +227

    2:24 The Institute.

    • @psycho_ocelot
      @psycho_ocelot Před 6 lety +7

      ad victoriam let's nuke em brother

    • @jonasjeron1475
      @jonasjeron1475 Před 5 lety +16

      and the Father is Todd hahahahaha

    • @windowsxp899
      @windowsxp899 Před 5 lety +1

      @Fire God Ignia The leader of the institute is called father.

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked Před 5 lety +5

      It probably gave them the idea of the institute elevator

    • @jakecarter4947
      @jakecarter4947 Před 4 lety

      @@windowsxp899 no duhh people that get this know,just because you know the game doesn't mean you have to say it for everyone and I don't give a fuck

  • @Agutsuma_zenitsu
    @Agutsuma_zenitsu Před 4 lety +24

    "Yes I was in the chess club"

  • @ramireza6904
    @ramireza6904 Před rokem +1

    So, we get another tour with the Starfield Event! Cool, cant wait.

  • @matthewcooper9205
    @matthewcooper9205 Před 8 lety +196

    4:54 is straight savage

  • @killerdevil980
    @killerdevil980 Před 8 lety +103

    If you're a person who likes games in general, I bet working there is a dream

    • @go-xn8ow
      @go-xn8ow Před 8 lety +50

      And imagine getting fuckin paid for this dream

    • @jimmu8689
      @jimmu8689 Před 6 lety

      killerdevil980 Ik

    • @okaysoph
      @okaysoph Před 6 lety

      yes

  • @MissesWitch
    @MissesWitch Před 4 lety +1

    need a 2020 update of this!

  • @merhunesdagon7356
    @merhunesdagon7356 Před 4 lety

    I seriously want another tour of Bethesda game studios now !

  • @australopithicusafarensis5343

    Cool to see that they kinda made the Institute in Fallout 4 after their HQ.

  • @ImFlixey
    @ImFlixey Před 6 lety +370

    *Urge to become a game developer intesifies*

    • @szuzmariacsatkai3496
      @szuzmariacsatkai3496 Před 5 lety +81

      *finds out it's 95% mathematics* Well, McDonald's is always hiring

    • @danielcarmine99
      @danielcarmine99 Před 5 lety +19

      @@szuzmariacsatkai3496 Come on, have some more self respect. You can do it!

    • @cinnamon-skateboarding5987
      @cinnamon-skateboarding5987 Před 4 lety +49

      @@szuzmariacsatkai3496 not really.
      There’s tons of things one can do in the game industry.
      Coding isn’t everything, it’s just the backbone for the game.
      He could be a concept artist, game designer, voice actor, play tester and amongst hundreds of other things!

    • @szuzmariacsatkai3496
      @szuzmariacsatkai3496 Před 4 lety +14

      @@cinnamon-skateboarding5987 It would be really awesome, but I don't think they'd need a geologist :D Maybe if a studio needed realistic mountains and terrain mapping, I could try to apply.

    • @craigburch464
      @craigburch464 Před 4 lety +6

      I got into coding thinking I wanted to be a game dev since I love videos games... once I actually did my research and learned that the hours were nuts and there was a lot of math involved I dipped out on that idea. I am a web developer now and am plenty happy and making great income.

  • @AkagiRedSun
    @AkagiRedSun Před měsícem

    Memory of starting up my Xbox to play Morrowind for the first time was magical moment. I remember reading that game informer and drooling on the idea of we can be in thieves guild

  • @porkman1838
    @porkman1838 Před rokem +4

    I love how he casually said he disliked Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull lol

    • @andyg7747
      @andyg7747 Před rokem

      Funny that now he's helping Machine Games make the Indiana Jones game.

    • @jackmayor3574
      @jackmayor3574 Před rokem +1

      @@andyg7747 honestly that's a good sign, imagine if a fan of Crystal Skull helped make the new Indiana Jones game?

    • @porkman1838
      @porkman1838 Před 10 měsíci

      @@fudgepacker2858 tbh the last one was just boring. it didn't have anything as interesting visually as Spielberg. it was okay and extremely forgettable except the end that goes wild af.