Molyneux Outs First Post-Lionhead Project: 22 Experiments

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Molyneux Outs First Post-Lionhead Project: 22 Experiments

Best of all, you might be playing a part of it in six weeks.

In an appearance at Imperial College London's Games and Media Event, famed game creator Peter Molyneux revealed the first information on 22 Experiments, which is coming from his newly-formed studio 22 Cans.

In an exclusive interview with BeefJack's Lewis Denby, a surprisingly tight-lipped Molyneux shared only a few details on the upcoming project. Molyneux says that 22 Cans' goal with the project is to produce "22 experiments that we will release digitally on the journey onto the final product that we're going to make."

How soon might you see some of 22 Cans' work? Denby reports that he was told by Molyneux that the first bit of 22 Experiments could be released in as little as six weeks, though he did not say which platforms the title may release for. While he wouldn't go into particulars about any single experiment, Molyneux told Denby to expect "very very different, unusual, I think very intriguing things."

During his lecture at Imperial College, Molyneux stressed his growing dissatisfaction with directed game experiences. "I am fed up to the back teeth of consuming other people's visions - of directors' and screenwriters' ideas of what a hero should be; of novelists writing stories that they think are good, but I think are rubbish," he told the crowd. "Why can't we have stories about me? I want to have my own unique experiences."

How this frustration might help inform the development of 22 Experiments is anyone's guess, but it certainly suggests that Molyneux is encouraging 22 Cans to think outside of the box.

Source: BeefJack [http://beefjack.com/news/molyneux-reveals-22-experiments-first-game-out-in-six-weeks/]

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[Kahunaburger]

Sounds at the very least interesting. Don't get me wrong, the Fable games were very bad for many, many reasons, but I would absolutely be interested in a high-concept experiment by Peter Molyneux.

 

[templar1138a]

In an exclusive interview with BeefJack's Lewis Denby, a surprisingly tight-lipped Molyneux shared only a few details on the upcoming project.

What's your game, Pete? This isn't like you... intriguing...

I will keep an eye on this development like I do with all games in development that I might play: With interest accompanied by focused skepticism.

 

[Thaliur]

The thing about Molyneux's games is: Usually they include some extremely amazing concepts, but are either too complex or overloaded with mundane tasks to ever get really popular. I loved both Black & Whites including their expansions, and still like them, but the replay value is not very high.

 

[Namehere]

Well I'm waiting to hear whether this is a pay as you go experiment - AKA Game in instalments. If its one of those he can keep it. Aw hell it's Molyneux. Frankly if its free I'd just as soon he kept it. But for all you fans I hope you didn't just become the local dairy cow volunteering for a milking. Or worse yet, the idiot who sat in the dunk tank chair and went for a fall only to get soaked.

I know, its a cynical view. What can I say the game's industry doesn't just make polished turds these days, it seems to make games that reflect the industry... Hell it isn't even a wavy image just straight up, one brass polished turd coming up! Their like line order cooks with that...

PS
I'm out of milk
FU

 

[GiglameshSoulEater]

Well, its going to be mediocre, like fable 2. Could have been good, but has a few, fatal, flaws.

 

[Ickabod]

Based on Peter's appreciation of Minecraft and it's openness, I have a hunch that he might pull something off this time.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

Please be awesome
Please be awesome
Please be awesome
Please be awesome
Please be awesome
...
Pretty please? We could use something completely new.

 

[The_Emperor]

I read this and though "lol, molyneux"
it could be a game about a block of cheese and the experiences of coming from the cheese factory to the dinner table and it will be a third person adventure shooter rpg with MUD elements

 

[Lucem712]

I think the small budget of an up and coming game studio is just what Molyneux needs to pull off another hit.

 

[DustyDrB]

Sounds at the very least interesting. Don't get me wrong, the Fable games were very bad for many, many reasons, but I would absolutely be interested in a high-concept experiment by Peter Molyneux.

Same here. It could turn out to be terrible, but I'd still respect the hell out of him for it.

 

[Formica Archonis]

I've never been much for Molyneux's games, but I gotta admit, I'm intrigued. I think the Molydeux game jam actually affected him and he's going to just throw some simple off-the-wall stuff out there and see if any of it sticks (assuming "experiments" isn't just Molyspeak for "tweaked alpha builds of the same product", of course).

