Interview Todd Howard on the 3 biggest complaints of Fallout 3

[DarkUnderlord]

Tags: Bethesda Softworks; Fallout 3

<a href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/26/bethesda-on-fallout3-criticisms/">MTV Player scrounged a few words out of Todd Howard</a> on Fallout 3's biggest criticisms:
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<blockquote>[...] we lined up three common criticisms gamers have leveled against his post-apocalyptic RPG to find out if he agreed with them.
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<b>Criticism: #1: “Fallout 3&#8243; is just mediocre when judged as a first person shooter</b>.
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Howard: Agreed.
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<b>Criticism #2: The ending isn’t very satisfying and much shorter than other “Fallout” endings</b>.
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Howard: Based on the feedback I’ve seen, most people are pissed off that it ends, not the ‘ending’ itself.
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<b>Criticism #3: V.A.T.S. is boring once you’re accurate enough to head shot everyone</b>.
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Howard: Depends on what you find entertaining. I like to blow people’s heads off, so, well, it never got old for me.</blockquote>
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This never gets old for me either.
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Thanks <b>Santander02</b>!

 

[Jason]

Not sure what feedback Howard's been seeing, but the ending just flat-out sucks donkey balls. That's an indisputable fact proven by modern science and the teachings of most major religions.

 

[Ion Flux]

Criticism from the console crowd:

1. It's a crappy shooter.

2. Not enough cinematic cutscene action at the end.

3. Your half-assed, over-the-top RTwP implementation interrupted the flow of combat.

I predict that Fallout 4 will "fix" these horrible atrocities. Much in the same way that Oblivion fixed the essential problems with Morrowind.

 

[Tardvapor]

Those complaints are legitimate for anyone who played it.

It's not nearly as good of an RPG as Fallout was, it's not as good of shooter as fucking quake was, and it's not as good of a shooter / RPG hybrid as Deus Ex was. Failing on all fronts to up the ante on games made over a decade ago.

The ending is fucking stupid, put on your helmet! Or have your mutie go in there!

Not to mention you can purify water with dirt.

And I was bored with vats before I left the vault.

Bethesda's games are limited by the fact they think they are an RPG studio. Fallout 3 would have been a better game if they had gotten rid of all the stats and made a straight up shooter with some dialogue. Since the have the right to rape the fallout license in any way they see fit, I do hope Fallout 4 ditches the weak attempts at being an RPG and caters entirely to the console crowd. There would at least be a chance of it being a decent game then.

 

[Occasionally Fatal]

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[Brother None]

Not sure what feedback Howard's been seeing, but the ending just flat-out sucks donkey balls. That's an indisputable fact proven by modern science and the teachings of most major religions.

The ending?

Try the entire main plot.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Not sure what feedback Howard's been seeing, but the ending just flat-out sucks donkey balls. That's an indisputable fact proven by modern science and the teachings of most major religions.

The ending?

Try the entire main plot.

The entire main plot?

Try the whole game.

Disclaimer: Have not played game, am just continuing meme.

 

[Jaesun]

Those are the 3 biggest complaints?

Words escape me.

 

[keppj0nes]

The game was so cartoony - I was 50 times more scared in the labs of STALKER than I ever was playing Fallout 3. No suspension of disbelief was possible

 

[Ravn7]

I like to blow people’s heads off

"And I'm almost 13!!!1"

 

[Shoelip]

Sometimes I wonder whether Todd would be the kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with.

 

[Liberal]

That's still hilarious.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Somehow Todd reminds me of that Ghost from Spielberg's "Portergeist".

"It says thing only a child can understand(...)to here it simple is another child, to us it is the beast."

 

[aweigh]

todd being dead or alive ??

 

[Shannow]

Somehow Todd reminds me of that Ghost from Spielberg's "Portergeist".

"It says things only a child can understand(...)it believes it is simply another child, to us it is the beast."

Fixed? I'm just trying to understand what the quote was supposed to mean

we lined up three common criticisms gamers have leveled [against FO3]

Howard: Depends on what you find entertaining. I like to blow people’s heads off, so, well, it never got old for me.

Well, at least he claims not to be catering to the target demographic but developing games that he likes...

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Watch the goddamn movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhaZ6YPNrVE&feature=related

Scroll to 7:55

 

[Shannow]

okey dokey. thx.

 

[Pliskin]

I'm suprised he agreed to #1.

But then, his defense prolly is: "But it's a ArrPeeGee, not a shooter!"

Dumfuck.

 

[Lord Chambers]

<hitler> HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU TELL THAT I'M 13 BY LOOKING AT WHAT I'M WRITEING?????????????????????????????????????????????????????

 

[HanoverF]

I like to blow people

 

[poocolator]

Watch the goddamn movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhaZ6YPNrVE&feature=related

Scroll to 7:55

Face the facts: you fucked up in quoting it. I suspect you were fapping too vigorously to have been bothered with writing a comprehensive comment. Don't worry, I do this most of the time, too.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Comprehensive comment? Me? Get real.

P.S Well sorry for assuming all of you morons have seen the movie.

 

[MetalCraze]

It's funny to see how Howard basically says "fuck you, you dumb retards" to his target audience - but they deserve it because they will still buy Bethesda games.

 

[POOPERSCOOPER]

Somehow Todd reminds me of that Ghost from Spielberg's "Portergeist".

"It says thing only a child can understand(...)to here it simple is another child, to us it is the beast."

Ya, it was spielberg's most underrated film ever. :che:

 

[Kingston]

I still find it hard to comprehend that these people are grown men.