Assassin’s Creed Shadows Delay: Ubisoft Aims for Quality and Innovation After Star Wars Outlaws Launch

The delay of Assassin’s Creed Shadows seemed to have a lot to do with the disappointing launch of Star Wars Outlaws. However, according to the head of the Assassin’s Creed franchise Marc-Alexis Côté, the problem is a little deeper than that. According to Côté, the series has been inconsistent in quality in recent years and the CEO of Ubisoft wants to solve that with the new release.

Coté made the statement in a recent interview with Eurogamer. For example, the head of Assassin’s Creed confirmed that ‘the Ubisoft portal has received a lot of criticism in recent years regarding the quality of experience’. According to Côté, the community wants ‘more quality assurance or Polishbut also more innovation and an immersive experience with greater depth’. And of course all these elements make games better.

Through the cancellation of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Côté believes that Ubisoft has an opportunity to bring back that negative view of the series, but also for Ubisoft games in general. According to Côté, Assassin’s Creed Shadows has enough potential to be one of the best installments in the series, although he also admits that it is ‘not enough to be just the best’ . The game has been postponed to better meet player expectations.

Côté also said that Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the most advanced and complex project ever for the series. The game features mechanics, stories and technology that are all connected. The delay will allow the team to further polish all aspects of the game’s gameplay and set a new standard for Assassin’s Creed.

Côté is surprisingly pointing out the inherent problem of Ubisoft’s games here. Each franchise has its own plan, with which each new project is started. It seems that Ubisoft is finally realizing that this is finally getting repetitive and boring. Star Wars Outlaws was a little smaller and things were handled differently. Unfortunately, according to players, that game was not fully developed enough. Assassin’s Creed Mirage also returned to a more complex formula.

We’re especially curious how Assassin’s Creed Shadows can pull off the wear and tear of Ubisoft’s classic approach, as Côté promises here. After all, a 4-month delay is not enough to restructure the entire game, so Ubisoft may have brought the new approach and innovation into the development original. Hopefully it will once again be enough to convince players of the open world dominance of Ubisoft’s titles.