Fucking fuck, what the fuck. I swear Todd said that they were gonna keep this hack fuck as far away as possible from the writing desk. Like all this time I've operated under the impression that Starfield would have a brand new lead writer because of some statement Todd made about how they recognized Fallout 4 had shitty writing and they were gonna change things up from ground up for Stafield. In reality, I now find myself having to brace myself for another "Keep It Shitty, Stupid" disasterpiece. Why would Todd do this to us?
This means every quest is going to be a meme to subvert your expectations.
Ryan Smith
who's this faggot?
Jaxson Hall
The comment section is a load of people calling him out for his Fallout 4 writing. Good, it was genuinely one of the worst I've ever seen, worse than the blandness of 3.
Kevin Wright
Definite strike against Starfield.
The person responsible for writing Bethesda's titles since F3.
Eli Peterson
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUCK NO NO NOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
anyway, I'm still going to buy it, because it's a Bethesda game :P
John Watson
nice try, todd. I know that's you typing this.
Gavin Morgan
fallout 4 in space
Christopher Sanders
still pirating it day 1
Jack Mitchell
>Videogame writing
Not exactly War and Peace. Any mook can write a game plot.
Bentley Thompson
A space chest at the end of the space asteroid dungeon, which contains a space item that is required by the leader of the space station for some reason. But he's also a robot, beep boop.
Hire me Bethesda.
Jack Thompson
He's really not that bad at all I'm glad to see a familiar face working on it, instead of Sam Maggs
Nolan Gray
Will Shen is still the Lead Quest Designer, he was the lead director/writer on Fallout 4's Far Harbor DLC who knows though, not holding my breath
Do people honestly play video games for the story anymore though? Like be real, it's either exposition VN dumps, predictable as fuck or some "subversion" faggotry or all of the above.
You didn't already see the red flags with the faction stuff they announced?
Ethan Walker
The Dark Brotherhood in Oblivion is considered the gold standard for quest lines in TES if not video games writ large.
The Imp v Stormcloak has had more digital ink used on it than any other questline in video game history.
Both of these were done by Emil. Now that you know the bar for entry who is better than Emil at writing for video games? There isn't even anyone close to being as accomplished as Emil never mind better.
Caleb Gomez
>Imp vs Stormcloak >good It's time to go back
Jonathan Hall
He didn't say good, retard.
Colton Foster
>can't even follow the text in a post >thinks they can't talk about writing in games Fucking idiot
Ayden King
Because Todd Howard is a people-pleaser. He isn't capable of saying 'no' to Emil, to have sixteen times the pronouns in Starfield, to the incompetence not being able to programing the ability to climb ladders,...
All 'just works' for him. He'll never be based.
Anthony Hill
You're the same faggot who unironically used the phrase "insists on itself" in the last thread aren't you
Mason Nelson
This could've gone much, much worse.
David Hall
>Im being attacked and haunted by a single user help!!!
Jose Long
>The Imp v Stormcloak has had more digital ink used on it than any other questline in video game history. What does this mean?
I kept telling you guys that starfield would be garbage that isn't talked about within a week
Camden Baker
Wow, how extremely bold of you. What incredible insight. I can't believe it.
Juan Miller
>He was the lead writer on far harbor The dlc everyone pretends is good so they can pretend they cost their money's worth?
Jordan Watson
Why did they pick this guy anyway? Everyone hates F4s story, even people who like the game.
Jacob Robinson
So... Elden Ring is the GOTY of this year.
Well done Todd, good luck next time.
Leo Lopez
Lead writer for Fallout 3 and Skyrim I honestly didn't think Fallout 4 had a worse story than 3, and everyone loves 3
Kayden Garcia
Bethesda knows they don't have to change shit because Reddit and normies will buy all their games and forget about whatever shitty things the company did before
Nathan Wright
>What incredible insight It is when you faggots keep hyping it up as if it will be perfect.
Isaiah Hall
It means that people have spent countless hours debating imperials vs stormcloaks to this day. Even if it wasn’t well written, it provided a good discussion stage for themes of nationalism, unity, etc
this. you guys are too hard on bethesda while other AAA games completely fell off in terms of story.
Juan White
Be prepared to a script plenty of 'deus ex machina' and pronouns.
Mason Nguyen
Fallout 4 was much worse than 3 because 4 tried to grapple with intellectual topics (what does it mean to be human in the context of synthetic beings) whereas 3 was about Liam Neeson and free water. Shitty writing is more excusable if it’s for a more banal subject
Ayden White
Why do people still pay attention to Bethesda titles? Were Fallout 3 and 4 not evidence enough that they are incapable of writing, incapable of making good fps or rpg gameplay, and generally only capable of making a shallow template for modders to maybe turn into a serviceable game after a few years?
he's 100% right about creating your own story in their games.
Evan Lee
and yet this guy can't, it's fucking embarrassing for the entire company to have him associated with them.
Asher Ward
He also wrote Skyrim didn’t he? It’ll be fine
Liam Sanchez
>Why do people still pay attention to Bethesda titles? to make retards like you seethe as you replay New Vegas for the thousandth time
Jacob Wright
Is this the fridge ghoul guy?
Aiden Rodriguez
>dark brotherhood in oblivion Catholics...but actually evil...bravo emil
Asher Lee
People arguing about it online
Asher Butler
He is technically correct, but also kind of retarded.
Kayden Nguyen
You don't have to write a completely disconnected story. Give player a reason to give a shit about the world beyond the basic stuff of killing enemies to level up to be able to kill enemies more efficiently and exploring to find bigger guns. Don't just throw a linear sappy story about finding a missing dad/son/brother/lover, put more effort in fleshing out the various settlements so when a player approaches the world you've build with a critical eye it doesn't fall apart immediately.
Zachary Rogers
no. it was one of the designers, Bethesda have this policy where anyone can write his own side quest, the main ones are handled by a different guy. emil is writing the lore for starfield i don't think he has a full control on the main quest.
Charles Ortiz
take your meds, the writing in skyrim was horrendous
Andrew Green
>I've operated under the impression that Starfield would have a brand new lead writer because of some statement Todd made
WHEN YOU REDDIT THE NEW Yea Forums BECAUSE KINO 20 DESTINY IN GRIM CHAOS IN DC MOST BOMBED CITY IN EUROPE DURING GREAT ALIEN WAR AND YOU FATHER GETS FAWKS OUT OF RIVET CITY FOODS
Luis Anderson
Who is better? You have Emils resume. Who has topped The Dark Brotherhood from Oblivion. There is nobody better at writing for video games.
Jose Harris
OK, as long as it isn't the fridge ghoul guy who suffers from intellectual sloth, I'm fine with it.
Tyler Edwards
>The Dark Brotherhood in Oblivion is considered the gold standard for quest lines by fucking WHO? that questline was dogshit that's only memorable because of how 'shocking' and 'subversive' it was to kill off some of the most interesting characters in the game. that's all Emil's capable of, retarded 'muh subversion' writing that pisses away any chance at really great storytelling.
Austin Miller
sales figures doesn't mean it had a good story. Even people who like Fallout 3 often find the story shit It sold well for being more or less the first of its kind and for being a decent open world fuck around game
