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Whenever Todd Howard is interviewed gamers need to realize that when he talks he’s not talking to gamers… he’s talking to investors.

Todd Howard is the last person I wanna hear from about quality in games lmao

I swear, if Bethesda comes out with a Starfield DLC that revamps the entire game like No Mans Sky, I will eat my mousepad

Every time I hear Todd say “High Quality” my eyes roll out of my head

We'll have a nuclear wasteland in real life before we get Fallout 5

It’s gonna come out that the ultra wide support was implemented and nobody at the studio actually had an ultra wide monitor to test it with 😂

I don't remember the exact quote but someone said that "Bethesda is a big company that thinks it's a small company with the mentality that "oh that worked in the 90s so we'll keep doing it." Something like that and it fits so well.

"16 times the quality" - Todd Howard after Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and Starfield, 2024.

Disney screwed up yet another Live Action by not casting him as Pinocchio . But they can still redeem themselves with him as Scrooge McDuck .

Tell me lies... tell me sweet little lies Todd.

I would like Todd Howard to explain how Bethesda is going to update their massively antiquated game engine to keep it competitive with industry standard.

That's rich, coming from Todd "It just works!" Howard

Todd is a person who is COMPLETELY untrustworthy.

Todd is so full of shit 😂

BGS needs to expand its studio and have specific dev teams for each IP

So to summarize: They basically released a PC version for the current gen consoles, that broke existing and essential quality of life improvements/mods. This version is currently not even working properly on Xbox. There is no HDR, no motion blur or new postprocessing (not even in the 30/40fps modes which is madness) no ray tracing, no graphical improvements, apart from minor tweaks to LOD, volumetrics, shadow resolution that PC version already had... Also, why is there a 30/40 fps mode in such an old game? This game is almost 10 years old and Xbox and PS5 are still dropping frames to 50s. According to some standards, we could easily call this game "retro" in just few months. Ultrawide screen stretches HUD from 16:9 and simply zooms in the whole FOV - there is no proper widescreen support. (this is what mods fixed ages ago) Locked to 60fps and if you unlock it, the game falls apart. Now compare this "next gen" update to Witcher 3 real next gen update, which was also free, that shipped with perfect HDR, ray tracing and plethora of other visual improvements. 🤦

"Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies" love that song. Oh Hi Todd.

What about Fallout 76, TODD? What about Starfield, TODD? Quality is the furthest thing from Bethesda's minds. I'm so done with AAA.

My expectations for the Fallout 3 Next-Gen Remaster: -basic edits so that it runs on current windows gens. -nicer looking graphics -a controversy that the nicer graphics are taken from modders without their permission or something -a $70 price tag

The fact that studios have gotten bigger and have more resources but can only make one game every 5 years now whereas back in the day the smaller studios were releasing multiple games every couple years

You can see the pain in Todds eyes when Greg said Fallout is bigger than ever thanks to the show.

The "ultrawide support" literally just made it slightly unnecessary to go in and manually edit the .ini files. And we got this by breaking every single mod.

No matter how many times I try to understand the situation, the frequency of BGS game output compared to the quality of those games is wildly out of sync. The math just doesn’t add up.

The thing is, a "Fallout 3: Remaster" would need to be on the level of a Bluepoint Games remake. If it's just another "Skyrim: Special Edition" situation, that just isn't going to cut it. And after seeing what Bethesda considers to be a, "next-gen update" (with the likes of Fallout 4), I have little faith in their abilities as a studio to deliver on that.

Todd Howard sat at the game awards pouting while Larian swept everything, and his big takeaway from that experience was, "tell gamers you care about quality".

At this point, I feel like BGS has lost almost of of their good reputation and it would be in Microsoft's best interest to put them under higher scrutiny.

Todd is just a corporate chatbot with lungs and a pulse. He’s not engaged. Just repeats what management tells him to say.

In regards to a fallout 3 remaster. Unironically the best way to play FO3 is through Tale of Two Wastelands mod which lets you play FO3 in New Vegas. I highly doubt that will change with the remaster.

didn't take the "we published" line as taking credit, more as "they did a good job and we stood behind it by publishing it."

