Molyneux - The greatest story ever told will be in a computer game

Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux thinks games will surpass the level of storytelling seen in the Godfather. Bold claims. Not bold enough. He’s told VG247 that games will tell the best story in the world. Ever.

“The greatest story ever told? I think it’s going to be in a computer game,” he said.

“And I think that if I play the greatest story ever told in the same game as you play it, your greatest story is going to be different to my greatest story.

“And that is power.”

Not only will games tell the best story in the world, but if Molyneux has his way it’ll be his team that creates it.

He added: “That ambition to do that, to write that story, or to write that game that allows you to experience that story, is definitely something Lionhead Studios wants to do.”

The best story ever. Hopefully it involves chocolate cake and getting up later than 5.00am.

http://www.vg247.com/2009/04/07/molyneux-the-greatest-story-ever-told-will-be-in-a-computer-game/

So far the best video game story ever is "Planescape: Torment", which is a fully fledged computer game and was even compared to literature in terms of depth by well reputed critics, such as The New York Times.

Peter needs to read more books.

I think 'the best story of all time' is kinda objective and if everyone has a different best story in the same game then how are you supposed to talk to others about it? His aim is a little off I think..

People would have to be fans of the mythos and variations etc won't work to that level that he expects it too.. That guy is just way too over ambitious.. Just go and make a great game and write a great story to accompany it and don't make ridiculous goals like that until computer games rival literature on a regular basis.

You don't know what the hell you're talking about. Planescape: Torment proves your point wrong, and many other games of the same type, such as Falout 1 & 2, and NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer.

After the first Fable's story, I'm sure that if it is, it won't be in any game of his

But I hate comparing stories from books to games, they are different, they shouldn't be compared at all.

zexen_lowe said: After the first Fable's story, I'm sure that if it is, it won't be in any game of his But I hate comparing stories from books to games, they are different, they shouldn't be compared at all.

I with you.  Especfially since books will probably have the best storytelling of any medium for a long long time.  Games haven't been around long enough to be fairly compared literature and movies.

I don't think Molyneux will make the best video game story.  I have played Fable and Fable II.  They are both really good games, especially the latter but the story is truthfully very generic and great writing can't hide that.

Eh Peter is making a religious Christian Bible adventure game? But I thouht that was already done silly Moly

"Best [whatever] of all time" is a bullshit term which loses more relevance each time it's used. Just what happens to the previous best thing of all time when another best thing of all time usurps it? Does it simply become the second-best thing of all time?

Yeah ok I don't know what the hell I'm talking about  re-read the bolded part

If and when that happens, don't you think that the best story of all time will also have to be one of the best sellers to get out to the public to have that kind of title? 

I don't understand where you're going with this, and I'm tempted to answer "yes" to your question.

If someone  beats the best swimmer of all time, then the original best becomes the second best, right?