| okr said: Whenever I read Molyneux statements like this I can't help but interpret that he's is not very content with his current situation. Does he probably miss the Bullfrog days when some of their games had a cult following similar to Ueda's games today? (3 of Bullfrog's games made it to my all-time Top 50 and I'm certainly not the only fan). Fable is not a bad series, but Molyneux' early games were far more original. |
I think he's given out that vibe for a while. I get the feeling he was genuinly interested in stuff like Milo & Kate, in perhaps taking some risks, and I never thought I'd see him working on a line of sequels instead of more varied games.
In short, I'm sure he's well paid and pretty cushy, but I think he feels at times the burden of working for a very large corporation that probably dictates the direction he can take more than he'd like.
At least for the moment for example the focus for Kinect is on safe titles like Kinect Sports and Kinectimals rather than anything like Milo & Kate, and MS want strong franchises like Fable rather than some risky new IP that might not deliver.
Understandable, but for all his faults I've always felt Molyneux does cherish originality and trying to come up with something intreguining and new and in many ways the videogame industry, for the big developers and publishers, is all about low risk and repetition of proven IP.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
