Fallout 4 Player's Creative Playthrough Gives In-Game Order To Eliminate Todd Howard

Summary Naming your character "Todd Howard" in Fallout 4 leads to a hilarious message from The Enclave targeting the game's director.

The Enclave, known for extremism and eugenics, becomes a humorous antagonist aiming to eliminate Todd Howard in-game.

Fallout 4's recent surge in popularity sparked by the Prime Video series prompted Bethesda to release a next-gen update.

Fallout 4 players are now likely very accustomed to dealing with The Enclave and its attempts to take control of the Wasteland but one player has managed to make the faction's mission of domination all the more real by giving it an actual real-life target. While The Enclave may not have been a key player in the original version of Fallout 4, the paramilitary group was the focus of the game's most recent next-gen update which added an entire quest line dedicated to investigating the organization. As it turns out, with the right name their goal becomes much funnier.

Over on Reddit, user googalydoogaly shared their excitement at discovering a unique item that proved The Enclave's main goal: Eliminate Todd Howard, the game's creative director and executive producer.

The player acknowledges that this hilarious message was a result of naming their character "Todd Howard" upon starting up a new playthrough shortly after the release of the latest update. It's certainly fun to imagine The Enclave, a group of extremists largely recognized as war criminals, ordering its most efficient soldiers to track down and remove the Fallout 4's director from play.

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Todd Howard Is Bethesda's Legacy

His Face Has Become Iconic

Howard is arguably one of the most recognizable names in the entire video game industry having played substantial roles in the development of major hits like the modern Fallout games and the beloved Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. His face is often used as a meme amongst the games' communities as fans sneak it into images and joke about how Howard is always trying to sell Bethesda's games to the public. Some claim that Howard is also responsible for over-hyping the studio's games, such as in the case of the disastrous launch of Fallout 76 in 2018.

As for The Enclave, the faction may not have the influence or power of The Brotherhood of Steel but it's still a force to be reckoned with in the Fallout universe. Consisting of high-ranking politicians and military leads, the organization is largely known for being a supporter of eugenics and aims to eradicate all non-members due to seeing them as mutants that need to be eradicated. They serve as the primary antagonist of Fallout 2 and Fallout 4 but players can, ostensibly, join the group and operate its remaining automated systems in Fallout 76.

Fallout 4 is currently experiencing a massive surge in its community, brought about by the success of the Prime Video series. To celebrate the flood of players both new and old, Bethesda released a next-gen update that introduced some fun new elements but also managed to break many popular mods. Users have spent weeks adjusting many of the fan-made add-ons, going so far as to request that the studio release no more official patches.

Source: googalydoogaly/Reddit