New Scientist's technology features editor David Cohen came along too, and conducted the interview below. Molyneux explains why games need emotions, how he's trying to do it in the forthcoming Fable 2, and where this might lead.
The Xbox 360 was a fantastic console in its day with some truly classic titles, but what are the seven best games for the console?
I'll go with,
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga, Shadow Complex, Ace Combat 6 with the flight stick,A Kingdom for Keflings, A World of Keflings.
Bonus Kinect Games: Happy Action Theater and Sesame Street.
*Skyrim was so bad on PS3 that it almost deserves to be #1*
Was this made by a.i.? No human being would put Shadowrun, Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Conviction into a list of the 7 best Xbox 360 games.
Would love to play Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but Xbox decided to buy exclusivity and keep it off a competing platform.
The only mainline game I never played except for one level at a friends place. Game sold less than any other in the series if I remember correctly.
When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....
Fable II launched back in 2008 and remains the best the series has offered. Ahead of the series comeback, it's time to look at the classic.
Loved this game, oh and i always saved my dog at the end, hope the new Fable has a animal companion.
Fable 2 was the best inthe series. Peter waaaaaaay over promised with fable 1 and it was good but disappointing. He didn't go crazy eith hype for the second game and it was surprisingly awesome. Then he ran his mouth promoting 3 and it was the worst of the 3.
I only got to play it once 😩 I'm so tempted to buy a Xbox 360 slim but planning on getting the series x soon since I got a PS5 in February Im ready to get saints row 1&2 back, GTA 4, fable 2, but I also want to play infamous 1&2 again Sony screwed us over with the stream only for saints row 2 and other gems smh
It’s foolish to say that one RPG is "better" than all the rest across systems and generations. This is merely the 25 RPGs we feel are the best and nothing more!
Dragon Quest 11 isn't even the best Dragon Quest game, it's a good game, but not the best. Dragon Quest 8 is superior to it in almost every way.
OK let's end this, in order
Xenogears
Final Fantasy 8
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 9
Final Fantasy 6
Chrono Trigger
Legend of Dragoon
Breath of Fire 4
Breath of Fire 3
Dragon Quest 8
Dragon Quest 11
Vagrant Story
Saga Frontier 2
Chrono Cross
Suikoden 2
Suikoden
Threads of Fate
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
Lunar 2
Some of my personal favorites are Planescape: Torment, New Vegas, Morrowind, Kotor 2, Wasteland 3, Witcher 2, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, Deus Ex, Disco Elysium and Vampyr.
As far as jrpg, while I'm not as big a fan as I am for Western RPGs, I love Persona 3 - 5, Dragon Quest 8 and 11, Rogue Galaxy, Final Fantast 6,7, and 12; and Lost Odyssey.
"You cannot control your dog." "Just think about that, YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE DOG!" ZOMGKJJFKQDF!!!
I am really looking forward to this game, and i believe fable 2 will be great. But that aside, Peter Molyneux should stop doing interviews. He gets hyped up about the smallest things in his games, and fails to deliver.
Fable 1: you can plant seeds, and it will be A TREEEEEEEE.
Fable 2: Emotions are the key. you have a dog. NO MAP, NO HUG, JUST A DOG. you will love the dog, play with the dog, give it orders, BUT NOT CONTROL IT
once again, i think this game will be great, but peter is such a great source of entertainment.
this game has to come out soon, and knowing it's 360 exclusive just makes me even happier. I think in terms of RPG's Microsoft has sony beat.
I like when the ending of games are sort of emotional kind of like DOA4 for 360 which was my favorite ending ever and Metroid 1 for Nintendo! If they could inject some type of emotion during the game then this would really change the way we think about games! You know I bet that Halo 3 might even be kind of emotional since its got one of the best stories to date with it's perfect music score and Trusty Bell has some deepness to it as well! Please fable 2 live up to the hype and be a lot longer than the last one!
Seriously, even if he doesn't fully deliver with Fable 2 this guy earns a medal just because he's got a real gamer heart and really wants to revolutionize gaming.
I've never seen such a passioned and inspiring developer, I'm glad there still a few around.
That said, I think he'll run out of credit if Fable 2 really disappoints. So he better make it good and show what some old fashion passion and devotion can do! :)