Désilets' name may have attracted Private Division to this truly unique game, but whether it survives in the marketplace will be down to the concept and its execution alone. However, the truth is that Panache Digital's debut release has ambition that travels well beyond the personal experiences of its figurehead. It is tempting to view Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey as some kind of comment on the decade that has elapsed since the launch of Désilets' last game, Assassin's Creed II. Now, another five years on, Panache has launched a game that has left many critics feeling stuck in the wilderness, pursuing ideas and solutions that often come to nothing. Panache Digital was founded in late 2014, at which point Désilets had already spent more than four years in the wilderness, pursuing ideas and solutions that often came to nothing. Désilets was "terminated" by Ubisoft a few months later, and filed a lawsuit against the company to regain control of an in-development IP known only as "1666 Amsterdam." In fact, it went bankrupt within 18 months, and Désilets found himself back at Ubisoft when his former employer swept in to pick up the pieces. Désilets took the lead role at THQ's freshly minted Montreal studio in 2011, a time when THQ seemed to be re-emerging as an exciting publisher of bold new IP. If the possibilities were truly exciting then, reality quickly intervened.
One of the principal creators of Assassin's Creed, he was among the most recognisable and in-demand game designers in the industry - and the industry eagerly awaited his next move. Patrice Désilets left Ubisoft almost ten years ago.
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