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Peter Molyneux: "The Worst Thing I Ever Said"

By james_fudge

Lionhead studios founder Peter Molyneux knows that he has been accused of telling some tall tales. I do not want to say that he has lied in the past about his games, but he has certainly raised expectations on one particular title that still dogs him to this day. Speaking at Eurogamer Expo Friday, Molyneux shared what he thought was the "worst thing he'd ever said." It happened after he left Bullfrog - GameIndustry.biz has the flirt:

"We went away worked hard at building a team, Big Blue Box. We were lucky enough to get a contract with Microsoft," he said, "and then I went out to the press and I said something terrible. Probably the worst thing I've ever said in my life. I said Fable is going to be the greatest roleplaying game of all time."

"That was the first time I really realised that you can make huge mistakes in the press - you can't just stand up and get all enthusiastic like I do with developers." Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on October 02, 2010 (boomark / email).