Peter Molyneux is back with a fresh take on ‘The Game of God’

If you’re a gamer of a certain age, you probably have fond memories of Peter Molyneux as the mastermind behind ambitious games like densely populated, Dungeon Keeperand myth If you were a little younger, you might remember him as the guy who overpromised and overdelivered. Godus Project And a recent NFT game somehow attracted $54 million in pre-investment from players ( It was actually launched in some form last year.). I mention this date because after years of keeping his head down, Molineux suddenly appeared in Gamescom Live Opening EventHe was there to give. Lords of Albiona title that host Geoff Keighley says Molyneux has been “secretly working on for the past three years” and which Molyneux himself describes as “a divine open-world game full of combat, choices, puzzles and story.”

A Early Trailer Because the game takes us back to myth“The vast, familiar world of Albon, filled with stories, quests, treasures, and monsters.” There, the townspeople of Oakridge must work to gather and process resources during the day and then defend themselves against hordes of creatures at night.

You will be able to help these citizens as a kind of disembodied divine hand that will be very familiar to players. black and white Games from decades past. This hand can help direct resources, design new buildings like Lego bricks, or rudely drop villagers from high into the sky.

Players will also be able to leave God Mode and have characters like “Hero of the City,” who in the trailer engages in some very normal hand-to-hand combat with some very normal-looking zombies. If your hero gets overwhelmed, don’t worry, you can switch back to God Mode and unleash some powerful lightning and fireball attacks.

do what you want

The trailer talks about the deep levels of customization management you can engage in, right down to designing your resident’s food, clothing, weapons, and armor. “You can be as idiot as you want,” Molyneux intones as the trailer shows off a sword made from a loaf of bread (which “doesn’t do the trick”) and after a scene where townsfolk force-feed rats (who react to Sims-such as exaggerating emotion).

After some controversial funding issues for recent games, Molyneux is self-funding its development. Albion Lordsleading a team of 20 people, including Bullfrog/Lionhead veterans like Mark Healy, Russell Shawand Ian Wright“I think the first thing I realized was that I had to get the old team back together,” Molyneux said of the developers he brought together “to make something new, unique and different.”

You can actually add wishes to your wish list. Albion Lords On a new Steam page This continues the promise of “a world full of quests and moral choices” where you “unravel the mystery of the witches, defeat the enemy that lurks in the night, and overcome the magic that could kill us all.” You’d be forgiven for waiting until the game’s release to see if it delivers on that promise.

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