The really crazy thing is, the next gen update for FO4 was announced in early 2023 and was slated to release “before the end of 2023.” Then they went radio silent until April 2024. Even after the quiet delay, they STILL released the update with multiple problems. Crazy.

Everyone! We filmed this video early yesterday and did not know about the Starfield update that was JUST announced. Video on that incoming as well!

If Todd Howard was to arrange a pizza party, the pizza would be store-brand pizza sauce and shredded cheese slapped on a tortilla. Pepperoni DLC priced at $2.50

Friendly reminder than Toddler Howard is NOT a game dev on profession, he's a finances major, he's a salesman.

Toddy boy saying that, the quality is always a priority. And that, is HIS TRUTH. Todd, you truly are a lord and savior because you clearly leading a cult and not a company.

It really baffles me that they don't let other studios work on their IPs more. New Vegas is widely considered the best in the series but they've never done anything like it sense. 20 years is far too long to be waiting for another entry in the series when it could be a gold mine. Imagine if they let studios make make their games in different genres, like an Xcom or RTS style Fallout, or a total war style Elder scrolls! That would be awesome, but instead we have to sit and wait, and wait, and wait, and wait, just to end up with Starfield 🙃

This is like hearing a McDonalds manager saying that it's important to shoot for michelin stars

Todd saying his team needs way more time to produce high quality content is like saying his team just really sucks and they need to get something figured out. (Smaller dev teams per game)

So he's giving out refunds for Starfield when...?

I used to like Todd Howard when he said he was in the chess club,But then he created Starfield......

the funny thing is fallout 4 has the exact same metacritic rating on pc as NV

What they should have done was found a way to make a deal with the Modders who made Fallout: London and made it an official release on all platforms.

Todd saying he prioritizes quality is like Putin saying he prioritizes peace.

Microsoft and Bethesda really dropped the ball on not having a new Fallout game to go with the show release. Did they not se what Edgerunners did for Cyberpunk 2077?

The buzz from the Fallout show is gonna end in a week though lol

Honestly I feel like they should fire their employees and hire modders. The modders seem to understand their engine better than the current developers.

I still find it kinda hilarious that Obsidian was able to make a game that is widely considered the best Bethesda game and it isn't even a Bethesda and was made in 18 months

I didn't know Todd Howard could talk

bruh bethesda is so out of touch that u cant trust what todd scamword says

There must be some serious disfunction in that studio, this is just so bizarre.

I have been jump scared by cardboard Todd at least 5 times in this video

The fact that the gaming community near universally jokes about Skyrims buginess 13 years after release should be like using a mini-nuke as a warning flare about Bethesdas quality to Todd Howard and the other executives at BGS

They obviously do not care about quality

16 times the loading screens 😂😂

This is by far the best video you have made regarding BGS. When I watched that interview I said the same thing to myself! “Todd would be going to jail for perjury.” The more people talk about this, the hope that someone higher than Todd takes this serious when it comes to their quality of the games.

Toad Howard, once a passionate nerd gamer and talented developer Now? A corporate greedy liar

They have to figure out a way to make it run on the microwave, the kitchen refrigerator, and switch first. The Switch obviously being the less powerful of all of them.

They will never be able to live up to New Vegas

But....they did retcon it? It takes place after New Vegas, the NCR was blown up over a decade before the show starts, and unless they moved the events of new Vegas to well before that bomb exploded there's not a whole lot of other ways it can be looked at other than a giant retcon. Also it is absolutely insane to me how little Fallout shelter cares for the players time. I downloaded it after the show and I didn't remember that the game doesn't keep your phone unlocked when playing and you have to actively press the screen for it to remain open. Couple that with resources not piling up when you don't have it open for a while and it creates a loop of constantly needing to be staring at your phone for literally anything to function .how the fuck is this a game?

It's actually crazy how much impact this show has had, there was over a million people playing Fallout 76 last week.

