Making Starfield with Bethesda's Todd Howard | The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook Podcast
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- Ted Price chats with Todd Howard about Bethesda's much anticipated spacefaring RPG, Starfield. Together they discuss the early ideas that led to Starfield and what the first year of development looked like; how they go about designing multiple complex game systems; how their extensive experience in open world RPGs helped them prioritize goals and milestones; building lore for an expansive original IP; and how player creativity has far exceeded their expectations.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:26 Episode Start
3:35 Expectations for Starfield with fans
9:20 Advice for Systems Designers
11:46 Experience Transitioning into Microsoft
14:44 Taking Notes from Other Games
17:14 When the Idea of Starfield Was Born
19:43 Developing the "Muscles" for Making Games
22:46 Designing for Flexibility
24:58 Player Expectations for the RPG Genre
26:48 Complexity and Scope for Recent Games
31:17 How Starfield Lore Was Developed
33:32 What Part of Starfield Was Built First
42:18 Challenges in Space Combat
46:24 What to Prioritize in Game Development
51:45 How Testing is Done at Bethesda
57:54 Staying Fulfilled in Game Development
59:18 Todd's New Perspective After Time Off
1:01:47 Todd's Thoughts on Leadership
1:04:10 Last Words for Fans and Newcomers - Hry
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People arguing online about console wars and here we have 2 developers from Microsoft and Sony talking about games they like. We've all forgotten the spirit of gaming and what makes it special
Yea that girl who a bunch of sony fans tried to get fired for sayimg starfield is decent really emphasized that no one in industry takes this rivalry shit seriously
not todd, either hes a liar or has never played a good game
@@bakutie you just proved my point
@@bakutiebro you’re just embarrassing… you’re comment isn’t even a response to what was said
This is a better interview than any videogame major media outlet could ever pull off. Brilliant.
Agree
Tell Todd howard to make a better game and let obsidian take care of fallout 5
@@Mac1Eleven no, just no
@@trissmerigold7722why not?
Obsidian has only new vegas wich was good, nowadays they aint good..... besides Obsidian might get the writing part bettet than Bethesda, but overall gameplay, gunplay, graphics, character creation, quests, fun detailed open world wise ...... Bethesda is miles better, and Bethesda also proved themselves that they can make a great rpg with starfield, so they have that too now.... so if i wanna play fo5, it better be Bethesda
Edit.... answer to your question vloqy
CZcams.
When I type in "Todd Howard Interview", this is basically exactly what I'm looking for.
For the love of God. You're a search engine. Fix yourself.
Thank you so much for this! One of the best I've seen in a while.
check out the lex friedman podcast with him. i watched it before i bought the game and had no illusions about it. unlike some of those players with false expectations and no patience.
@@vermithraxplays1615 I watched it and it was great!
I will say, this hits the nail on the head so well with explaining the design choices.
It is absolutely insane that Starfield is rated lower than Brink and Fallout 76. People put so much faith into such random aspects of the game then get let down from nothing.
Me and my wife took off work to binge this together and we had a great time. I wish stupid "negative hype" fads would just be more objective.
I can't wait to see how this IP develops over time.
yeah all I got were people nitpicking at every little thing wrong with Starfiled
@@nully304 Really dumb. I hate when things just got put on a negative hype train and caught up in the algorithm.
"Mostly negative" on Steam my ass.
I may never have the opportunity to meet Todd and speak to him. But it I ever did, I would thank him for creating all of the experiences I will cherish for my whole life. His games have gotten me through the hardest times in my life. Thank you, Todd. However long this ride takes us, I am grateful for the art he has built.
thank you todd for creating outdated garbage loading simulators video games that looks like he and bethesda are stuck in 2005 for eternity
@@mordor1779 We found a PS fanboy lol
@@mordor1779Do you not realize how pathetic you sound? Not liking Bethesda is fine, but going to videos of games you don't like because you have to let the world know you don't like them is just sad.
@@mordor1779don’t play this masterpiece of a game then. Enjoy your cinematic QTE simulators.
