Ferret Baudoin is senior desighner on Fallout 4 (?)

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

just 've found this on linkedin.

Ferret Baudoin

Senior Designer
Bethesda Softworks
October 2012 – Present (1 month)
Senior designer on unannounced project.

Lead Designer
BioWare
May 2006 – August 2012 (6 years 4 months)
Lead Designer on The Exiled Prince and the Black Emporium.
Senior Designer on Dragon Age II.
Lead Designer on Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening.
Lead Designer on Warden's Keep and Stone Prisoner (Dragon Age DLC).
Senior Designer on Dragon Age.

Lead Designer
Obsidian Entertainment
October 2003 – March 2006 (2 years 6 months)
Was a designer on Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords.
Was lead designer on Neverwinter Nights 2.

Designer
Black Isle Studios
March 2003 – October 2003 (8 months)
Was a designer on Baldur's Gate 3 (Jefferson).
Was a designer on Fallout 3 (VanBuren)

 

[Jaesun]

I wonder if he will quit in the middle of Production of a game, just like NWN2.

 

[CrustyBot]

Wasn't he the guy who left Neverwinter Nights 2 development to go work for BioWare, meaning Obsidian had to lure Sawyer over from Midway to salvage something playable?

Meh. Thanks for the indirect of Obsidian, I guess.

 

[Jaesun]

Wasn't he the guy who left Neverwinter Nights 2 development to go work for BioWar

Yes. The whole project was in a disaster of epic proportions. Then Sawyer swooped in, and got it on a course of a final product. Granted the damage was already was done, but what he was able to salvage is impressive, and how NWN2 finally turned out was OK.

Hope he does a great job on Fallout 4.

Spoiler

lol

 

[deuxhero]

How do we know it isn't (romance) DLC?

 

[Excidium]

What an excellent track record

 

[Manjuice Nutella]

I hope Emil Pagliarulo got fired and starves.

Anyway, the token classic guy will drown in that cesspool, I guess

 

[abnaxus]

I wouldn't name my kid Ferret.

 

[Whisky]

Senior Designer on Dragon Age II.

Why would anyone advertise this?

 

[Average Manatee]

Senior Designer on Dragon Age II.

Why would anyone advertise this?

It weeds out the employers who would have high expectations in favor of those who will let you phone it in.

 

[sea]

Why would anyone advertise this?

Because in the games industry, "number of shipped games" is an e-peen statistic that will get you more opportunities guaranteed. Second is "has anyone heard of those games" - if it is "triple A" then you will probably never have trouble finding employment anywhere, regardless of whether you were successful on past games or not. That's why getting a first job is so crucial - even if you are the guy doing QC on Madden to make sure that all the players' mustaches render properly, once you have that, you have your foot in the door. For more experienced developers, anything with "senior" in the title is where the money is.

 

[DalekFlay]

I'm sure he just talks endlessly about the horrible orders passed down from Laidlaw anyway.

 

[taxalot]

Well, I hear that Dragon Age II was recognized as a failure even as far as sale numbers were to be considered.

 

[Roguey]

Well, I hear that Dragon Age II was recognized as a failure even as far as sale numbers were to be considered.

Heard from disgruntled consumers you mean.

 

[tuluse]

Being able to manage a game to completion and get it released on time is a skill that's worth something.

 

[Brotherman Bill]

Yes. The whole project was in a disaster of epic proportions. Then Sawyer swooped in, and got it on a course of a final product. Granted the damage was already was done, but what he was able to salvage is impressive, and how NWN2 finally turned out was OK.

Hope he does a great job on Fallout 4.

Spoiler

lol

Any sources on this?

Edit: Not his leaving I mean, but some details regarding what mess he left and what sawyer did to fix it

 

[tuluse]

Being able to manage a game to completion and get it released on time is a skill that's worth something.

I hope you are secretly a EA exec trying to size up your fan base here bub

For a manager, it's a good skill. For a developer, not so much. When trying to actually get things done, you need managers.

 

[Jaesun]

but some details regarding what mess he left and what sawyer did to fix it

No, the only thing I remember being specifically said was just that Sawyer was now the project lead. The rest I gleaned from developer posts on the forums during its development as well as some postmortem discussions on it. But that was quite a while ago.

 

[Roguey]

Any sources on this?

Edit: Not his leaving I mean, but some details regarding what mess he left and what sawyer did to fix it

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...-officially-canceled.33947/page-3#post-817166
http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...ure-the-26-best-rpgs.27585/page-5#post-630494

 

[Diablo169]

Reading that about Sawyer just makes me feel even better about Eternity, i already knew he was a bro but managing to salvage NWN2 to any degree after all that clusterfuckery....

 

[Gurkog]

just 've found this on linkedin.

Ferret Baudoin

Senior Designer
Bethesda Softworks
October 2012 – Present (1 month)
Senior designer on unannounced project.

Lead Designer
BioWare
May 2006 – August 2012 (6 years 4 months)
Lead Designer on The Exiled Prince and the Black Emporium.
Senior Designer on Dragon Age II.
Lead Designer on Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening.
Lead Designer on Warden's Keep and Stone Prisoner (Dragon Age DLC).
Senior Designer on Dragon Age.

Lead Designer
Obsidian Entertainment
October 2003 – March 2006 (2 years 6 months)
Was a designer on Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords.
Was lead designer on Neverwinter Nights 2.

Designer
Black Isle Studios
March 2003 – October 2003 (8 months)
Was a designer on Baldur's Gate 3 (Jefferson).
Was a designer on Fallout 3 (VanBuren)

His resume exudes copious volumes of fail. It would be just like BGS to hire a shitty designer from botched games to fuck over the Fallout franchise. Apparently, they want to make sure that players remember Fallout 3 as a masterpiece compared to the abortion they make next.

 

[Manjuice Nutella]

Apparently, they want to make sure that players remember Fallout 3 as a masterpiece compared to the abortion they make next.

According to most of those players they already did that with New Vegas

 

[Gurkog]

Apparently, they want to make sure that players remember Fallout 3 as a masterpiece compared to the abortion they make next.

According to most of those players they already did that with New Vegas

 

[Phineas]

Does this mean Fallout 4.... :declining:

 

[Gurkog]

Does this mean Fallout 4.... :declining:

It will probably be one of Todd Howard's patented ego masturbation simulators. The world design and gameplay might make it tolerable enough to play as long as you avoid reading anything and mute the characters.