Syndicate was whole worlds of awesome. I enjoyed Syndicate Wars too but it felt so much like a different game that I could only really appreciate it on any level once I stopped trying to recreate the fun I had playing the original. Some sort of updated - or hell, even just a rerelease in some form - Syndicate would be fantastic. It might even give me the chance to actually 'finish' the game. Hearing the words 'Atlantic Accelerator' together still gives me shivers. | |
Syndicate? Populous? When there's Dungeon Keeper? : ( | |
Also valid. Hell, just rerelease the entire Bullfrog catalogue. | |
I wouldn't mind seeing an updated Populous, assuming it doesn't suck. | |
Yes, I would be all for a new Syndicate game. A good one. SELECTED. | |
Syndicate is one of my favorite PC games ever made. I don't know if there has ever been a game situation cooler than trooping around with a mob of mind-controlled citizens who have armed themselves from the corpses of your enemies. | |
I would systematically blow up all the cars. Yum Flamer and Gauss Rifle. | |
Particularly when said citizens have picked up mind control devices for themselves. I managed to crash my Amiga 500 with that scenario. Good times. | |
Thermal Chest Bomb and Hammering Medikits...the only way to play Syndicate. :) | |
Someone put Molyneux in a padded room in the same insane asylum they ought to build to house George Lucas. I don't want to know what his re-imagining of those classics would end up like. | |
Rereleases of any of those titles would be awesome, and I'd love to see them, even more so if it means he'll stop talking for a while. | |
Unless he Lucas's it up. | |
I would love to see the Bullfrog era games on XBLA. | |
Agreed. Maybe then he'll stop making new games! | |
Personally, I want even more new IP's from Peter, I love just about all of his games. They all have such charm to them that I just sucked into them every time. Its okay though if he goes back and brings those classics to a whole new generation of gamers...if he does it right of course =P | |
I find it hard to imagine Lucas'ing up Syndicate... Actually, given the Australian Government these days, maybe not so hard. "Bonzer game you got there mate, but can you cut out all the blood, burning and weaponary. And can you add in some quicktime events, inane chatter NPCS and leaps of faith?" | |
They would probably contain a dog... that you couldn't control(!!!) | |
Allowing these old games to be digitally distributed: great idea. Letting him alter the game to be re-released: don't feed Lucas v.2 | |
Syndicate was a great game and Syndicate Wars was even better. I remember all the moving billboards in that game showed 2000AD comic strips. Judge dredd Rogue Trooper et al | |
id like to see a dungeon keeper 3 but the first one was soo much better then the second cuz it had easy camra controll | |
Easily one of the finer moments of gaming. | |
Nah where would they even put in an AT - AT? OT; syndicate - never played it but hear nothing but good things (and many more today from this forum) so I look forward to it. | |
Could someone ELSE redo his classics? I'd absolutely LOVE a sequel or remake of Populous: The Beginning (Hell, a port would do), but I'd be afraid that Peter has lost his grip on reality and sanity. We'd probably end up having to make a choice to build a new house or give the pregnant women an abortion. Some games don't need karma-o-meters, Pete! They don't need to have gimmicks! | |
I hope he can do that. This might sound stupid, but I just want updated graphics fro ther games, keep everything else though. Imagine playing Dungeon Keeper with the graphics technology we have nowadays. | |
This. Oh god this. | |
Oh Peter...re-doing your classics would involve actually HAVING classics. | |
Oh yes. Syndicate now please, that game was an awesome venture into PC gaming as a tyke, it was great.
...Get off my internet. | |
As long as he keeps true to every ambition he mouths on and on about. If he delivers something remotely like he promised, maybe they'd be worth re-doing. | |
You know how I know this thread got mega necro'd? Because I posted in it when it was first posted about 10 months ago.
You doubt Populous? For shame. | |
Never heard of it. | |
Give us god damn Theme Hospital again!! | |
Seriously ? Wheter or not you like the man dosen't take anything from his achievements, he's over-enthusiastic but he is a good designer. Never heard of Populous,Syndicate,Theme park,Dungeon Keeper,Black&White or Fable ? They can easily be considered gaming classics. He also made some other fun games, like The Movies and Powermonger... Anyways my point is even if the man is criticized a lot, he is still one of the gaming pioneers. | |
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Peter Molyneux Would Like To Redo His Classics
Fable 2 designer Peter Molyneux says he'd happily take the opportunity to update some of his past classics like Populous and Syndicate, but he's not expecting it to happen anytime soon.
Molyneux, who headed the famed Bullfrog Productions before it was purchased by Electronic Arts in the mid-90s, was the man behind hits like the ground-breaking god game Populous and Syndicate, an ultra-violent isometric action/strategy game. His work on those titles, as well as on other classics like Magic Carpet and Powermonger, established his reputation in the industry, and on the eve of the release of his latest effort, Fable 2, Molyneux told Videogamer.com that he'd welcome a chance to have another go at his back catalog.
"I think it would probably be Syndicate or Populous again," he said, before quickly pointing out that it was almost certainly never going to happen. "The rights are completely with EA," he continued, "They're hardly going to pick up the phone and say, 'Hi Peter. Why not do these games?' They'd want to keep it for themselves I would suspect."
Despite wanting to do it himself, Molyneux added that he'd have no problem at all if EA took it upon themselves to release updated versions of his older games as downloadable titles. "Oh I'd love it. It would be fantastic. I've got no qualms of somebody else doing it," he said. "I'd just love to see it updated, the concept kept alive. It would be second best but it would still be great."
I like to have a little fun at his expense now and then, but the truth is that games like Populous, Magic Carpet and my own personal favorite, Syndicate, were landmark games and established Molyneux in my estimation as a designer beyond all reproach. Regardless of the ultimate success of Fable 2, Molyneux's influence on the industry has been immense, and the opportunity to play an updated release of his greatest works would be sweet indeed.
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