Developer legend Peter Molyneux once made a name for himself with “god games” like “Populus” and “Black and White”, then his path led to NFTs and mobile games. “What was I thinking?” he says self-ironic now. With “Heroes of Albion” he returned to the world of “real” video games at the opening of Gamescom.
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“Heroes of Albion” is a god game that was intentionally designed to be silly. The trailer shows that players can put together not only small towns and houses, but also individual objects. For example, you can make your heroes swords from bread blades, make sandwiches for them, or chop rats into pieces. You can also craft villagers’ clothes and armor differently
While during the day you create more or less useful objects and let the cities flourish, at night you take on the role of a townsperson fighting monsters in a third-person perspective. If the battles get too tricky, you can easily let meteorites attack your enemies as a god. It is not yet known when “Masters of Albion” will be released.
Crazy ideas and broken promises
Peter Molyneux is one of the world’s best-known, but also most controversial developer personalities. Molyneux was responsible for the development of “Populus” and is considered the creator of the “god game” genre. He later developed “Black and White” and worked as a designer at Lionhead Studios on the “Fable” games. He was known for his crazy ideas as well as his broken promises.
In 2012, Molyneux left Lionhead to do his own thing. He founded the development studio 22cans, with which he developed mobile games and PC titles that were largely unsuccessful. “Godus”, which was launched on the market in 2013, is still listed as Early Access on Steam today and, based on user reviews, has convinced only 25 percent of players.
Together with his studio 22cans, with which he is now also developing “Masters of Albion”, Molyneux has recently created the NFT game “Legacy”, which can be played in the browser.
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