@@ChaosprimeZYT 🤡
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:26 Episode Start
3:35 Expectations for Starfield with fans
9:20 Advice for systems designers
11:46 Experience Transitioning into Microsoft
14:44 Taking Notes from Other Games
17:14 When the Idea of Starfield Was Born
19:43 Developing the "Muscles" for Making Games
22:46 Designing for Flexibility
24:58 Player Expectations for the RPG Genre
26:48 Complexity and Scope for Recent Games
31:17 How Starfield Lore Was Developed
33:32 What Part of Starfield is Built First
42:18 Challenges in Space Combat
46:24 What to Prioritize in Game Development
51:45 How Testing is Done at Bethesda
57:54 Staying Fulfilled in Game Development
59:18 Todd's New Perspective After Time Off
1:01:47 Todd's Thoughts on Leadership
1:04:10 Last Words for Fans and Newcomers
You're a legend, thank you m8
@@maxpribe6384they're in the video description. And on the time bar
Poor todd looks like he hasnt had a good nights sleep in quite a while. I wish i could shake his hand and tell him thank you. Thank you for all the years, all the countless hours of exploring the games bethesda has created. We all love you so so much BGS. Its overwhelmingly bittersweet that ES6 may be todds last ES. Make it count guys, i know you will. Until then, see you in the stars! ❤️
yeah he looks tired af
Tens of millions play buy his games. I have a feeling he sleeps well
@@carsoncasler7135 it’s not that simple he has to run a huge company and also act as game director. it’s unimaginably stressful, and the money doesn’t change that
@@chocolate_maned_wolfYes very stressful. He obviously gets paid well but money isn't everything when so much was riding on Starfield he's essentially the guy responsible for his game, his employees and in some ways Xbox as a brand.
I've had to manage mechanical equipment for commercial properties including labs with tens of millions of dollars worth of research and product and the responsibility alone can be taxing.
Its why it does bother me a bit when people are sometimes very harsh on devs trashing their work. Not talking about fair reasonable criticism but the fanboys anf those type of people who love to just tear things down just to be a holes
I agree 100%. I've wrapped up my first playthrough of Starfield at 186 hours and am currently on NG+++. I really really am so grateful for all Todd and his team have done for me and gaming in general. Morrowind was my first intro to Bethesda back in 2002, and I can remember each time they unveiled a new game and how hyped I was. Elder Scrolls is probably the most nostalgic gaming franchise for me, and even though Elder Scrolls VI has taken a while, I do think that it's gonnd end up being Todds Magnum opus. If it's his last Elder Scrolls, he's gonna want it to go out with a bang. Easily my most anticipated game ever.
Thank you Mr. Price and the AIAS for the amazing interviews
I’ve played a lot of video games in my life and I am loving Starfield. I take a seat at the command center of my ship and a new adventure begins. Thank you to everyone who worked on this game. ❤
you should played better game
@@ChromisPasqueflowerBowerbird *have
an adventure on empty planets
@@ChromisPasqueflowerBowerbird
I just finished with over 300 hours of Baldur’s Gate 3, is that not a good game?
@@ChromisPasqueflowerBowerbird Ahhhh a critic speaks. [eyeroll]
When pleasantries and detachment meet
Starfield has been an amazing experience. I haven’t loved a game as much as this in years and it captures the extraordinary nature of space as well as the isolation and curiosity of exploration. I’m still doing my first playthrough but BGS has made a masterpiece, thank you to the team
Yep I'm like 70 something hours in, and I haven't even done that much of the main story yet. I'm only like level 38 right now. I'm in love with the ship building aspect of the game, as well as the ship combat. And I have to admit, I was a bit on the fence about this game when I first started playing. It took a good bit of time for everything to click for this game. There is just so much to see and do, it's crazy.
@@jtjones4727 I'm over 80 hours in and Level 39, same haven't done much of the main story but trying to explore all the systems, did all side missions i could as well as activities and finished one factions questline and working on the others. The ship combat is spectacular, might be one of the best, if not the best I can recall playing. The game is gigantic and I love it!
