Todd Howard Mentions Fallout 3

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:05 pm

Dan_Wood wrote:Amazing stuff.

Y'know, I wonder if they'll even release one screenshot before it's in stores.

I doubt it. Bethesoft isn't full of absolute idiots (though I have been wrong before); they know if they show screen shots of Fallout 3 and it looks how it'll look (FPS real time action game with RPG 'elements') that Fallout Fans will be pretty angry and give it bad press, similar to what we did with FOBOS. But hey, maybe they have such faith in their product that they'll prove me wrong and actually post pictures of the game, it is still just in the planning phases or something, where it's been for what seems like a year? Yet, even though all that time has passed, we still have as much information about the game as we did when it was first announced that they aquired the rights. Infact, I think the ONLY tid bit of info we got is that for sure, it'll be multi platform.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:51 pm

why are we even discussing the guy's verbal skills?
I don't feel like listening to the cast, but from what I see it seems like the overall tone of the interview is really laid back, it's really just like two mates chatting: "c'mon dude, tell me something about Fallout 3 mmkay? - uh I can't really tell you anything but I gotta talk for a while to fill the interview time so I'll just mumble-repeat meaningless sentences a couple of times, since nothing informative that I am allowed to say comes to my mind, mmkay?"

who gives a shit, really.

they better do those non-combat and evil paths through the game, or else.

and screenshots? you really think they won't give them? I remember shitloads of screenies short before Oblivion's release.

Rosh · Post by **Rosh** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:49 am

Real Developer: "We're busy working on the uh...combat engine right now, and uh, working on fine-tuning and balancing how it plays. Oh, by the way, we're doing "[insert something to make this news item worthwhile other than polishing Todd's ass]", which would validate us speaking about Fallout in this interview rather than a whole load of content-less and barely-intelligible verbal dual-fellatio."

Todd "Uh..." Howard: Uh....d'uh...we're like...doing stuff...uh...like we've been doing for about two years...yeah, uh...still doing stuff...

There is a distinct difference. The fact that Todd can't speak for shit except for hype or anything related to Oblivion means that he hasn't been on familiar speaking terms with the Fo3 material with the test of the team. Which might work for the PR guy of a really shitty company like Bethesda, not the top designer/producter, no matter what company you work for.

Todd's more clownshoes than Chuck. At least Chuck knew what he was doing, even if it wasn't right.

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:04 am

He just could have said "It's too early to tell"

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:14 am

I think the sole real info there is that after their 'pre-production' stage when they say nothing, they'll have some bit of the game that you (they) can actually play.

If they don't want to talk till then - that's fine with me - all the less STALKER fiesta.

if, on the other hand, he can't say anything because he doesn't know anything - like Rosh suggests - then, well, then.. :no:

edit: and yeah, Todd's style is somewhat retarded..

Frater Perdurabo · Post by **Frater Perdurabo** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:04 pm

Wolfman Walt wrote:
Dan_Wood wrote:Amazing stuff.

Y'know, I wonder if they'll even release one screenshot before it's in stores.
I doubt it. Bethesoft isn't full of absolute idiots (though I have been wrong before); they know if they show screen shots of Fallout 3 and it looks how it'll look (FPS real time action game with RPG 'elements') that Fallout Fans will be pretty angry and give it bad press, similar to what we did with FOBOS. But hey, maybe they have such faith in their product that they'll prove me wrong and actually post pictures of the game, it is still just in the planning phases or something, where it's been for what seems like a year?

Hell, they could just show some screenshots and we would TELL them why they suck. Why live in the darkness (well actually by his speaking skills, you could imagine that he's been locked up in a paper box for the past decade)?

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:08 pm

Why do you even care ?

Frater Perdurabo · Post by **Frater Perdurabo** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:43 pm

S4ur0n27 wrote:Why do you even care ?

Becuse I'm a little carebear

kathode · Post by **kathode** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:48 pm

I fully plan to um my way through every interview I have to do. Prepare for the future! It has lots of ums

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:01 pm

Well if you guys had anything of substance to share other than ummms then I might give a shit.

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:24 pm

This is amusing reading. The Great Um War of '66. But what of the little Ers? Then there're the Uhs... it's a political minefield.

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:29 pm

it's a sophisticated coded message from the devs. with ze right kind of encoding device, you can tell what the state of a project is in. ze kode. evil things are in motion. true horrors.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:54 am

hire the Polish code breakers immediately

lol

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:30 pm

PiP wrote:hire the Polish code breakers immediately lol

Man, was the double entendre intentional when they called it Polish Notation?

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:45 pm

I don't know if its because he doesn't know anything unless the thats the only area he starts "umming" a lot. I think he just isn't very proffessional and is like any other computer geek who doesn't know how to do public speaking. When your talking to someone over a radio or something you wait until you have actually something to say you don't start right after going UM LET ME THINK FOR A MINUTE UM YA ITS A GAME UM ITS FALLOUT 3 UM MY NAME IS TODD.

Maybe he was distracted by pete giving him a dickrub.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:31 pm

errr.. "double entender"?

what's tender about a form of notation for logic and CS invented by some Polish smartass logician?

BTW, by 'the Polish code breakers I meant these guys
and this in particular.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:34 pm

Redeye wrote:
PiP wrote:hire the Polish code breakers immediately lol
Man, was the double entendre intentional when they called it Polish Notation?

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:24 pm

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:I don't know if its because he doesn't know anything unless the thats the only area he starts "umming" a lot. I think he just isn't very proffessional and is like any other computer geek who doesn't know how to do public speaking. When your talking to someone over a radio or something you wait until you have actually something to say you don't start right after going UM LET ME THINK FOR A MINUTE UM YA ITS A GAME UM ITS FALLOUT 3 UM MY NAME IS TODD.

Maybe he was distracted by pete giving him a dickrub.

I propose a DaC podcast where Pooper shows us how it's done, true :Marlon: style (male 'friend' not required).

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:30 am

Hear hear, let's have Pooper LIVE!

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:08 am

It'd be like #Fallout radio all over again, eh.