he dont want that fans tun over him like the guy who did fable xD he promised a lot of things and well fable wasnt that cool

And moreover, have you seen the way people turn on Bethesda when they find out their sacred cow isn't as they wanted it?

So that's how he gets all his info. He's like the Grey Fox, the beggers are his eyes and ears and they give him all the info. That way he doesn't have to post on the forums.

Expectations and Confirmation make all the difference. In Skyrim's case, it's better. There are things people would like to see, and certainly they might be upset if they don't but it isn't a betrayal from Bethesda if things aren't as you want. But if you confirm something, then change your mind, people will be much more upset. Both of them bring your hopes up and let you down, but for one you can blame yourself and the other you can blame the company.

Considering the number of posts on the Oblivion board that consist of "They said they'd have and then they didn't-- they lied; they're evil!" after six years, I imagine Todd is just trying to avoid hearing it again and again and again over Skyrim.

So if he said there would be horses and they just couldn't get them to work right he'd be accused of being a liar. So he is telling the truth. If it isn't the truth you want to hear, I'm sorry. I'm glad he's being frank about it myself.

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Interviews usually go like that, they don't want to reveal too much, don't want to keep our hopes up, or knowing that it will disappoint us, they rather keep it to themselves.

please don't compare that monster to todd howard :biggrin:
anyways if you listened to todd he gave a heads up that he would be answering a lot of his questions exactly that way.
its probably still good, because by his tone you can tell that they have cool things planned with warewolves and horses and guilds etc.
plus at least we know that he is taking in a lot of fan feedback.

Fable is gaming populism in it's purist sense; utterly mediocre and completely unchallenging in any way.

I'm sure Mr. Howard is getting a bit tired of the all nutso fans. I'm kinda tired just being one.

TODD KNOWETH ALL

TODD SEETH ALL

exactly I was thinking but without reference to Eurotrip, the song was going in my head...

um, probably doesnt know be cause skyrim is a project combining the effort of over a 100 people.

he doesnt know because he doesnt know, not because he is a blumbering idiot

Toddy doesn't know! Oh! Toddy doesn't know!
So don't tell Toddy, Toddy doesn't know! Toddy doesn't know!

I wonder why spears can't be two handed weapons?? I mean besides swords, and staves what else HAS to be two handed. I don't see axes or maces needing to be. Or do all weapons need to have both two hand and one ahnd variants?

Large battleaxes and warhammers are always 2 handed weapons, even in Oblivion.

Claymores
Battleaxes
Warhammers
Possibly some sort of polearm (not a spear)
Staves

That seems like enough.

I think he merely said it because he doesn't want to promise us something that will turn out to be false. It's really just a way of saying: "It's still being worked on and we're not quite ready to talk about it yet. Because it might get changed tomorrow".

He made it pretty clear he knows what they want to try in several cases, but they haven't completed it and can't promise anything.

Which also is the best way to go :turned:

When I listened to the podcast and all of these important questions were being answered I was very disapointed to see all of the lame answeres that came out of todd's mouth. Every time it seem's like it was the same answer.

Toddy says there might be horses
But only if they don't drive like porsches
Lycanthropy might be in
They're fans of it but then again
It's a nine month crunch and he can't say nothin'

:mohawk:

I think Bethesda does a good job with balancing the hype and releasing info. Some companies release things way to early and by the time the game comes out you already know so much about it that your bound to be disappointed. I'd actually rather that companies released info only a month in advance. You'd have something to be excited about and yet only have a month to wait.

I think this does injustice to Todd Howard and team, it presumes the most negative possible outcome.

It's much more likely that he either didn't want to get drawn into certain questions, or (most likely) those features are Actually being worked on and he didn't want to over-hype and mis-represent the game.

We've already seen this happen with Radiant Story - he said something about it in an early podcast and half a dozen 10-page threads popped in about how they can't or won't do "Radiant NPC Story" correctly - when all along it was merely a quest/dialogue crafting tool designed to make AI easier to build.

I prefer to give Todd the basic respect and courtesy of taking him at his word, and not trying to (mis)interpret what he said or read between the lines.

Keep the faith.

Fiasco, huh? Best game ever made in my opinion. But that could be because I didn't follow the game at all from the announcement to release. Hehe, I barely had internet/game magazines back then.

Oh, I just want to note that nothing I've said in this thread is intended to accuse Todd of dodging or ignorance. I was just having fun thinking about "Toddy Doesn't Know!" lol.

I like to use a one-handed weapon as two handed if possible or vice versa. I like to use a torch in all cases. Also using torches as a weapon must be in, right?


I didn't do anything! It is [censored] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf-BiVMuAYc.