Seems pathological at this point.
He’s already overpromising on what he wants his game to have:
“I think that line in Fable – ‘for every choice, a consequence’ – wasn’t delivered on well enough,” Molyneux explained. “I think the possession mechanic that we had in Dungeon Keeper wasn’t delivered on enough. The open-world freedom that we had in Black & White, I think it was good at the start, but it didn’t deliver enough at the end. And Masters Of Albion is an opportunity to mix all those together."
And I’ll tell you the amazing thing – it’s going to fucking work. It really is. It’s like nothing you’ve ever played before, but it’s still unbelievably familiar. It is Black & White, it is Dungeon Keeper, and it is Fable, but it’s a completely new genre. And it shouldn’t really work, but it does.
It would be in his best interest to just shut the fuck up and deliver the game
His current promise honestly sounds like he’s over promising. Also, who keeps giving him money to make games?! I know the article says it’s 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 it’s not too weird that he has this money. It’s super easy for the rich to get richer.
Some people just do. not. learn.
Unfortunately, as long as the people buying his games don’t learn, Molyneux never has to.
I mean… We’re 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 🏴☠️ exists?
I don’t 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. It’s not a hard no, but it’s certainly not a definite yes.
