What if a Bethesda employee came here every week/month?

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hokutonoken

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I was wondering, do you think it would be possible to convince Bethesda to bring an employee here, so that people can forward feedback about the development about Fallout 4 and give them good advices when needed, like dont make it too action centered, do good dialogs,etc.

A way to establish a link between community and Bethesda in order to improve FO4 and prevent it from being too different(in the wrong way) from previous games.

Or maybe, have nma create a group of users that would register on Bethesda forums to forward feedback.
 
That would be cool. I mean its probably devolve into a shitstorm but I wouldn't be surprised if they already lurk on here in some capacity already.
 
You know, develloppers of the originals actually proposed to help Beth making the game or assist them in continuity. Said help was refused.

If Beth would become more open-minded, i would prefer them to seek their advices first.
 
"What? Come to a place that's been around for over a decade and is rife with talented fans who want to see the series succeed? Don't be silly."

*sighs*

I wish game companies would have a small branch that was specifically made to interact with the community
Yes, there'd be a lot of bad stuff to wade through to find the gems, but there's people that are more than willing to do that if it means the final product is what the fans expect

It's part of the reason I want to work at Valve
 
Fallout 4 has been in development for like 3 years now. It releases in four months. Nothing any Bethesda employee hears is going to meaningfully affect the game at this point.

The development wish-list was triaged months ago into "stuff we absolutely need in order to ship", "stuff that has a high benefit to effort ratio that we'd like to do if there's time", and "stuff we just can't do." They're working feverishly on finishing off that first category now.

I'm more interested to hear if Bethesda actually cares about the Fallout grognards, in terms of "if they're going to say or do anything to try to sell us on having learned from Fo3 and New Vegas." But that's something they'll accomplish by talking to us, not by listening to us.
 
Like other have said, if they do come here I doubt they would give a rat's ass about the content or discussions here anyway. Bethesda is kind of deaf to fan feedback that isn't just praise.
 
Beth employee - "Hello, we would like your feedback on everything not related with gameplay, story and dialogue".
Nma - "Hello, don't make this game".
Beth employee - "Thank you for your input".
 
Beth Employee - "Back again, what do you think of our new dialogue options?"
NMA - "Everything you touch turns to poison"
Beth Employee - "I'm take that as an "I love it, thank you Todd".
 
Beth Employee - "So we have made all NPCs immortal and...."
NMA - "HULK SHMAAAASH"!
Beth Employee - "Yea, we love it too. And by the way, Enclave will be the main antagonist again!"
NMA - *cricket sounds*
 
No. Don't even JOKE about Enclave being the transparently thoughtlessly comically evil antagonists again.
 
Suppose a Beth employee comes. He or she might even appreciate and pay attention to our input. The employee would suggest changes to its manager. And the manager might even hear it, and direct these concerns to someone with higher powers. And eventually, it'd come down to marketing. And marketing did its homework. And the homework had a result: the best ratio between costs and revenue is given by watering everything down and having Fallout: Captain Shepard, so marketing will gleefully ignore any concerns.
Having said this, before reading I thought the thread would be something in the lines of "be nice, they might be watching and feeling heart broken".
 
naossano said:
You know, develloppers of the originals actually proposed to help Beth making the game or assist them in continuity. Said help was refused.

If Beth would become more open-minded, i would prefer them to seek their advices first.
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Yeah, I remember that. The kind of blind arrogance Bethesda has shown towards Fallout is really telling of their management. I imagine the conversation went like this :

[Todddd Howard] Welcome to Camp Bethesda. So you're the new writers I hired from the local community college.... YOU ARE OUT OF UNIFORM. WHERE IS YOUR LIMITED EDITION PLASTIC PIPBOY AND VAULTBOY BOBBLEHEADS?
[Fallout Creators] We're willing to work with your company to assure quality and continuity.
[Todddd Howard] ... Don't have any? YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT MAGGOT??? THE TRUTH IS YOU LOST AN EXPENSIVE PIECE OF BETHESDA ISSUE EQUIPMENT.
[Fallout Creators] We understand we don't own the franchise anymore, but we think our participation in the new game would help bridge the old and new games.
[Todddd Howard] That pipboy is going to come out of your pay AND YOU WILL REMAIN IN THIS MAN'S COMPANY UNTIL THERE ARE 500 FALLOUT SEQUELS. WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS IT WILL TAKE FOR YOU TO PAY FOR A MARK 2 POWERED PIPBOY YOU HAVE LOST.
[Fallout Creators] Wait, so you do or you don't want our help?
[Todddd Howard] This is the second time you've come to me offering help, there won't be a third!!!
[Fallout Creators] I'd like to think we understand the franchise better than your writers.
[Todddd Howard] YOU MO-RON. YOU ARE NOT TO QUESTION MY ORDERS. WHEN I SAY JUMP YOU SAY IMMERSION. WHEN I SAY SUPERMUTANTS YOU SAY ALL OVER THE EAST COAST. WHEN I TELL YOU TO ENJOY CRAWLING AROUND TUNNELS FOR 60 HOURS THEN YOU WILL CERTAINLY CRAWL. HAVE I MADE MYSELF CLEAR?
[Fallout Creators] I'm looking for my father , a middle-aged dad. Have you seen him?

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Of course Bethesda values people's feedback. They're a company. They just don't value the feedback of those allready against the direction they're taking. Their direction makes them rich, so, anyone opposing that's a buncha buzzkills.
 
Their direction will be the death of them just like it was with their Elder Scrolls MMO. Good riddance! Also if everyone on this forum starts thinking that way then according to some rules in quantum mechanics regarding thought affecting reality we should easily cause the downfall of Bethesda within the next 3 years. We could at the very least force them in to being publishers and publishers only. They can also have their Elder Scrolls series I don't care as long as they take their slimy hands off of Fallout. They have done enough electronic butchery. Especially the carp it launcher gha! I hate their stupid gimmicky weapons. Killing people with plushies FFS! Way to turn a serous and deep RPG series in to some sadistic 10 year old's joke.
 
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There is no rule in quantum mechanics regarging thought affecting reality, and even if there were, there are much more people possitively thinking they want Beth to keep doing Fallout games, so...
 
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