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Molyneux: Rapid innovations will result in new game genres

Posted Jun 6, 2010 at 8:17AM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: PSP, Wii, PS3, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: fable iii, Heavy Rain, Lionhead Studios, Peter Molyneux

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Peter Molyneux has high hopes for gaming's future thanks to the rapid innovations we're now seeing. According to him, we might even see the birth of new genres in the near future.

Speaking to Gamasutra, Molyneux pointed towards three sides that bolster his belief: innovative game control systems spearheaded by console manufacturers, rapidly growing online social spaces, and developers themselves who want to give gamers more emotional experiences.

"There's a lot of forces all coming together at once," said Molyneux. "The hardware manufacturers have really realized, 'Look, if we really want to revolutionize things, it's not about faster processors and more memory. It is actually about things that are being held in the player's hands.

"And then you've got the side where, at last, we're starting to get what online really means," he added, talking up the "digital relationship" cooperative features in Fable III.

"Thirdly, you've got us as software engineers and designers and creators actually saying, 'Hey, we can make emotional experiences," he said. "Games like Heavy Rain give you a true emotional roller coaster ride."

Molyneux believes that when we get used to these three innovative approaches, we'll probably see new genres "in two to three years' time."

Via [Gamasutra]

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I disagree with him. As development cost increases not too many devs will try to risk on new formulas. GT had an episode where they talked to the guy in charge of ME and Dragon Age and he said it cost more money to do all those multiple story path. Not to mention that not every single one of those make into the game.

-2 # EMO Chip! — Stefan Dinkelberg 2010-06-06 10:50

maybe next gen hardware could use some sort of thing that add stuff to emotions or such

AN EMO CHIP!!!!

# RE: EMO Chip! — ThreeB 2010-06-09 21:46

The PS2's processor was called "Emotion Engine" so it's already been done.

I am a fan of Lionhead, but Peter almost always talks big and can't deliver.

+2 # RE: Molyneux: Rapid innovations will result in new game genres — Walo 2010-06-06 12:03

It's just me or Molineux really loves Heavy Rain? I'm not gonna get into the better hardware vs innovation stuff. I think games still need to be worked on story line, better A.I.(no cheating AI), physics, openness, etc. I think Graphics is not such a mayor issue this gen, as it has been in others.

# It's not like the Japanese have been doing this for years... — Out_Of_Practice 2010-06-06 13:31

"Thirdly, you've got us as software engineers and designers and creators actually saying, 'Hey, we can make emotional experiences," he said. "Games like Heavy Rain give you a true emotional roller coaster ride."

Wow, I mean, this is absolutely unique, because it's entirely different from what the Japanese have been doing with VN's for the LAST DECADE.

The only real difference is that Heavy Rain is in 3D, and was sold in the US. Seriously...

+1 # RE: Molyneux: Rapid innovations will result in new game genres — aperson2 2010-06-06 14:32

Old Molyneux looks like current day Iannucci.

He's right though. The early days of N64 and PS1 were littered with experimental titles and genres.

# RE: Molyneux: Rapid innovations will result in new game genres — Humpfreey 2010-06-06 17:02

the guy who gave us Dungeon Keeper is a legend

+2 # RE: Molyneux: Rapid innovations will result in new game genres — But Fukir 2010-06-06 17:29

I kinda liked Syndicate...

-1 # lol — SuperQuest 2010-06-07 10:39

only people who cares about molyneux are 360 fanboys

like i always say
Molyneux = overhyped

# RE: Molyneux: Rapid innovations will result in new game genres — HD 2010-06-07 21:47

YAY can't wait for the pc version of Fable 3, he's the master of arpg's, anything rpg's lol.

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