Peter Molyneux returns to introduced Masters of Albion, a sport set within the Fable universe. Besides it additionally isn’t – WGB

The notorious Peter Molyneux made his return to sport developement at yesterday’s Gamescom Opening Night time to disclose his newest venture, Masters of Albion.

The Fable collection, which Peter Molyneux helped create, are additionally set in Albion. So what offers? Effectively, Albion is definitely simply one other title for Nice Britain, that means Peter Molyneux can set his new sport there with none copyright subject.

However that isn’t the place it ends. Pete’s new sport does tempt destiny extra by drawing apparent comparisons to the Fable video games, from the art-style to the title of the city within the trailer – Oakridge, which sounds near Fable’s city of Oakfield situated in Rookridge. Then there’s the humour, the hen sounds (Fable is legendary for its chickens) and even the descriptor of “my hero”, which appears like an apparent nod to all of Fable’s lead character’s being known as the Hero.

However what really is that this new sport? It’s a mix of genres. IGN’s preview describes it greatest: “Masters of Albion goals to be one thing of a Molyneux Biggest Hits; a venture that revisits concepts from lots of the prolific designer’s previous video games and reinterprets them for the trendy age. The consequence appears to be a mashup of Dungeon Keeper, Black & White, and Fable – a city-building god sport that’s additionally a third-person RPG. Yup, Molyneux’s trademark wild ambition is unquestionably again.”

The trailer although, is janky. Clunky, stock-sounding sound results, and weirdly janky cursor actions give this new venture a really tough really feel. Hopefully that’s simply because it’s very early in improvement.