20+ of the 22 experiments will probably be crap, but if he can get even one genuinely good new idea/mechanic out of it.... I think I want to see how this unfolds. I'll put this one in the "cautiously optimistic" pile.

 

[Ralen-Sharr]

Please be awesome
Please be awesome
Please be awesome
Please be awesome
Please be awesome
...
Pretty please? We could use something completely new.

it'll either be awesome or horrible. Peter Molyneux usually goes to one end of an extreme or another.

and on that note....

please be awesome

 

[Tyrrax]

He's a hack. The only thing he's good for these days is hype.

 

[217not237]

Wait a minute, wait a minute... Peter Molyneux kept details secret?! This is... a huge shift. I mean, I'm not complaining, or anything. This IS definitely a massive improvement, but... I'm going to say he's a robot made to look and sound like Peter Molyneux, for... world domination or something.

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

Molyneux is about as relevant to my gaming existence as I am to a super model's sex life.

You can only offer up so many fantastically overblown flops in a row before I write you off, Peter, and you've delivered that in barrels.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

Molyneux is about as relevant to my gaming existence as I am to a super model's sex life.

You can only offer up so many fantastically overblown flops in a row before I write you off, Peter, and you've delivered that in barrels.

off topic....where did you get that red riding hood avatar?

 

[Namehere]

Well I'm waiting to hear whether this is a pay as you go experiment - AKA Game in instalments. If its one of those he can keep it. Aw hell it's Molyneux. Frankly if its free I'd just as soon he kept it. But for all you fans I hope you didn't just become the local dairy cow volunteering for a milking. Or worse yet, the idiot who sat in the dunk tank chair and went for a fall only to get soaked.

I know, its a cynical view. What can I say the game's industry doesn't just make polished turds these days, it seems to make games that reflect the industry... Hell it isn't even a wavy image just straight up, one brass polished turd coming up! Their like line order cooks with that...

PS
I'm out of milk
FU

Jesus, this is like stream of conciousness cynicism right here.

But yeah everyone knows games were so much better way back when and it has nothing to do with nostalgia or the fact that we conveniently forget most of the bad games.

When I said "games that reflect the industry" I actually meant the 'industry'. As in sloppy bordering on criminal business policies and customer treatment that's garbage. Not as in, all MMOs suck. Or I hate FPSs or even that I need another Fable. I meant to say the industry sucks and now because of the models their using so do their games in a lot of cases. Hope I cleared that up.

I would add that a lot of MMOs coming out now suck as well, from premise to play it's starting to look desperate to me. I mean, a Star Wars MMO with rail shooting? Even STO did a better job in space then that. Of course STO's ground episodes were terrible so there's that to.

Try out Sins of a Solar Empire? I love that game, pre-ordered it for the Rebellion Beta. I hate the business models out there, not necessarily the games. Which is why I said the 'industry' and didn't name a game.

And I won't accept criticism of anything from someone who hasn't seen the Odd Couple and doesn't love the rant: 'I see this note. It says: 'We're out of milk. FU.' It took me three hours to figure out you meant Felix Unger!' Not a perfect quote and I doubt I got the last name right, but that's what I had in mind. Hope that clarifies things for you. Strange post to nitpick over. So I'm not a Molyneux fan? If that's what you take umbrage with then sorry I responded. I didn't insult people for liking his games, I just happen to dislike them. Not like I'm flaming the forum here or something.

 

[Li Mu]

He asks "Why can't we have stories about me?"

I ask, Why would I want a story about me?
I play games to escape me. Why would I want to play a game where I sit around being unemployed and jerking off all day? That's a terrible game. That's the world I want to escape from!

Silly Peter.


edit;

OOOOH I GET IT. He means that we should all play games about him!
So it would be a game about a guy who comes up with great ideas but only manages to make a game which contains 1% of said ideas?
Peter, just make us another Dungeon Keeper and we'll love you again.

 

[Metalix Knightmare]

I'm honestly looking forward to this. I love hearing about ol Pete's work. It's like he's one of the ONLY people who is excited to be in the video games industry these days. To me, getting too upset with his failures is like getting upset at a puppy for forgetting to bring back the stick you threw, and brought back a different stick with a lot of missing branches.

Granted, most sticks don't set you back $60, but I still enjoy playing with the sticks brought back.