Masters of Albion Review: Peter Molyneux’s ‘last game’ is a veritable megamix of his greatest hits

You will suspect this already, I’m sure, but all those 90 percent scores that your favorite Bullfrog games were awarded back in the day, well, their authors may not have been quite as scientific in their endeavors as you were once led to believe. That’s not to suggest anything untoward was behind any of them – certainly not the vast majority anyway – only that the four-week cycle of print publishing that once ringfenced gamer discourse meant that reviews were handled very differently to how they are today, certainly when it came to titles that adorned the covers of magazines in order to scoop the competition. Back when I was at the captain’s table of PC Zone, which for a time was the best-selling PC games mag in the UK, such games were reviewed in states that ranged from largely complete to partially playable (and in rare cases wholly unplayable), making them “early access” in all but name. As such, an accurate review required no small amount of second-guessing. That’s still the case today to some extent, only we can allow ourselves to be more open and honest about it. Read More...

Apr 23, 2026 - 20:38

Masters of Albion Review: Peter Molyneux’s ‘last game’ is a veritable megamix of his greatest hits

You will suspect this already, I’m sure, but all those 90 percent scores that your favorite Bullfrog games were awarded back in the day, well, their authors may not have been quite as scientific in their endeavors as you were once led to believe.

That’s not to suggest anything untoward was behind any of them – certainly not the vast majority anyway – only that the four-week cycle of print publishing that once ringfenced gamer discourse meant that reviews were handled very differently to how they are today, certainly when it came to titles that adorned the covers of magazines in order to scoop the competition.

Back when I was at the captain’s table of PC Zone, which for a time was the best-selling PC games mag in the UK, such games were reviewed in states that ranged from largely complete to partially playable (and in rare cases wholly unplayable), making them “early access” in all but name. As such, an accurate review required no small amount of second-guessing. That’s still the case today to some extent, only we can allow ourselves to be more open and honest about it.

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