Devs Play S2E04 · "Assassin's Creed II" with Patrice Désilets and Greg Rice

[@MajorPhilGraves]

Another excellent video! It's such a shame that Ubisoft treated Desilets so poorly. Shame on them.

[@canadadenmark9702]

MajorPhilGraves how do you know they treated him poorly ?

[@Leonharts911]

Canada Denmark well duh, it's old story, google it

[@canadadenmark9702]

Question Mark ?

[@lpmmxvii7422]

He wouldve left regardless

[@Kem1kal13]

I love it how Patrice slyly admits that the series is now being run into the ground when the guy is like "so then they decided to do this for the next 15 years" and Patrice responds with "no, THEYRE doing it" lol.

[@LookingTheBest]

Patrice was a genius, this and Brotherhood were amazing. I miss him and his team.

[@xXJulian117Xx]

I played through the game like 7 or 8 times and i didn't even know you could lose the race against your brother. To me the opening sequence on top of the tower is one of the most memorable moments in gaming.

[@mozartcastellanosGK]

There are a lot of people chose to lose to Federico, they have their reason of course.

[@oliveiraluis3540]

This guy work is nothing but inspiring, and ubisoft doesnt deserve to have somebody talanted and competent like him. He has the light, and he owned them, thats why they fired him. Patrice rules!

[@BPRGaming]

I still get goosebumps when ever I see the logo at the beginning of the game xD :P

[@Henzo17]

+BPRGaming Me too!

[@masanobuyamamoto6395]

“We cannot make a game in Italy where everybody is British” Patrice Desilet 2015 That’s why I will never forgive Ubisoft laziness for going with British accent in AC Unity

[@RaceToNowhere]

Cheers from Italy, Patrice, you're always welcome here.

[@ethanschwartz4531]

I'm excited for the game he's developing.

[@masterzenkaichi6837]

Do you know what is the name for the next game he's making?

[@masterzenkaichi6837]

Never mind I just reached the end lol

[@kbg12ila]

If Patrice was in charge of the hunting mechanic it would have been much better.

[@TheUberFroob]

We were prescribed assassins creed 2 at Melbourne university, studying architecture

[@grantmalone]

33:15 Love how he's talking about the fluidity of climbing and movement while he gets stuck on a wall then tries to jump across to a platform and instead does a leap of faith into a haystack he didn't know was there. Perfect AC goodness... :)

[@kylewhite2985]

Thank you very much for this Double Fine, this is invaluable knowledge in an industry that probably will carry many of her histories to the tomb. Imagine dev plays with monsters like miyamoto, kojima, wright, sid, molineux and such!

[@kylewhite2985]

Yeah, pretty much agree, althou i was thinking more on seeing these guys in a show like this one, not categorizing Patrice or anything like that. And i belive Ubisoft gave him the tools to make a game with 100+ devs, and this is a unique opportunity these days even if you have to make shitty concessions, at the end it was just time for him to move on as the franchise grew larger than him. I identified with him a lot, as i too have hot blood and am very passionate over projects i worked on and got screwed, just like him.

[@VitoVitonerLanci]

I'm italian and I've always thought "Nice, they have translated textures too!". Well, nope 10:00

[@dani4ever]

+Vito Lanci (Vitoner) Wich is even better :D

[@AndroidOO3]

Every time this guy talks I get the biggest smile on my face!! My new favorite developer.

[@jonnytullet6477]

Holy fuck, you start under the Vatican???? Never knew, that's SO cool!

[@TwentySeven1337]

Judging by the intro I'm guessing it's not happening, but I really really want a Devs Play Rayman or Beyond Good & Evil with Michel!

[@OneAndOnlyRocker]

+Twenty-Seven Really hope that means we're getting a Crash/Jak episodes

[@kbg12ila]

It would be good promo for WILD

[@DatGoofer]

+Onlinerocker They have a schedule up of what the episodes are except for the finale, and they are doin Crash 1 and Jak 1

[@RikardPeterson]

+Twenty-Seven As I'm coming to these a bit late, you probably already know this, but they did do Devs Play with Michel playing both Rayman 2 and BGE. (They're still on my to-watch-later-list, so I don't know how good they are, but I'm looking forward to them.)

[@ElectricBlobz]

they already did it. if you haven't seen :p

[@rielamarcellis]

Loved every minute, too bad you guys didn't talk about the music of ACII or Brotherhood, Patrice left before the game was finished.

[@kudiyyy]

Maybe that's why the main story is so short compared to AC2.

[@zackfair_og]

He was fired. He refused yearly releases of AC. God they ruined it I feel so sorry.

[@foldor]

Nice! I just finished the last video and this one just got uploaded. Great timing!

[@assassindark89]

I was hopeing they would be playing AC1 because thats my favorite one, but AC2 is just as good. Still love his work on the games.

