The notorious Peter Molyneux made his return to sport developement at yesterday’s Gamescom Opening Evening to disclose his newest venture, Masters of Albion.
The Fable sequence, which Peter Molyneux helped create, are additionally set in Albion. So what provides? Nicely, Albion is definitely simply one other title for Nice Britain, that means Peter Molyneux can set his new sport there with none copyright difficulty.
However that isn’t the place it ends. Pete’s new sport does tempt destiny extra by drawing apparent comparisons to the Fable video games, from the art-style to the title of the city within the trailer – Oakridge, which sounds near Fable’s city of Oakfield positioned in Rookridge. Then there’s the humour, the hen sounds (Fable is legendary for its chickens) and even the descriptor of “my hero”, which looks like an apparent nod to all of Fable’s lead character’s being referred to as the Hero.
However what really is that this new sport? It’s a mix of genres. IGN’s preview describes it greatest: “Masters of Albion goals to be one thing of a Molyneux Best Hits; a venture that revisits concepts from lots of the prolific designer’s previous video games and reinterprets them for the trendy age. The end result appears to be a mashup of Dungeon Keeper, Black & White, and Fable – a city-building god sport that’s additionally a third-person RPG. Yup, Molyneux’s trademark wild ambition is certainly again.”
The trailer although, is janky. Clunky, stock-sounding sound results, and weirdly janky cursor actions give this new venture a really tough really feel. Hopefully that’s simply because it’s very early in growth.
