Beyond Good & Evil2was first announced in 2008. It was re-revealed at E3 2017, atUbisoft’s Press Conference, to much fanfare. However, the game doesn’t appear close to seeing the light of day.
Michel Ancel, creator and director of the firstBeyond Good & Evilgame and creator of theRaymanseries, recently revealed what’s been going on behind the scenes.
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Ancel, who left Ubisoft in 2020, is best known for creating theRaymanfranchise. He began work onBeyond Good & Evil 2in 2017 before leaving the project and the studio three years later. In an exclusive interview withSuperpouvoir, he explains the biggest issues with the game’s troubled development.
There were too many problems between managers. The artistic director wanted to redo everything constantly, thegame directorwanted to make a game of generated dungeons and I dreamed of a space adventure. We simply could not agree and thegame directortook the project in other directions.
In this type of situation, teams find themselves tossed around and don’t even know who’s in charge and making decisions. The producer is supposed to sort things out, but that didn’t happen. Yves Guillemot even had to go down to Montpellier to get things back on track, but that wasn’t enough and thegame directorcontinued in his stubbornness. When I read in Libé that I was the one directing the game and asking for changes, I thought I was going to choke.BGE2is the game on which I don’t think I’ve ever questioned a decision. I’d be happy to discuss this topic with any potential detractors.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 Is Plagued By Unresolved Issues at Management
The biggest takeaway is that management does not get along. While everyone is passionate about the project, there are too many egos jockeying for control. Ancel says that no single person is responsible for these problems. He even admits that he was at fault at times.
I have my share of responsibility and I should have defended the project better, been more present and more conciliatory with the collaborators.
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As recently as last year,Ubisoftstated thatdevelopment onBeyond Good & Evil 2was coming along well. A month later, however, we reported thatUbisoft Montpellier was under scrutiny due to the increasing rate of employee burnout. Ubisoft Montpellier is responsible for helming development onBeyond Good & Evil 2.
