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- What happens when we die?
- What will we leave behind?
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- Immortality comes when...
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- you give your people something
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- that they needed
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- that they didn't have,
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- and that they can keep
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- when you are gone.
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- That is how you...
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- How you survive your own death.
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- So you want to be a knight, eh?
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- You've lived your whole life
- inside these castle walls, yeah?
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- Run up here safe.
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- And now you come to me
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- and say that you want to pick up
- a weapon and defend your people?
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- Do you know what's out there?
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- Wastelands, poisoned lakes,
- starving barbarians.
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- We are going to ride out
- and retake those lands.
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- Yes. Those lands were ours,
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- and they will be ours again.
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- But if you are going
- to pick up a sword,
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- remember that it will be
- for the rest of your life.
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- We have endless enemies
- to fight.
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- We are far fewer
- than we used to be,
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- but these are our lands.
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- So, pick up your sword,
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- learn to use it,
- and ride out with us.
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- But don't expect to ride back.
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- You'll always be a warrior,
- if you start down that road.
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- But for those who live:
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- Gold, plunder, power, glory.
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- So, are you with me?
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- Well, then come aboard.
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- The reality of the
- video game - industry today is,
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- It's a savage industry where
- only three percent of all games
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- earn 97 percent
- of the total profits.
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- In all creative processes
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- they say,
- "Oh, it's normal to fail.
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- We have fail camps and
- we laugh about our failures."
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- But when you're living it...
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- ...it's a bit less fun,
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- especially when you just burned
- through ten million dollars.
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- It was two years of my life
- we were working
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- on something magical
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- until we realized we weren't
- going in the right direction.
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- This is Yannis Mallat,
- the CEO
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- of the Toronto, Montreal,
- and Quebec City studios.
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- Does he want us
- to get back on track?
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- Maybe he's telling himself,
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- this was expensive enough,
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- "You should go work
- on an existing brand."
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- I convinced him to give
- my team six months
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- to come up with a new proposal.
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- And after six months,
- they would decide
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- if they pulled the plug
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- or continue to invest.
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- I was looking
- for a Creative Director
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- that had a game in him.
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- This guy arrived
- at the second meeting
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- with a wooden sword
- he made when he was 14.
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- When I
- started this project,
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- I was half convinced
- that I was crazy.
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- I pitched this protect
- for ten years,
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- and every single person that
- I pitched it to had said no.
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- They'd said no.
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- "It's not interesting, it's not
- going to work, I don't get it,
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- it's not cool." I was starting
- to think I was crazy.
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- I've known the pain of
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- having something not work out,
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- and I've been fool enough
- to try again.
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- Stéphane, our producer.
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- Our pitch will be in a mix
- of English and French,
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- because, in order to get
- a good pitch from Jason,
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- we need English.
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- I could do
- my pitch in French, but...
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- make no sense
- at all. It would...
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- So, I've had a game in my head
- for about 12 years now.
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- I actually wanted to play
- this game
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- for much longer than that,
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- but the industry just kept
- not making it. Right?
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- I would go to the store
- every year, and it wasn't there.
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- And now I download,
- and I'm like,
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- "Where is it?
- It hasn't arrived."
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- So, that's this game.
- Okay? This game is that.
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- When our player
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- was, you know,
- eight years old or so, right?
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- He or she was in the backyard
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- and found a stick and...
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- And he could do it.
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- Couldn't put a ball
- through a hoop, right?
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- Couldn't write his own name in his
- handwriting - very well, right?
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- But... Cuk! Cuk! Cuk!
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- "All right, man!"
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- So, he did what any reasonable
- eight-year-old would do,
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- is he went and found his brother
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- and beat the shit out of him
- with it. Right?
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- Right?
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- Later, in high school,
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- picks up a baseball bat.
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- Something moves.
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- What is that? Like...
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- That's a little scary.
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- It's like...
- What is that thing? Hmm!
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- But, wow!
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- Hmm...
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- So, he puts it down and says,
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- "Fuck that, I am going
- to go play video games."
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- It's interesting
- to link our three cultures
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- with musical genres.
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- We're bringing the Super Bowl,
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- like, mood and adrenaline...
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- Heavy metal fits
- with the Vikings.
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- Rap is interesting
- for the knights.
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- It's like
- monster truck meets UFC.
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- It's loud, it's dangerous,
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- it's full of dust,
- it's full of blood.
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- Knight,
- Viking, or Samurai.
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- What kind of person are you?
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- What would you fight for?
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- Here we go!
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- Pam, 360, let's go.
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- 360, Nick, Olivier.
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- First of all,
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- we wanted to solidify
- the nucleus of the game,
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- which is the fight mechanics.
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- It's our biggest risk,
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- and the heart
- and soul of this game,
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- and the business model
- of this game.
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- We convinced the
- company that we had an idea
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- about melee sword fighting
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- that was a completely new way
- to play these games,
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- was a real breakthrough
- in game play.
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- Instead of
- the traditional approach
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- where we expect you
- to memorize combinations,
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- the Art of Battle
- puts your attention
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- on your enemy's weapon
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- as the most important thing
- that matters.
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- And not just on
- the weapon itself,
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- but on that weapon's position
- in space.
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- Yannis was here to just see
- the production.
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- The good news is,
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- he really asked to see Hero.
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- He was looking at it and...
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- We sold the meeting.
- He went out happy.
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- That said, it doesn't bring
- anything new to the project.
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- It was more a recognition tour.
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- With innovation comes risk.
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- The more innovation,
- the greater the risk.
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- And the greater the risk,
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- the more likely it is
- to collapse.
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- Because there are too many
- forces pushing against
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- what the team wants to do,
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- whether it's the pressure
- to attract talent and resources,
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- or it's doubt
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- because your competition
- is doing something that works.
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- One thing I will do very often
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- is update you on what's
- happening on the marketing side.
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- I know we're not yet ready to go
- out and say, "Hey, we exist."
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- But in two weeks from now,
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- we're going to have people
- from Europe and San Francisco,
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- marketing people from Operational
- Marketing - will come here.
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- We're going to present them
- the game. They'll come and play.
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- We started with Jason's
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- pure vision, a blank slate,
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- we don't have a name, or a logo,
- or a cover for the box.
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- We don't have a trailer.
- Nothing exists.
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- Everything needs to be created.
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- When you introduce a new brand,
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- we want to make sure
- that we start with a message
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- that can be understood
- and resonate
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- into as many players
- as possible.
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- Blade Masters, Blade Assault,
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- Warriors of Honor,
- Eternal Honor,
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- Blade Warfare, Blade Assault.
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- I talked with Creative Services
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- in San Francisco. This is what
- they came up with.
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- Force of Arms, Wrath of
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- the Warriors, Storm of Steel,
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- Blade Rivals, Burden of Steel,
- Bloodsport...
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- We want to capture
- the universal feeling
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- of the heroic moment,
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- the universal feeling
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- of what it's like to be
- a warrior on a battlefield.
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- There! Yes!
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- The knight fantasy
- of being a protector, right,
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- has always really hit me hard.
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- 00:11:13,423 --> 00:11:18,511
- My mom was a big Rodgers
- and Hammerstein fan.
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- Musicals, right?
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- And her favorite musical
- was Camelot.
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- And so I grew up
- watching Lancelot
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- singing about, you know,
- being a valorous knight,
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- and that whole thing was sort
- of where I got started,
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- you know, with this fantasy.
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- If you were really in trouble,
- we were like...
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- You would try to... You would
- try to follow it, right?
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- 00:11:38,865 --> 00:11:40,907
- I think fantasy is a...
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- It's full of lessons
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- about what can be
- and who we are.
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- 00:11:53,338 --> 00:11:55,089
- My dad was a collector
- of religions.
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- Uh, by the time I was 14,
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- I had been, I think,
- seven different things.
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- We had been, you know,
- Christian, Buddhist, atheist,
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- this one agnostic thing.
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- We had done pagan stuff.
- We had done everything.
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- Zen, he was into meditation.
- He did...
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- He was member of a cult,
- he was...
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- 00:12:16,277 --> 00:12:18,779
- He did... A religion
- of the month club, man.
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- Watching shows or, you know...
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- I'm always watching them
- with a purpose.
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- 00:12:27,539 --> 00:12:29,499
- What's the statement
- that's being made here?
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- I take in entertainment
- like it was a philosophy,
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- 00:12:34,671 --> 00:12:37,130
- like it was
- a statement of philosophy.
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- 00:12:37,131 --> 00:12:40,552
- Yeah, this one.
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- Okay, girls, you're
- going to have to hurry up
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- because Delphine, you forgot
- your gymnastics leotard
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- at Mom's house.
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- 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:05,992
- So now we've got to go by
- Mom's place to get it.
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- This is a disaster.
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- 00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:13,501
- So I'm just going to eat supper
- at seven o'clock when I arrive.
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- Come here.
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- Well, when you start the game,
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- you can choose either a normal
- world or a magical world,
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- and you can have bad guys,
- like monsters.
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- Before you're born,
- you choose a power.
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- That's cool.
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- 00:13:37,692 --> 00:13:40,569
- And you can be
- a dragon trainer,
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- or the queen or king.
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- The world that you created
- is a very expensive world.
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- 00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:51,079
- You wouldn't want to make it
- a bit cheaper?
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- Dad, your game isn't cheap, so
- my game won't be cheap either.
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- All right!
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- Yeah!
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- Welcome to Hall of Heroes, where the
- tournament is - taking place right now.
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- There's no game on the market
- - like the one we're producing.
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- We had to find a way to not
- look too far ahead,
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- but be sure that we were moving
- full-speed ahead.
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- We started integrating
- game sessions
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- into our development process.
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- Back! Back! Back!
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- Every milestone
- is one of these, right?
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- Where everyone gets together
- on the team, and we make teams,
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- and we just beat the holy hell
- out of each other, right?
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- We have a great time doing it.
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- I'm here with Jason
- "The Dark Lord" VandenBerghe.
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- I want to get your impressions.
- That was madness!
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- The competition
- forces us to engage
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- with the game 100 percent,
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- 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:53,308
- and what happens is,
- we find all the bugs,
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- 00:14:53,309 --> 00:14:54,560
- we find out what's wrong,
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- 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:56,144
- we find out
- if it's unfair, right?
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- 00:14:56,145 --> 00:14:57,771
- Oh, he just took
- the tower, guys!
- 251
- 00:14:57,772 --> 00:15:00,315
- Because after a
- tournament like this,
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- the teams that lost,
- they're going to be...
