Ubisoft CEO Says Breath of the Wild Borrowed Parts of Far Cry, Other Games

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been an immense success for the Nintendo Switch, but according to the CEO of Ubisoft, part of that success can likely be attributed to the Zelda game taking directions from Ubisoft's titles.

Far Cry and "other Ubisoft games" were mentioned specifically by Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot in an interview with Edge magazine. The other games Guillemot is referring to would likely include Assassin's Creed and Watch_Dogs, all of which have been criticized in the past for sharing similar concepts between dissimilar games. Guillemot says that newer games such as Breath of the Wild and Horizon Zero Dawn took concepts found in Ubisoft games and made them their own.

"It's interesting, because The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild took a lot of things that existed in Far Cry and other Ubisoft games, but did them perfectly," Guillemot told Edge magazine. "I think the most important thing is not the systems as they are, it's how they can be perfected; how they can give the player the best experience possible."

Saying that a fun gaming system can be combined with different possibilities to create a unified, enjoyable experience, Guillemot went on to reference Horizon Zero Dawn after saying that Ubisoft is taking strides to diversify their games.

"But we are taking more and more time on our games so that they are very different from one another," he continued. "That has always been the objective. But if you look at many of the games that are being launched – even the last Sony game, Horizon Zero Dawn – again, they took some of the same systems that we have. Because, in the industry, we always look at other games and other publishers."

Guillemot also said that the company is hoping to focus on more multiplayer titles in the future while still looking to diversify their games' features.

[Edge via Wccftech]

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