[@ACV]

hmmmmm..... interesting

[@raetracer4896]

Wow, this reminds me of all the cool moments in the early AC games. Also giving me a newfound appreciation for the present day storyline!

[@baroquechevalier8516]

Man, i love the amount of passion Patrice put into this game.

[@nevar23]

I'm one of those weird people who like the first game better, lol.

[@BenniArt]

+nevar23 Same here.

[@PsychadelicoDuck]

+nevar23 And another.

[@MrSiloterio]

+nevar23 Hear, hear. The first one was, in my opinion, the truest "Assassin's Creed" among the rest.

[@alexanderwerbrouck3067]

+nevar23 Lots of people liked the first game more, but they just don't scream WE WANT EZIO BACK all the time.

[@SiGhast]

+nevar23 I am as well. Might just be that it was the first one I experienced and the whole thing was actually very fresh and cool at that point (although even then I found it repetitive). The subsequent games felt like expansion packs and that was never enough for me, even if I'd say they are probably better video games as a result of their little additions. But they lacked any impact, until Black Flag anyway, where I spent hours sailing, shit yeah. Also, I quite enjoyed how far back it was set. I wish they'd go back to that period, if not even further. Reading up on it the Assassins have been around since around 500BC -- now _that'd_ be fucking rad, pre-Christ AC.

[@TheKasimkage]

This was the first game since Prince of Persia to really appeal to me in a way that few games have since. It seems that every game Patrice works on has me in its thrall and makes me wish there was just so much more of it. I’ll be honest, his Ancestors game makes me quite anxious because of how thoroughly ambitious it looks, but I know the second that game goes into my disc tray or whatever, it’ll be the only thing I play for YEARS.

[@Sophie_the_Sapphic]

it came out last year.

[@kbg12ila]

This is my favorite game of ALL TIME!!! Everything is so perfect for me!

[@Scupple]

I had no idea you were under the Vatican back then.

[@mozartcastellanosGK]

I noticed because if you watched Angels & Demons back then, You would've notice.

[@Retiredmagician1]

Loved it. Really informative stuff he talks about and his insight on integrating game design is really genius.

[@waitwho3074]

Patrice Désilets is the equivalent of what George Lucas means to Star Wars. There's plenty of rumors about how Patrice Désilets wanted to conclude his franchise with Desmond Miles but Ubisoft wasn't fond of his ideas so they fired him after Brotherhood. Now of course if any of the rumors are true about how AC was supposed to end, most of them still sounds way better and more consistent than what we got... It's really unfortunate for Patrice, it's legit the classic story with one man having a cool idea/product where he works which propels the company into to an amount of absurd wealth to then be tossed aside by some suits and tie without receiving not even 1% of the immense monetary benefit of his invention. Patrice should've left Ubisoft with his own idea and start his own studio with his friends and who knows how it would've turned out (I'm pretty sure it would've been way better). Especially today when you see all these TV shows based on video game like TW or the upcoming Warhammer 40k TV show series on Amazon that Henry Cavill will star and produce. Forget the AC 2016 movie they did, just imagine with competant writers and people who actually understand the AC universe.

[@airsir9559]

Lmao! Jim Carrey’s Canadian. As a fellow Canadian, Patrice should know that.

[@StoicListener]

Omg, 2009 was 7 years ago :'|

[@tushar1594]

and your comment 3 years ago

[@crazyprog1938]

and your comment is a year old

[@doltBmB]

I thought AC1 was a better designed game than 2. The first one was laser focused on the running and assassinating. 2 was more like everything and the kitchen sink with surprisingly little of that.

[@maximeteppe7627]

I believe they heard the criticism of the first game being repetitive and corrected that... but went overboard. The addition of large hammers and armor doesn't fare well with the whole stealth assasin thing. But the lack of focus is really the scourge of AAA gaming: every game needs to have a progression system, an open world, vehicles, side missions etc... Only recently, with games like Doom 2016 are we seeing a shift back to more focused and gameplay driven games.

[@gurglinghermits3043]

i never met anyone that shares my opinion on the first AC being better focused. really gives the feeling of planning and executing. although 2 is enjoyable on account of being more video gamey, and ergo campy, but loses a lot of the first game's sense of direction.

[@2Fiddle4U]

Yeah, well, maybe relatively better designed, but the first one admittedly was a series of unique concepts that went unrealized. It was more focused than 2, though. Whereas the first was this atmospheric open-world urban stealth platformer in the vein of Prince of Persia, the second was a swashbuckling GTA-sandbox action-adventure in the vein of the Shadow, or Zorro, or Errol Flynn. The first had a world in which you carried out a job, in the second, the world was a playground for "fun"

[@danielspencer5908]

@@2Fiddle4U What are you talking about, the premise of the second one is that you are playing as a novice, not an assassin, it's more character and story driven, while AC1 focuses more on Desmond's story while Altair is flat as a pancake in terms of character building.

