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Comment on ‘It’s about redemption’: Peter Molyneux says Masters of Albion will make up for decades of ‘overpromising on things’

very_well_lost@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I’m not sure that Pete has actually played a game he wasn’t directly involved with since like… 2010?

What we’ve seen of his new game really isn’t that interesting in the modern landscape. Maybe a decade ago it would have been fresh and had enough of a hook to compete for gamers’ attention, but today? It looks pretty forgettable.

Then when you consider Molyneux’s propensity towards feature creep, it’s probably safe to assume that even if the game is a ‘success’ by most conventional metrics, it won’t be profitable because the amount of money spent to make the damn thing will have been completely insane.

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Decq@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I can’t even finish the trailer with how boring and stale it looks. Calling it pretty forgettable is stating it nicely… I’m convinced this game will be released and nobody will even notice. He even sounds bored out of his mind himself.

Maybe there is a market of mobile gamers gone PC that he’s trying to capture, much like Godus? I don’t see how this will entice anyone else.

Basically he has no clout left, even though I still wish for a good Black and White sequel, B&W 2 doesn’t count.

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Agent_Karyo@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Arguably the issue isn't so much in the gaming landscape as the history behind the game.

His previous "game" was a crypto/NFT scam where they sold land (as NFTs) to people who were speculating they could make IRL money from renting out this "land" to plebs.

It was a compete failure. I played it for an hour on a free sever (or something similar). The gameplay was complete shit, it was tedious and grindy (like mobile titles), graphics were ugly, gameplay was repetitive and uninspired, the multiplayer elements didn't really make much sense.

All the NFT buyers got destroyed while Molyneux collected tens of millions.

Allegedly that money was used to "invest" in Masters of Albion.

But the real kicker is that Masters of Albion seems to be based on that NFT scam game engine (which IMO is beyond saving).

I wouldn't be surprised if this a managed exit from his previous crypto/NFT scam "game".

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- svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Scamming a bunch of NFT idiots is an arguably better funding model than promising a bunch of stuff to Kickstarter backers that you aren’t going to deliver on.
  
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  - Agent_Karyo@piefed.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I would prefer if neither one was a thing.
    
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