Publisher Ubisoft has put out a good amount of AAA titles ranging across many genres since they’ve been around; although one genre they’ve yet to venture to is the role-playing game. In this week’s Famitsu, Ubisoft executive director Alain Corre speaks of their desire to create an RPG; an RPG the scale of Final Fantasy.
“Our mission is to create hit games on the same level as Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.” Corre told the Japanese magazine. “We’d like to see everyone in Japan root for us. Perhaps someday our efforts will result in a major hit on the level of a Dragon Quest.
“We’ve made shooters, strategy, sports, action, and adventure games, but not any RPGs yet. Still, we’re open to all possibilities. If we can get a quality team of RPG-oriented developers, I’d love to release one. If we have a chance to work with Japanese creators, then I’m sure we can make a game that appeals to the Japanese audience.”
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Wow, I knew it was only going to be so much time before Ubisoft attempts an RPG… something tells me though, just this gut feeling, that they could most likely do a really good job at it. I like that they are using JRPG’s as an inspiration for a standard to meet or even try to surpass. I can’t imagine them beating the traditional JRPG but I can see them really grasping the element.
Well if they did attempt it; it would definately be worth picking up, if only to see how they did. I think Ubisoft is a great company though, with some really stellar titles behind them, so they have a good chance at pulling off a ‘real’ RPG with style, imo.
Hmm Im not sure they could do it. Im not surprised their talking about it because Ubi wants to have something for everyone.
Ubisoft is indeed very experienced at what they do. I’m curious to see how they’ll approach the genre being that it is their first time there. Being that they hold reverence for JRPGs, I’m quite interested in their plans. Good luck to them! :D