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- 00:15:02,318 --> 00:15:04,862
- They're going to say, if there
- was a reason that they lost,
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- 00:15:04,863 --> 00:15:06,613
- if the game was unfair,
- they're going to say,
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- 00:15:06,614 --> 00:15:08,741
- "Well, it was unfair for
- this reason and this reason."
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- 00:15:12,078 --> 00:15:15,455
- Ha! Ha! Ha! The Dark Lord!
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- 00:15:15,456 --> 00:15:17,457
- There's no disadvantage
- to playing against Yannis,
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- because you get to kill him
- a lot of times. It's really...
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- 00:15:20,587 --> 00:15:22,921
- That's super fun. Bang!
- 260
- 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:26,633
- Bang! Bang! Down you go!
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- 00:15:26,634 --> 00:15:28,678
- The pressure comes from always
- 262
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- fighting for survival
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- and in convincing management
- that the money invested here
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- 00:15:34,975 --> 00:15:38,019
- is well-spent because
- of the project's potential,
- 265
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- rather than
- on an existing brand.
- 266
- 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:44,484
- How many times do I
- need to remind you of this rule:
- 267
- 00:15:44,485 --> 00:15:47,279
- In show business, you need to be
- good when it counts.
- 268
- 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,782
- Okay! That is true.
- 269
- 00:15:49,783 --> 00:15:52,492
- And I'll tell you when that is.
- Oh, when that is! Okay, good.
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- That's when I win!
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- That's when you win.
- That's when it counts.
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- 00:15:55,663 --> 00:15:57,247
- I do combative sports.
- 273
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- Sometimes I take hits,
- sometimes I hit back.
- 274
- 00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:02,753
- I know that fear, concern,
- thrill, intensity comes with it.
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- 00:16:02,754 --> 00:16:07,591
- You get that intensity
- playing Hero.
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- Perfect, perfect!
- Bring me the Dark Lord! Shit!
- 277
- 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:12,034
- Before, management would cancel
- 278
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- one out of every three meetings.
- 279
- 00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:15,641
- "Oh, there's another emergency."
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- We have a project
- in early development.
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- 00:16:17,351 --> 00:16:19,812
- There's always a daily emergency
- that takes precedence.
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- Now management is on my floor
- the day before
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- to practice
- because they're all very proud
- 284
- 00:16:27,487 --> 00:16:28,946
- and they don't want
- to get beaten
- 285
- 00:16:28,947 --> 00:16:31,406
- on the day of the tournament.
- 286
- 00:16:31,407 --> 00:16:34,033
- So I have a buy-in
- from the team,
- 287
- 00:16:34,034 --> 00:16:36,955
- but I also have a buy-in
- from management.
- 288
- 00:16:49,216 --> 00:16:52,010
- Sonic and Moonwreck, the two
- - team captains, dueling here.
- 289
- 00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:54,471
- Sonic doing a great job
- with the guard breaks,
- 290
- 00:16:54,472 --> 00:16:56,723
- placing those attacks
- really, really well.
- 291
- 00:16:56,724 --> 00:16:58,976
- Moonwreck gets
- a strong attack in.
- 292
- 00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:01,436
- This is still anyone's game.
- Moonwreck takes him down.
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- I can't take this shit.
- It's too much.
- 294
- 00:17:04,649 --> 00:17:06,065
- Now the knights are back
- in sudden death.
- 295
- 00:17:06,066 --> 00:17:07,526
- They're down two guys!
- 296
- 00:17:11,906 --> 00:17:15,200
- That's a good decision. I can't
- blame them for doing that.
- 297
- 00:17:15,201 --> 00:17:17,536
- You don't want to be caught
- two-on-one in this game.
- 298
- 00:17:17,537 --> 00:17:21,415
- It's a great way to get a sword
- in your back and to be dead.
- 299
- 00:17:25,127 --> 00:17:27,629
- I got an
- education about bullies,
- 300
- 00:17:27,630 --> 00:17:30,257
- you know, for the first 20 years
- of my life.
- 301
- 00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:33,760
- In school and being young,
- 302
- 00:17:33,761 --> 00:17:38,807
- I was constantly being attacked.
- 303
- 00:17:38,808 --> 00:17:43,354
- I was never safe. Never safe.
- Because I wouldn't fight back.
- 304
- 00:17:46,482 --> 00:17:49,150
- All you needed to do is say
- one thing to me, man,
- 305
- 00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:51,945
- and I would break down crying,
- I'd get mad,
- 306
- 00:17:51,946 --> 00:17:55,867
- I'd freak out, I would give
- you these huge reactions.
- 307
- 00:17:57,493 --> 00:18:00,245
- I get hurt really, really easy.
- 308
- 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,955
- And that's on me.
- 309
- 00:18:01,956 --> 00:18:05,042
- That's not the world
- constantly hurting me, right?
- 310
- 00:18:05,043 --> 00:18:09,630
- That's...
- I'm really, really sensitive.
- 311
- 00:18:10,715 --> 00:18:12,465
- So...
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- 00:18:12,466 --> 00:18:15,677
- I'm going to get hurt.
- It's just going to happen.
- 313
- 00:18:15,678 --> 00:18:17,471
- There's no avoiding it.
- 314
- 00:18:19,766 --> 00:18:21,641
- If you're someone who is afraid
- 315
- 00:18:21,642 --> 00:18:23,476
- that something bad's
- going to happen,
- 316
- 00:18:23,477 --> 00:18:27,856
- then understanding the
- consequences of violent action
- 317
- 00:18:27,857 --> 00:18:30,860
- can help you with that feeling.
- 318
- 00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:35,948
- I think that anyone
- 319
- 00:18:35,949 --> 00:18:38,659
- who is interested
- in how the world works
- 320
- 00:18:39,869 --> 00:18:42,161
- will also be interested
- in violence,
- 321
- 00:18:42,162 --> 00:18:44,958
- because violence is the natural
- consequence of conflict.
- 322
- 00:18:46,793 --> 00:18:48,209
- And I can be fascinated by that
- 323
- 00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:50,253
- and not need to express it
- at all.
- 324
- 00:18:50,254 --> 00:18:52,338
- I have no need...
- I'm not a violent person.
- 325
- 00:18:52,339 --> 00:18:55,050
- I am very peaceful, in fact.
- 326
- 00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,308
- "...never had to fight,
- 327
- 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:06,519
- never had to go to war,
- rise against men.
- 328
- 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,856
- The man grabs the sword,
- and he scans all the details.
- 329
- 00:19:09,857 --> 00:19:12,358
- We cut to a first-person view
- of the knight running
- 330
- 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,193
- towards a group
- of imposing Vikings.
- 331
- 00:19:14,194 --> 00:19:17,530
- This is the moment that we
- realize how scary it can be
- 332
- 00:19:17,531 --> 00:19:20,826
- to be on a battlefield facing
- such a strong enemy."
- 333
- 00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:22,786
- Are you okay?
- 334
- 00:19:22,787 --> 00:19:24,393
- The story,
- I've always wondered
- 335
- 00:19:24,394 --> 00:19:26,039
- what it would be like.
- 336
- 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:30,209
- I never had to, and I always
- wondered if I could. That's...
- 337
- 00:19:30,210 --> 00:19:33,338
- You, uh...
- 338
- 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:35,381
- You put your finger
- on something.
- 339
- 00:19:35,382 --> 00:19:37,342
- We've still got to go pitch it.
- 340
- 00:19:37,343 --> 00:19:41,304
- And one of the main issues
- for us is,
- 341
- 00:19:41,305 --> 00:19:43,431
- "What are we presenting?"
- 342
- 00:19:43,432 --> 00:19:46,101
- "Close up on the sword.
- Script. Plunge into the ground.
- 343
- 00:19:46,102 --> 00:19:47,978
- The hand of
- a man grabs it firmly
- 344
- 00:19:47,979 --> 00:19:50,022
- and pulls it out. Behind him,
- 345
- 00:19:50,023 --> 00:19:52,273
- other soldiers
- are following his steps."
- 346
- 00:19:52,274 --> 00:19:54,818
- I think we'll have to
- announce - the game this year.
- 347
- 00:19:54,819 --> 00:19:57,487
- The real tragedy now
- 348
- 00:19:57,488 --> 00:20:02,993
- would be if another big project
- announced a similar game.
- 349
- 00:20:02,994 --> 00:20:08,456
- This combat system,
- this lock-on-fight dual stance.
- 350
- 00:20:08,457 --> 00:20:12,377
- We didn't invent this,
- we discovered this, right?
- 351
- 00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:14,462
- The worst thing
- that could happen would be
- 352
- 00:20:14,463 --> 00:20:16,841
- that if somebody else has been
- working on it, too.
- 353
- 00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:30,269
- We have this big meeting where,
- like, me and Steph and Luc,
- 354
- 00:20:30,270 --> 00:20:32,564
- all the sort of core leads
- of the team,
- 355
- 00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:34,858
- we all go to Paris to meet at HQ
- 356
- 00:20:34,859 --> 00:20:37,069
- with Yves Guillemot and
- with the editorial group there.
- 357
- 00:20:37,070 --> 00:20:39,029
- So we get together,
- 358
- 00:20:39,030 --> 00:20:40,906
- we show what we're doing,
- and then we talk about
- 359
- 00:20:40,907 --> 00:20:43,076
- what we'd like to do.
- What our plans are.
- 360
- 00:20:48,497 --> 00:20:50,498
- They said, "Actually,
- you know what, you guys?
- 361
- 00:20:50,499 --> 00:20:53,919
- We think you should go for it,
- for the full box game.
- 362
- 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,337
- The big one."
- 363
- 00:21:00,801 --> 00:21:02,052
- The answer is, "Yes, good.
- 364
- 00:21:02,053 --> 00:21:04,137
- Your current plan
- is good, right?
- 365
- 00:21:04,138 --> 00:21:07,557
- And we'll give you this much
- more. Here, take this money."
- 366
- 00:21:07,558 --> 00:21:13,689
- And inside I'm like,
- "Yes. Oh, my God. Just like..."
- 367
- 00:21:15,066 --> 00:21:16,858
- All right!
- 368
- 00:21:16,859 --> 00:21:21,029
- Congratulation Hero team
- on your fucking FPP.
- 369
- 00:21:23,116 --> 00:21:24,824
- Really well done!
- 370
- 00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:27,994
- It's going to get hot and heavy.
- For the next year or so,
- 371
- 00:21:27,995 --> 00:21:30,705
- the people that you are partying
- with right now
- 372
- 00:21:30,706 --> 00:21:32,624
- and that you're talking with
- right now,
- 373
- 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:35,127
- you're going to see
- a lot of these faces.