Quality ? i dnt think Todd knows the definition

My favorite part in this video is when you started cooking Todd Howard after putting up his cardboard cutout.

Obviosly any big man like Todd saying something "is the most important" means, without any hint of doubt, that that is their main unsolved problem and there is no solution on sight. As old as humanity.

Like hit them with the “I’m not mad just disappointed “ what a dad

0:57 Opera GX sponsored you with a change of T shirt too!! 😂

I've lost all confidence in anything Todd says. Either he's not playing their games and genuinely misunderstands what they're selling or he's trying to gaslight gamers about the nature of BGS games for the past 5 years.

At Starfields launch, with everything i heard, i thought "I think i'll wait 9 months or a year, maybe after the first expansion is out, they turn things around enough, i'll buy it" Now- i don't even think i'd buy a Starfield complete edition in several years on massive sale and i genuinely fear for ESVI ... how have they still not figured out data streaming to remove loading screens between smalls levels like shops?... Wtf is an SSD minimum specs?!

The guy is a salesman through and through. Never be 100% honest, only say positive things even if its a lie, above all get them to buy no matter what you have to say to do it

Tod,Tod never changes

I don't know why but I always want to believe Todd. Its the craziest thing, I want to believe.

I don't know if it was intentional, but I enjoyed the "It just works" reference during the OperaGX adread XD

Remember when he said fallout 75 will have “16 times the detail”???

Let's be real Fallout fans haven't been as a whole happy since New Vegas. A lot of fans went into Fallout 4 expecting a roleplaying game on the level of New Vegas with an updated engine. I personally liked Fallout 4 until I realized non of my skills were mattering towards choices and non of my choices largely mattered and circled back to the same thing. I regard Fallout 4 other then Far Harbor as a blackmark of nearly the same level as 76 on Fallout's history. The only thing I felt was improved in Fallout 4 over New Vegas was the power armor and the engine, that's it, everything else was worse. At this point I just want New Vegas and Fallout 3 both ported to the creation engine 2 so they are more stable and have better lighting, that's it. I have no faith in Bethesda to make another good Fallout game and unless Obsidian takes the rains I'm not excited. I haven't had new Fallout content I was excited for that exceeded my expectations at since September 2011 with Lonesome Roam for New Vegas. Far Harbor for Fallout 4 only exceeded my expectations do to them being so low after the base game.

BGS doesn't deserve the IP they sit on, it's honestly criminal at this point. Especially after Starfield, I have absolutely zero faith in BGS. Also, Todd Howard should not ever be allowed to speak.

sure is a good thing they spent so much time on Starfield

Luke mentionned Bloodborne 2! Bloodborne 2 confirmed and Bloodborne PC port heavily implied?!

Bethesda Games are some of the worst written in the industry lol

instead of clockwork inxile could have developped a fallout spin off and instead of avowed obsidian could have developped a elder scrolls spin off 😕

Quality is the most important because if they let someone else make fallout who actually wants to, itll show how low Bethesda writing and game design standards really are. Interesting how bethesda vehemently refuses to even acknowledge new vegas and even the first games at most times to the point where they are going revisionist on the original lore by overriding it with newer, poorly written lore and getting upset when people call it out.

I really hope they are working on revamping the spawn system to center around the player instead of the ship. If they don't do that, then nothing else will matter because modders will never be able to make large scale mods/overhauls to keep the game alive like Fallout 4 and Skyrim have.

Every Elder Scrolls game has , for the most part, been an improvement over the previous game. I predict we will see ES6 be the first game where they took a step backwards and not even be as good as Skyrim. One of the key things that was said in this video is Bethesda has a 'disconnect' with the reality relating to the quality of their games. I don't know how this happens but I think that's absolutely right. You would think there would be one employee there saying "Hey! This is garbage, we can't release this!", but I'm not sure what goes on there.

Obsidian had less than two years, and made a banger Fallout game. Imagine what they can do with 5+ years of development

They didn’t retcon the entirety of new Vegas. But they did retcon some key points like house.

