Peter Molyneux Plans Only One More Game

[Murmillos]

I've always loved Peter's visions for games, but yea, the man just can not stop "twiddling"; Often its hard to come up with a idea to work in practicality to how you envisioned it in your head, but often you just have to nail down the 4 corners of your idea and say, "other then smoothing it out, this is it" and hope that your current idea works strongly enough that you get to plan a sequel.

He loves working in the pre-production, testing and idea phases, but can never commit to the long road of production, which often means living with the choices you've made.

 

[dancinginfernal]

Peter noooooo.

Your visions for gaming never failed to entertain and inspire me. Don't goooo. ;A;

 

[Lt._nefarious]

Peter? Peter?! PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETER!!!

No, I love your games and your utterly unhinged mind. Christ, first Cliffy B and now Peter Molyneux. Why God, Why? Why don't any of the people screwing gaming up leave...

(braces self for comments about Cliffy B destroying PC gaming, or whatever it is he did....)

 

[weirdee]

So, he doesnt know what the game will be about story-wise, how it will play or even what kind of game it will be, but he has a name picked already and thinks it will be the best game he has ever made?

Maybe he should stop making games then, as he is doing it wrong.

no, see

he'll just keep doing this and never actually release the game

even after he dies it will linger like elvis

and that is the game

it will never end

 

[antipunt]

Dammit. So I have to actually buy cable for Comedy Central now? ;_;

 

[Nihlus2]

Make Fable 2, a sequel to the -first- Fable game.

A sequel that is not so secluded from the first that it could be a completely seperate franchise (Krei- I mean, Theresa, was the only thing the two games had in common - locations, places and towns could have had any other random name and served the same purpose, even Oakvale didn't have much of a throwback except the sense of nostalgia).

Don't get me wrong... Fable 2 was alright, and the victorian style has been good. But... it (to this very day) feels like they suddenly got a "Victorian vibe" and just wanted an excuse to make a game based around that, and fused it with Fable.

Could have understood if they went for a "new theme/setting each game", but Fable 3 stuck with the same setting as 2, same for "The Journey".

 

[JochemHippie]

As long as I actually get to carve my name into a tree this time around!

 

[Baresark]

Uh oh, get ready... DRUM ROLL!!!!!

Spoiler

Fable 4

Seriously though, he has designed some good games with some good ideas, but nothing extraordinary like people say. I read a comment about how he is his own worst enemy because of his tendencies, but that isn't an excuse. Having a great plan to make something great is not the same thing as making something great. His good games were good, but having played the most of them throughout the course of my lifetime, he gets far more credit than he deserves. If he only has one more game in him, I'm kind of glad. I harbor no resentment, but I get tire of hearing braggarts talk big.

 

[Hunter65416]

Give the guy a chance, Now that Microsofts out of the picture I have high(er) hopes of him making another good game. He was responsible for some great games like black & white and the original fable/tlc. The moment lionhead was acquired by Microsoft all their games turned to shit.

 

[Awesomesauce123]

Aww, how sad. Even if his games never live up, he usually has great ideas.


Anyways, I can't play Curiosity, aparantally I need an android device. If anyone could help,kudos.

 

[DPSSOC]

Well I look forward to whatever he comes up with. I have to say though that I will miss his particular brand of crazy.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I hope his future exploits go well, enjoy your evil lair in a volcano Pete

 

[immortalfrieza]

I hope it's Fable 4, out of all the games that Pete has a hand in making, this series is the most moving, at least when whenever they drop the bad Monty Python comedy (the funniest part of those games for me have always been the Gargoyles and Gnomes, dozens of NPCs played by two British people cracking VERY bad jokes to each other has never worked for me).

 

[Russian_Assassin]

I learned in my life that if I say something with great certainty I do not live up to what I said-promised. Perhaps that's why Peter doesn't deliver the earth and the heavens. Still, a shame to have him announce his last piece of work...

 

[funksobeefy]

I hope that there is a dog, and that he loves me very much

 

[UberNoodle]

I avoid being hard on the guy. He's a dreamer. He obviously has great passion for games and game creation. If it wasn't for people like him, all we'd have to play would be the yearly updates to existing military shooters, an endless stream of zombie games and promising game series buried under an average 6 sequels per 'generation'. Thank the gods we DO have people like him.

 

[Something Amyss]

So does that mean at least 3 more games? Five tops.

Five minimum is more like it.

 

[RatRace123]

Say what you will about the guy, but I've always loved his ambitious approach to game design. Even if it doesn't pan out it's clear he's got big ideas and a genuine love of the medium.

 

[Something Amyss]

I avoid being hard on the guy. He's a dreamer. He obviously has great passion for games and game creation. If it wasn't for people like him, all we'd have to play would be the yearly updates to existing military shooters, an endless stream of zombie games and promising game series buried under an average 6 sequels per 'generation'. Thank the gods we DO have people like him.

You know, there ARE people out there who can make good games without promising ridiculous and completely implausible things. It's not an either/or scenario.

We can live without the Peter Molyneuxs. We might even do better without the cynicism he engenders.

 

[UberNoodle]

I avoid being hard on the guy. He's a dreamer. He obviously has great passion for games and game creation. If it wasn't for people like him, all we'd have to play would be the yearly updates to existing military shooters, an endless stream of zombie games and promising game series buried under an average 6 sequels per 'generation'. Thank the gods we DO have people like him.

You know, there ARE people out there who can make good games without promising ridiculous and completely implausible things. It's not an either/or scenario.

We can live without the Peter Molyneuxs. We might even do better without the cynicism he engenders.

I don't agree. He promises the stars, certainly, but it serves the purpose of pushing the conceptual bar for the entire industry. Whether people agree with him, like or dislike him, he serves as an agitator in the industry. And for all the complaints about him, his catalogue of games is not one to be scoffed at. As for the 'cynicism he engenders', our community doesn't need him for us to justify being cynical. There's not a single bit of news in gaming which won't engender all manner of bitching and whining. What it comes down to is that people just don't buy his games if they don't want to. For those who do, while I agree that commentary on his missed chances is valid, ultimately his games are usually very good, so it's up to the gamer to accept reality, let go of the bruised egos, and rexamine the games for what they are and enjoy what they DO offer.