- 374
- 00:21:35,128 --> 00:21:37,879
- And remember,
- we're in this together,
- 375
- 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,215
- we're going to do
- a great fucking job.
- 376
- 00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:42,175
- The game is amazing.
- You guys are amazing,
- 377
- 00:21:42,176 --> 00:21:45,971
- and I'm proud to work with
- you all. Thank you very much.
- 378
- 00:22:27,305 --> 00:22:30,723
- We have a system,
- a technology that we call...
- 379
- 00:22:30,724 --> 00:22:33,768
- No. We don't name it.
- We don't talk about that. Okay.
- 380
- 00:22:33,769 --> 00:22:36,062
- I think our biggest challenge
- is to say, "Hey, guys!
- 381
- 00:22:36,063 --> 00:22:37,605
- We are here. We exist."
- 382
- 00:22:37,606 --> 00:22:39,232
- You saw it
- with the trailer, right?
- 383
- 00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:42,652
- You see it when you play
- with the action.
- 384
- 00:22:42,653 --> 00:22:44,737
- Knight, Viking,
- Samurai, what's the deal?
- 385
- 00:22:44,738 --> 00:22:46,781
- It's about you.
- It's about what do you value?
- 386
- 00:22:46,782 --> 00:22:48,950
- What kind of warrior
- is inside of you?
- 387
- 00:22:48,951 --> 00:22:50,576
- One of the
- biggest announcements
- 388
- 00:22:50,577 --> 00:22:52,578
- at today's the Ubisoft
- press conference
- 389
- 00:22:52,579 --> 00:22:54,497
- is one of the big new games
- that was revealed this year.
- 390
- 00:22:54,498 --> 00:22:56,415
- There is melee combat,
- 391
- 00:22:56,416 --> 00:22:58,501
- but this is a different style
- of melee, isn't it?
- 392
- 00:22:58,502 --> 00:23:00,419
- Yes, it is.
- We call it the Art of Battle.
- 393
- 00:23:00,420 --> 00:23:02,421
- Instead of it happening here
- in your head,
- 394
- 00:23:02,422 --> 00:23:04,216
- you're not thinking about it
- intellectually.
- 395
- 00:23:04,217 --> 00:23:05,842
- It happens down here,
- in the lizard brain.
- 396
- 00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:07,886
- There was a big surprise
- delivered by this man.
- 397
- 00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:09,762
- Surprise!
- Surprise!
- 398
- 00:23:09,763 --> 00:23:12,057
- When people start playing,
- they immediately start...
- 399
- 00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:14,767
- Ooh!
- Yeah.
- 400
- 00:23:14,768 --> 00:23:17,979
- It's a new system, so give
- yourself a couple of minutes.
- 401
- 00:23:17,980 --> 00:23:21,066
- But once you get it,
- that's where the fun will peak.
- 402
- 00:23:21,067 --> 00:23:23,484
- It's you and me,
- we're going to decide this.
- 403
- 00:23:23,485 --> 00:23:26,738
- Two great warriors slashing
- in the battlefield.
- 404
- 00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:29,574
- For a decade, I was like, "We should make
- this game, - we should make this game."
- 405
- 00:23:29,575 --> 00:23:32,035
- And the answer was,
- "No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- 406
- 00:23:32,036 --> 00:23:34,204
- No, we don't make
- that kind of game. No, no."
- 407
- 00:23:34,205 --> 00:23:37,123
- Today we came here
- with a world dominion mode.
- 408
- 00:23:37,124 --> 00:23:39,918
- We have split-screen,
- different multiplayer modes.
- 409
- 00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:45,215
- Jason VandenBerghe.
- 410
- 00:23:45,216 --> 00:23:47,800
- Why is it called For Honor?
- 411
- 00:23:47,801 --> 00:23:50,011
- The title is kind
- of a question, right?
- 412
- 00:23:50,012 --> 00:23:52,972
- What do you think honor means?
- And what would you fight for?
- 413
- 00:23:52,973 --> 00:23:55,267
- The Knights, it's usually
- about being protectors, right?
- 414
- 00:23:55,268 --> 00:23:57,852
- Defending the weak, right,
- the nobility of that.
- 415
- 00:23:57,853 --> 00:23:59,687
- But people who pick Vikings,
- 416
- 00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:02,315
- it's all about,
- like, expression and freedom
- 417
- 00:24:02,316 --> 00:24:03,983
- and passion and raarr!
- And then Samurai,
- 418
- 00:24:03,984 --> 00:24:05,651
- it's always about mastery
- 419
- 00:24:05,652 --> 00:24:08,029
- and, you know, discipline
- and learning to focus
- 420
- 00:24:08,030 --> 00:24:10,949
- and working toward something
- that's greater than yourself.
- 421
- 00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:12,992
- Drop by my desk,
- I'll have it ready for you.
- 422
- 00:24:12,993 --> 00:24:14,911
- Thank you very much.
- Thank you.
- 423
- 00:24:14,912 --> 00:24:16,579
- We've been
- going from a team
- 424
- 00:24:16,580 --> 00:24:19,791
- that has been really led
- by one person creatively.
- 425
- 00:24:19,792 --> 00:24:23,544
- I've been this, you know,
- like, visionary auteur pushing
- 426
- 00:24:23,545 --> 00:24:26,756
- and helping every piece
- of the game all the way through.
- 427
- 00:24:26,757 --> 00:24:30,509
- To a team where that now
- has been spread out.
- 428
- 00:24:30,510 --> 00:24:32,971
- I've given that responsibility
- to ten different people,
- 429
- 00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:34,931
- to all the different directors,
- and we're making
- 430
- 00:24:34,932 --> 00:24:38,059
- this organization that knows
- how to make this game, right?
- 431
- 00:24:38,060 --> 00:24:41,271
- So if I get hit by a bus, right,
- they can make the game.
- 432
- 00:24:41,272 --> 00:24:44,232
- That's one thing we need to fix,
- though, is they don't move...
- 433
- 00:24:44,233 --> 00:24:47,986
- With the size of our budget,
- - I can't just say to my bosses,
- 434
- 00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:49,904
- "We're doing something new.
- 435
- 00:24:49,905 --> 00:24:51,864
- We're going to learn
- how to do it."
- 436
- 00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:55,118
- No. We have to compete
- with the best in the world.
- 437
- 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:56,577
- In order to compete
- with the best,
- 438
- 00:24:56,578 --> 00:24:58,747
- you have to attract
- the best talent.
- 439
- 00:25:00,624 --> 00:25:03,126
- We now have five studios
- working with us.
- 440
- 00:25:03,127 --> 00:25:06,503
- We have people in China,
- in India,
- 441
- 00:25:06,504 --> 00:25:09,757
- Bucharest, Germany, Quebec,
- Toronto.
- 442
- 00:25:09,758 --> 00:25:11,508
- We have dispersed
- our production.
- 443
- 00:25:11,509 --> 00:25:13,636
- It's become a big machine.
- 444
- 00:25:13,637 --> 00:25:15,494
- Five hundred people
- will soon be involved
- 445
- 00:25:15,495 --> 00:25:17,390
- in the For Honor project.
- 446
- 00:25:17,391 --> 00:25:19,684
- It's all good.
- 447
- 00:25:19,685 --> 00:25:24,105
- There is a lack of confidence.
- Don't worry about it.
- 448
- 00:25:24,106 --> 00:25:26,983
- I told them,
- "Calm the fuck down."
- 449
- 00:25:26,984 --> 00:25:31,029
- Whoever it is that
- is making these decisions.
- 450
- 00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:32,530
- Because so far...
- 451
- 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:36,909
- I don't even know who is making
- these decisions.
- 452
- 00:25:36,910 --> 00:25:38,577
- Yeah.
- 453
- 00:25:38,578 --> 00:25:43,041
- Do you know why Jason is upset?
- 454
- 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:44,876
- He asked
- for certain things to be done,
- 455
- 00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:46,543
- and they were changed.
- 456
- 00:25:46,544 --> 00:25:50,089
- He's leaving for three days
- on a long weekend,
- 457
- 00:25:50,090 --> 00:25:52,217
- so he's panicking.
- 458
- 00:25:52,218 --> 00:25:54,677
- The last six months
- has been really intense
- 459
- 00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:56,762
- because we're a big team now,
- 460
- 00:25:56,763 --> 00:26:00,351
- and I no longer have the time
- 461
- 00:26:01,810 --> 00:26:03,895
- to explain to the people
- 462
- 00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:06,439
- whose feelings I've hurt
- what I meant.
- 463
- 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,066
- I'll be like, "Blah."
- 464
- 00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:09,984
- And I'll say something,
- and they'll go...
- 465
- 00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:11,319
- And I can see it on their face.
- 466
- 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:12,778
- I can see that I've hurt them.
- 467
- 00:26:12,779 --> 00:26:16,824
- And inside I go,
- "Oh, no! Oh, no, no, no."
- 468
- 00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:19,244
- When we were a smaller project,
- 469
- 00:26:19,245 --> 00:26:21,246
- I could be like,
- "Look, I'm really sorry,
- 470
- 00:26:21,247 --> 00:26:23,580
- let's talk about that,"
- and take 15 minutes, 20 minutes,
- 471
- 00:26:23,581 --> 00:26:26,209
- and talk it out,
- and so it would be fine.
- 472
- 00:26:26,210 --> 00:26:28,378
- But now, we got to go.
- 473
- 00:26:28,379 --> 00:26:29,921
- If your camera picks up speed
- a little bit
- 474
- 00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:32,173
- and just get
- the fuck over there,
- 475
- 00:26:32,174 --> 00:26:34,633
- we won't feel the lack
- of the story quite as much.
- 476
- 00:26:34,634 --> 00:26:38,637
- I am very particular, right?
- I want things to be like this,
- 477
- 00:26:38,638 --> 00:26:42,641
- or like this, or like this...
- 478
- 00:26:42,642 --> 00:26:46,813
- And when I get into conflict
- with people,
- 479
- 00:26:48,566 --> 00:26:52,444
- something about the way that
- I act and the way that I talk
- 480
- 00:26:52,445 --> 00:26:54,612
- communicates to them
- that they're in danger.
- 481
- 00:26:56,365 --> 00:26:58,033
- And I scare people.
- It feels to me like,
- 482
- 00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:02,870
- again, we need to make each beat
- really crisp.
- 483
- 00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:06,291
- Imagine you're working with
- a family of 208 people, right?
