18th March 2005, 1:23 PM
With Will Wright, you've got a history of 'playground' games that are open-ended -- SimCity, The Sims, Unnatural Selection (not his game, but it was published by Maxis... I mention it because it's an artificial life simulation.), etc... with Molyneux? You've got that too (Populous, Black & White, etc)... so yeah, I can see the connection, actually. I'd just say that perhaps Wright has been more consistent... after all, Black & White and Fable both dissapointed, while Maxis hasn't made a bad game since it was, well, still Maxis...