I agree. Been a fantastic experience for me. I love Bethesda games but this is actually better then expected.
At a 180 hours in, I'd say it reminds me of Oblivion.
Totally agree. I haven't been this hooked on a game in a long time.
I just checked out and it been 5 years since Ted last interviewed Todd.
I really love the mental model he uses @38:40 to decide whether he gives the green light to implement a thing. Todd probably has enough of those tips to fill a dev book. I would certainly buy it. Not just useful for game dev but for life in general.
he just makes it all up as he goes along. Todd is a great big ego in a tiny little body. He's in charge not in command. He does none of the work. He simply makes subordinates dance for his personal pleasure and allows the marketing team to make all his decisions for him. Just like Elon does. It's a game to convince you they run the show.
@@ZennExile Ok, just because Todd fired you from BGS for gross incompetence doesn't mean you need to go on drunken rants in the comments section of CZcams videos.
@@LordElwe I love how you didn't deny any of it tho.
@@ZennExile One does not need to deny fantastical word vomit--one only needs to point out the total lack of credibility of those who spew it.
@@LordElwe keep tellin yourself that.
I came into this with very little interest, only stumbling upon this video. But, I sat and watched the full thing. This was such an insightful interview and discussion. Thank you so much, to these two champions! Great interview, and great games. From Spiderman to Starfield, thank you, sincerely.
you still make beats?
I'm actually designing a game system for starfield as part of my uni course rn and that advice for systems designers was perfect. Thank you for the help
You might want to reconsider that, considering how poorly put together Starfield’s systems are.
Well this certainly deserves more views. Thanks for the interview, Todd and Ted!
Get back to work Ben! I have high expectations for the next trivia today! 😂
What an awesome interview between two of best developers!! Thanks to Todd and his team at Bethesda for creating my dream game with Starfield
Thank you, gentlemen, for this great interview. It's exciting to see these game creators having this much love in what they do. Congratulations on your Starfield launch!
This is awesome. I love this outlet. I love some just genuine and wholesome discourse around game development. There is too much toxicity and joy killing these days on the internet around games. Thanks for providing us with something so inspiring.
Yeah, the fanboy toxicity is just out of hand now. I just want to hear people talk about the joys of gaming, but all i get is constant bickering & hostility from people worshipping plastic boxes instead of the evolution of this incredible medium that we all get to enjoy. I mean coming from the era of Atari 2600, coleco vision etc. I would never have imagined games would be doing what they are doing now...but you go to sites like the IGN comment section, and it's always just pure hostility..it's really sickening and sad
So much today is geared towards stirring up drama and controversy for clicks and not enough discussion about the actual game development process, the inspirations for a game and the challenges and triumphs of the creative process
Mostly, all devs are like this. It is the gaming channels these content creators who fan the fanbpu fires. Some of the larger channels if they wanted could start to bring people together on this, but it doesn't get clicks, right? It's such a shame gaming is meant to be our getaway, but it had become very divided as well. 😔
So true, it really sucks @@VWorldWide
This was great. Love these deep dives between two people who deeply understand the subject they're talking about.
This was incredibly insightful and enjoyable. Extremely ready for wherever Starfield will take us
Great chat, I could listen to experienced masters like this discuss their field all day long. Love Starfield. And Insomniac games!
This interview is BURIED. Why was it so hard to find it? LOOKING AT YOU, CZcams ALGORITHM
Having a great time with Starfield. Cant wait for Elder Scrolls 6
Amazing that you got Todd for an interview. Good stuff
Love these interviews and getting a glimpse of how the magic is made 👍
I think this interview shows how the console wars don't exist to the devs. Like artists in other mediums they constantly experience and love the works of others. You can tell that Starfield was going to be divisive. It's a game a lot of people love and don't love. While I don't think it's a masterpiece, I do think it is an awesome game. The fact that Ted is playing and liking it shows that they are gamers first. And I'm sure many in the Bethesda office will be playing and enjoying Spider-Man 2.
