Hmm.. makes you wonder if die hard fans would really go that far.

OP is just as wrong as it can get.

Besides, it's definitely not Todd's fault. What on earth. Without him, you wouldn't even get any game at all.

This.

BGS is not a dictatorship, Todd does not hold complete and total power within the studio.

Do BGS have a habit of arguing with their boss? He pays the money, BGS gets things done.

So far Todd gives me a vibe of a spoiled child. This is too complex, this is too hard, let's cut it out. Can he at least try to pick things that I actually don't like about the game instead of butchering what made me love TES over other series?

Creative firms don't run like that. Empowerment is an essential part of successful creativity. And this really does look like successful creativity. Don't you remember him saying he doesn't know everything about the game in his first interviews?

Technically he does.
Executive Producer = final say in all matters

However, someone has to be in that position and considering the height of moral at BGS I'd venture a guess that he is good and fair leader.

Not funny
Molyneux = confused

Well, technically he does, but in that regard he could technically turn TES into a tetris franchise.

But realistically he doesn't and wouldn't.

Okay, fine, I stand corrected.

I dislike the entire BGS (Instead of just the guy who throws money around) for taking the game in the direction I personally do not approve of.

I agreed with you up to the writer part, yeah there were some real gems in Oblivion like the thieves guild questline and some minor quests like the Order of Vurtious blood, but ever play the fighters guild questline?

- Alright recruit! I've sent some fighters to attack a goblin mine without any weapons and i wan't you to bring them some!
-ummm...why.. but...whatever, hand them over.

-I like swords! Swords,swords,swords! What a nice sword you have there! I sure would love to sword some goblins with a sword but i'm just 300lbs of testosterone and muscle that's too damn polite to ask for it outright and drop you these super subtle hints instead haha
-YOU GET A HAMMER AND YOU'LL LIKE IT GOD DAMMIT
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-Hmm, well you delivered the weapons but one of the fighters ran into a trap and died, this is obviously your fault, here's some change for the bus.

One thousand times This!

I think if Todd had a choice, he would choose to have everyone blame him for any perceived mistakes. The original poster is right on target with that.

While we are blaming him for all the perceived mistakes, we might as well praise him for all excellent decisions as well. There is no other outlet for a game like the TES series and without Todd at the helm, I doubt there would be TES at all. Much less one we can complain about.

Actually, No, they can't, There is one Settlement that gets destroyed.

Nothing else, Its confirmed Dragons don't destroy buildings etc....

silly thread.

Is this for real? You're mad that they didn't think of your therapist bill when they priced the CE? And that a monster scared you?

At Bethesda a lot of decisions are made as a team. Just because you are the game director doesn't mean you control every single thing that goes into the game.

All the bad blamed on Todd, yet all the good stuff is because of the entire team (for some people).... Hardly fair in my opinion

The horror.... :ahhh:



Meh, i used a mod that added Levitation and ran just straight to the top. And with the character that didn't do Alteration, i just used an Invisiblity spell (not 100% Chameleon) and ran to the top. Poor Dremora, that must have been frustrating :lmao:

Anyway, a game's inevitable failure to live up to it's pre-release promises is exactly why i don't follow a game's pre-release information.

I think some of you are confused as to what producers are in the gaming industry.

Ashely Cheung is a producer and he doesn't fund the project, he is a coordinator.

Executive Producer is the master coordinator and DOES have the final say in all matters.

Game Director is the one who selects leads(lead programmer,lead artist,etc.) and oversees them.

Todd Howard is both Game Director AND Executive Producer which means he is the boss of EVERYONE at BGS.

That's a fact.

So blame him for everything that you think is wrong.

But if you like Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim, then also praise him for being amazing. Because in my opinion, those are just flat out amazing RPGs that would likely never have been made without him at the helm.

Sorry but IMHO the worst games that came out were TDU 2 and Dragon Age 2. The two worst releases of 2011, Duke Nuke em Forever was better then them....Atleast it was playable.

To the Op if these problems with the TES games are giving you such panic attacks and problems, I suggest you seek help professionaly.......No Offense...... <_<

TDU 2?

And i disagree. I got several playtroughs out of DA2, but couldn't play trough even the DNF demo :lmao:

Hmm, I smell trolling.
If not, then seriously.

That you can't afford the Collector's Edition isn't Todd's fault.

Seriously grow up.

Not sure I understand Todd hate (or worship) for that matter).
He was Project Leader for my favouite TES game (MW) so even if there are decisions he has made I dislike I'm still appreciative of his work, although aware that none of the games were solo projects.

edit: And on the question of the CE there is an easy solution if you think its overpriced, buy the standard version instead. Not like there are any differences in the game itself, all you are missing out on are some knick knacks that in a few years time will be relegated to the back of a cupboard.

You do know that Todd pretty much saved Bethesda and TES, right?