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Interview with Jade Raymond

Everyone who was thinking where is Jade? Is she still working on Assassin's Creed 2? Here's your answer and the reason why we didn't saw here yet.

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qface645872d ago

whatever happened to her haven't seen or heard from her in a while

GCNSeanFoster5871d ago

Who approves this junk? "We didn't saw her yet?" "Didn't saw her?" What kind of language is this?

TheRealSpy025871d ago

it's google translator. it's not perfect, but it gets the overall point across. how about you just calm down...

y0haN5871d ago

... pretty Jade Raymond.. ;)

shawnsl655871d ago

well all i know is that there're 6 idiots who disagreed with Sean Foster. 6 idiots.. fact.

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FantasyStar5872d ago (Edited 5872d ago )

Jade Raymond is probably the only woman in the VG-Industry I respect from the bottom of my heart in her profession. AssCreed 1 is so deep in story and pays such close attention to historical detail that it delights myself to know that she's involved in AssCreed 2. I had wondered where she was....and there she is! Anyone with substantial knowledge in 12th Century Common Era will respect Raymond's attention to detail.

Although I wouldn't compare her to Hideo Kojima just yet. ;D

netherbound5871d ago

And right there is a perfect example as to why she took a step back from the press.
She was being judged for being a women and her looks and not her developer talent and brain.
If I was a women in that situation I would have done the same.

CobraKai5871d ago

LOL... AssCreed that's too funny. i never thought of abbreviating it like that.

Buttons5871d ago

bottom
AssCreed 1
is so deep
pays such close attention to
AssCreed 2.
delights myself

I could not help but notice the subtle references to buttocks in your post.

SaberEdge5871d ago

I loved Assassin's Creed and thought it was one of the most innovative games to come out this generation. It was a little repetitive if your idea was to approach it the way you approach most mindless action games, but Assassin's Creed was all about immersion, amazing environments, awesome combat, and a deep narrative anchored in historic facts.

Assassin's Creed 2 is easily in my top 5 most wanted games and I am happy to hear Jade Raymond is involved. Thank you Ubisoft for some of the best gaming experiences I have ever had.

GCNSeanFoster5871d ago

While she has a good video game mind and has some good credentials, She doesn't deserve to smell Kojima's 3 day old underwear. Kojima is up there with gaming gods like Miyamoto. I doubt you will ever see her in that list...

divideby05871d ago

have you ever heard her talk ?
2 presentations I heard from her was terrible...

if she were not as pretty as she was, she would NOT be showcasing a flagship product from a company

its better she just smiles, than talks

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Panipal20055872d ago

Can someone post the translation to comments SVP? The source link has so many pop-ups (which all open in the SAME WINDOW) that it's unreadable for me.

Kingsora5871d ago

WHat do you mean? I only had one pop-up, and you could simply close by clicking closing ad...

SuperSharpShooter5871d ago

AC was sooo boring, and i dont this one any different...am gonna hold out on this one...and any one buying this due to Raymond is crazy

Ziriux5871d ago

You do that buddy and hold out on a great story. You must be a first person shooter fan?

In any way, it's great to hear from her, she is absolutely gorgeous and I'm glad she is working on this game.

ReBurn5871d ago

The first game did have an amazing story. Some of the legwork got repetitive, but it was still satisfying.

If the production value of Assassin's Creed 2 is the same as the first it will be a first day purchase for me.

N2NOther5871d ago

I'm an FPS fan and I loved Assassin's Creed. So much for that theory.

SaberEdge5871d ago

Assassin's Creed was brilliant and anybody that says it was trash simply have no taste in games, in my opinion.

Enate5871d ago

Assassins Creed was a great game until its huge repetitive nature showed its ugly head anyone dying it wasn't incredible repetitive is in denial. Though it was a good game an I feel after seeing Assassins Creed 2 the team has really taken care of that issue an beyond. I'll reserve my judgement until I get it in my hands though. As I've learned my lesson that everything that looks good isn't (FFXII).

As for Jade whether or not it was her decision to step back from the media it was a good decision. She was clearly being shot into the stratosphere through the media off of one game that was solid. Though my biggest issue with that is it was one game an its a team effort its not like she did it single handedly but the media made it seem that way.

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Why Assassin's Creed 2 and 3 Had the Best Writing the Series Has Ever Seen

IGN - Assassin's Creed's focus on character-driven storytelling has been buried by its RPG sandbox features, and the series is weaker for it.

RaidenBlack108d ago

A rare W opinion piece from IGN.
IMO, Ubisoft needs to setup two primary AC dev teams. 1 would focus on and release character-driven OG-style AC games for OG fans and the other would continue the current RPG-ified AC style for current fans.
Release by them Bi-annually and alternatively. There'd less fatigue and a boost to quality.

ZeekQuattro108d ago

I definitely appreciate 3 more after playing it again in recent years along with the Liberation game. Back when 3 was new I was still riding high on AC2 and Brotherhood so when I played 3 I felt a bit let down. Even the ship battles grew on me.

