Well, who had this one on their Gamescom bingo card? Peter Molyneux, the famous creator behind Xbox's Fable franchise, is back (again) - this time with his new 'god game' Masters of Albion.
Announced for PC so far, Masters of Albion is exactly what you'd expect from Molyneux if you've followed him all these years. This time though, the game at least looks quite far along; assuming that's real gameplay we're seeing in the above trailer.
Anyway, here's Peter's introduction to his latest ambitious project; Masters of Albion:
"The story of Albion is one of power and consequence, a rich and deep narrative set in a world full of quests and moral choices. Navigate your way through intrigue and plot – kings come and go, lords shake you by the hand then stab you in the back, and the people work like dogs and are treated no better.
Gifted god like, ancient powers, you face an enemy the likes of which have not been seen in hundreds of years. Magic is returning to the hills and halls of Albion, threatening to tear down the the very foundations of society.
Unravel the mystery of the mages, defeat the enemy that lurks in the night and conquer a sorcery that could kill us all. Some are born with power, some achieve power, and some have great power thrust upon them."
Come on then, who predicted this one? Tell us what you make of Masters of Albion down below.
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I don't like to be too negative but it looks as boring as that guy's voice sounds. 😂
I really don't know how there’s an audience left for anything Molyneux announces.
Molyneux should be banned from gaming industry after all false promises he made over the years..
Regardless, that game looked proper bad.
On the one hand, a mixture of Dungeon Keeper and Black & White sounds interesting but on the other, Molyneux is just a walking red flag at this point.
Combat looks like it's in alpha and not ready to be shown off yet. Would love to see Peter M return to greatness, he made some of my fave games of all time.
The standard Molyneux negativity is still strong I see. Did he promise things and not deliver on everything? Yes. Did he create some of the most fun games? Yes.
For me the second question is more important and his stuff is still more interesting than the pure drivel the bigger gaming companies release these days.
Bring to Xbox please. Day 1 for me!!!!
Game looks a hot mess
So... Black and White with Fable Universe? This is going to be mediocre and not do everything well...but I want it day 1. I just want a good god game.
People don't trust Peter Molyneux due to his lies yet lap up everything Phil Spencer and Todd Howard say.
Get ready for a wild ride everyone; it's everybody's favourite snake oil salesman!
Be everything! Do anyone! REAL TIME RAY-TRACED ACORN PHYSICS!!!!
Man, just give us Black and White again. Swap the "Hero" for a giant animal and you're just about set looking at this.
Man why not just give us Black and White 3
I loved those games as a kid
I am willing to give him a chance.
Sounds interesting. Now can he actually deliver what he promises?
I’ve always enjoyed his games. I’ll never understand how people decide to join in a hate parade just cause others are. I miss the 90s era of this type of game. Hope it comes to console too tho.
If it was like Black and White (this looks more restrictive then it does, I am not that familiar with the IP though so had to look it up even though heard the name/probably looked it up before and forget who owns the IP as well) or other games they had made or another Fable type game then sure expectations would be set better than disappointment.
But a Dungeon Keeper/Black and White type successor I mean sure. Makes sense but expectations were higher and the quality looks a bit off too. Albion is a common fantasy name used from what I've seen so anything was possible.
I myself thought it was fine but not something I care for and I've played some generic tower defence games or good tower defence modes in some games as a side mode. I loved it in Sunset Overdrive, I've played Bloons TD before besides the main series being a puzzle game. So it expanding upon it is FINE or on their mobile games but for console but it's not like Stellar Blade/Infinity Nikki with studios that go yep let's make a more console audience type game when they do. This looks like yeah we will have less mobile elements in this. Like come on. Who are they convincing as if we don't know enough city builders with MTX or other nonsense in the mobile space aren't common and usually fake ad ones at that.
But many likely expected Black and White or Fable. But to me it was just we have a more expanded tower defence game to show you. Which is fair it's nice to have variety and devs making different things from the past just like Dangerous Driving or Judas or Yooka Laylee and such because of licensing or returning to an era but sometimes they can be just as disappointing either how particular they are of new, or old school but new IP or too nostalgic/inspired as well and I'm like what should I be excited for here.
Which is fine but with Albion IN THE NAME or what people come to expect it doesn't really surprise me why people would think yeah excited wait ah, ah, oh, and not what they expected.
Devs can do new things that's fine or build themselves back up but yeah it doesn't not disappoint sometimes.
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