14 DAY TRIAL // Flamboyant games designer Peter Molyneux has once again discussed his Fable franchise, and how he hopes that the next step in the series will amaze gamers with both narrative and technological quality.
Molyneux and his team at Lionhead have been working on the Fable franchise since its inception, managing to implement a wide array of things in the role-playing series.
Now, as the third game was already launched on the Xbox 360 and is finally getting ready to debut on the PC, Molyneux looked back on his creation and admitted that it probably didn't end up as he expected at the start of development.
"I totally blame myself, not anyone upstairs, who all did a wonderful job," he said to CVG. "[After Fable 2's reception] my expectations were sky high. The planning was the problem. We had to look at the process. I think we took Fable 3 and realized it wasn't quite up-to-date with [the best modern games] and that we need to go forward. But the great thing about Fable is there's nothing quite like it out there."
Molyneux emphasizes that Fable attracts through its quirky adventures, ideas and world, not just through nitty-gritty action and technical achievements like first-person shooters do.
When asked about the next installment in the series, Molyneux avoided outright confirming that Fable 4 is in development, but admitted that he wants it to amaze people with quality.
"I have a very clear idea where Fable will go in the future. Trying to be diplomatic, I think that whatever we do next with Fable, we should just amaze people with the quality. If we go on, we're not just going to make another Fable, we're going to make something that stands head and shoulders up with anybody else out there - the best of the best - in terms of its technology, its drama and its storytelling."
Bear in mind that this isn't a confirmation just yet and don't forget that Molyneux promised a lot of great things before the release of Fable III, which received mixed response after its Xbox 360 release.
Hopefully for the big number of Fable fans, he and the Lionhead team can redeem themselves with the PC version of the game, set to appear on May 17.