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Being Peter Molyneux
simoniker writes "Gamasutra has an interview with Lionhead's Peter Molyneux up, in which he discusses next-gen technology choices, his troubles with the press, and his overwhelming drive to succeed, as well as some new thoughts on Fable 2. On his press difficulties: 'I've come to realize that the way I speak, the things I talk about are going to be interpreted. And that sometimes leads to misquotes, and that sometimes that can be frustrating, but for example — the talk I've given today, there's nothing for me to point to onscreen — I'm just giving you a braindump of my ideas. And half of that — half of the interest of that is the interpretation you put on it in your own mind... I'll be absolutely honest with you, sometimes in the past I've actually changed little bits of the game to match the misquote, however insane that sounds.'"
There seems to be a good chunk of ire directed at him on the IndieGamer boards.
"So he's finally going to make it, huh? Wonder if it'll be anything like Fumpkin."
Boring. Next. Seriously, he's like an idiot on speed.
I like what he's done here. By creative use of language, he can say whatever he wants!
Like "misquotes," which is my favorite. What he actually means is "lying to drive sales," with the connotation of "rapid backpedalling."
The editor's dept. line is quite right. Less talk, more games.
Is it an open ended interview?
the creator of Syndicate, 'nuff said.
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I enjoy game related news as much as anyone else. However, why is it that games news is outnumbering everything else combined article-wise? Some of it is very good, but a lot of it seems to be pure fluff (this for example).
Thunderclone: ONE MAN ENTERS! TWO MEN LEAVE! ONE MAN ENTERS! TWO MEN LEAVE!
Right, like the whole "there is only one load time" must have been used it some mysterious way other than expected. Likewise with planting trees and having them grow - maybe instead they had invisible seeds that grow into invisible trees. Yeah, that must be it. How foolish of me!
This guy is full of shit. He can't even speak rationally when he's apologizing for speaking irrationally.
He hasn't changed a bit.
I really wish someone would tell Peter Molyneux to shut up for a bit. It seems like every couple of weeks I see an article about him tooting his own whistle in the media somehow, and it's starting to get irritating. Maybe I'd care if he'd actually made a game that came close to meeting expectations in the last decade or so.
from the tired-of-his-bullshit department. Molyneux is the master of grandstanding and double-speak. A quote from Peter M. from just the previous article here on /.
... I almost said it then! -- that applies to the whole game."
"Fable 2 should be everything you expect, then 10 times more that you don't expect -- and that doesn't just apply to this one feature
Well, golly, Pete if you're tired of people expecting "10 times more than they don't expect" then don't build your games up that way. And pointing to the word "should" later and saying "See, see, I said should not will" is just playing word-games and general salesman sleeze. There are plenty of game designers out there who aren't attention-whores.
Fable 2 should be everything you expect, then 10 times more that you don't expect -- and that doesn't just apply to this one feature ... I almost said it then! -- that applies to the whole game."
I expect it to run on the Wii.
Otherwise I won't buy it.
Right now I've got a Gamecube, an xBox (bought to play Fable), and a PS2. I'm buying a Wii, but not the other game consoles.
Want my money? Port it to the Wii and let my shoot those darned annoying faeries in the frickin head!
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Fixed it for you: Boring Peter Molyneux.
Ummmm if Fable 2 is going to be anywhere near as "stable" on the PC as Fable: The Lost Chapters, run for your lives. It took all of 2 minutes for the game to slow to a crawl and choke.
that is all.
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No matter how thin you slice it, its still baloney.
"That means that I do push myself - I can look you in the eye and truly say that I'm trying to make Fable 2 the greatest game I will ever build. If you write that, it will get me in an enormous amount of trouble, but that is what I truly believe."
Oh man. I love that the author DID include that quote.
I love PM games. They are always inventive and fun, even if they don't come close to the hype generated. If you ignore the hype, and just take the game for what it is, it's fun. Populous, B&W 1, Fable... I loved them. B&W2, I didn't like so much. The new populous games, I didn't like so much. It seems his original ideas are fun, but when you try to 'improve' them... They fail.
I am worried about Fable 2... I would love to see it be Oblivion 2, Fable style. It won't be, but that's what I'd like. -sigh-
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