Peter Molyneux’s studio 22cans has revealed the discharge date for upcoming god sport Masters of Albion, which Molyneux describes as “the end result of [his] life’s work”, and it is coming in spring.
As revealed by IGN, Masters of Albion might be touchdown solely on PC on April twenty second. Molyneux has beforehand described the sim as his “final sport”, so it is also the controversial business icon’s swansong (assuming this actually is his final hurrah, in fact).
Molyneux and 22cans are promising that Masters of Albion will supply a mix of “cozy creativity” through the sport’s days and “brutal survival” when evening falls, which appears like a reasonably usually bold mixture of genres for Fable and Populous’ designer.
In keeping with 22cans and Molyneux, Masters of Albion is a “daring reimagining” of the god sport style, which Molyneux himself helped to pioneer by way of efforts just like the aforementioned Populous, in addition to video games like Black & White and Dungeon Keeper.
It is angling to be a city-builder with a robust narrative component; not solely will you be constructing and creating the city of Oakridge, however you will additionally have the ability to zoom in and see what you’ve got constructed by way of the eyes of the individuals who dwell there.
After all, Molyneux additionally has a historical past of overpromising and (some may say) underdelivering; though the Fable sequence is well-loved, the teachings of Godus ought to educate us to strategy any of Molyneux’s future tasks with trepidation.
That, nonetheless, is a repute Molyneux himself is conscious of. He is known as Masters of Albion an try at “redemption” for him, and that this represents all of his “chips” being placed on the desk.
In any case, if you wish to discover out whether or not Masters of Albion will lastly see Peter Molyneux placing his cash the place his mouth is, you possibly can test it out on PC through Steam on April twenty second. Keep tuned for extra.
