Man kunne kalde LittleBigPlanet et hyggeligt spil, afhængigt af hvordan man definerer den undergenre af spil, der hjælper dig med at slappe af efter en stressende dag. Men et af de ledende hoveder bag studiet, der opfandt Sackboy og hans øjeblikkelige klassikere - Media Molecule-medstifter Mark Healey - mener dog, at hyggelige spil kan gå hen og blive kedelige.
I et interview med The Game Business om samarbejdet med sin gamle chef, Peter Molyneux, på det kommende Masters of Albion, forklarede Healey, at selvom han forstod trenden med "cozy games" under COVID, ønskede han, at de var lidt mere engagerende.
"There's a lot of people that like cozy games - I think they became really popular during COVID, actually - but I find them incredibly boring," sagde Healey. "I can understand the appeal of them, but I'm like, it's so much nicer if you just mix in a bit of extreme violence as well, just to sort of balance it out a little bit."
Masters of Albion har to sider, da spillet ifølge Healey er "cosy by day and chaos by night." Russell Shaw, en anden tidligere Lionhead-medarbejder, der arbejdede på flere ikoniske titler, før han nu er vendt tilbage til Molyneux-folden, er enig med Healey i, at projektet tilbyder en oplevelse, der ikke ligner noget andet.
"Peter explained that he was doing this game, which was a mixture of Dungeon Keeper, Black & White and Fable. I did all of those. And I said, 'it's got to be me'. And he agreed," sagde Shaw. "Just the whole idea of a nostalgia trip for people who loved our previous games, to bring those together into one game in its own right... it appealed to me massively."
Masters of Albion udkommer den 22. april til PC.