- 484
- 00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:08,334
- And then imagine
- that you figure out
- 485
- 00:27:08,335 --> 00:27:10,128
- that you're the crazy uncle
- 486
- 00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:12,755
- who sometimes hurts
- everyone's feelings.
- 487
- 00:27:12,756 --> 00:27:15,049
- I don't know. There was a weird
- little thing with the grab,
- 488
- 00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:16,342
- but you can clean it up.
- 489
- 00:27:16,343 --> 00:27:18,595
- And sometimes breaks
- their heart.
- 490
- 00:27:18,596 --> 00:27:22,557
- Action! Come on in! Argh!
- 491
- 00:27:25,144 --> 00:27:29,188
- I want to stay
- and make this game...
- 492
- 00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:30,689
- forever.
- 493
- 00:27:30,690 --> 00:27:32,817
- I don't want to hurt people.
- 494
- 00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:38,156
- Yet, I have to tell people
- things they don't want to hear,
- 495
- 00:27:38,157 --> 00:27:40,241
- and I have to be hard on
- people sometimes
- 496
- 00:27:40,242 --> 00:27:43,536
- in ways that I'm not good at.
- 497
- 00:27:43,537 --> 00:27:45,955
- I'm clumsy, right?
- 498
- 00:27:45,956 --> 00:27:48,334
- And I'm required to do that
- for my job.
- 499
- 00:27:53,922 --> 00:27:57,467
- Your hands are shaking
- because you think me a monster.
- 500
- 00:27:57,468 --> 00:28:00,429
- You wonder what you could do.
- 501
- 00:28:01,347 --> 00:28:03,222
- Strike me down somehow.
- 502
- 00:28:03,223 --> 00:28:05,934
- Turn my legion against me.
- 503
- 00:28:07,936 --> 00:28:13,650
- That passion, Warden,
- I live it every day.
- 504
- 00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:17,904
- Every breath. In that way,
- we are the same.
- 505
- 00:28:19,239 --> 00:28:21,616
- What makes us different
- 506
- 00:28:21,617 --> 00:28:25,787
- is that you have not yet learned
- what real monsters are made of.
- 507
- 00:28:27,122 --> 00:28:31,544
- Monsters, Warden,
- are made of innocence.
- 508
- 00:28:34,505 --> 00:28:35,673
- War.
- 509
- 00:28:37,591 --> 00:28:41,512
- The natural state
- of our species.
- 510
- 00:28:44,097 --> 00:28:47,142
- This food.
- Why are we not burning it all?
- 511
- 00:28:49,853 --> 00:28:51,417
- What do you
- imagine the clans
- 512
- 00:28:51,418 --> 00:28:53,022
- would do if we burned it all?
- 513
- 00:28:53,023 --> 00:28:56,443
- They'd starve, die.
- 514
- 00:28:58,028 --> 00:29:02,073
- They would unite.
- But leave them scraps,
- 515
- 00:29:02,074 --> 00:29:05,244
- just enough for two,
- maybe three clans,
- 516
- 00:29:06,786 --> 00:29:10,456
- they will fight each other
- over what remains.
- 517
- 00:29:10,457 --> 00:29:13,126
- The wolves among them
- will rise.
- 518
- 00:29:15,713 --> 00:29:17,673
- We're not here to kill them.
- 519
- 00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:22,428
- We are here to teach them
- who they are.
- 520
- 00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:38,569
- Apollyon is the most dangerous
- warrior in our game world.
- 521
- 00:29:41,321 --> 00:29:46,785
- She believes deeply
- that wolves are allowed to feed.
- 522
- 00:29:50,330 --> 00:29:52,707
- I am Apollyon.
- 523
- 00:29:57,546 --> 00:29:59,590
- I bring war.
- 524
- 00:30:01,759 --> 00:30:03,427
- In For Honor,
- 525
- 00:30:03,428 --> 00:30:05,136
- it's a very dark setting.
- 526
- 00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:08,598
- It's a place where conflict
- is constant, right?
- 527
- 00:30:08,599 --> 00:30:11,976
- The story is about being
- a warrior,
- 528
- 00:30:11,977 --> 00:30:15,313
- being someone who will stay
- and fight, right?
- 529
- 00:30:15,314 --> 00:30:17,356
- At the center of that conflict.
- 530
- 00:30:17,357 --> 00:30:20,443
- And knowing that what you're
- doing may or may not be right,
- 531
- 00:30:20,444 --> 00:30:23,571
- may or may not be
- perfectly good or evil, right?
- 532
- 00:30:23,572 --> 00:30:26,491
- But still doing the best
- that you can do in that moment
- 533
- 00:30:26,492 --> 00:30:28,785
- and using every part
- of your ability
- 534
- 00:30:28,786 --> 00:30:32,038
- in the hope that it makes
- the world a better place.
- 535
- 00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:39,587
- I've made a lot of games, right?
- 536
- 00:30:39,588 --> 00:30:42,090
- Almost every other project
- I've been on,
- 537
- 00:30:44,551 --> 00:30:47,094
- I was there to save the project.
- 538
- 00:30:47,095 --> 00:30:49,597
- I was there to help the project
- finish. It wasn't mine.
- 539
- 00:30:49,598 --> 00:30:53,434
- I was there to close it.
- I was there to...
- 540
- 00:30:53,435 --> 00:30:55,562
- to help.
- 541
- 00:30:56,855 --> 00:30:58,063
- But if the game was good or bad,
- 542
- 00:30:58,064 --> 00:31:00,651
- I always had an excuse.
- 543
- 00:31:04,321 --> 00:31:05,989
- If people don't like this game,
- 544
- 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:09,116
- I won't have that.
- 545
- 00:31:09,117 --> 00:31:11,494
- I won't be able to tell myself,
- "Oh, I didn't have time,"
- 546
- 00:31:11,495 --> 00:31:12,870
- or, "I didn't have the...
- 547
- 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:14,372
- You know,
- I didn't have the support,
- 548
- 00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:15,957
- or I didn't have... "Phew.
- 549
- 00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:19,960
- It'll just be, "No, we failed."
- 550
- 00:31:40,940 --> 00:31:42,067
- Yeah.
- 551
- 00:31:43,527 --> 00:31:45,319
- I'm Aisha Tyler,
- and I'm standing
- 552
- 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,196
- in the historic Orpheum Theatre
- in vaguely beautiful,
- 553
- 00:31:47,197 --> 00:31:50,491
- yet vaguely urine-scented
- downtown Los Angeles.
- 554
- 00:31:50,492 --> 00:31:52,369
- It's E3 Conference time.
- 555
- 00:32:03,046 --> 00:32:05,047
- We are rehearsing.
- 556
- 00:32:05,048 --> 00:32:09,343
- We are rehearsing.
- We are going to walk through
- 557
- 00:32:09,344 --> 00:32:11,429
- our stage performance.
- 558
- 00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:14,849
- Apollyon
- and her Black Stone legions
- 559
- 00:32:14,850 --> 00:32:18,353
- crave a world
- where trust is impossible.
- 560
- 00:32:19,688 --> 00:32:21,522
- They're going to run
- the trailer,
- 561
- 00:32:21,523 --> 00:32:23,399
- and then I'm going to walk out,
- 562
- 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:27,152
- and then we're going to have
- the little story time.
- 563
- 00:32:27,153 --> 00:32:28,781
- And we're going to watch
- the demo.
- 564
- 00:32:31,658 --> 00:32:34,912
- And then I come back off stage.
- And I fall apart.
- 565
- 00:32:44,212 --> 00:32:46,986
- That raider showed us
- 566
- 00:32:46,987 --> 00:32:49,801
- what Viking fury could do.
- 567
- 00:32:49,802 --> 00:32:51,719
- The demo is lagging.
- 568
- 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:55,514
- We have to change something
- on the PC, and we'll restart.
- 569
- 00:32:55,515 --> 00:32:58,267
- No, because it's
- lagging. We need to stop that.
- 570
- 00:32:58,268 --> 00:33:00,937
- It's lagging.
- It's a waste of time right now.
- 571
- 00:33:00,938 --> 00:33:03,355
- It worked for a century...
- 572
- 00:33:03,356 --> 00:33:05,399
- We're going to roll
- the backup video. Okay.
- 573
- 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,026
- Play the backup
- video to see if it works.
- 574
- 00:33:08,027 --> 00:33:12,282
- "And it
- had begun..." Fade, logo!
- 575
- 00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:17,161
- Argh! Logo!
- 576
- 00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:19,622
- We know the plan,
- they just fucked it up.
- 577
- 00:33:19,623 --> 00:33:23,459
- "And it had begun..." Fade
- to black, punch the logo in.
- 578
- 00:33:23,460 --> 00:33:25,461
- With the sound,
- which they fucked it up again.
- 579
- 00:33:25,462 --> 00:33:27,254
- It's not that!
- 580
- 00:33:27,255 --> 00:33:31,592
- The timing, like, the video
- plays, the logo comes up...
- 581
- 00:33:31,593 --> 00:33:33,761
- Okay, then what's
- the solution you propose?
- 582
- 00:33:33,762 --> 00:33:35,429
- I don't know. Because...
- 583
- 00:33:35,430 --> 00:33:38,390
- If you see a problem,
- tell me what solution you see.
- 584
- 00:33:38,391 --> 00:33:42,311
- Then we can see what we can do
- with the assets we have at hand.
- 585
- 00:33:42,312 --> 00:33:44,062
- That's the thing.
- 586
- 00:33:44,063 --> 00:33:46,649
- It's not like I can modify
- the video. I cannot modify it.
- 587
- 00:33:46,650 --> 00:33:49,485
- I'm aware of that, dude.
- It's not my first fucking rodeo.
- 588
- 00:33:49,486 --> 00:33:51,696
- Me neither,
- it's not my first rodeo.
- 589
- 00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:53,572
- So if you have a solution,
- bring it forward.
- 590
- 00:33:53,573 --> 00:33:56,868
- Right now, the date, which has
- been the number-one question
- 591
- 00:33:56,869 --> 00:33:59,829
- that people have been asking us,
- is just kind of a whoosh!
- 592
- 00:33:59,830 --> 00:34:01,664
- It's a ghost in the middle
- of a transition
- 593
- 00:34:01,665 --> 00:34:03,791
- that's not even happening,
- right? So...
- 594
- 00:34:03,792 --> 00:34:06,627
- I don't think we can
- judge. I had the same comments.
- 595
- 00:34:06,628 --> 00:34:11,632
- But it's supposed to be there,
- the mix, and after that, bang!
- 596
- 00:34:11,633 --> 00:34:14,927
- I think I can judge.
- I think I can.
