Masters of Albion is a 'Best of Peter Molyneux' greatest hits collection in one game, but I fear it might not measure up to the games that inspired it

Masters of Albion is a ‘Best of Peter Molyneux’ greatest hits collection in one game, but I fear it might not measure up to the games that inspired it | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Sim Peter Molyneux’s Masters of Albion looks like three games in one, but it also looks like none of them is any good Strategy ‘We’re going to make some horrendous mistakes,’ Peter Molyneux says about his upcoming swan song Masters of Albion: ‘Horrendous, horrendous mistakes’ Strategy Peter Molyneux’s final game is coming in April: ‘Masters of Albion is the culmination of my life’s work,’ he says, not that he’s overhyping it or anything Games The best parody account in gaming hangs up its hat after 17 years: Peter Molydeux is retiring Action After 6 hours, Crimson Desert is one of the most overwhelming, chaotic, madcap videogames I’ve ever played—and I’m hungry for more City Builder Manor Lords’ dev is experimenting with a new trading system that allows for ‘deliberate economic strategies’, including establishing monopolies on resources RPG Fable is coming this fall, will let you kill a giant Richard Ayoade and possibly destroy the local housing market in the process RPG Fable reboot devs aren’t trying to make a Lionhead game, but one important hallmark will carry over because ‘kicking chickens is classic Fable’ MMO Project: Gorgon has recaptured the old-school MMO magic I thought was dead and gone by letting me ask a pig about its mother so hard it dies Sim Going Medieval stole my heart with a large, cursed hole Card Game The Killing Stone combines occult contract law with card-battling in an isolated 17th century mansion RPG Everything we know about Fable, the reboot on the twisted heroes RPG series Games The best indie games on PC Action Crimson Desert review: The Forza Horizon of action RPGs Gaming Industry CEO of Kitfox Games reckons hundreds of hours playing Civilization could be the secret to the Dwarf Fortress publisher’s success: ‘Maybe Kitfox wouldn’t be as successful if I didn’t know how to alternate between science trees and army defences’ Popular PC Gamer ClipsCrimson DesertMarathonBest PC gearGDCQuizzes Games Sim Masters of Albion Masters of Albion is a ‘Best of Peter Molyneux’ greatest hits collection in one game, but I fear it might not measure up to the games that inspired it Features By Joshua Wolens published 23 March 2026 No cube this time, though. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter First, the good news: Peter Molyneux has learnt (one of) his lesson(s). Masters of Albion will not try to flog you NFTs, no one said the words “play to earn” in the entirety of its hands-off demo, and I didn’t see a single unfathomable cube in the 40ish minutes I watched Molyneux walk me and a gaggle of other press through its systems.What I did see was a lot of old and not much new. Molyneux and 22cans have cast aside those 2010s-era boondoggles, and in their place returned to the formulae of the ’90s and early 2000s that first made Molyneux a household name. For a particular sort of household, anyway. (Image credit: 22cans)Masters of Albion—which hits Steam early access on April 22—is a bit Fable, a bit Black and White, a bit Dungeon Keeper. It ping-pongs you between systems at speed: now you’re designing your town, now you’re defending it from enemies, now you’re inhabiting a single hero villager directly and roaming the world map. It’s Now That’s What I Call Molyneux 2006, but here’s the rub: I’m not convinced any of Masters of Albion’s distinct parts are as good as the original games that inspired them.Article continues below You may like Peter Molyneux’s Masters of Albion looks like three games in one, but it also looks like none of them is any good ‘We’re going to make some horrendous mistakes,’ Peter Molyneux says about his upcoming swan song Masters of Albion: ‘Horrendous, horrendous mistakes’ Peter Molyneux’s final game is coming in April: ‘Masters of Albion is the culmination of my life’s work,’ he says, not that he’s overhyping it or anything It’s that black and whiteMasters of Albion marks the return of one of old Lionhead’s most iconic characters: the anonymous sky hand. You are, for all intents and purposes, god, and you ma