Enthusiastic developer Peter Molyneux has revealed how he thinks the games industry needs to innovate in order to grow – by creating games that make a player feel loved.
The Lionhead boss was addressing an audience of games industry peers in London last week, as part of EA lecture, 'The Industry Speaks: The Future of Entertainment'.
Speaking of the development of upcoming Xbox 360 title Fable 2, and its new features, Molyneux said: "The big feature is the emotions that I want to you to feel. And for me, that is where the revolution comes."
"We have felt the emotion of killing and maiming and the emotions of power. But we need more complex and interesting emotions. That is where real innovation is going to come from."
He said that online play has the potential to bring players together, and open gaming up to a much wider audience, provided it was possible to make players feel loved.
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Shaolin Monks is a forgotten gem. I would love to see a new one, or a remake of the old.
That game was actually goated. It was the first time ever that I actually tried to get good at a fighting game. Unfortunately the online connection was so dogshit it made it hard to enjoy and eventually I gave up. Haven't really played much fighting games since.
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Two non-BC and no-PC-version Arcade titles I downloaded recently. Dishwasher's sequel is on Steam at least.
I've also downloaded Ninety-Nine Nights II (shame the first wasn't available). I still want to download Burnout 3: Takedown before the weekend's up, though that is still the full $9.99 non-discounted price
Burnout 3 not available in modern times is a crime to humanity.
I know it’s probably due to the music licensing-though they can simply add other music as Burnout 3’s biggest flaw to me personally-is the music!!!
But the problem is that dev's struggle to even write a decent plot never mind beleaveable emotions I hope the people making heavy rain carry on with the same standard of writing and character animation as a the trailer showed and if fable 2 gets close to that then these 2 games really will be the true start of the next gen.
I truly believe Mass effect is going for this, and Bioshock as well, innovation and emotion, this is a good read though, because everything he says is spot on with things that would make all games more immersive, fun, and a whole lot easier for EVERYONE to play and get into
I'm all right with emotion but you need a good story behind it was well. When I play a video game i want to feel like Im in a good movie, not a 'Chick-Flick'