Great interview, thank you Ted and AIAS!
I just want Todd and the Bethesda team to know how much I've loved playing Starfield. I work multiple jobs to support a family, kids in college, etc. and it has been a very immersive and rewarding experience to sit back and escape into the Starfield universe when I have down time. I'm going very slow. I'm only level 20 and I started playing as soon as pre-order was available. I'll be enjoying it for years to come. Thank you all.
Great interview. Been playing the game and loving it. Quite something to get a glimpse of the level of work it must take to get a project like this "done".
This is a great interview! One of the best insights was when Todd said “We were ok with people discovering (things about the game)”. This explains why they didn’t detail every single mechanic in the game. They wanted us to discover and share with each other.
Thats something that I REALLY enjoy about it. I love that it doesnt completely hold your hand. Discovering things yourself and people sharing things feels so much better and rewarding
OMG I lost my mind when he mentioned Choplifter & Sundog. I’ve been gaming for 50 years and remember playing these games like it was yesterday. Fantastic Interview! Rock on Gamers! ❤🤘
What a great interview. Awesome work and appreciate it!
Really cool seeing a big Sony developers podcast welcoming a big Microsoft developer on for a fun discussion about games and crafting them as art.❤
Looking at this channel's content, part of your comment makes zero sense. "big Sony developers podcast"? you mean its hosted by price? He mostly does not talk to other Sony developers, so you cannot mean the interviewees.
@@xBINARYGODx It seems logical that he meant "Sony developer's"
22:00 - 24:00 was pretty cool regarding open-ended design. Very analogous of constructing a query: initially you'll have a target in mind but when you sit down to construct, the first pass you use a very large net, or filter, and continue to contract until you've hit your target. Doing so in the inverse, as mentioned, is usually more grief than success.
Starfield is going down in my Top 5 all time for certain. 80+ hours in and I've got through 3 main quests and over 30 side quests. Only level 21, definitely smelling all variety of roses on offer.
Two Legends! Thanks for the great interview!
All the “console war” people should watch this. Great interview. Starfield is absolutely excellent and I’m sure Spider-Man 2 will be sick as well.
Trashfield is a flop and will get destroyed by Spider-Man 2
@@MichaelM28to each their own
Sure if you like a loading screen simulator with pointless meandering dialogue with no real choices.
@@BaneOfMan love it 👍🏾
We want a DLC with Todd Howard in loading screen saying it just works!
Loll
Starfield’s scale is huge technically speaking but in reality it is segmented into small locations that are largely empty and nonunique. New Atlantis is incredibly small for being a major city hub. None of the city’s deliver on the idea that human civilization has left earth. Where are all of the people? Where are the giant cities? There is hardly any city density.
I so love to hear insights from the game that I enjoy to play so much. It's great to have with Starfield another fantastic BGS Game and I loved all the Single Player Games they made since Morrowind. ❤
You clearly have very low standards. Starfield is trash and so are all other BGS games
Thank you both very much for this really interesting interview. 👌🏻
Ted is such a good dude who just cares about the industry as a whole. I love that regardless of platform, he is promoting good work in gaming. Can’t wait for Spider-Man 2 - Insomniac is special
lmaoo
wtf
LETS GOOOOO 🎉 TODD ❤
Our Lord and Savior 🙌🏼
Real shaolin disciple 😮
The hell you doing here? Where's the Starfield review Rantoni?!?!?!
Todd and his team has given us so much. I am so grateful to them
image bashing games and praising fallout 4 in space with no mans sky and no rpg mechanics.
Really interesting listen, thanks for this!
Such a cool interview with both of their games out the same year.
Fantastic interview. I'm loving Starfield (and I'm also looking forward to Spider-Man 2, loved the story of the first one so much)
Imagine liking trashfield 😂😂😂
@@user-rk2fq1cw4nI'd love to work at Bethesda, but sadly I don't have the skills for it. But sure buddy, whatever you need to tell yourself, lol.
