If you know me, you know I have a mixed opinion of Peter Molyneaux. I certainly believe the man is a visionary game designer and that he honestly wants to push the boundaries of gaming to their absolute limits. On the other hand, the man has never really known when to keep his mouth shut and has overhyped his games and promised so many features that it's nearly impossible to ever live up to them. Black & White and Fable, and all the broken promises clearly come to mind anytime I hear his name.
Anyway, Kikizo Games had a chance to talk to PM one on one, and came away with some tantalizing hints about Lionhead Studios upcoming sequel to Fable while finally managing to keep his word and not promise the world. It's a great read, and touches on both where Lionhead is going now that they're under the Microsoft Games umbrella and the difficulties being faced by independent studios in the industry.
Perhaps most interesting are the small hints about possible features we'll be seeing in Fable 2 - the one which I found the most interesting is when asked about if he'd ever consider making Fable a MMOG, Molyneaux had the following to say;
"I can't really answer the question in detail, but you know, personally, I'm more fascinated in what Live means to you and your friends. I think that's a really exciting thing. I think of MMO games as being a way to make new friends, and what fascinates me as a designer, at what I found when I was playing on the 360 with the friends list, I really found that there was a very interesting bond that happened when you played the same game together, and I found that fascinating. So it's a bit of a mysterious answer, but, you know... I can't really give any examples." -Peter Molyneaux
Now this is just a guess on my part, but looking at the above comment and seeing how the E3 teaser showed TWO heroes killing a creature as a team, I'm thinking we're going to be looking at some type of co-op mode in Fable 2 via Xbox Live. Again, there's nothing official behind that, that's just how I'm calling what I've seen and read. Check out the full interview with Peter Molyneaux at Kikizo Games here and be amazed.