[@BoxtrollGames]

Got a lot of nostalgia watching this

[@tushar1594]

patrice is so fun to hang out with

[@MrGatonegroish]

You guys should play Pirates! with Sid Meier. Or Civilization, if you wanna do a 10-hour video.

[@emptilion]

I have a pretty heavy dislike for ac these days, but I respect the first few games... had a lot of fun with them.

[@maximeteppe7627]

It's really weird how quicly AC went from game changer (wow, platforming meets urban sandbox!) to the AAA cashcow everyone is sick of.

[@baroquechevalier8516]

+Maxime Teppe exactly.

[@Ma1q444]

11:00 lol the correction in the top right 😂

[@lpmmxvii7422]

I want more of these with patrice

[@yaosio]

It's like poetry, it's rhymes.

[@ChrisThePlayer]

The DLC with Cristina that Patrice is talking about are probably Cristina's memories in AC2: Brotherhood. He got confused.

[@h3rteby]

42:03 Hehe do you know what goes on in The Armory? :P

[@TheHamashwan]

+h3rteby LMAO I lost my shit when I saw that

[@h3rteby]

+RoniAmikam It was funnier when no-one said it, but alright, It's a BDSM sex dungeon and porn studio!

[@Ma1q444]

What goes on

[@lusotuber]

Oh man, I was hoping for the first Assassin's Creed (still my favourite). Oh well...

[@ari54x]

+LusoTuber Interesting! I was in the minority of really liking AC1 as well, although I do agree with the popular opinion that AC2 is a much better game.

[@IcoSonic91]

Patrices Italian is Perfect

[@alexrechkin7]

awesome insights, thank you!

[@AntiNihilist]

his game Humankind was already in development in 2015??? It's been 4 years and it's not out yet...also I didn't get the impression it was going to be a long or detailed game based on the trailers.

[@TheJokersmoney]

Can't wait for his next game.

[@darkdotz2361]

miss this guy.

[@bornon18]

Great thanks, tons of interesting stuff

[@chriswoods7774]

I like the Ezio Assassin Creed games, especially Revelations but unfortunately I don't think Patrice made that one and he could of made the story more appealing if he stayed with Ubisoft, not sure if he did Brotherhood also I know he did Assassins Creed as Altair and the First Ezio one, 2.

[@MrHyde-ku5qj]

He also did Brotherhood. Also I'm pretty sure that Patrice' left some of his ideas and scripts for future games and Ubisoft used those for Revelations and AC3.

[@sonofbeso2371]

@@MrHyde-ku5qj well assassin Creed Revelation was intended as a 3Ds game (Assassin Creed Lost Legacy) but then it became the game that we know. The development of Lost Legacy started in during the First half of 2010 during this period Patrice Desilet was at Ubisoft (he left the Company in May 2010) but we don't know of he had a role in the game (he was developing Brotherhood during that period)

[@Kevinsyel]

C'mon, Patrice! "The American Actor Jim Carrey" Carrey is Canadian like you!

[@VGgameplay]

+Kevin O'Connell HE has his US citizenship though soooooo lol.

[@Treetops27]

For all we are concerned he is American

[@geekmonger]

FYI, the credits list "Gred Rice". Might want to fix that for the blueray, whenever that comes out.

[@Oregondanne]

I think the "pic" of da Vinci that Patrice is referring to is this one: www.nordfront.se/leonardo-da-vinci.smr That's the one I automatically think of and he does indeed look much older there (as Patrice mentioned). Anyway, great series 2PP!

[@Sothasilenium]

Still love those menus

[@AdenJama]

Isn't Jim Carrey Canadian?

[@REV-TEP]

Still my favorite game of all time.

[@danielesimeoni719]

Thumb up for whoever noticed Gred Rice :) Anyway, I'm italian and I remember ACII was the first time I acknowledged how non Italian people perceive our language and our English accent. And now everytime I speak English I wonder if I have that strong accent :)

[@TheWanted31]

Patrice Désilets good tech talk

[@governor_explosion]

I really need to go back and finish this game (and Prince of Persia). I never got very far in either, partially because I am terrible at precision jumps, and partially because (in the case of ACII) I went in with zero knowledge of the first game, and I was very confused with what was going on in Desmond's side of the story. I do know, based on my friends who have played the series, that some people either really like Desmond, or they completely ignore him in favor of the assassin. I know some people specifically only played the Ezio story, because they liked him in particular, and when his arc ended, they lost interest. I can't say I blame them-- in any series where the main character is replaced with someone else, I have my favorites as well.

[@JandJandJandJandJ]

Stll would kill for them to do a Silent Hill 1 one.

[@Ma1q444]

Wait I thought Patrice didn’t work on assassin creed 3, I guess he was just talking about his vision.