Welp.... this was a great interview with a ton of information. Interesting to see, how far back the thought process for this game dates back and how the plans for its future are. Also what the BGS team thinks about the situation now. But this is where i get the feeling, that i need to formulate a quick reminder: " Todd, you promised over 1000 planets and what we got are 4 landing zones far away from each other as big as a pixel, instead of a planet. You said they were free to explore, but i can not go from shore to shore of an island which is 100km big. I have to jump away elsewhere, which destroys every type of longer exploration session, where i could understand the vastness of space and celestial bodies. One guy in your team ( the one with the long dark hair and a belly ) said that space is a place where you are supposed to be able to do everything. So how about actually flying through space and around planets and from planets to moons?" Have those things somehow been forgotten, although you guys clearly left the impression for them to be part of the game? Because they are important to players out there. And they are leaving.
It’s really refreshing to see two have developer working for different platforms can have a great conservation about games Great interview. I’m a fan of both developers. Plus love Plato g their games
fantastic interview with great questions from 2 absolute beasts of the industry
Todd Howard should take notes.
Great stuff love these guys.
As for revisiting those old games, Sundog's repair system would be a pretty great addition, that and Star Raiders' damage control where you have systems that become less efficient but like in Sundog you could repair them under fire. Would also love a trade economy, different systems produce different things so they need other goods. Early days still, interested to see where things go
Great interview! I absolutely love the game - and can't wait to see how it evolves (via mods and official DLCs) in the next 10+ years.
At the end of the day, there are no experiences like Bethesda games - AAA games that constantly evolve based on your wants and needs via mods for such a long time.
I am tired as a gamer and enthusiast with a modicum of empathy for game designers, to be trying to/enjoying these games amid the furor of online discourse around games now.; another dimension in which games have gotten 'big'. Good game guys
Maybe the issue is your own mindset. What makes a game good for you, specifically? Don’t try to please everyone. Don’t make it big for the sake of big.
Wow. Todd clearly explains a lot of his views where i see many of the problems coming from.
Love this content!
Thank you, Todd, for saving my life right now. In the most literal sense, Starfield is keeping me alive. You don't even understand. Nobody does
😂😂😂 starfield hot garbage, if you want a game to save your life play cyberpunk 2077, superior in every way
It's a great interview.
Hads down best gaming interview ive ever watched 🏆
This was AMAZING
Sundog was wonderful. Omnitrend Universe - I expected to hear a mention. Starfield definitely is a successor to the latter, that tried to do everything. Space games with ground combat was always something I wanted more of. I think of Starfield almost like a strategy 4x game in First Person.
Have you ever played a DOS game called NOCTIS IV? Starfield reminds me of NOCTIS mixed with The Journeyman Project
Great work guys! You are really giving noclip a run for its money!
Great interview - Love Todd
This interview is super fascinating. Love Insomiac and Bethesda.
"Design for flexibility" is a super wise advice that's not taken to heart nearly enough
Great interviewby ted and game knowledge tips by tod thankyou, I learnt more about starfield
love ted, bring back the full moon podcast!
Awesome interview and amazing game!
Starfield is great but what really knocks my socks off is the design of the game. sometimes I look at this game and can't get over how good it looks. I mean all the details like ship interior, weapons, clothes, the lighting. Pure art.
It’s a shiny piece of crap
yeah looks great if this was 2015
@@Memorial_Memory it's complex and deep, but for sure not everyone's taste.
@@bakutie it's a massive open world RPG, for what the game offers its amazing how much power is left for the graphics.
The maxim he had of "...if it takes twice as long and costs twice as much..." Resonates with a line in the Art of War that reads like "the cost of war will be 1000 li"
Amazing interview
fantastic video, host and interviewee. it's very refreshing to see two high level developers talk to each other quite candidly about the craft and process of creating games at their scale
Great interview.
Amazing game. Amazing interview.
Great interview
Todd mentioning about Freespace made me really happy.
