Peter Molyneux Is "Ashamed" Of Fable III's Scores
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Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!!!
This is the how manyeth time Molyneux does this? It's always the same with this guy: First he unleashes a week long thunderstorm about how awesome his new game will be, then he kicks off an avalanche about how failed the end result is.
I'm all for developers admitting things that could have gone better, but this is just pathetic.
This is the how manyeth time Molyneux does this? It's always the same with this guy: First he unleashes a week long thunderstorm about how awesome his new game will be, then he kicks off an avalanche about how failed the end result is.
I'm all for developers admitting things that could have gone better, but this is just pathetic.
Can't we just fire him into the sun and get this over with? We all know that's the only way it will ever end. Otherwise, the cycle of madness and disappointment will continue for eternity...as it is told on the Mayan prophecies.
That, or he should just stick to something MUCH simpler until he can play in the big leagues again.
That, or he should just stick to something MUCH simpler until he can play in the big leagues again.
I don't believe that. I do truly believe this man speaks the truth every time he says stuff like this. I've met the guy and I've never seen somebody as passionate about his work as him. He truly wants to make the perfect game, it is just too bad that he always seems to try to reach too high.cursedseishi said:
Having re-played all three recently I thought Fable 3 was the best of the series; it had a far more compelling story and a unique and quite effective menu system. It at least tried to do something different with the last 'ruling king' section of the game even if the system was flawed and the ending anti-climatic.
I'd say fair play to the guy, providing this isn't just hyperbole. I enjoyed it a fair bit, just needed more fighting and less travelling and talking. But when the fighting really kicks off, its worth evey moment.
Fable is one of those things that I believe shows how whiny, and hard to please gamers are.
Peter is treated really unfairly, I believe. I honestly don't get this whole thing about him promising, and not delivering. And every time I ask this when news about Fable and Peter come up, I never get a good answer.
What promises has he 'not' filled, that is really such a big deal?
I can really feel for him though. I'm currently studying game design, and I am never satisfied with the game that I turn in. It could get a grade of a A+, and I'm still not happy that I wasn't able to get that health bar to work, or fix the bugs in the collision detection, etc etc, before the project is due. Time constraints can be a real ***** in game development.
Peter is treated really unfairly, I believe. I honestly don't get this whole thing about him promising, and not delivering. And every time I ask this when news about Fable and Peter come up, I never get a good answer.
What promises has he 'not' filled, that is really such a big deal?
I can really feel for him though. I'm currently studying game design, and I am never satisfied with the game that I turn in. It could get a grade of a A+, and I'm still not happy that I wasn't able to get that health bar to work, or fix the bugs in the collision detection, etc etc, before the project is due. Time constraints can be a real ***** in game development.
I'd also like him to simply shut up about all his aspirations for the game he's producing. Ever time he opens his mouth and talks about all the features he hopes to implement in his game when they aren't even close to done it gets all us gamers excited about the prospects. Then he releases something and is all, "Sorry it didn't actually have all that crap I told you about earlier." Sorry, Pete, the townspeople have heard "Wolf!" one too many times now and are not going to take your nonsense any more.Susan Arendt said:
That's what I think the real problem is, not gamers being unappreciative of what would otherwise be a good game. He undermines his own efforts by telling us all this stuff or criticizing his productions in public.
I would chime in but my THREE different copies of Fable 3 flat-out refused to load saved games.
The first one was the only good one and for whatever reason Lionhead, probably because of Molyneux, just keeps getting further and further away from why it was good.
I pre-ordered the second game and aside from the Pub games DLC I don't play it. Never trust what Molynuex says. He'll just keeps lying out his ass.
I pre-ordered the second game and aside from the Pub games DLC I don't play it. Never trust what Molynuex says. He'll just keeps lying out his ass.
Different how? Outside of the 5 year old humor of fart jokes and blatant liberal pandering (don't call me a bitchy Republican/Conservative please, I'm neither), Fable has become one of the most generic action RPGs out there.dogstile said:
Black and White 2 was a shadow of the original Black and White.
The Movies was really enjoyable, until you know, they didn't support it for shit. One very 'meh' xpack and then not much else. It's a game that would have benefited so much from continued support, but it didn't get that.
And next on his plate is Fable: THE KINECT NEEDS GAMES.
"It didn't end up being the game that I dreamed it would be..." The story of Molyneux's life.
I'm not sure if Molyneux's ridiculous hype of every game is due to his own inability to grasp reality, pure marketing, or if there is someone behind the scenes at the studio stoking his fire? But the man's visions are always so obviously out of reach, he is setting himself up for failure.
I'm not sure if Molyneux's ridiculous hype of every game is due to his own inability to grasp reality, pure marketing, or if there is someone behind the scenes at the studio stoking his fire? But the man's visions are always so obviously out of reach, he is setting himself up for failure.
You know, I love it exactly for the 5 year old humour. This is a game that can't even take itself seriously, it doesn't know where its going and I really haven't played much else that feels like fable does.Frostbite3789 said:
So that's how its different, its enjoyable to play, its characters are funny (to me at least, I don't care if you have a different sense of humour, you're not the one enjoying it, I am) and I like the gameplay.
It doesn't surprise me that Molyneux is saying he's disappointed in Fable's end product. He says that every time.
Maybe he should try expanding on the stuff they implemented in the last game to try to iron out the wrinkles instead of attempting to toss in every neat new idea he gets.
Maybe he should try expanding on the stuff they implemented in the last game to try to iron out the wrinkles instead of attempting to toss in every neat new idea he gets.
The Molyneux law:
"The last Fable always sucks and the next Fable will always be awesome"
in practice, the series grow worse the faster the days.
"The last Fable always sucks and the next Fable will always be awesome"
in practice, the series grow worse the faster the days.
I still don't have an idea how that game rated between 70-80%.After playing it,for me,it's around 60-70% mark but not more.
I don't see the shittyness that everyone else seems to be seeing in the Fable games. They were flawed like every other game out there, but they were polished, well produced, entertaining and oozing humor and fairytale-like charm. Indeed, Fable 2 had a rubbish ending, but so did every Assassin's Creed game and they were still enjoyabe.
What really bothers me about Peter M. is that he keeps making Fable games all those years. If you stop to think how many original IP's this guy has worked on in his career, your mind melts. So why is he suddenly so timid about his projects? A clear pattern with him is that every time he makes a new game it's awesome, and then he makes a sequel that is worse than the original. I really think it would work best for him if he worked on a brand new IP. If someone has the imagination and drive to come out with something unique and amazing, it's him. Still, no matter what his next game will be (or the one after that), he will have my support as a buyer. Because he made Dungeon motherfucking Keeper. End of story.
What really bothers me about Peter M. is that he keeps making Fable games all those years. If you stop to think how many original IP's this guy has worked on in his career, your mind melts. So why is he suddenly so timid about his projects? A clear pattern with him is that every time he makes a new game it's awesome, and then he makes a sequel that is worse than the original. I really think it would work best for him if he worked on a brand new IP. If someone has the imagination and drive to come out with something unique and amazing, it's him. Still, no matter what his next game will be (or the one after that), he will have my support as a buyer. Because he made Dungeon motherfucking Keeper. End of story.