I quickly read through the article to check if anyone at Ubisoft Montreal or Quebec were being laid off… Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was one of the most amazing games I’ve ever played. Those devs are bloody brilliant. Luckily it seems not.

There’s a relationship cheat code I use all the time. It usually stops everything in it’s tracks and sets you on a much more positive path, especially if they’re not used to you doing this. When you find yourself at that point in a conversation where you’re about to shout something like “OH FFS! WHAT’S THE MATTER NOW?!” instead… you pause, look at them, tilt your head a bit, narrow your eyes thoughtfully and say as calmly as you can “What do you need?”. No matter how mad they get after that you just keep asking that question until they respond to it. If you haven’t done that before it may take them a while to even notice you asked that question. Just keep going. Oh also top tip… when they tell you what they need don’t invalidate it. It’s hard for a lot of people to directly tell you what they actually need. If they do then they’re trusting you to listen. Breaking that trust will take you right back to square one.

I hung around their Discord for ages and the pace of development seemed glacial. It’s not that I don’t think it will ever come out but it’s definitely going to be a while. Gave up following after a few months. Love the aesthetic though and I really hope this one doesn’t fizzle out like other titles in my wish list (Road Diner Simulator, B-17 Squadron, Solarpunk, Kerbal Space Program 2 etc.)