Todd is an honest man.
Love Bethesda or not, as a game designer Todd makes great points.
This interview just works..
What an awesome conversation. Ted, if you could have a conversation with a developer like EA Tiburon (Madden Football), I would truly appreciate it. It could be incredibly unique. You can dig in to the processes and pressures of what its like developing a sports game every year for a huge publisher. You could by way of the interview dispel some of the common misconceptions of an "assembly line or cookie cutter" type game by not only humanizing the developers, but also pulling back the curtain on both the rewards and challenges that come with making a yearly title. Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I would find this really fascinating. Thank you so much Ted!
Im really disappointed that Starfield didn't ship with a hardcore survival mode. Though I do understand that not everyone would enjoy that, I feel that the systems in game, such as the perks related to environmental hazards and recovering from afflictions more meaningful.
Hell outpost building would matter more because exploring a hazardous planet far from settled systems would require crafting your own medicine and aids.
It sounds like they toyed with many of the concepts but ultimately felt like they would hinder the fun for most players. I imagine they'll add one at some point, but probably wanted to focus on balancing the core game for launch.
I love those modes in Games like Kingdom come and Farcry primal. RDR2 needs a mode like that as those elements are already in the game and there are mods for it. I would be great for starfield as well.
Thats how the game was orignally supposed to function. But they cut it all out. Before during development, most of the settled systems were bunched together. And then you had to traverse mostly empty systems and you had to rely on outposts for medicine and mine your own fuel.
But they thought it slowed down gameplay too much.
Hopefully DLC and creationclub change this
A lot of these aspects are still there in the game. Like some dialogue, like the ship tech "Need your reship refueled? Just ask" Or Sarah saying there might be some Helium-3 in some abandoned structures which will have tons of He3 in ball shape tanks that you can get out of canisters attached outside, it is still there even though it's not needed. I hope they release a survival mode.
Totally amazing interview! I loved it! Great questions from Ted and great answers from Todd.
I gotta say, I am a fan of Todd Howard, He seems like a genuine person. Honestly wish I knew someone like him in my life.
You don't have any compulsive liars in your life?
@@MichaelM28 there was no lies about starfield. Not my favorite game, but outside of FO76 and the botchedness, where has he been a compulsive liar? Seems like you hate someone you dont really know. I could be wrong about him and he could be a horrible person, but Im completely unaware of him being a compulsive liar, source/evidence?
very well done.
I love Starfield ❤️ Thank you Bethesda for making such an ambitious game. I will be playing this game for years to come just like Skyrim and Fallout. ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Imagine enjoying trashfield 😂😂😂😂
Your standards for gaming are so low 😅
Two guys with blue eyes stare into each other's souls for 1 hour.
Todd is such a down to earth person. Awesome interview.
49:00 - I hope there is a survival mode that comes out later where you are battling elements like heat, cold, radiation and others.
Its unfortunate they nerfed it compared to some earlier builds.
Yeah I'm not crazy about full-blown survival modes but that system may as well not be there at the moment. The glowing sea is satisfying to explore because of the environmental danger. Even the new Zelda has a better system for this kind of thing.
Survival mode in Fallout 4 really made me fall in love with the game.
@@vincent074 The only way to play the game.
- Immersion increased to 10x
- Enemies were not bullet sponges
- They never respawned infinitely.
Loved Fallout 4 : Survival mode!
@@crumblybutgood3545 Funny cause when you learn about the game's development, environmental affects were gonna be much more important. The game was gonna be much slower pace. We already know about the fuel system that they cut. But the whole star system was organized differently. The UAC and Free star systems were bunched together towards the left. And then toward the right side of the star map, there'd be less civilization and things more spaced out. And so it'd hard to get out there and take more time as youd run of fuel and be forced to mine it from planets. And there'd be no where to buy fuel from. And no doctors to treat your ailments. Like now if you get sick or radiation poisoning, you can just hop to a doctor as soon as you get off world. But during development, you were just more isolated and depended on bringing medical supplies out into the expanse.
