Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Assassin’s Creed is arguably the most franchisey of franchises. However, despite having a reasonably solid conceit and huge budget the games have been extremely wobbly in their quality. So what’s the problem? Surely Ubisoft should have just improved on each game every time. According to Ben, they've managed it with Far Cry. He explains why.
Ben on Twitter: twitter.com/benrlmeredith
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Assassin’s Creed is arguably the most franchisey of franchises. However, despite having a reasonably solid conceit and huge budget the games have been extremely wobbly in their quality. So what’s the problem? Surely Ubisoft should have just improved on each game every time. According to Ben, they've managed it with Far Cry. He explains why.
Ben on Twitter: twitter.com/benrlmeredith
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VideoBrains is a free monthly conference where video games developers, journalists and players give talks and answer questions. We’ve had fantastic talks on everything from indie marketing to the Slender Man to a behind-the-scenes look at Deus Ex.
Twitter! twitter.com/Videobrains
Facebook! facebook.com/VideoBrains
Patreon! patreon.com/VideoBrains
For everything else VideoBrains, including tickets for our upcoming events, check the website: videobrains.co.uk
