Playing Favorites: Bethesda's Todd Howard

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IndustryGamers has another "playing favorites" feature on offer, this time profiling Todd Howard's ten favorite video games of all time. The only RPG listed is Ultima VII - go figure:

Depending on the year, I flip this choice around between 3 games: Ultima 4, Ultima 6, or Ultima 7. No other gaming series has, over such a long period of time, given me such joy. I get lost in the world of an Ultima; it’s a real place to me. The people were real, their problems real, and travelling a new world, ripe with its own history, all real to me. Nothing else has inspired what I do as much as Richard Garriott’s creation. If gaming is the ultimate escape, then Ultima is its best game.

[Realag]

his statement about cod4 being a good rpg causes physical pain

[DesR85]

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Originally Posted by Realag his statement about cod4 being a good rpg causes physical pain

In other words, he overrates the game. The perks in multiplayer is influenced by RPGs, but they definitely do not make it an RPG.

I actually liked CoD 4 a lot, but definitely not in that manner.

[Loki[D.d.G]]

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Originally Posted by DesR85 In other words, he overrates the game. The perks in multiplayer is influenced by RPGs, but they definitely do not make it an RPG.

The customization of weapons is merely a small part of the RPG genre. Most importantly, the game doesn't even let you role play as any character for a decent amount of time.

[galraen]

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Originally Posted by Loki[D.d.G] The customization of weapons is merely a small part of the RPG genre. Most importantly, the game doesn't even let you role play as any character for a decent amount of time.

That sounds a bit like Oblivion and Morrowind strangely enough.

I like playing the modded versions of those games, but IMHO they definitely are not RPGs, no real choices are allowed in the entire game(s). I guess we now know who to blame for that.