As cool as that all sounds, i can see why they dropped it. It'd really slow down literally everything you do in the game. Like in some ways it'd make sense. Imagine The Key being on the far end of the map and then the UC authorities are hiding out near them. And they're cut off from the rest of the UC and making them vulnerable to Crimson fleet attack. That'd makes a lot of sense. But also it'd make completing quests that take part on opposite sides of the system extremely slow. It'd turn a 100 hour play-through into a 200 hour play through.
@@crumblybutgood3545the problem is a lot of people just wouldnt have the patience for it. People cant even manage their inventory and the game doesnt even punich you that harshly for exceeding your limit
You are either in a menu or a load screen, wheres the fun every door is a load screen every menu leads to another and another and another and another then its another load screen Where's the fun Todd?,
Love this nonconsole war zen . Tow brilliant huamn beings who love gaming coming together from two different platforms, no drama.
@24:00 Tod talks about how it is difficult for him to tell to his developers to change/scrap that feature because they probably put a lot of time into it. That also feels like the quest in starfield called as "overdesigned" where this is somewhat what you do
Question for Tod Howard. How did you release 2006 - Oblivion then 2008 - Fallout 3 - Then 2011 Skyrim and then 2015 Fallout 4. That's 4 brilliant games in 9 years. Then it took 8 years to release Starfield... Why?
I don’t see 8 years of work I’ve played it
Can’t wait for this, I’m 140hrs deep into Starfield and feel like there’s so much of this game I’m yet to touch having just entered the NG+ mode. It was a brilliant, iterative design to the main quest that provides innovative continuity while enabling change too. I can imagine DLC/updates adding further enrichment to that too.
Crafting, base building, ship building, the enormous skill tree development is all barely started in some senses. Starfield is something of a flawed masterpiece, but any game that can consume this many hours of play is a great one in my view. Looking forward to Todd Howard’s perspective post-launch, it must be a tremendous feeling for BGS to have 10m+ players enjoying it right now.
Never change Todd
Still the same guy I remember doing a fallout 3 demo at e3
Shooting a teddybear at a raider
Both of them are in charge of 2 of the best game developers in the business. Insomiac's games have all been amazing as well as bethesda's games. I have really enjoyed playing starfield, It's a fantastic game! The criticism of it has been fair but It will only improve as a game with future updates.
Lol bugthesda are one of the worst developers in the industry
Trashfield is a flop
@@MichaelM28 6 million players at launch. Bethesda is about to about to make 1 billion dollars off Starfield. You're right total flop
@@MichaelM28 sure is that why people are still going back to play their Elder Scrolls and Fallout games, that have been around for over a couple decades. Not to mention they are partners with Microsoft, a billion dollar company. Yeah definitely the worst developers in the industry
@@jtp22090that money has no real value because you KNOW FOR A FACT it's not going back into the engine or this game/future games. It's a flop to everyone except investors and high executives and their pockets.
20:48 No Todd, people aren't getting encumbered in starfield because they pick up every little thing. They get encumbered after looting 6 bodies and taking the weapons
Seriously the encumbrance system in starfield is the worst its ever been.
Worse than Skyrim? Seriously? That game slowed you to a crawl... And in starfield you can dump everything into your ship's cargo hold
At 12:00 in the interview, where they’re pretty open about being acquired I get the sense that both would have preferred the industry didn’t reach that point. It’s too bad there doesn’t seem to be no turning back.
Agreed. Competition breeds innovation, but sometimes a boil over can lead to products being locked up, which sucks
34:50 "we start with the UI".... which doesn't allow you to sort items by medical purpose or food, or when you're interacting with a shop keeper, you can see their items but not how many you have at the same time. Frustrating.
Awesome interview, very inspiring. I wasn’t expecting to finish the whole thing. It just pulled me right in.
How good would a "Todd and Ted" podcast be!?
I have writing and design questions. There is many things I don't understand.
Too bad Ted Price & Todd Howard hates writing and design questions ❤️🥰