Michel Ancel talks about Good & Evil 2’s development problems due to “issues between managers”
Former Ubisoft designer and creator Rayman And Beyond Good & Evil Michel Ancel has lifted the lid on part of the Beyond Good & Evil 2troubled development of
In an interview with the French outlet Superman (through VGC), former Ubisoft employee, who left in 2020 to work at a wildlife sanctuaryAncel said “Passion is a great source of energy, but it can also lead to conflicts between enthusiasts. For example, in Beyond Good & Evil 2, there were too many problems between managers. “
Ancel highlights a number of conflicts and changes among the development team, including the art director “wanting to redo everything over and over again”, the game director apparently “wanting to make a dungeon game made “, which is the opposite of what Ancel wants. Ancel was previously a game director before leaving Ubifost.
“In this situation, the teams are turned upside down and it is not even known who is responsible and who makes the decisions,” Ancel continued, saying that, in his eyes “The producers should have arranged order to the situation, but that did not happen.”
He told Superpouvoir that Yves Guillemot, co-founder, CEO and president of Ubisoft, had to go down to the Montpellier studio “to get things back on track” but that wasn’t enough, and the current game director “keep doing your job.” stubbornness.” He also wished he had been more vocal and said “Beyond Good & Evil 2 is a game where I don’t think I ever questioned a decision. I’m happy to discuss this with any detractors.”
While putting the development problems down to “passionate managers not getting along”, he said he believed most of those mentioned had “been fired” and that the new balance had found with new managers.
“Not only is there a major villain, but there are also a series of important issues that remain unresolved at the management level, including myself.” Ancel concluded, “I had my share of responsibility and I should have protected the project better, been more present and more conciliatory with the staff.”
At the time of Ancel’s departure, the French newspaper Libération published an article a report accuses the creator of toxic leadership on Beyond Good & Evil 2. Ancel acknowledged the report and claimed he was working with investigators but strongly denied the allegations. This also comes months after allegations of abuse, harassment and sexual misconduct – five former executives were subsequently arrested in 2023.
Although he left Ubisoft more than four years ago, Michel Ancel has reunited with this developer and is working alongside the Montpellier-based studio on the new Rayman project.
Of course, all this is happening amid even more turmoil for Ubisoft, including discuss with Tencent the terms of the acquisition next a year of poor profits.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 do really exists, readers — Ubisoft confirmed this again at the beginning of the year after release Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Editionan enhanced release of the hit GameCube game. We don’t know which platforms the game will come to, or whether it will be from Nintendo, but at this rate we’re definitely looking at next-gen.
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