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Ubisoft confirms Patrice Desilet's return to the company

Nirolak said:
I'm guessing it was what Volition Montreal was working on.

They were a studio that was slowly being set up in the same building, and Ubisoft got everyone in the building and the IPs they were working on.
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Interesting. Well, I hope Ubisoft bought all that stuff for a reason besides luring Desilet back. I was looking forward to seeing what his new project would be like.
 
Metalic said:
It's beyond fixing at this point I am afraid :(
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what does this mean?

AC II and Brotherhood were an amazing combo. The focus and direction has slowly become scatter shot as the series has progressed (besides the modern day stuff which has always been a mess). You could really tell what Desilet was aiming for with AC1, it just had a lot of boring stuff inbetween. The concept was awesome. He had a very detailed idea of the world he was trying to create and the characters he want to portray. Bring back his brand of AC and we'll forget about this pirate nonsense.
 
JaseC said:
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You motherfucker! I wanted to post that.

;p
 
FStop7 said:
Meanwhile, in the dungeons of Castle Ubisoft... a hooded man, bound in chains, is dragged down a corridor of hewn stone, soaked in blood. The hooded man is roughly thrown at the feet of the dark overlord of the realm. The hood is removed revealing a battered yet familiar face. The man looks up at his captor and his eyes widen in terror as he realizes where he is and what is happening.

The dark overlord laughs a laugh so dark and grim it chills the bones of the dead. Then he speaks. "Welcome home, Patrice. We've missed you."
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HalfBakedProphet said:
what does this mean?

AC II and Brotherhood were an amazing combo. The focus and direction has slowly become scatter shot as the series has progressed (besides the modern day stuff which has always been a mess). You could really tell what Desilet was aiming for with AC1, it just had a lot of boring stuff inbetween. The concept was awesome. He had a very detailed idea of the world he was trying to create and the characters he want to portray. Bring back his brand of AC and we'll forget about this pirate nonsense.
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Because they ruined the storyline of what could have been one the most ambitious stories in this generation with the last game being so poorly written it's hilarious some of it's scenes come out, and games are never made by one guy, they're a collaborative effort.
 
Metalic said:
Because they ruined the storyline of what could have been one the most ambitious stories in this generation with the last game being so poorly written it's hilarious some of it's scenes come out, and games are never made by one guy, they're a collaborative effort.
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Abandoning AC because the overarching story is broken is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Ezios personal storyarc was awesome and the gameplay has continued to advance. There is a lot about AC that needs fixing, but the actual gameplay is still fun.
 
What did he even do between this and his former departure at Ubisoft? I mean, did he even work on any game over at THQ? This guy fell completely off the radar once he left Ubi.

Still, good to have him back I suppose. We can only hope he will helm the AC franchise once again.


I really wonder what went through his mind when playing Revelations and especially ACIII.
 
HalfBakedProphet said:
Abandoning AC because the overarching story is broken is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Ezios personal storyarc was awesome and the gameplay has continued to advance. There is a lot about AC that needs fixing, but the actual gameplay is still fun.
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We'll see what happens when AC4 is released and maybe the series have hope.
 
I can't see him touching the AC series again. Not after how that one exec reacted when Patrice said the series should take a break for a bit.

Hell, they've probably only announced this today because they had to negotiate long and hard with him because he was halfway out the door when he found out Ubi bought them.
 
Well ... I hope Desilet isn't unhappy about returning to Ubisoft ... and I hope he steers the AC series back to its roots. The games are way too scripted now. I miss carefully planning out the assassinations.
 
I'm not really up to date on this story; I know Patrice left Ubisoft after AC II, other than returning to an old workplace why is everybody stating that it must be really awkward to be back? Was he fired or was there some other form of negative connotation when he left?
 
Nirolak said:
Well the full title was 1666 Amsterdam, so presumably it was about Amsterdam near the end of the bubonic plague.
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I didn't know that, so thank you for pointing it out.


I would still be more interested in him doing a new IP, rather than fixing AC, AC does need to go back to the old stealth ways, but I somehow feel it is beyond repair anymore.
 
Samir Sedlar said:
I didn't know that, so thank you for pointing it out.


I would still be more interested in him doing a new IP, rather than fixing AC, AC does need to go back to the old stealth ways, but I somehow feel it is beyond repair anymore.
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Technically we only know about it through a domain registration: http://whois.domaintools.com/1666amsterdam.com

The trademark itself is just for 1666. I wonder if they planned to swap locations as it went on.
 
His LinkedIn has been updated to say he's "directeur creéatif" at Ubisoft. Before, it mentioned his THQ stuff, etc.

Asturie said:
I'm not really up to date on this story; I know Patrice left Ubisoft after AC II, other than returning to an old workplace why is everybody stating that it must be really awkward to be back? Was he fired or was there some other form of negative connotation when he left?
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He left in 2010 in the middle of Brotherhood's development. He joined THQ in October the same year, but was effectively on gardening leave until summer 2011 before he finally started work on the games he was working on at THQ Montreal (and now at, assumingly, Ubisoft Montreal 2).
 
Loch Doun said:
You're also not a talented game developer who created one of the best selling franchises of this console generation.

I'm sure he would have his pick of jobs to choose from if he actually wanted to leave Ubisoft.
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Isn't he at what was THQ now?

Doesn't that mean he did leave already?

Your logic is fuzzy as hell.
 
Aww man after last night i thought this was going to be an hilarious turn of events with Ubi announcing he's back.
 
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