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Shadow20002
09-14-2004, 08:00 AM
Interview Video (http://www.kikizo.com/viewer/vidview_games_fast.asp?games/petermolyneux_videointerview_aug04/kikizo.com_petermolyneux_interview_aug04_censored.wmv)

KEY PROJECTS

Which Lionhead projects he is most closely involved with at the moment and how the schedule will develop
The people working on Black and White 2 and The Movies - what they bring to the project.
Black and White 2 - "It's going to be absolutely awesome" - why? What's it all about?
A lot of new mechanics and the use of physics in B&W2 - explain.
The Movies - the concept and the system behind it.
The AI systems in The Movies - Lionhead's best AI yet?
The Movies "breaks out of the bounds of a normal game" - why?
Peter says something significant is going to happen to AI... what, why?

BACK TO FABLE
Sexual content in Fable - how, why? Discuss!
Why has it taken the industry taken so long to put sexual content in games?
Censorship in Fable - infamously - what are the implications on the original vision?

CENSORSHIP
Why censorship will become a REAL issue to games...
"There will be some game or system that'll be very controversial in the next couple of years..."

DIMITRI
At long last - Peter talks about Dimitri for the first time! "If I told you more, you just wouldn't believe me."
The stage Dimitri is at and how big is the project? How does Lionhead perceive the project?

NEXT GENERATION
Next generation - what has Peter's initial impressions taught him?
"We have to stop games taking four years."
XNA and why Peter hopes it works.
How will the Xenon/PS3/N-Rev thing play out? What is next gen's potential?

DEVELOPMENT
The death rate of the games development scene - issues - discuss.
Re: Developers - have you considered satellite scheme like Karl Jeffrey & Climax?
"The Pitch" - How do you convince publishers your games will sell?
"You just can't design in the blue sky."
"There are not enough people with enough confidence to invest in £20m projects..."
"That's the day we start making crap to be honest with you." - what day's that?!

COMPLEX/SIMPLE
Do you agree with Satoru Iwata's stance that games are too complicated? Fable's pretty complicated!
"People don't want to feel like they're learning..."
Are you ever tempted to make really simple games?
Exclusive - Peter would love to make a soccer game! Why?
Rag Doll Kung Fu - what the hey?
Wario Ware - "My mouth dropped open"

THE PC
"There's been very little to make me excited..."
Peter discusses Half-Life 2, Doom 3 - the PC's potential...

PLUS
Plus a sneaky outtake...

faceoff508
09-14-2004, 07:01 PM
This game won't see Xbox, has to be for Xbox 2 cause this studio takes thier time making games.