Meet the Devs #10 : V - Skyrim

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:36 am

I don't understand people who loved FF7—I thought it was horrid.

Final Fantasy VI was the last great FF game. THAT'S one worth re-making. I picture it not even being in 3D, but in a completely hand-drawn 2 (or 2.5) dimensional style with gorgeously hand-animated HD sprites and environments. And a fully orchestral score. And voice-over you could turn off. Or, toggleable between Japanese and English.

You know, since we're in fantasy-land.

Did you finish the game with shadow? that dood was awesome.

he would kill his grand-ma for a nickel

» Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:56 pm

Do you guys speak any second / third / fourth /... language?

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:04 am

Did you finish the game with shadow? that dood was awesome.

he would kill his grand-ma for a nickel

Dude!!!! You have a weird name... you know what it means in german, don't you??? :-)

My question for the Devs: Are you going to church?

» Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:50 pm

Did you finish the game with shadow? that dood was awesome.

he would kill his grand-ma for a nickel

Watching the Magi-tek Armor suits walking through the snowy valley towards Narshe in Mode 7 at the beginning of the game while the opening theme/credits played will always be near the top of my formative video game memories.

» Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:00 pm

Did you always want to work in video games?

» Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:45 pm

Lot of Steelers fans around here. I'm a Jaguars fan myself.

COWBOYS, MOTHER EFFERS!!!
What a great year we had...

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:38 am

One of my favorites is from Oblivion. One of the guys here attacked a merchant. The shopkeeper ran out the door, which is no big deal. While the player is looting the shop, the guy comes back. He had a big sword in his hand and attacked the player. It turns out that the AI was dialed up a bit too high. The shopkeeper "knew" there was a powerful weapon in a chest nearby and the AI sent him to get it.

That's not even a bug/mishap! That's just awesome AI!

» Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:41 pm

Besides, we can still post in a locked thread.

hmy:

Well, in all honesty: It's quite hilarious to see a lot of your responses, no matter who asks the questions! Keep up the good work! :foodndrink:

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:07 am

I don't understand people who loved FF7—I thought it was horrid.

Final Fantasy VI was the last great FF game. THAT'S one worth re-making. I picture it not even being in 3D, but in a completely hand-drawn 2 (or 2.5) dimensional style with gorgeously hand-animated HD sprites and environments. And a fully orchestral score. And voice-over you could turn off. Or, toggleable between Japanese and English.

You know, since we're in fantasy-land.

I really liked FF VII too, but I completely agree with you about FF VI being the best one! I remember playing it when I was about 11 years old. I loved every minute of it, but could never get any further once that big magical tower appeared at the centre of the earth :tongue: A remake would be awesome, maybe I'd even be able to finish it this time around :disco:

» Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:21 pm

Any Visual Artists around?

I was thinking of buying a Drawing Tablet. Could any of you recommend one?

Nothing crazy in price, though. :teehee:

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:18 am

What do you like the most about Skyrim?

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:13 am

Besides, we can still post in a locked thread.

HA! :bowdown:

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:32 am

Dude!!!! You have a weird name... you know what it means in german, don't you??? :-)

And so it was that you made me google translate "Kitzler" It seems our word filter does not work in other languages. <_<

Question for the devs: Did you play Mirror's Edge? If so what did you think of it? I really thought it was a "groundbreaking" game. I would have never have guessed a first person platformer could be done well. Sadly it appears I was one of the few people who bought it. And due to that no sequel

» Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:42 pm

And so it was that you made me google translate "Kitzler" It seems our word filter does not work in other languages. <_<

Question for the devs: Did you play Mirror's Edge? If so what did you think of it? I really thought it was a "groundbreaking" game. I would have never have guessed a first person platformer could be done well. Sadly it appears I was one of the few people who bought it. And due to that no sequel

i have a translater that works, very naughty word :thumbsdown:

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:14 am

Might seem out of place, but... How long does your games' design phase usually take? By design phase, I'm talking about the time period where deciding what the game will and won't be is the bulk of the work being done with a game (I do realize that making a great one demands working with the design throughout the whole project). I'm curious because I'm a software engineer by education.

