Some glitches can ruin a game, but others can make them infinitely more fun.Red Dead Redemptionwas loved for its variety of silly bugs, and Bethesda has promised that any entertaining screw-ups found inThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimwill stay. Yes, a studio just pledged not to fix something!
“We attempt to solve most of it, we’re sensitive to a lot of it,” said producer Todd Howard. “There is a subset of that where we say ‘Well, that’s what can happen.’ If there’s entertainment value in that, whatever it is, we’ll leave a lot of it. If it’s gonna break the game, or unbalance the game in some way, we do try to solve it.
“If the solution is gonna make the game less fun … well, hey, leave it in. It’s their game.”
AlthoughSkyrimalready looks more finished than any previousElder Scrollsthanks to the new engine, something of that size is sure to have some issues hidden away. Let’s hope they err more on the side of entertaining than breaking.
Todd Howard on Skyrim’s worthwhile glitches, MMOs and when big is big enough[Joystiq]
