He had magnetism, and this meant that he was one of very few of us who could count on an audience to follow him.'īut it was that very strength that, in many ways, was at once his biggest flaw. Like a movie star carrying his brand from film to film, he became known as a voice, a presence, whatever. ' Peter Molyneux managed to do something that very few of us in this industry ever do,' wrote Tadhg Kelly in TechCrunch following that interview. He's vowed to stop speaking to the press following a rather brutal interview at the gaming site Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Molyneux, once a bright light of video games whose ideas and charm rocketed him above the status of many other developers, has fallen low. Look no further than Peter Molyneux for an example of where this sort of faith in an eccentric ideas-person gets us. Read More: 'Metal Gear Solid V' Style Review Events Are Part Of The Problem

When we lose faith, there's no place to go but down. They fall hard because we-the mob-become their pedestal.

I think it's important to recognize that the mighty fall. I imagine Konami's decision to erase it was quite the slap in the face. He's fond of building hype and stirring up controversy, and it's little wonder that his name is always plastered to his games-something you rarely see in this industry. Kojima, unlike Miyazaki, is fond of the spotlight, however. People like Miyazaki and Kojima really do bring a lot of great game design to the table, but so do their teams. Maybe we should be careful when we start to find ourselves building up these heroes of gaming in our minds. And maybe there's truth to that, but maybe it's more complicated.

Series creator Hidetaka Miyazaki was only involved in a limited capacity on the game, so no wonder it wasn't as good. It reminds me a bit of the language used when Dark Souls II came out and people shrugged off its apparent weaknesses by blaming the 'B-team' for its failures.

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