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:36 am

I will reiterate: Do any of you like the music of J.S. Bach?

And shouldn't you guys know this stuff about on another? or ask it IRL?

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:33 am

i have a translater that works, very naughty word :thumbsdown:

Google translate works. I was saying the word filter on this board does not work in other languages. As in he can have [censored] as his name. But since it's in german the forum doesn't recognize it as bad.

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:36 am

Dear Bethesda, Hi kthxbai!

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:09 am

Hi MNiT.

» Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:35 pm

Do you guys miss Ken Rolston?

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:51 am

Dude!!!! You have a weird name... you know what it means in german, don't you??? :-)

My question for the Devs: Are you going to church?

SHHHH!

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:40 am

Question to the devs. do you like strategy games?what are your favourite ones? my favourite strategy games of all time are heroes of might and magic 3 and age of empire 2 both followed by company of heroes

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:49 am

A question for developers... It's both general gaming and particularly Skyrim related, sorry.

In this case, magazines got some view in Skyrim or tried to play the game, or got some videos? Anyway, I'm interested, since that preview was roughly one year before scheduled release, how truthful are those previews to finished product?

Does media get 50%, 70% or 90% finished game or how is that done?

In particular Skyrim, if it's possible to answer; if not then in general please.

C'mon...

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:34 am

Which mod for MW, Oblivion, FO3 and NV did you find impressive?

Oh, and who's your favourite forum moderator?

» Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:18 am

Sweet. Always great to find a fellow Pacific Northwesterner. Any insight on game development going on here in Oregon? The only company I know of is Garage Games.

I'm not familiar with any game companies in Oregon off the top of my head - though I know there are a few in Seattle. Course, you could always get a friend or three and make the next awesome indie game

For what game developer you guys worked with in the past and if you left for bethesda what made you do that? also how was you experience elsewhere and how was the transfer like?

I came from Cyan Worlds, though I can't talk about the circumstances around changing jobs I will say that I highly enjoyed my time there and I left under good terms

The transfer was about as painless as it could be, considering I was moving all the way across the country to where I didn't know anyone

Bethesda was really great with helping with that.

I don't understand people who loved FF7—I thought it was horrid.

Final Fantasy VI was the last great FF game. THAT'S one worth re-making. I picture it not even being in 3D, but in a completely hand-drawn 2 (or 2.5) dimensional style with gorgeously hand-animated HD sprites and environments. And a fully orchestral score. And voice-over you could turn off. Or, toggleable between Japanese and English.

You know, since we're in fantasy-land.

I would SO buy a re-make of FFVI. Especially if it was done as you suggest. And I think the reason VII is so popular is cause it was the first RPG a lot of people played, so they didn't have anything better (like VI) to compare it to.

Did you always want to work in video games?

Yup, pretty much.

And so it was that you made me google translate "Kitzler" It seems our word filter does not work in other languages. <_<

Question for the devs: Did you play Mirror's Edge? If so what did you think of it? I really thought it was a "groundbreaking" game. I would have never have guessed a first person platformer could be done well. Sadly it appears I was one of the few people who bought it. And due to that no sequel

I did play Mirror's Edge. Didn't finish it due to running into some difficulty with the 'combat' at one point (kept dying due to lead poisoning). But I think it was a very well done game and I'm sad they won't be making a sequel.

Question to the devs. do you like strategy games?what are your favourite ones? my favourite strategy games of all time are heroes of might and magic 3 and age of empire 2 both followed by company of heroes

I'm a pretty big fan of the Command and Conquer series - especially the Red Alert spinoffs. And the Warcraft and Starcraft games. Though Age of Empires is also a very good game.