-Foxtrot108d ago

AC2 - Yes

AC3 - Urm...I don't know

I feel they kind of dropped the ball with AC3 and with the way the story went it just didn't make sense to me at all. I felt it would have made more sense lore wise if they had it so the Red Coats were mostly Assassins and the Templars were mostly the Colonists who wanted this "new world" as a fresh start for their operations, to build a country up they'd have full control of from the start so they manufacture the war as something else while really it's just a front for the Templars vs Assassins.

It just meant that since the Red coats lose the war it explains how the Templars have gained full control of future America and how the Assassins have slowly died out by then. This entire event would have been the turning point of how things went to s**t for the Assassins and how there's not many of them left in the present.

Haythem was a lot more interesting than Connor and he should have been the main Assassin of AC3.

lucasnooker107d ago (Edited 107d ago )

I thought AC2 was the greatest of the series and it is but replaying it recently, I stared to see more flaws in the game. Basically every single mission is an assassination besides a few tailing missions lol. Still, the implementation of all the new mechanics were great. The smoke bombs, disarming guards, story, hidden tombs, swimming, flying machine, multiple locations, etc. it definitely felt a bit more special to me at the time of release though

isarai107d ago

Dunno about 3, the 1st act was cool, then i couldn't tell you what happens after that. But 2 was so good! The entire acts 1-3 were al memorable, whereas i really couldn't even tell you what happens in any other AC game

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Is It Still Possible To Make A Sequel As Good As Assassin's Creed 2?

Assassin's Creed 2 set the template for the series going forward, but it's harder to see it getting made today.

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JEECE225d ago

Lol Assassin's Creed 2 is the game that introduced most of the things people say they hate about modern Ubisoft games specifically and open world games generally.

Elantregaless225d ago

Those elements were fresh when they came out.
The problem is not that they were introduced, the problem is how they have been repeated to stagnation.

IAMRealHooman224d ago

@Elantregaless

100%, we call it the Ubisoft formula for a reason, the formula can still be fun, we just need pallet cleansers and actual side activities that offer something other than 100 bases or 50 towers to climb

RaidenBlack224d ago (Edited 224d ago )

ACs were nice till Syndicate. Just that they were releasing it wayy too often i.e nearly annually or some times 2 games per year i.e III + liberation same year and Unity + Revelations same year.
People complained that we're getting same AC games every year. Ubi's solution should've been to release the games every 3 years or so and abit more refined.
But instead they turned the franchise into humongous RPG fetch quests that just exacerbated the prior issues. People were fine with Origins, since it was new but got bored/overwhelmed by Valhalla.
AC should've stayed like Ezio trilogy or Unity.
Not the RPG that they've turned it into.
They know it, hence we got Mirage.

anast224d ago

While the art was on point and the writing was okay, Origins was designed around microtransactions. It's not really a game, it's a monetization scheme. Unity is a massive fetch quest like all AC games and it has worse mission mechanics than the new ones. Good parkour doesn't hide all of its flaws. If you liked Unity, it's strange that you wouldn't like any of the others going forward.

They used a Valhalla DLC to make Mirage and it didn't sell as well as their others. IGN has it tenth, there are only 13 mainline games if I'm not mistaken and it maxed out only around 7k player peak on Steam. The "engagement numbers" out there are fake. This shows that people didn't really want a return to form DLC.

Some people get bored and some don't. Some people like the copy-paste style and some people don't. Some people like fetch questing and some people don't. But a lot of people don't like UBI turning their SP games into live-services. The problems with AC games are the monetization schemes.

PRIMORDUS225d ago (Edited 225d ago )

Speaking of this same old shit every year, I just found this about AS Mirage. "Assassin's Creed: Mirage now playable through leaked Denuvoless debug build." As well as Dragon's Dogma 2 . Torrents are up. I'm going to guess someone at both companies leaked this out in the wild, most likely to get back at them, maybe with layoffs or other reasons. 😁

GamingManiac225d ago

Ehhh looks like I'll have to give DD2 a try lol

PRIMORDUS225d ago

I get down votes for calling out the truth on what happened to both games LOL. Don't know how it happened I already said what my guess was. DD 2, hmm not for me, and no more AC please.

Furesis225d ago

i would not play that even if it was free, there are better games out there to waste your time on

Demetrius225d ago

Nah ubisoft doesn't aim above "just good" titles, sequels are supposed to be refined and improved each time they released. I remember in the ps360 gen it was like that, a known sequel would definitely be a step up from the previous titles. I remember seeing an article where someone from ubisoft said players don't just want "solid" titles. You damn right sir they always just deliver the bare minimum nowadays. These consoles this gen have enough power to contribute to thoroughly made gems. Ubisoft acts blind to that

Inverno225d ago

Ezio got 3 games and an animated movie, they dedicated a lot of time to him and those games. No they can't make a sequel as good, cause all they wanna do is milk the series.

Furesis225d ago

i thought brotherhood was the better game of the 3 but 2 story is best and yes of course it is possible but i dont have any trust in ubisoft

RaidenBlack224d ago

Yea, Brotherhood and 2 trades punches, I loved them both equally... but the series lost its charm with the humongous RPG trilogy,
The games became too much to handle

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6 Friendliest Characters in Games

GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."

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thorstein678d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED678d ago

You can probably add Karlach to this from BG3