Legendary game developer - and game development tease - Peter Molyneux has discussed his next project, and talked up it…
Theres few people in gaming whose word id believe less than his.
Oh, I believe him. I just seriously doubt that it is a good idea.
I remember his excitement over his revolutionary idea “you don’t have any control over the dog in this one” - which was just worse in every way.
There is somewhat similar game, where you do not have direct control of your units at all. And it is RTS. It’s name is Majesty. And especially the first game is absolutely fantastic!
I mean, there’s also dwarf fortress with a little bit more scope and behavior complexity
To think about - nearly any city builder.
All I want him to do is figure out the rights issues and do re-releases of the Black and White games. Populus, Dungeon Keeper and Magic Carpet games. Remasters would be nice, but just get them working 16:9 on modern windows would do.
I’m still waiting for Godus to come out of early access with all the great features and promises kept!
Any day now.
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Absolutley. Molyneux was a visionary, a vanguard, a trailblazer.
Problem is, all that is past tense, and his last ten or fifteen years have been spent overpromising and underdelivering.
I thought the then-Project Natal demo that turned out to be largely scripted would have been the killer blow to his reputation, but fair play to him he’s still hanging in there.
Molyneux has been a snakeoil salesman for almost two decades at this point. His input is no longer valued.
You haven’t been paying attention to his recent history. He should have retired after Black & White.
Magic Carpet, Fable, The Movies, Theme Park…
Science-based dragon MMO
I’ve seen this one
He has made great games, but as others have said he is a proffesional bullshitter.
I met Peter at E3 one year before the release of Black and White two. He offered to give us (then two kids) a pre build copy of the game before it even came out. His secretary ripped it out of our hands on the way out the door and gave us some lame swag instead.
Guy has always had his head in the clouds. Love his games though.
