It would be in his best interest to just shut the fuck up and deliver the game
Heās already overpromising on what he wants his game to have:
āI think that line in Fable ā āfor every choice, a consequenceā ā wasnāt delivered on well enough,ā Molyneux explained. āI think the possession mechanic that we had in Dungeon Keeper wasnāt delivered on enough. The open-world freedom that we had in Black & White, I think it was good at the start, but it didnāt deliver enough at the end. And Masters Of Albion is an opportunity to mix all those together."
And Iāll tell you the amazing thing ā itās going to fucking work. It really is. Itās like nothing youāve ever played before, but itās still unbelievably familiar. It is Black & White, it is Dungeon Keeper, and it is Fable, but itās a completely new genre. And it shouldnāt really work, but it does.
Itāll be the first Albion-type game
Some people just do. not. learn.
Unfortunately, as long as the people buying his games donāt learn, Molyneux never has to.
His current promise honestly sounds like heās over promising. Also, who keeps giving him money to make games?! I know the article says itās self funded, which I guess makes sense, but did he really make so much over the years that he can solo finance this? Seems unlikely, but what do I know?
A lot of people that have made quite some money continue to make quite some money because they invest that money. A steady stream of income allows you to easily take out loans and provide assets as collateral. So itās not too weird that he has this money. Itās super easy for the rich to get richer.
He has always had the tendency to overhype his games by a lot. But while he just burned money for over a decade now, he has created some pretty good games before that (Dungeon Keeper, Black and White, the Fable series).
If the self funding is true I expect this to be as glorious as megalopolis
Seems pathological at this point.
āI do not have the life energy left to do this again.ā
Ohh man I felt that quote in my bones. Young people: you cannot relate. This is not about waking up for work feeling drained and demoralized. Itās about having all kinds of passion and desire but hitting hard limits in your body that were never there before, and getting less and less out of yourself all the time even as you feel the blows more and more, and then sensing that decline accelerating.
āYou should try exercising. Or yoga. Or methamphetamines.ā
Ngl all of those things help (as long as the meth is prescribed).
Skip the meth if you have a prescription. Talk to my boy Sketchy Steve behind the 7 eleven. Heās the dude wearing a leather jacket and raver pants with facial tattoos. Heāll hook you up with the real real. Make sure that you inject it directly into your veins at least 8 times a day and donāt stop ever.
I meanā¦ Weāre all going to play it regardless, right? I am at least. He makes good games. You just have to take his claims with a good, healthy amount of salt.
Why buy from a liar when š“āā ļø exists?
I donāt ore order games and very very rarely purchase before reviews come out. Even then I always set a timer to stop before 2 hours to see if I should refund on Steam.
So, no, not really. Itās not a hard no, but itās certainly not a definite yes.
Maybe thatās why I feel the way I do about it. I donāt pre order games either and I pretty rarely buy games within the first maybe like 6 months of release. So I guess Iāve never been let down by the hype Iām the same way that plays the game on day one. So if Iām anticipating it and itās a let down but Iām still interested, Iām not paying full price. Iāll get that shit during a sale. So Iām going to play it, I might just be less financially invested.
Havenāt played anything of his that has been announced or released after 2012. I still need to give Black and White a try, anyday now.
Dungeon Keeper with KeeperFX is definitely worth it too.
The game Dungeons 3 was almost really good but just felt grindy. Evil Genius 2 was awful and Iām still sad about it.
Gamers showing an ounce of self-control challenge: impossible
I donāt think Iāve played a single one of his games and Iām guessing Iām probably not going to start now :p
What was the last good game he made? I still have an abandoned āGodusā in my steam account, that played like a stupid Facebook game. To progress, you had to click the āmanaā bubbles that would appear over your peopleās houses every minute or so. This pointless action was your currency to do anything in the game, so you would just sit, wait for bubbles and click until you have enough points to build something.
Reminds me of George RR Martinās digs at Robert Jordan, and how spectacularly he ended up over-promising himself.
Fucking lol
But what if he and Chris Roberts did a collab?
Why would anyone pay for just a concept?
LMAO, thatās a good one
Go back to beans, Pete.
Iāll be very patient with this one, Pete.
Ok Pete, but just this once!