I love how people think the criticism of Bethesda is just a fad instead of realizing that they haven’t made a good game since Skyrim

RE: BGS and quality and the state of the next gen update:: I've been in the IT field for about nine years now. Over the past like 2 years, ive seen a noticeable push for inclusivity and 'wokeness' in the industry, although it's not universal across all industries. Anyway, some of these hires made under the banner of 'wokeness' or 'diversity' have consistently underperformed. Unfortunately, I believe this issue is affecting the gaming industry as well. I'm all for giving people opportunity but there has to be standards set. Hire based on skill and not on ethnic background, provide more intern programs and paths for more junior people to learn and gain the skills needed to be leaders and innovators in their respective industries. This does not excuse senior devs and QAs signing off on this crap and letting it be pushed to production in that state.

21:00 - 21:17, Look at his dumb smug face, bro is just nodding and laughing like he didn't rip off over a hundred people and cheat them out of a fair bonus for the very game that put fallout on a pedestal. 21:56, How EASILY we all forget. This slime ball really tried to take credit for new Vegas because they where the publisher BUT THEY WON'T STEP UP FOR RED FALL!!! Huh?! Awful quiet when we talk about how *high quality* that game was! They destroyed that studios reputation and abandoned them to the wind, but they came crawling back to Obsidians work when they need a boost in publicity, Todd Howard you have NO DAMN RIGHT to speak. Bethesda genuinely won't change and it continues to make me *sick.* 🤢😷

Luke, I think it’s time we get a tour of your work room! I’d love to see how you did your lighting and your set up!

That was one longggg ass ad right at the start of the vid bro 😂

Starfield can't be fixed. Todd praised Larian in an interview but can't make a game comparable to BG3 and would never put sex in one of his video games. Todd says they are looking for ways to speed up game production presumably under pressure from Jill Braff and Phil Spencer to do something to take advantage of the tvs shows popularity. However there is little he can do other than maybe get the Fallout 3 remaster out the door quicker. If forced into making a fallout game it most likely would be another microsoft studio. But not Obsidian or InExile the studios that have former Fallout developers who work there including Josh Sawyer of Obsidian. Sawyer was the director of Fallout New Vegas but I don't see Todd ever agreeing with allowing Sawyer/Obsidian to make another Fallout game. So these interviews are largely propaganda and serve no useful purpose.

"Tod has Spoken" Don't you mean "Tod Lied"

Watching this after running into a bug in Starfield where there are a couple of empty ships in space that can't be hailed or boarded. They have collision, so they aren't ghosts.

11:54 Currently with the Series S I don’t have load screens. It’s maybe 1-3 seconds. The Series X on the other hand I get maybe a flash of the loading screen but mostly I get a black screen transition because of how fast it loads

I believe what Todd meant by the game's "quality" is the world design and characters. (except for the empty planets of starfield) Like you said, Bethesda games having a lot of jank and glitches. But all of that is usually set aside by the beautifully crafted world and character interactions.

I love the irony that Obsidian finally got to make their own "Fallout-game" in Outer Worlds, nailed it but it was a lil short. Now they get to make a sequel of a huge game for their own Fallout-like IP.... and now people are speculating they should make another Fallout game lol

I'm just gonna say it: I want Todd Howard and Peter Molyneux to make a game together. That would be positively hilarious

I just hope season 2 of the show has New Vegas with the Yesman / Courier ruling ending or the Mr House / Courier ruling ending. The legion and NCR would be cool but I always felt Mr House, Yesman, and the Courier felt more iconic character wise towards that game then most of the NCR and Legion characters.

Sure Todd whatever

"Respect my privacy" and "Opera GX" can't coexist in the same sentence lolllll

the fact is they could easily make a spinoff fallout like new vegas when you look at how fast they seemed to make 76, which is still is an updated engine from FO4

The "other thing" he's talking about after the Fallout 3 remaster could be a New Vegas remaster. Exact same engine and a lot of shared assets so the process should be basically the same.