Mon, Sep 01, 2008 | 15:30 BST

Molyneux: Fable II’s a “9 out of 10″

Hilarious. Peter Molyneux’s given Fable II a 9/10, speaking in the latest issue of UK mag Xbox World 360.

“I’d rate it a 9 out of 10,” he said.

“It’s the best, most complete game I’ve ever worked on. The look is perfect, the interface is fantastic. It’s a role-playing game, but where are all the f***ing icons? Aren’t you supposed to be cluttering the screen up with mini-maps and the like? Not us.

“RPGs are one of the most complex game types there are,” added Molyneux. “But for me, the idea of being who I want to be and my character being different to yours, well, I think is one of the coolest genres of game.”

More through the link. Go, Peter.

20 comments

#1

Blerk
01/09/08, 3:33 pm

I like mini-maps! :-(

#2

Newbie101
01/09/08, 3:42 pm

So instead… theres a big yellow arrow which points where to go, wahoo :/.

#3

SchulzA
01/09/08, 3:46 pm

game developing 101 if its not broken don’t fix it… well i guest that works for almost everything :s

#4

TheDifficult3rdAlbum
01/09/08, 3:50 pm

I would write “So, better than Halo then?” but I’m not that kind of person.

#5

pjmaybe
01/09/08, 4:03 pm

Y’know, I can’t imagine any other developers / producers giving their own projects such a high score. Thank heavens PM is such a meek and unpretentious little wallflower, modestly knocking off a point like that.

#6

morriss
01/09/08, 4:12 pm

I’m going to give it a 10/10. Just because I can.

#7

fj
01/09/08, 4:15 pm

Is that an Edge 9 or an IGN 9?

#8

No_PUDding
01/09/08, 4:20 pm

Neither…

It’s a Molynuex 9!

@pjmaybe lol

#9

Michael
01/09/08, 4:33 pm

Molyneux sure has been cursing a lot lately. What’s up with that?

#10

ecu
01/09/08, 4:35 pm

I agree, I reckon it’ll be quality.

I still cannot fucking stand the character designs, but I’m tempted by it nonetheless because it does seem really good.

#11

Psychotext
01/09/08, 4:42 pm

pjmaybe: You can’t? I’ve seen a ton of developers rating their own stuff as 9/10 or 10/10. Problem is that they’re the absolute worst people to rate their game because they’re too close to it.

#12

Tiger Walts
01/09/08, 4:43 pm

I think it’s due to his handler’s conditioning techniques. Every time he veers off track and looks like he’s going to promise something he can’t deliver they give him an electric shock. Naturally this results in the odd bit of cursing, edited from most reports.

This has led to the curious side-effect of Peter simply cursing even if he just thinks about going off track.

#13

pjmaybe
01/09/08, 5:29 pm

He’s great though. He’s like a mad old randy uncle at a kid’s party. Every time you think he’s “safe” he does something completely nutso just to remind you what a fruitloop he is :) Bless ‘im.

Psych – I know, I know dude…I remember the Haze devs and their opinion of their game…and we all know how that panned out.

#14

Hero of Canton
02/09/08, 12:40 am

I met him the other week. What a thoroughly lovely bloke. And a PR person’s worst nightmare. :)

#15

No_PUDding
02/09/08, 2:31 am

I have faith.

Co-op cannot fail.

Another reason why Mercs 2 didn’t deserve a 5.

#16

PsychoKnight 1
03/09/08, 3:03 pm

Peter Molyneux was wrong Fable 2 is going to be a 10/10 its going to be the best 360 game out seriously GoW 2 is second best and to all u bitching about this game go and play ur cod4 or wotever u play and stop moaning about it. The charecter design is a hell of alot better than 1 and co-op is the best as u can do every single thing on it that u can do on single player unlike gta 4 check out youtube theirs sum amazing vids of fable 2

#17

Blerk
03/09/08, 3:05 pm

What the hell is happening to the internets today? I blame Google.

#18

No_PUDding
03/09/08, 3:09 pm

Holy shit… I thought it was Psychotext…

*phew*

Yep, Chrome really screwed with soem peoples minds!

#19

Blerk
03/09/08, 3:10 pm

EG’s just the same today. It’s like someone removed a filter somewhere.

#20

Psychotext
03/09/08, 3:20 pm

No_PUD: Not quite that insane. Besides that, I can spell.

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