Believes the game shows the video game industry has reached a new level.
Speaking to GameDaily, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has revealed he was not surprised by the love it or hate response from critics regarding the publisher's hugely successful Assassin's Creed.
"This game shows that our industry has reached a new level, and I'm not really surprised that it gets polarized critics, just as a strong movie would," said Guillemot. "As you know, such a success with a totally new IP which took so many risks in order to redefine the genre is unprecedented."
He also praised both Jade Raymond and Patrice Desilets, along with the rest of the Assassin's Creed development team, stating they "did an excellent job".
Speaking of Jade Raymond, Guillemot said the popular producer is now working on a new, unannounced title.
"I view Jade as a very skilled and creative producer, the success of Assassin's Creed leaves no doubt about that and the attention she received from the media is due to the anticipation, buzz and quality of the game," said Guillemot. "She's currently working on a new project but it's a little too early to share more about it."
Assassin's Creed is out now for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with PC and Nintendo DS versions scheduled for release across Europe on April 11.
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Dagfait wrote at 09:27 on 15 April 2008
I'm allmost sure nobody of ubisoft or de developers team will read this, but i just wanna state that this is a revolutionary game wich ofcourse has some weird unlogical things in it but over th egame is flawless. Thank you ubisoft i had a great time playing this game and ive done it for 5 times now. :D again thansk for this piece of art.
RaZoR_GTX wrote at 11:51 on 15 April 2008
Yeah i like it, it was different and beautiful aswell! The only thing i didnt like was the fact they spoilt the game quite a bit by revealing this memory machine. I think we should of played as an assassin and then later in the game its revealed more as a story.