- 597
- 00:34:14,928 --> 00:34:17,179
- But that's the problem.
- That's what we're arguing.
- 598
- 00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:19,056
- I don't see the need to argue.
- 599
- 00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:21,266
- I'm just telling you guys,
- you don't think you can judge,
- 600
- 00:34:21,267 --> 00:34:22,519
- I think I can.
- 601
- 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:29,568
- All right.
- 602
- 00:34:45,751 --> 00:34:47,710
- It's really hard
- to stay focused, right?
- 603
- 00:34:47,711 --> 00:34:51,630
- It's really hard to stay
- on top of all of that,
- 604
- 00:34:51,631 --> 00:34:54,759
- and have everything go well,
- 605
- 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,971
- and maintain my emotional
- equilibrium, you know?
- 606
- 00:35:09,608 --> 00:35:14,946
- Today, as Americans,
- we grieve the brutal murder,
- 607
- 00:35:14,947 --> 00:35:18,992
- a horrific massacre of dozens
- of innocent people.
- 608
- 00:35:20,201 --> 00:35:22,036
- We pray for their families,
- 609
- 00:35:22,037 --> 00:35:25,456
- who are grasping for answers
- with broken hearts.
- 610
- 00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:27,833
- We stand with the people
- of Orlando,
- 611
- 00:35:27,834 --> 00:35:31,754
- who have endured a terrible
- attack on their city.
- 612
- 00:35:31,755 --> 00:35:36,383
- We know enough to say that
- this was an act of terror
- 613
- 00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:38,177
- and an act of hate.
- 614
- 00:35:48,354 --> 00:35:52,400
- There is a lot of hate
- in this world. It...
- 615
- 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:56,780
- It's senseless.
- 616
- 00:36:02,035 --> 00:36:03,661
- There's probably people
- out there
- 617
- 00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:06,247
- that would find this
- sort of ironic, but...
- 618
- 00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:12,796
- This... I'm making a game
- about warfare, you know?
- 619
- 00:36:16,466 --> 00:36:18,801
- Games put you at the center,
- 620
- 00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:20,886
- and sometimes that means
- creating villains,
- 621
- 00:36:20,887 --> 00:36:24,723
- and sometimes that means putting our
- characters - in difficult places,
- 622
- 00:36:24,724 --> 00:36:27,101
- And sometimes it means asking
- you to do things that seem
- 623
- 00:36:27,102 --> 00:36:30,521
- difficult or grotesque
- or, you know, frightening,
- 624
- 00:36:30,522 --> 00:36:31,939
- or all that stuff.
- 625
- 00:36:31,940 --> 00:36:33,817
- But that's life,
- that's human life.
- 626
- 00:36:35,110 --> 00:36:37,988
- If I have anything to say
- that can help,
- 627
- 00:36:39,865 --> 00:36:43,742
- the best way for me to do
- that is through entertainment.
- 628
- 00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:46,162
- My message will come through.
- 629
- 00:36:46,163 --> 00:36:50,542
- Even if it's wrapped
- in swords and sorcery, right?
- 630
- 00:36:55,088 --> 00:36:57,049
- I think that art is...
- 631
- 00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:03,554
- a way to strike back
- against anger
- 632
- 00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:06,474
- and oppression and violence.
- 633
- 00:37:09,268 --> 00:37:11,354
- And it's all I've got.
- 634
- 00:37:48,892 --> 00:37:51,436
- So far we've rehearsed Saturday
- 635
- 00:37:51,437 --> 00:37:54,021
- morning, Sunday morning,
- 636
- 00:37:54,022 --> 00:37:55,898
- Sunday night.
- 637
- 00:37:55,899 --> 00:37:59,443
- I can't wait for it to be over
- because,
- 638
- 00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:04,573
- on top of the jetlag, my nights
- are getting worse and worse.
- 639
- 00:38:04,574 --> 00:38:07,993
- Last night I woke up
- five to eight times,
- 640
- 00:38:07,994 --> 00:38:10,079
- and I don't normally get up
- at night.
- 641
- 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,248
- I sleep with this thing
- on my face.
- 642
- 00:38:12,249 --> 00:38:14,125
- To get up and go pee,
- 643
- 00:38:14,126 --> 00:38:17,045
- I've got to take it off
- and turn off the machine.
- 644
- 00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:23,675
- Every year the media will cover
- the most anticipated games.
- 645
- 00:38:23,676 --> 00:38:26,470
- This week we had GameSpot,
- one of the biggest sites,
- 646
- 00:38:26,471 --> 00:38:30,975
- put up a list of E3 2016's
- most anticipated games.
- 647
- 00:38:30,976 --> 00:38:34,812
- When you look at it, For Honor
- is in second place,
- 648
- 00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:40,110
- alongside Battlefield, Zelda,
- other monsters of the industry.
- 649
- 00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:35,539
- Showtime, people!
- 650
- 00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:43,464
- They didn't invite me.
- 651
- 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,804
- It's going to be awesome.
- 652
- 00:39:58,980 --> 00:40:01,024
- There were no signs.
- 653
- 00:40:02,317 --> 00:40:05,694
- It came without warning.
- 654
- 00:40:45,484 --> 00:40:47,111
- Ah!
- 655
- 00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:53,784
- Oh, yes.
- 656
- 00:40:53,785 --> 00:40:57,247
- Desperation drives us to war.
- 657
- 00:40:58,664 --> 00:41:01,208
- It is trust that can end it.
- 658
- 00:41:01,209 --> 00:41:06,463
- Apollyon and her Black Stone
- legions crave a world
- 659
- 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:10,384
- where trust is impossible.
- 660
- 00:41:12,678 --> 00:41:15,264
- I'd like you to meet our game
- director on For Honor,
- 661
- 00:41:15,265 --> 00:41:17,891
- Roman Campos-Oriola.
- Come on out, Roman.
- 662
- 00:41:19,144 --> 00:41:22,021
- My brother. Good luck.
- 663
- 00:41:26,067 --> 00:41:28,278
- How did I do?
- Great.
- 664
- 00:41:34,533 --> 00:41:35,993
- Bye-bye.
- And you're dead.
- 665
- 00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:38,662
- Nailed it.
- Okay. Nice fight.
- 666
- 00:41:55,054 --> 00:41:57,055
- ...they would call it.
- 667
- 00:41:57,056 --> 00:41:58,890
- And it had begun.
- 668
- 00:42:01,144 --> 00:42:03,270
- And they fucked up the logo!
- 669
- 00:42:03,271 --> 00:42:06,690
- They fucked up the logo for
- the seventh consecutive times.
- 670
- 00:42:06,691 --> 00:42:07,775
- Congratulations.
- 671
- 00:42:11,612 --> 00:42:13,405
- Give it up for Roman!
- 672
- 00:42:13,406 --> 00:42:15,657
- Jason VandenBerghe.
- 673
- 00:42:15,658 --> 00:42:18,076
- If you are looking for something
- 674
- 00:42:18,077 --> 00:42:20,162
- to give to that very special
- someone in your life,
- 675
- 00:42:20,163 --> 00:42:23,374
- For Honor will be available
- on Valentine's Day.
- 676
- 00:42:25,835 --> 00:42:28,170
- What could be more romantic
- than dinner, drinks,
- 677
- 00:42:28,171 --> 00:42:30,005
- and an all-night bender
- of epic warfare?
- 678
- 00:42:32,467 --> 00:42:34,468
- We're talking to
- the whole Internet right now.
- 679
- 00:42:34,469 --> 00:42:36,136
- Well, like ten fans.
- 680
- 00:43:28,398 --> 00:43:30,691
- This is
- the decompression chamber.
- 681
- 00:43:35,154 --> 00:43:38,908
- I'm only at ease
- when I'm alone or with my wife.
- 682
- 00:43:42,454 --> 00:43:44,996
- People are always surprised,
- but I'm an introvert.
- 683
- 00:43:44,997 --> 00:43:48,041
- I'm never comfortable
- when there's...
- 684
- 00:43:48,042 --> 00:43:49,586
- When I'm at the office
- or the...
- 685
- 00:43:56,259 --> 00:43:59,719
- What's really weird about that,
- though, is that I can't...
- 686
- 00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:04,891
- I need the social stimulation,
- I need the pressure to create.
- 687
- 00:44:04,892 --> 00:44:07,852
- So my life has been
- about finding a balance
- 688
- 00:44:07,853 --> 00:44:10,481
- between jumping into these
- highly stressful situations,
- 689
- 00:44:10,482 --> 00:44:12,816
- and then getting away from them,
- and then depressurizing,
- 690
- 00:44:12,817 --> 00:44:15,319
- and then going back in,
- back and forth.
- 691
- 00:44:38,343 --> 00:44:40,637
- Team meeting.
- 692
- 00:44:42,096 --> 00:44:43,973
- Team meeting.
- 693
- 00:44:45,850 --> 00:44:47,142
- We have to talk about E3.
- 694
- 00:44:47,143 --> 00:44:49,353
- It was
- a very, very, very good event.
- 695
- 00:44:49,354 --> 00:44:51,188
- We exceeded
- every business objective
- 696
- 00:44:51,189 --> 00:44:52,814
- we had walking in there.
- 697
- 00:44:52,815 --> 00:44:55,359
- Now we have many discussions
- with potential partners,
- 698
- 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:59,363
- from clothing, action figures,
- animation series,
- 699
- 00:44:59,364 --> 00:45:01,448
- amusement parks.
- 700
- 00:45:06,663 --> 00:45:09,414
- We surprised people at E3.
- 701
- 00:45:09,415 --> 00:45:12,792
- That means that we'll do
- a bigger world tour.
- 702
- 00:45:12,793 --> 00:45:14,441
- There is going
- to have presentation
- 703
- 00:45:14,442 --> 00:45:16,129
- that was not planned.
- 704
- 00:45:16,130 --> 00:45:20,301
- You cannot miss that,
- even if it's painful.
- 705
- 00:45:25,473 --> 00:45:27,807
- I'm now in front
- of the For Honor booth
- 706
- 00:45:27,808 --> 00:45:29,809
- in the middle of the action
- at GamesCon.
- 707
- 00:45:29,810 --> 00:45:33,564
- So here we have 64 pods,
- so you can try the campaign,
- 708
- 00:45:33,565 --> 00:45:35,232
- you can try the multiplayer
- with your friends.
- 709
- 00:45:35,233 --> 00:45:37,859
- I was really looking forward
- to this game,
- 710
- 00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:41,154
- this style of combat,
- you feel this sense of realism.
- 711
- 00:45:41,155 --> 00:45:44,199
- The control system was a bit
- different than I'm used to.
