Molyneux: Oblivion is like a 20,000 page book, you'll never finish it

In an interview with T3, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux said that playing a game like Oblivion that last for 60-70 hours is the equivalent of giving him "a book that is twenty thousand pages long," which is something most people will never finish.

"Well, Oblivion was a fantastic achievement," he when asked about game length.

"Now for me, as a designer, if I hear 'sixty or seventy hours', then in my mind that is the equivalent of giving me a book that is twenty thousand pages long.

"And if I said to you, here's a fantastic book, go and read that... Are you likely to finish a twenty thousand page book? No.

"So in Fable 2, the story lasts thirteen to fourteen hours and by the end of that story what you are like, what you look like and how the world treats you is completely up to you," he went on.

"If you want to be evil or good or kind or cruel, then that's totally up to you. With Oblivion it was basically all about me killing things."

Full interview through the link.

By Mike Bowden