NYT Profiles Creator of Black & White and Fable

Amy's Robot writes "The NYT has a profile of Peter Molyneux, creator of 'Populous,' 'Black & White,' and the upcoming 'Fable.' In Fable, the moral decisions you make affect the character's appearance, the outcome of the game, and so on. You get the impression that Molyneux's unconventional approach to game design infuses each of his creations with something more than your average game. Fable will be released for X-Box on September 14."

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Fuck the X-box

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm pissed off because every interesting game seems to be released first for X-box. Since X-box is a console and console players expect a certain feel in their games, all games are now becoming more and more like console games - with "levels", highly restricted movement and, in general, dumbed down.

For instance, from what I've heard (and after seeing the pre-release game videos) of Ghost Recon 2, they've ruined ruined a great tactical shooter by making the sequel into a goddamn run-through-machinegun-fire-unscathed- and-down-a-helicopter-with-a-handgun kind of console game. I liked the spend-30-minutes-setting-up-your-assault-teams-onl y-to-get-downed-by-an-unseen-enemy-sniper much more. And the game is released for X-box first, of course.

The next game I was going to buy was Full Spectrum Warrior, but so far there's only a release date for X-box version.

I swear I'm going to go on a shooting spree if Operation Flashpoint 2 goes this way too.