Nevermind Im uninformed.
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Elder Scrolls 6: Todd Howard Admits Upcoming Sequel Could Be His Last
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
You don't have to care, but he's been the game director for Skyrim, Fallout 3, Oblivion, and Starfield next. His leadership role has a pretty prominent impact on the games.
It's like saying that removing Kojima from Metal Gear wouldn't have any effect on the quality of those games.
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Im didnt realize that at all thought he was a corporate figure head for bethesda. This news sucks now that I know that
Soodanim
Gold Member
You made the claim with an absolute statement, elaboration is your job
I was just confused. Didnt realize what his part was within the company. Thought he was a talking corporate head. Had no idea how important he was. News saddens me now.
Soodanim
Gold Member
In fairness, if you don't know his history he's more commonly known for being several memes than the driving force behind stand out franchisesI was just confused. Didnt realize what his part was within the company. Thought he was a talking corporate head. Had no idea how important he was. News saddens me now.
killatopak
Member
Does he have a child? We need the Howard bloodline pumping out Bethesda games.
What it was for me outside of me being pretty anti corporate myself the way he talked on stage never struck me as a creative director but more a hypeman. I just made an assumption and instead of confirming it just assumed those who kept praising him will corporate fanboys. Now it all makes sense. This guy was a creative director on some of the best games of all time. Him going is probably going to have dire consequences to there later games. I hope he can stick around atleast through ES7.
Soodanim
Gold Member
Makes me wonder if there are any second generation developer/auteurs. When's Kojima Junior infiltrating Konami and taking back Metal Gear?
gaming_again
Member
Man, that must be a sobering throught process to go through.
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Lucifers Beard
Member
I had the same thoughts to be honest. Imagine sitting down planning at your desk and then thinking, ‘So after ESVI we’ll start working on this and that and then ESVII.. Oh wow, will that be a game that I work on?’.
It makes you wonder if he had even considered that before, you get so busy in life that sometimes you forget to stop and think about when you need to rest.
KungFucius
King Snowflake
People can retire while making sure their company has a future. We haven't really seen this in gaming to know how likely it is that a succession plan is successful. Most of the big wigs today had big successes 2 or 3 decades ago. Some even longer. It makes sense to assume that younger talent can fill the void. At Nintendo Miyamoto handed off Zelda and look at how well that went.