Patrice Desilets vs Ubisoft

[Duraframe300]

http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/7/4308980/patrice-desilets-departs-ubisoft-a-second-time

"Contrary to any statements made earlier today, this morning I was terminated by Ubisoft," Desilets told Polygon. "I was notified of this termination in person, handed a termination notice and was unceremoniously escorted out of the building by two guards without being able to say goodbye to my team or collect my personal belongings."

"This was not my decision."

"Ubisoft's actions are baseless and without merit. I intend to fight Ubisoft vigorously for my rights, for my team and for my game."

Both their games from the THQ days were cancelled. Rumors are Underdog was apparently cancelled right after Ubisoft acquierd it and the team put on Far Cry 4. And 1666 was cancelled just now.

 

[evdk]

Ubisoft does not forget and it does not forgive.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

I feel a bit lost. Am I supposed to know who this Desilets person is?

 

[evdk]

I feel a bit lost. Am I supposed to know who this Desilets person is?

He created Assassin's Creed then told Ubi to somersault of a rooftop onto a pile of dicks and left for greener pastures at THQ to create his Magnum Opus AC-killer.

Then Ubi bought him, canceled his popamole and fired him

 

[Absalom]

"This was not my decision"

No shit your ass was rolled out of there like a bum.

Also this

I feel a bit lost. Am I supposed to know who this Desilets person is?

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

And 1666 was cancelled just now.

Considering the situation on the 'dex it's very fitting .

Typical day in corporate dystopia.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Walked out without even allowed to grab his stuff and say goodbye to his friends.

Yep. Corporate "culture" indeed.

Bastards.

But then again I haven't really bought an Ubishit game since Dark Messiah, and that certainly won't change.

 

[deuxhero]

I feel a bit lost. Am I supposed to know who this Desilets person is?

Assassin's Creed's creator I think.

I honestly don't care for the guy (though he isn't an industry blowjob master like Jade is), but it says a lot about your management if you spend millions on a company only to throw away anything of value when you get it. It also says a lot when you fire someone for non-criminal reasons and forcibly remove them from the building.

 

[Infinitron]

Meanwhile, even the "good Ubisoft" in France are treating Rayman creator Michal Ancel like shit: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-that-rayman-creator-michel-ancel-is-quitting

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Just end the damn Quebec subsidies, put Ubisoft bankrupt. End them, I can't believe we are paying them endless millions so they can make millions.

 

[garren]

Were the assassin's creed games any good?

 

[felipepepe]

Were the assassin's creed games any good btw?

AC 2 is very good. AC 1 was extremely repetitive and everything after AC2 is just the same game with more lame gimmicks.

 

[evdk]

Just end the damn Quebec subsidies, put Ubisoft bankrupt. End them, I can't believe we are paying them endless millions so they can make millions.

I knew this was you even without checking whose number this is. Single Issue Has Risen!

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Commenters on other, less reputable gaming sites are treating Patrice Desilets like he's some martyr of the incline. They portray him as if he made awesome games, then Ubisoft fired him because they wanted to make shit games. I like to think we know better on the Codex.

Having said that, AC 2 and Brotherhood were really good games. Desilets may have been responsible for 2, but he left during the development of Brotherhood, and it is Brotherhood that I think was the best of the AC series. Also, the music and the atmosphere were probably the best things about those games, and I don't think its fair to give Desilets credit for them.

 

[toro]

Meanwhile, even the "good Ubisoft" in France are treating Rayman creator Michal Ancel like shit: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-that-rayman-creator-michel-ancel-is-quitting

Kickstarter for BGE2?

 

[Infinitron]

Meanwhile, even the "good Ubisoft" in France are treating Rayman creator Michal Ancel like shit: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-that-rayman-creator-michel-ancel-is-quitting

Kickstarter for BGE2?

Nah, it sounds like they made their peace: http://www.explosion.com/28204/michel-ancel-wasnt-shocked-by-rayman-legends-delay-backlash/

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Whether people like his games or not is not important here; it's the shitty treatment of his employer. This and BG&E2 getting canceled really puts Jewbiesoft above EA on the shit list of publishers.

 

[Tolknaz]

Were the assassin's creed games any good btw?

AC 2 is very good. AC 1 was extremely repetitive and everything after AC2 is just the same game with more lame gimmicks.

I wouldn't exactly call it a very good game, but basically this. It has its fair share of major problems too, but yeah, it's the best game in the series. If you absolutely must play an Ass Creed game at a gunpoint, play AC2.

 

[toro]

Meanwhile, even the "good Ubisoft" in France are treating Rayman creator Michal Ancel like shit: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-that-rayman-creator-michel-ancel-is-quitting

Kickstarter for BGE2?

Nah, it sounds like they made their peace: http://www.explosion.com/28204/michel-ancel-wasnt-shocked-by-rayman-legends-delay-backlash/

Or perhaps they are blackmailing him with BG2 because they have the rights.

 

[DeepOcean]

I didn't even knew that the guy was reponsible for AC 1 and worked at AC 2. I don't know if he made any difference but there is a massive drop in quality from AC 2 to AC 3. AC 3 felt way more like a linear cinematic popamole with a superfluous open world.

 

[evdk]

Meanwhile, even the "good Ubisoft" in France are treating Rayman creator Michal Ancel like shit: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-that-rayman-creator-michel-ancel-is-quitting

Kickstarter for BGE2?

He has the rights for that? Doubtful.

 

[toro]

Meanwhile, even the "good Ubisoft" in France are treating Rayman creator Michal Ancel like shit: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-that-rayman-creator-michel-ancel-is-quitting

Kickstarter for BGE2?

He has the rights for that? Doubtful.

I agree. But he could always start a campaign for a spiritual sequel.

 

[Telengard]

The only good thing about Ass Creed is you can take a swan dive off of many a tall building and pretend you're committing suicide rather than playing such a crap game.

Unfortunately, as soon as you touch a key, you leap back up out of the hay pile (conveniently placed at the foot of the building), just like you're doing a huge Boo. Once again, you're perfectly healthy from the fall, and you sigh deep in your soul. While everyone around you walks on oblivious that someone just jumped off a building in front of them in the middle of the city, survived, and leapt out in front of them - just another day in paradise.

And, I used one of my first ever paychecks to purchase an Ubi game, and ended up having to the library to log onto the Ubi help forum to ask why the game wouldn't launch the installer, and was cursed of their forums as a filthy pirate. So, since they treat their customers like shit (the people they want to get money from), color me unsurprised that they treat their devs like shit too (the people they give money to only because they have to).

 

[dunno lah]

Were the assassin's creed games any good btw?

AC 2 is very good, for what it is. AC 1 was extremely repetitive and everything after AC2 is just the same game with more lame gimmicks.

Much more of a Prince of Persia fan anyway.

 

[Horus]

AC 2 is very good. AC 1 was extremely repetitive and everything after AC2 is just the same game with more lame gimmicks.

Although second was the definetly the best,rest of them greatly suffered from lack of interesting places to see(Italy).