- 712
- 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,034
- At the beginning,
- 713
- 00:45:46,035 --> 00:45:48,286
- I was having a little bit
- of trouble to get into it.
- 714
- 00:45:48,287 --> 00:45:51,248
- You guard incoming attacks
- to the right, left, or top,
- 715
- 00:45:51,249 --> 00:45:53,458
- And attempt to retaliate
- where there's an opening.
- 716
- 00:45:53,459 --> 00:45:56,044
- It sounds simple, right?
- Well, it isn't.
- 717
- 00:45:56,045 --> 00:45:57,753
- I'd like to see
- maybe sneak-attack kills,
- 718
- 00:45:57,754 --> 00:45:58,880
- like, sneak kills from behind.
- 719
- 00:45:58,881 --> 00:46:01,467
- That would be, like, useful.
- 720
- 00:46:15,523 --> 00:46:18,191
- I made Paquito
- work - till midnight last night.
- 721
- 00:46:18,192 --> 00:46:20,026
- I'll look at it now.
- 722
- 00:46:20,027 --> 00:46:23,697
- A triple A experience in 2016
- is no longer simply a question
- 723
- 00:46:23,698 --> 00:46:25,990
- of having a good game because
- if you have a great game,
- 724
- 00:46:25,991 --> 00:46:29,369
- but can't connect
- with your friends online,
- 725
- 00:46:29,370 --> 00:46:31,121
- it ends up being a shitty game.
- 726
- 00:46:31,122 --> 00:46:34,458
- Because we're having trouble
- staffing the online portion,
- 727
- 00:46:34,459 --> 00:46:38,378
- I have to cut features
- that have been developed.
- 728
- 00:46:38,379 --> 00:46:40,380
- To save two weeks
- of online programming,
- 729
- 00:46:40,381 --> 00:46:43,550
- I have no choice but to cut them
- from my game.
- 730
- 00:46:43,551 --> 00:46:46,511
- Basically, we're asking people
- to run 100 meters,
- 731
- 00:46:46,512 --> 00:46:49,473
- when really they're doing
- a marathon.
- 732
- 00:46:49,474 --> 00:46:53,644
- I've had seven resignations
- in the last few weeks.
- 733
- 00:46:53,645 --> 00:46:56,812
- I want Simon to put pressure on
- Bénédicte for them to hire more.
- 734
- 00:46:56,813 --> 00:47:01,025
- We need to be aggressive,
- because we're really in trouble.
- 735
- 00:47:01,026 --> 00:47:04,780
- You remember,
- we had to go up to 600 people
- 736
- 00:47:04,781 --> 00:47:07,865
- in order to maintain the
- three branches of the project,
- 737
- 00:47:07,866 --> 00:47:10,118
- bring three core teams together.
- 738
- 00:47:10,119 --> 00:47:12,912
- I don't have the means today
- to staff like that.
- 739
- 00:47:12,913 --> 00:47:17,125
- But I don't take on a project
- if I don't have a staffing plan.
- 740
- 00:47:17,126 --> 00:47:21,755
- We'll collapse
- like a house of cards.
- 741
- 00:47:21,756 --> 00:47:23,214
- The brand week meeting...
- 742
- 00:47:23,215 --> 00:47:25,342
- I'll ask for a video conference.
- 743
- 00:47:25,343 --> 00:47:27,177
- We'll look at the date.
- 744
- 00:47:27,178 --> 00:47:30,054
- At one point,
- we need to make sacrifices.
- 745
- 00:47:30,055 --> 00:47:33,849
- The business team
- should lead brand week.
- 746
- 00:47:33,850 --> 00:47:35,519
- It's their presentation.
- 747
- 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:38,854
- You're still trying
- to delegate work.
- 748
- 00:47:38,855 --> 00:47:41,316
- There's always at least
- one person from the team.
- 749
- 00:47:41,317 --> 00:47:44,402
- So I have a choice. We don't
- participate - in consumer events.
- 750
- 00:47:44,403 --> 00:47:46,279
- I'm not the one you should be
- telling that to.
- 751
- 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:48,532
- Tell your bosses.
- You are my boss.
- 752
- 00:47:48,533 --> 00:47:50,408
- Yes, but the people in Paris
- are your clients.
- 753
- 00:47:50,409 --> 00:47:52,536
- Your clients
- are your real bosses.
- 754
- 00:47:52,537 --> 00:47:56,914
- It's a meeting for them.
- Not that one.
- 755
- 00:47:56,915 --> 00:47:58,501
- We'll go for ten minutes.
- 756
- 00:48:06,925 --> 00:48:08,635
- I am hiding.
- 757
- 00:48:08,636 --> 00:48:12,597
- I have found this wonderful
- booth of solitude
- 758
- 00:48:12,598 --> 00:48:16,226
- that's far enough away
- from the beaten path
- 759
- 00:48:16,227 --> 00:48:17,935
- that no one can find me.
- 760
- 00:48:17,936 --> 00:48:20,814
- So I can get my work done.
- 761
- 00:48:20,815 --> 00:48:24,526
- I've given up control of over
- 90% of this game by this point.
- 762
- 00:48:24,527 --> 00:48:30,156
- So Roman is directing
- the entire multiplayer effort
- 763
- 00:48:30,157 --> 00:48:32,242
- and almost all of the game play.
- 764
- 00:48:32,243 --> 00:48:34,369
- Roman and Gaelec and Jeff
- and those other guys,
- 765
- 00:48:34,370 --> 00:48:36,705
- and I am not involved
- right now on that,
- 766
- 00:48:36,706 --> 00:48:39,957
- because I've turned my attention
- on narratives,
- 767
- 00:48:39,958 --> 00:48:42,794
- cinematics, writing.
- 768
- 00:48:42,795 --> 00:48:44,671
- I was writing at 7:00 a.m.
- this morning,
- 769
- 00:48:44,672 --> 00:48:47,507
- and I'll be writing
- until 10:00 p.m. tonight.
- 770
- 00:48:47,508 --> 00:48:49,886
- And I'll just keep rolling
- like that through the weekend.
- 771
- 00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:55,725
- Hello!
- 772
- 00:49:21,208 --> 00:49:22,876
- That's lunch.
- 773
- 00:49:22,877 --> 00:49:24,920
- It's not real food.
- Remember when we lived in France
- 774
- 00:49:24,921 --> 00:49:26,504
- and real food was
- part of the culture?
- 775
- 00:49:26,505 --> 00:49:27,632
- Yes.
- 776
- 00:49:29,759 --> 00:49:31,635
- It's nice for you to come home
- 777
- 00:49:31,636 --> 00:49:34,095
- for lunch during the week.
- 778
- 00:49:34,096 --> 00:49:38,141
- I like it when you do that.
- How's it at the office?
- 779
- 00:49:38,142 --> 00:49:39,684
- What were you doing
- this morning?
- 780
- 00:49:39,685 --> 00:49:40,812
- Kill me.
- 781
- 00:49:42,271 --> 00:49:45,607
- Jason, he's 100
- percent in the game,
- 782
- 00:49:45,608 --> 00:49:48,486
- and I'm like a lifeline
- back out.
- 783
- 00:49:49,737 --> 00:49:51,571
- Because I'm always keeping us
- 784
- 00:49:51,572 --> 00:49:55,116
- in the room together.
- 785
- 00:49:55,117 --> 00:49:57,034
- It's going to be fine,
- it's going to be fine.
- 786
- 00:49:57,035 --> 00:49:58,703
- It's going to be fine.
- 787
- 00:49:58,704 --> 00:50:02,165
- I'm really not running
- the show in my head.
- 788
- 00:50:02,166 --> 00:50:04,501
- I just kind of poke at things.
- 789
- 00:50:04,502 --> 00:50:08,379
- And then suddenly I go,
- "Poke." Oh!
- 790
- 00:50:08,380 --> 00:50:11,048
- When I find it, it's not,
- 791
- 00:50:11,049 --> 00:50:12,884
- "Oh, that's it," in my mind.
- 792
- 00:50:12,885 --> 00:50:14,385
- I go, "Poke."
- 793
- 00:50:14,386 --> 00:50:16,429
- I can feel it in my heart.
- 794
- 00:50:16,430 --> 00:50:18,264
- I feel it in my body, right?
- My body goes,
- 795
- 00:50:18,265 --> 00:50:22,519
- "Yes, that's what we're doing."
- 796
- 00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:23,770
- It's how I work as a director.
- 797
- 00:50:23,771 --> 00:50:26,439
- I have
- this deep kind of... rrr!
- 798
- 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:30,778
- This emotional part.
- This sort of...
- 799
- 00:50:32,196 --> 00:50:34,490
- whatever this is,
- a monster that...
- 800
- 00:50:36,408 --> 00:50:38,284
- that is just going to do
- what it's going to do.
- 801
- 00:50:38,285 --> 00:50:39,828
- It keeps me up at night.
- 802
- 00:50:57,179 --> 00:50:58,805
- Nice to see you, buddy.
- My brother!
- 803
- 00:50:58,806 --> 00:50:59,891
- Good to see you.
- 804
- 00:51:01,809 --> 00:51:05,353
- We are doing a three-hour
- stream from PAX for For Honor.
- 805
- 00:51:05,354 --> 00:51:07,271
- We're doing a...
- For Honor?
- 806
- 00:51:07,272 --> 00:51:10,568
- For Honor, yeah.
- What's that?
- 807
- 00:51:11,903 --> 00:51:13,611
- Oh, the game!
- Yeah, thanks!
- 808
- 00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:15,572
- God! Sorry.
- Yeah. I love you.
- 809
- 00:51:15,573 --> 00:51:18,575
- Like a brother. Like a brother.
- Similar to a brother.
- 810
- 00:51:20,828 --> 00:51:23,078
- What's the weather like
- in Montreal?
- 811
- 00:51:23,079 --> 00:51:26,332
- Does the air always smell
- like baguettes?
- 812
- 00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:30,294
- Yeah! Yes.
- 813
- 00:51:30,295 --> 00:51:31,671
- That's how I picture it
- in my mind.
- 814
- 00:51:31,672 --> 00:51:33,882
- Constantly, constantly.
- 815
- 00:51:33,883 --> 00:51:35,800
- It's just weird to have
- breakfast here in the morning,
- 816
- 00:51:35,801 --> 00:51:37,601
- instead of at like two o'clock
- in the morning.
- 817
- 00:51:38,971 --> 00:51:41,138
- Do you know what you want?
- Yes.
- 818
- 00:51:41,139 --> 00:51:43,641
- "Southwestern Exposure,"
- six eggs.
