Comments on: Syndiiicate

By: Jesucristo

Jesucristo — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:44:04 +0000

A syndicate III next gen would be a shit, surely. filled with autoregeneration, arrows, indicators and Win Now Button. And made by Peter Moulineaux, the “one button man”… arj

By: A Riot of our own? The Wall | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

A Riot of our own? The Wall | Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:54:10 +0000

[...] short, it seems to be a kind of a first-person revolutionary simulator, like a cross between Syndicate and Rockstar’s not-very-good State of Emergency. It appears – and you’ll note I’m [...]

By: Omnibus: March 16th - 22nd | Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Pretentious, moi?

Omnibus: March 16th - 22nd | Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Pretentious, moi? — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:32:42 +0000

[...] radio. Virtusphere. What the shit. EA’s Chris Corry doesn’t slag PC. Audience gasps. Peter Molyneux teases us. About Syndicate sequel. Jim gets cross. What a child he is. The Sims 3 is coming. Open world, but [...]

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:58:18 +0000

Reply to Vinicus.

Back in the Bullfrog days the limitation was the hardware. Even then he really really pushed the tech at times http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s9f5hiMgpQ (notice how it says he scrapped three different engines? Imagine how much longer that would add to dev time today)

Now hes just like a big kid who seems to get bored before he’s finished because it takes too damn long to polish the graphics and sound that us young whipper snappers eat up. Which is why I think Fable and Black and White play more like tech demos. By the time he got them working it was five years later and he realised he didn’t have any levels (B&W) or had to cut back on all the fluff to reach the current generation of consoles (Fable).

I do think he’s one of those guys who should never get a decent budget. It’s like the maker of a brilliant independent film who suddenly ends up with a $100 million budget and all the baggage and expectations that brings. If he was still quasi indie such as Stardock or Introversion then I’m pretty certain I’d sleep cuddling a framed photo of him.

For the record, I do like The Movies though it’s still shallow compared to the Theme and Keeper games. In my opinion Theme Hospital is still the best management game ever made and hasn’t left my hard drive in eight years. I still haven’t played B&W 2.

By: Vinícius

Vinícius — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:21:21 +0000

Jonathan:

Aww come on, he isn’t that bad. Granted, he is a dreamer… But hey, every industry has at least one of those huh?

Molyneux has accomplished quite a lot back in the days and he didn’t have any restrictions hehe. He just needs someone to kick his arse during PR sessions…

By: K

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:17:08 +0000

Sinister Theme Park.

By: Muzman

Muzman — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:47:34 +0000

New Magic Carpet! /:O XD :P and things of that nature. They can use that flexible terrain engine from that PS3 game (or whatever it was that got previewed a few weeks back)

By: Okami

Okami — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:38:25 +0000

Shouldn’t there be a law against using the words “console” and “dumbed down” in the same sentence?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:24:51 +0000

Reply to Vinicius
I’ll weep in thick jets of joy if only Microsoft would hire someone to slap Molyneux whenever it looks like hes about to talk to someone in the gaming press.
“We’re going to have dogs instead of health bars” PANG
“They’ll love you no matter what. It’s unconditional love” PANG
“Some people can’t tell the difference between love and lust” PANG
“I know what love is” PANG

That last line should only be said by Hot Choclate.

But I imagined the games Molyneux could make with just some limitations imposed on him. Not stringent limitations mind you, just enough that he won’t get carried and spend five years working on a tech demo like Fable or Black and White. I imagined what he would do if someone said “Thats enough of that Pete”. I imagined this and then I wept.

By: Vinícius

Vinícius — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:39:56 +0000

Microsoft has the monies.

Fable 2 sells well.

Molyneux asks nicely.

Molyneux gets the license.

Lionhead hires the great Bullfrogmen.

“Syndicate III” announced.

PC gaming community at large weeps in joy.

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:50:09 +0000

Didn’t Molyneux himself have very little to do with Syndicate though?

By: Poddagoblin

Poddagoblin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:49:45 +0000

Hello derFeef!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobliiins . Three iii’s because there were 3 goblins! See? And this would be the thiiird Syndicate! See? Do you see? Do you?

b)WHAT THE FUCK?!
Gobliiins 4 is currently in production, planned for release during 2008.

Yay?!