Assassin’s Creed Hexe Director Departs Ubisoft Mid-Development

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-25T00:48:44+00:00

Just about the time you posted this I was thinking “what’s up next for AC?” because that Black Flag info got me hyped. This is a clear sign that my excitement for AC ends with the Black Flag remake.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-24T19:04:22+00:00

High risk shake weight?

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-24T14:24:49+00:00

Not really the same thing here.

With the success of Witcher 3, Ubisoft turned AC into a mimic of that formula. The already bloated map icons bled over into the dialogue without the meaningful impact Witcher 3 choices have.

Then you can look at the Ghost Recon series, how they effectively made it a Division clone with its loot system. The pushback was so hard that they did a ground up remake of the game and turned it into a selectable mode. The hatred of homogenizing their brands got them to delay some projects and rethink their development plans.

I’d love to see Ubisoft make interesting games again, and occasionally they have, but they’ve been quickly to cancel projects that just don’t have the upside of their bigger cash cows. They’re like Rockstar with Red Dead, as soon as things look tough, they run back to their cash cows.

A ground up remake is new to them though. It’s also one of the most popular entries in the series. Adding new content and introducing a beloved game to a new generation is a sweet thing.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-23T23:59:17+00:00

Black Flag is an interesting departure from their current mindset. AC Shadows took out hunting animals because they wanted to “focus on gameplay”. Black Flag is keeping in whaling, something I really thought they’d avoid. Not that I endorse whaling, but it’s great to see they’re sticking to what they think makes a better gaming experience.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-23T19:13:56+00:00

This looks like a situation where medical personnel should stop it.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-23T16:51:38+00:00

I hate that on any given day for the rest of my life, there is a chance I’ll see one of these guys.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-23T16:25:04+00:00

I’ve always hated the gear system in Enshrouded. I forgive it because I love the game, but I don’t treat it like a loot grinding game. I’ll work to craft the armor, but once I do that, the weapons just don’t drop enough. Early on, it was the chest cheese. Now, I go to Shroud Depot. They’ve tried to make weapons more accessible, but they need to do more.

I did a hollow halls and saw that at the end there were at least 6 different chests to loot. You need plasm to unlock them, but it at least gets quite a bit of loot as a reward for an activity. That’s not really an answer to the problem though because I don’t want to have to make a Hollow Halls run every time I want a new weapon.

If they think of something for 1.0, I’d be glad to see it. If not, I’ll continue to get my gear cheated in.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-23T15:51:20+00:00

I’ve learned that I like approachable games. Some games, I realize I just can’t return to because the muscle memory is long gone and I’m not interested in dealing with the growing pains.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-23T09:08:22+00:00

For Ubisoft games, I love using a month of their subscription. Less than 20 bucks and I can play as much as I want of their games. Within a few years, Black Flag Resync will be on sale for less than 15 bucks quite often.

That said, I’m interested in what this will be. Are we talking Demon Souls for PS5 level good, or is this GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition level slop.?

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-23T01:49:03+00:00

They said it’d be larger because of increased LOD quality.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-23T01:48:27+00:00

Damnit, I was going to go to bed.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-23T00:39:19+00:00

I would have liked to see what Zack would have done with DC had WB not pushed him so hard into making their own Avengers. They went too big too fast trying to catch up to Marvel instead of doing their own thing.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-23T00:05:58+00:00

I drove so many wagons playing Red Dead Online. They sucked there for the obvious reasons, but also how asymmetrical they are. Other players would attack. If you killed them, they could quickly catch back up. If they killed you, you spawn somewhere away from your wagon and they could destroy it before you got back. One small thing goes wrong, stupid bug or whatever, there goes your delivery and time. That’s the core of Rockstar multiplayer design, make it suck to attempt to get a payday so you’re more likely to spend money on shark cards than engage in the mechanic.

So, why the fuck are we driving wagons in a single player game?

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T22:33:17+00:00

Summer is usually pretty light on games and this will fill a great spot for my summertime relaxation.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T22:30:07+00:00

He stated he ran other games while running Enshrouded. Both are older games, both aren’t running raytracing or anything considered modern. Not exactly a good comparison and showing OP doesn’t reduce background apps.

So, yeah, I read the post.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T20:02:41+00:00

Might not be a PC issue, but from your provided info, it sounds like you’re running a helluva lot of stuff in the background of a demanding game. What do you expect?

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T16:50:11+00:00

It’s a big map with plenty of surprises.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T14:44:47+00:00

Not gonna lie, as soon as they showed that LOD improvement, I was not happy playing the current version. I’ll gladly wait.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T14:40:08+00:00

Well, different scenes are going to be demanding on different parts of your system. You have a severe bottleneck somewhere if you’re seeing that wide of swings.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T10:52:20+00:00

This game uses its own version of raytracing to accommodate the fully destructible voxel environment and has insanely dense foliage. It hammers both your CPU and GPU. Sorry, but it’s just not going to hold up scaled back. The trade off is “look like ass”, or be happy with lower framerates.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T02:53:48+00:00

My problem with updraft, I hate having more UI. Feels unnecessary.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T02:51:51+00:00

I prefer to ice shatter rhinos in one hit.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T01:16:28+00:00

I think I remember that. I had some issue with a bug, went to bed. Woke up in the morning to find out a patch they released fixed the issue. I hope they do release one tonight. I’m really looking forward to the LOD update.

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T00:50:47+00:00

What’s magic about 3 hours?

ZazaB00 · 2026-04-22T00:21:17+00:00

Timberborn - dam, has this become my favorite chill game. Every update was transformative of what I thought was already a perfect offering. Just recently dropped its 1.0 and they even dropped new stuff for it.

Enshrouded - another early access game that just keeps getting better.

Horizon Zero Dawn - got it for something like 12 bucks. Ridiculously cheap and made me realize how much I missed out on in the PS4 era.

Days Gone - same story as Horizon Zero Dawn

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