Jan 03 2025 66 mins 7
Will Shen was a designer at Bethesda for over 20+ years and his story is amazing as he started off as an intern on Fallout 3 and became lead designer on Starfield. #starfield #fallout4 #bethesdagamestudios
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Will’s Internship At Bethesda Was A Trial By Fire
02:08 - Who Interviewed Will Both Times
02:56 - Will’s Relationship With Todd Howard
09:20 - Emil Telling Will His Quest In Skyrim Was The Worst Quest In The Game/Redoing Skyrims Design
11:44 - The Most Important Aspect Of An Intro & Tutorial
13:30 - Bioshock Is An Example Of A Good Intro
14:35 - In Leadership You Don’t Have Any Control
16:30 - Bethesda Delegates Voice Acting To An External Company
18:09 - Learning To Let Go From Being In Control Of Voice Acting/Guidance
20:18 - Including Multiple Accents In Starfield
22:30 - Maori Tattoo Controversy/Ballooning Of Bethesda Staff
30:15 - How Will Would Become More Productive With A Bureaucratic System
32:30 - Why Will Left Bethesda
35:03 - Elder Scrolls VI/GTA VI Discussion
37:30 - More Money = More Problems
40:45 - Games Are Too Long Nowadays
49:03 - Q+A - Has Bethesda Experimented With Other Game Genres
51:34 - Settling On The Number Of Planets In Starfield/Procedural Content System
55:16 - Q+A - Who Has Replaced Kurt Kuhlmann As Lore Master Of The Elder Scrolls
58:52 - Q+A - Balancing The Main Quest & Side Quests
1:01:50 - Production Pipeline/Curveballs
1:05:15 - Where To Follow Will Shen
