matt247 on 18 August 2009
| badgenome said: Today's addition to the Parade of Assholes is Lincoln. This must be the other game Molyneux was talking about a while back. The one that was going to be "politically contentious." |
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170677
While many are eagerly anticipating Fable 2's release next week, Peter Molyneux has already been hard at work on his next project. And despite this game still being shrouded in secrecy, it's not stopping the notoriously talkative designer from hyping it up already -- and using some tremendously grandiose language to do so.
"There's nothing else remotely like it ever before," Molyneux told Kikizo in an interview (via Kotaku), in the way only Peter Molyneux can. "Everyone at Microsoft who's seen it is super excited about it -- I mean there's just this huge anticipation for us to finally show it, because it is so unbelievably ambitious." Apparently his intent is to show the game as soon as at GDC 2009 (which will be taking place near the end of March), but the unveiling may take a bit longer to plan, as Microsoft wants to "shock and awe" the industry when it's finally revealed.
Even more intriguing, though, is the small hint Molyneux gave as to the game's potential subject matter. "Especially with the current timing, this will be really, politically contentious," he said, without elaborating any further. It's hard to extrapolate too much from the statement -- these days, there's any number of topics that could be "politically contentious" -- but it does seem to suggest it'll have a more modern, realistic flare than the lighthearted fantasy of the Fable series.
Sure, Molyneux is famous (or infamous) for playing these hype games in the past, but we have to admit -- he's got us interested. Hopefully the announcement will indeed come as soon as GDC 09.