- 819
- 00:51:43,642 --> 00:51:45,309
- The "Full House," please.
- 820
- 00:51:45,310 --> 00:51:48,146
- And six eggs, right?
- Six, yeah.
- 821
- 00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:51,900
- I am not enough of a man
- for the 12.
- 822
- 00:51:53,402 --> 00:51:55,278
- Is there a sword
- in that cane yet?
- 823
- 00:51:55,279 --> 00:51:58,865
- You know what?
- I was in France,
- 824
- 00:51:58,866 --> 00:52:01,066
- and this French cop car goes...
- I'm walking, and it's...
- 825
- 00:52:02,494 --> 00:52:04,454
- Four cops get out,
- and they're like,
- 826
- 00:52:04,455 --> 00:52:07,499
- "Excusez-moi, monsieur,
- I need to see your cane."
- 827
- 00:52:09,877 --> 00:52:11,753
- "Okay." And I'm not making
- this up, he goes...
- 828
- 00:52:11,754 --> 00:52:14,089
- He fiddled with it?
- He goes...
- 829
- 00:52:14,090 --> 00:52:16,173
- Fiddle, fiddle.
- "Do you have a sword in here?"
- 830
- 00:52:16,174 --> 00:52:20,053
- And I go, "No."
- 831
- 00:52:20,054 --> 00:52:23,807
- He goes, "Okay.
- Have a nice day."
- 832
- 00:52:23,808 --> 00:52:26,392
- Gets in his car, drives off.
- 833
- 00:52:26,393 --> 00:52:29,062
- What is it about
- your whole shtick
- 834
- 00:52:29,063 --> 00:52:31,314
- that could make him think
- you might be carrying a sword?
- 835
- 00:52:33,233 --> 00:52:36,111
- Because you look like you're
- just on your way to your job
- 836
- 00:52:36,112 --> 00:52:39,363
- at the insurance company, right?
- To work on actuarial tables.
- 837
- 00:52:39,364 --> 00:52:41,116
- That was...
- I was being profiled.
- 838
- 00:52:41,117 --> 00:52:42,826
- You're profiled.
- I'm being profiled, man.
- 839
- 00:52:42,827 --> 00:52:45,244
- You're profiled.
- Yeah, I want more.
- 840
- 00:52:45,245 --> 00:52:47,872
- This will be fun because if
- he has one more cup of coffee,
- 841
- 00:52:47,873 --> 00:52:50,207
- He turns into a maniac.
- 842
- 00:52:50,208 --> 00:52:51,751
- The Vikings.
- 843
- 00:52:51,752 --> 00:52:53,461
- You know,
- those guys starved all winter
- 844
- 00:52:53,462 --> 00:52:55,672
- and lived off of
- other people's food all summer.
- 845
- 00:52:55,673 --> 00:52:58,008
- They didn't actually exist.
- The biggest assholes ever.
- 846
- 00:52:58,009 --> 00:53:00,051
- They didn't exist.
- Yes, they did.
- 847
- 00:53:00,052 --> 00:53:01,803
- Have you read 1066?
- That guy didn't.
- 848
- 00:53:01,804 --> 00:53:03,972
- That guy didn't.
- That guy didn't.
- 849
- 00:53:03,973 --> 00:53:07,017
- The Danish literally came down
- and invaded England.
- 850
- 00:53:07,018 --> 00:53:10,520
- I'm with you. The Danes exist.
- The Danes existed.
- 851
- 00:53:10,521 --> 00:53:12,563
- Those guys, fictional.
- 852
- 00:53:12,564 --> 00:53:15,275
- That's an interesting point.
- Yes.
- 853
- 00:53:16,861 --> 00:53:18,486
- Finally. 45 years,
- 854
- 00:53:18,487 --> 00:53:20,127
- and you finally
- make an interesting point.
- 855
- 00:53:22,074 --> 00:53:23,992
- I'm just going to savor
- this moment.
- 856
- 00:53:23,993 --> 00:53:27,578
- I'm just going to enjoy it.
- So good.
- 857
- 00:53:36,338 --> 00:53:38,631
- I think I was 14,
- 858
- 00:53:38,632 --> 00:53:42,593
- my dad got involved in
- a community play.
- 859
- 00:53:42,594 --> 00:53:45,930
- And it was the first time
- I had been in a theater
- 860
- 00:53:45,931 --> 00:53:49,266
- when the show was not on.
- 861
- 00:53:49,267 --> 00:53:52,436
- And I was blown away.
- 862
- 00:53:52,437 --> 00:53:56,608
- It was like seeing
- behind The Matrix.
- 863
- 00:53:58,569 --> 00:54:00,737
- It was this feeling
- of incredible revelation.
- 864
- 00:54:00,738 --> 00:54:03,031
- It was like, "Oh, my God!
- 865
- 00:54:03,032 --> 00:54:06,951
- This is the theater
- before the show begins."
- 866
- 00:54:06,952 --> 00:54:11,372
- It's like watching creation.
- 867
- 00:54:11,373 --> 00:54:13,499
- It's like watching the universe
- be created.
- 868
- 00:54:13,500 --> 00:54:17,045
- It's... It's incredible.
- 869
- 00:54:17,046 --> 00:54:20,090
- Aspiring Knights, Samurai, and
- Vikings, here in the PAX arena
- 870
- 00:54:20,091 --> 00:54:24,094
- and in Twitch video players
- online around the world,
- 871
- 00:54:24,095 --> 00:54:26,554
- welcome to the For Honor
- PAX West gauntlet.
- 872
- 00:54:26,555 --> 00:54:29,099
- In games, we love to hear
- 873
- 00:54:29,100 --> 00:54:30,808
- about the process
- of making games,
- 874
- 00:54:30,809 --> 00:54:32,602
- we love to watch
- the game unfold,
- 875
- 00:54:32,603 --> 00:54:35,730
- we love to experience it
- before it's completed.
- 876
- 00:54:35,731 --> 00:54:38,524
- Jason VandenBerghe!
- 877
- 00:54:40,152 --> 00:54:44,822
- I can't imagine more
- meaningful work for me.
- 878
- 00:54:44,823 --> 00:54:48,618
- I work in the temple of Thespis,
- you know?
- 879
- 00:54:48,619 --> 00:54:52,663
- I devoted my life
- to entertaining people
- 880
- 00:54:52,664 --> 00:54:58,253
- and to trying to find new ways
- to reach them
- 881
- 00:54:58,254 --> 00:55:00,755
- and to fill their hearts
- with new ideas
- 882
- 00:55:00,756 --> 00:55:02,758
- through entertainment, right?
- 883
- 00:55:09,014 --> 00:55:11,267
- This is how I'll spend
- the rest of my life.
- 884
- 00:55:13,227 --> 00:55:15,019
- I may not make video games
- my whole life,
- 885
- 00:55:15,020 --> 00:55:17,312
- but I'm going to be
- entertaining people.
- 886
- 00:55:17,313 --> 00:55:19,275
- And I'll do that
- until the day I die.
- 887
- 00:55:51,347 --> 00:55:53,516
- So far, everything we've been
- doing on For Honor
- 888
- 00:55:53,517 --> 00:55:55,726
- has a tremendous impact
- in Russia.
- 889
- 00:55:55,727 --> 00:55:57,603
- The trailers have
- a lot of views.
- 890
- 00:55:57,604 --> 00:55:59,647
- The positive feedback
- we're getting.
- 891
- 00:55:59,648 --> 00:56:02,608
- A lot of registrations on our
- website are coming from Russia.
- 892
- 00:56:02,609 --> 00:56:05,779
- So it's like, "Okay.
- Let's do something for Russia."
- 893
- 00:56:20,502 --> 00:56:23,129
- Our Creative Director,
- he first thought about For Honor
- 894
- 00:56:23,130 --> 00:56:25,173
- after having
- a German long-sword class.
- 895
- 00:56:25,174 --> 00:56:27,300
- This is what we want
- the people to experience
- 896
- 00:56:27,301 --> 00:56:29,677
- when playing For Honor is,
- we want you to be
- 897
- 00:56:29,678 --> 00:56:33,472
- on the battlefield
- experiencing the emotion,
- 898
- 00:56:33,473 --> 00:56:37,561
- the danger of being surrounded
- by all those epic warriors.
- 899
- 00:56:41,648 --> 00:56:43,275
- It's past 10:00 p.m.,
- 900
- 00:56:43,276 --> 00:56:44,902
- and I still have to work.
- 901
- 00:56:49,031 --> 00:56:52,449
- As for sleep, it's a good thing
- I have my machine.
- 902
- 00:56:52,450 --> 00:56:54,119
- I'm like Darth Vader.
- 903
- 00:56:55,704 --> 00:56:58,455
- Apnea means you're never
- in a deep sleep.
- 904
- 00:56:58,456 --> 00:57:01,834
- You wake up constantly.
- You choke and stop breathing.
- 905
- 00:57:01,835 --> 00:57:04,503
- Health problems come
- with not breathing properly.
- 906
- 00:57:04,504 --> 00:57:06,797
- When you don't sleep well,
- you don't get enough oxygen,
- 907
- 00:57:06,798 --> 00:57:08,841
- and it's bad for your heart.
- 908
- 00:57:08,842 --> 00:57:10,740
- I was told that I was
- three to six months away
- 909
- 00:57:10,741 --> 00:57:12,637
- from a heart attack.
- 910
- 00:57:14,014 --> 00:57:15,848
- Some people stop eating
- when they're stressed.
- 911
- 00:57:15,849 --> 00:57:17,809
- When I get stressed, I eat.
- 912
- 00:57:24,066 --> 00:57:25,983
- Hello!
- Hey, Lili, how are you?
- 913
- 00:57:25,984 --> 00:57:28,819
- You know, the kids understand
- that Daddy works,
- 914
- 00:57:28,820 --> 00:57:31,781
- but Monday morning,
- when I drove my kids to school,
- 915
- 00:57:31,782 --> 00:57:34,784
- the little one was crying.
- She didn't want me to go.
- 916
- 00:57:34,785 --> 00:57:36,411
- It breaks my heart.
- 917
- 00:57:36,412 --> 00:57:38,913
- Even the older one,
- once the little one was gone,
- 918
- 00:57:38,914 --> 00:57:40,873
- she hugged me and said,
- 919
- 00:57:40,874 --> 00:57:43,876
- "Daddy, I don't want you
- to leave."
- 920
- 00:57:43,877 --> 00:57:47,172
- So, it's not easy.
