Todd Howard reveals Bethesda had to make enemy ships “really stupid.”

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According to Todd Howard in Starfield, enemy ships are intentionally stupid so you don’t end up in a never-ending battle.

Who is the person you are talking about?

  • Todd Howard is Game Director and Executive Producer for Bethesda Game Studios.
  • Howard is responsible for the development of Starfied as well as the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series and runs Bethesda alongside studio director Ashley Cheng.
  • As Starfield “Lead Designer” Emil Pagliarulo announced on Twitter in July, Howard was the only person at Bethesda allowed to talk about new information about Starfield before the release

    • On September 25, 2023, Todd Howard was a guest on the AIAS Game Makers Notebook Podcast and was asked about the challenges developers faced in designing Space Kombat and freedom in space.

    In his response, Howard talked about, among other things, how intelligent Bethesda has made the AI ​​of enemy ships (via YouTube).

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    “Hey, Player, why don’t you just shoot me?”

    What does Howard say about the enemy ships in Starfield? Howard says in the podcast that he liked the old Mech Warrior games, where the pace of combat was a little slower and you dealt with systems and energy allocations. It was important to them that they found a way that the player could understand and that didn’t pause the game.

    The part worked pretty well, but then the AI ​​became an obstacle. Howard explains that it’s very easy to make enemy ships “really, really smart” in space – especially given certain physics.

    He then adds that the developers had to make the AI ​​“really stupid” to avoid a kind of endless “lance-stabbing.” Spaceship battles should therefore not be like a medieval competition in which two knights ride towards each other and try to inflict damage on their opponents with an attack (a lance).

    Howard then explained that the enemy ships have to fly, turn around, and then basically say, “Hey Player, why don’t you just shoot at me for a while?”

    How important is space combat in Starfield? Spaceship combat is an integral part of Starfield’s gameplay. Not only do you have to repeatedly engage in space battles against enemy ships during the main and side quests, but you are also attacked by pirates and mercenaries in random events.

    That’s why it’s important that combat in space feels good and isn’t too frustrating for players.

    In addition to stupid AI, a good ship can also make your space battles a lot easier. On MeinMMO you can see 5 of the best ships that you can buy or get as a quest reward:

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