[@LookingTheBest]

I was always what happened to him, I remember the first time it wasn't him talking about Assassins creed 3 in the videos I said... Uh oh

[@baroquechevalier8516]

That tore my heart apart :(

[@lpmmxvii7422]

Dude make him play the other ac games or more of this one pzz

[@lulubeloo]

I finished the first game but i felt like there's no motivation to play the other games in the series, it seems like they're stretching it big time. Is it worth getting back into this series? I just finished Gothic and Witcher series and i'm looking for another adventure.

[@hugevibez]

+lulubeloo 2 is really good and it's sequels build onto that. 3 is absolute crap, though it does finish desmond's story if you finished the other games. 4 is really good again because pirates. Unity is "ugh, why do they bother?", and Syndicate is a bit samey but it has a nice cast of characters. To be frank, not really that great of a series, but the first one is bland and ACII is a lot more interesting. That said, Damascus of AC1 is the best AC-city IMO, with Venice a close second.

[@d3lvn]

A lot of people like to engage in a bit of revisionist history and would probably tell you AC has always been bad, but II and Brotherhood were quality games.

[@beatsnextdoor]

You're missing out if you won't play the second game.Play at least the 3 first games including the Ezio trilogy.After that i think AC lost it's identity.Sure the graphics and features got a whole lot better but the story and characters are just lackluster and meaningless.

[@enochid9874]

He must work on the next ac game

[@lilsafmusic]

should have asked him who is better? prince vs assassin.

[@danielcastaneda4975]

waiting for the NEW game !!!! :D (from panache)

[@inceptional]

I'm not as enamoured with this game as I was watching Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in the previous video.

[@warlockguy42]

I thought Jim Carry was Canadian.

[@fuzzdog91]

Jim Carey is Canadian

[@Ma1q444]

Patrice better be a millionaire for all the income he generated for Ubisoft.

[@eternalreturnal]

seems the guy has some resentment towards Ubisoft

[@SiGhast]

After the story at 41:13 I suddenly have the urge to move to Quebec.

[@maximeteppe7627]

Calice! Tarbernacle! ostie!

[@deathswirl]

AC 2 will always be in my top 10 games, AC definitely lost something when Patrice left the team which is a shame.. They also haven't been able to build a better main character than Ezio. Just as a side note Jim Carrey isn't American, he's Canadian like you Patrice.

[@guilhermejrmarin]

Wow,Patrice must be the only canadian who dosen't know Jim Carrey is canadian

[@salsamancer]

Very cool season so far. This was the only AC game I really enjoyed, before Ubi turned the series into a hollow licensed product.

[@alexrechkin7]

that music intro :(

[@henrique88t]

6:06 whoosh, this game doesn't look too good nowadays. Strange thing is, Sands of Time still looks as good as ever, character-wise.

[@henrique88t]

On the other hand, 18:15 is still gorgeous

[@danielcastaneda4975]

ancestors :( waiting .....

[@chocobosROK]

Spoiler alert: Ancestors will end where it began. Probably.

[@SK83RJOSH]

+chocobosROK Perhaps, I mean they were supposed to announce "much more" in regards to the project this year, and haven't. Regardless of that though, I hope it makes it to release. It's not necessarily the kind of game I'd be interested in but I'd definitely pick it up to support Patrice.

[@smolqnbg]

Why not Assassin's Creed 1 ? :(

[@foldor]

+ermisme They explained that it was because they wanted to jump ahead further in Patrice's career.

[@kbg12ila]

... and because it's the last full he he created with ubisoft, being the last game he made...

[@ChrisThePlayer]

Didn't he finish with AC2: Brotherhood?

[@kbg12ila]

ChrisThePlayer Technically that's the last game he worked on. But he was fired in the middle of production. So the last game he fully completed was AC2.

[@Renedoc82]

10:55 please dear american from the north(excluding mexico and canada of course), turn to metric system now, if not..this will happend

[@todorov62]

14:26 "personal" mmhhmm I better there is *cough* NDA Ubisoft *cough*

[@mahanadelacour]

One note for Patrice Désilets, in the Renaissance i'm rpetty sure women would give birth standing up, or in an up right position... That lying position was reserved for problematic births with doctors, therefore it's not the 'time' yet! Historical error!!!!! thank you

[@N1ck_nick]

Sonik hi

[@starmaverick6458]

Look like I the only one who actually love all the AC games after Desilets got fired, Except Unity(The most disappointing out of all the series)

[@baroquechevalier8516]

I always saw the newer games as empty and souless sandbox games, most of the time going with a "Look at those animations omg so epic 10/10 best game" coupled with "depressed and 2deep4u characters" structure. They went full Style over Substance if you ask me. And they just lack the attention to detail and conspiracy/mysterious feeling that previous games had.

[@tareefpierre9971]

he was talking about the christina missions in brotherhood