- 921
- 00:57:52,844 --> 00:57:55,096
- There are consequences
- 922
- 00:57:55,097 --> 00:57:58,308
- to not achieving
- this summer's staffing plan.
- 923
- 00:57:58,309 --> 00:58:02,228
- You're telling me this
- 924
- 00:58:02,229 --> 00:58:06,232
- during our biggest crunch time.
- 925
- 00:58:06,233 --> 00:58:09,652
- The team is tired and fighting
- for its survival.
- 926
- 00:58:09,653 --> 00:58:12,739
- As of today, the release date
- has not been secured.
- 927
- 00:58:13,573 --> 00:58:14,907
- You can't just say,
- 928
- 00:58:14,908 --> 00:58:16,867
- "Okay, Cardin,
- open the floodgates."
- 929
- 00:58:16,868 --> 00:58:20,579
- In May, I was 500 people short
- to implement the brand plan.
- 930
- 00:58:20,580 --> 00:58:24,834
- Today I'm not only missing
- those people,
- 931
- 00:58:24,835 --> 00:58:29,505
- I didn't even have time
- to find them last May.
- 932
- 00:58:29,506 --> 00:58:32,467
- You drop this in my lap in
- October while all my directors
- 933
- 00:58:32,468 --> 00:58:34,427
- are fighting like dogs
- 934
- 00:58:34,428 --> 00:58:36,387
- to deliver the game on time.
- 935
- 00:58:36,388 --> 00:58:38,514
- My job is to secure
- the shipping date
- 936
- 00:58:38,515 --> 00:58:40,391
- because it's up in the air
- right now,
- 937
- 00:58:40,392 --> 00:58:43,560
- and delaying the launch would
- have major consequences
- 938
- 00:58:43,561 --> 00:58:45,230
- on the company.
- 939
- 00:58:47,441 --> 00:58:50,526
- This is IGN News, where
- split-screen functionality
- 940
- 00:58:50,527 --> 00:58:52,278
- has been officially cut
- 941
- 00:58:52,279 --> 00:58:54,238
- from Ubisoft's upcoming
- medieval brawler For Honor.
- 942
- 00:58:54,239 --> 00:58:56,532
- And now, it has
- been confirmed by Ubisoft
- 943
- 00:58:56,533 --> 00:58:59,494
- that the feature has been
- dropped from the game entirely.
- 944
- 00:58:59,495 --> 00:59:02,872
- Anything that was
- co-op or split-screen is gone.
- 945
- 00:59:02,873 --> 00:59:04,748
- Ouch!
- 946
- 00:59:04,749 --> 00:59:06,334
- The team had
- spoken many times
- 947
- 00:59:06,335 --> 00:59:08,711
- about the importance
- of split-screen
- 948
- 00:59:08,712 --> 00:59:11,339
- as a feature and how it applies
- to their vision.
- 949
- 00:59:11,340 --> 00:59:13,799
- In a 2015 interview
- with GameSpot,
- 950
- 00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:16,219
- creative director
- Jason VandenBerghe said that,
- 951
- 00:59:16,220 --> 00:59:19,055
- "The feature was absolutely
- key for us."
- 952
- 00:59:19,056 --> 00:59:20,806
- Split-screen, super required,
- 953
- 00:59:20,807 --> 00:59:22,850
- because this is a game
- about fighting with weapons.
- 954
- 00:59:22,851 --> 00:59:25,769
- During an interview with
- IGN, - producer Stéphane Cardin
- 955
- 00:59:25,770 --> 00:59:28,272
- Said the change was made
- very recently.
- 956
- 00:59:28,273 --> 00:59:30,983
- We decided this week to cut
- the split-screen.
- 957
- 00:59:30,984 --> 00:59:32,651
- It was a feature that we loved,
- 958
- 00:59:32,652 --> 00:59:36,072
- but for us it was critical
- to make the decision now,
- 959
- 00:59:36,073 --> 00:59:39,616
- so we can polish all
- the features at a triple A level
- 960
- 00:59:39,617 --> 00:59:41,911
- and make sure that we have
- the most amazing experience.
- 961
- 00:59:47,167 --> 00:59:49,752
- Maybe somewhere down
- the road Ubisoft realized...
- 962
- 00:59:49,753 --> 00:59:54,048
- For me, For Honor is one
- of my most anticipated games
- 963
- 00:59:54,049 --> 00:59:55,759
- of next year.
- 964
- 01:00:04,226 --> 01:00:06,852
- I want to
- take advantage - of this meeting
- 965
- 01:00:06,853 --> 01:00:09,313
- Because people are tired
- and unhappy.
- 966
- 01:00:09,314 --> 01:00:12,108
- I want to tell them
- we are aware of the situation,
- 967
- 01:00:12,109 --> 01:00:14,860
- and I want to work with you
- today. I'm making it a point
- 968
- 01:00:14,861 --> 01:00:18,197
- to improve our methods
- for planning the post-launch.
- 969
- 01:00:18,198 --> 01:00:20,866
- We have to break the perception
- that only I can do it.
- 970
- 01:00:20,867 --> 01:00:22,786
- Mm-hmm.
- 971
- 01:00:37,342 --> 01:00:39,303
- I know with the live period,
- 972
- 01:00:39,304 --> 01:00:41,304
- we suffered a lot.
- 973
- 01:00:41,305 --> 01:00:45,682
- And, to me, the thing I'm
- asking you is to open your mind
- 974
- 01:00:45,683 --> 01:00:49,686
- and work closely with us
- to make it happen.
- 975
- 01:00:49,687 --> 01:00:52,731
- But I also need your help
- for organization.
- 976
- 01:00:52,732 --> 01:00:56,819
- Please stop to be...
- 977
- 01:00:56,820 --> 01:00:59,614
- stop to be negative,
- saying nothing will change.
- 978
- 01:00:59,615 --> 01:01:02,617
- We will again make things
- change internally.
- 979
- 01:01:02,618 --> 01:01:06,703
- And I will work my ass very hard
- to make sure we have
- 980
- 01:01:06,704 --> 01:01:09,499
- a healthy environment
- and a healthy calendar
- 981
- 01:01:09,500 --> 01:01:10,666
- for everyone.
- 982
- 01:01:16,798 --> 01:01:18,299
- Yes, we are closing now.
- 983
- 01:01:18,300 --> 01:01:21,552
- December sixth
- we send our bill to QC
- 984
- 01:01:21,553 --> 01:01:24,096
- to get a Gold validation
- from them.
- 985
- 01:01:24,097 --> 01:01:27,725
- If we don't get a green light,
- we are missing the date.
- 986
- 01:01:33,315 --> 01:01:39,070
- Failing is always a possibility.
- 987
- 01:01:41,365 --> 01:01:44,367
- Now we're getting close
- to what I call "the red zone."
- 988
- 01:01:44,368 --> 01:01:45,951
- Early on in the project,
- 989
- 01:01:45,952 --> 01:01:48,621
- you can always say, "Oh,
- we'll reflect on it later."
- 990
- 01:01:48,622 --> 01:01:50,832
- Later doesn't exist anymore.
- 991
- 01:01:59,341 --> 01:02:03,760
- I'm going through
- this weird, weird process
- 992
- 01:02:03,761 --> 01:02:06,430
- of letting go,
- 993
- 01:02:06,431 --> 01:02:10,519
- and so I'm sort of separating
- from the game,
- 994
- 01:02:12,229 --> 01:02:16,440
- and there's a depression that
- comes after you stop, right,
- 995
- 01:02:16,441 --> 01:02:18,693
- when you create something.
- At least for me.
- 996
- 01:02:18,694 --> 01:02:21,488
- I get really like, ugh, sad.
- 997
- 01:02:27,661 --> 01:02:30,539
- No game wants to be finished.
- 998
- 01:02:32,290 --> 01:02:34,084
- You have to force it.
- 999
- 01:02:46,471 --> 01:02:48,472
- My brothers!
- How is it going?
- 1000
- 01:02:48,473 --> 01:02:50,391
- How you doing, sir?
- 1001
- 01:02:50,392 --> 01:02:51,726
- Oh, dear!
- Look at what you...
- 1002
- 01:02:51,727 --> 01:02:53,810
- This is lovely.
- These are lovely.
- 1003
- 01:02:53,811 --> 01:02:55,854
- It's interesting that
- you have time for this today.
- 1004
- 01:02:55,855 --> 01:02:57,856
- Yes.
- It's like, "Wow.
- 1005
- 01:02:57,857 --> 01:03:00,610
- What's going on?
- Did something happen?"
- 1006
- 01:03:00,611 --> 01:03:02,612
- Listen.
- It's the stress relief.
- 1007
- 01:03:02,613 --> 01:03:05,281
- Did you fire yourself?
- I did!
- 1008
- 01:03:05,282 --> 01:03:07,700
- No, I'm done, dude.
- I'm done. I'm done.
- 1009
- 01:03:07,701 --> 01:03:08,784
- I'm done.
- No.
- 1010
- 01:03:08,785 --> 01:03:10,244
- Yes, I am done.
- No.
- 1011
- 01:03:10,245 --> 01:03:13,038
- My role on the project
- is over. Yes.
- 1012
- 01:03:13,039 --> 01:03:15,666
- So you wander the halls
- forlornly, looking for...
- 1013
- 01:03:15,667 --> 01:03:18,043
- Yes, yes, yes.
- No, but you're still there.
- 1014
- 01:03:18,044 --> 01:03:20,129
- Yeah, I have an office,
- I'm sitting with the sound team,
- 1015
- 01:03:20,130 --> 01:03:22,256
- but I have no tasks.
- Like, I'm done.
- 1016
- 01:03:22,257 --> 01:03:24,133
- They no longer care
- about my opinion.
- 1017
- 01:03:26,344 --> 01:03:29,555
- These barbarians,
- 1018
- 01:03:29,556 --> 01:03:32,933
- they seem like
- they're good people, huh?
- 1019
- 01:03:32,934 --> 01:03:36,688
- They embrace each other
- like they were all kin.
- 1020
- 01:03:38,231 --> 01:03:42,401
- But that is all a lie.
- 1021
- 01:03:42,402 --> 01:03:46,906
- When night falls, they stab
- each other with their knives.
- 1022
- 01:03:53,913 --> 01:03:58,542
- Writing Apollyon
- was maybe the closest
- 1023
- 01:03:58,543 --> 01:04:04,758
- to putting a lot of my own views
- into a character.
- 1024
- 01:04:11,682 --> 01:04:14,850
- Apollyon believes that the only
- way that you can know yourself
- 1025
- 01:04:14,851 --> 01:04:18,813
- is through
- life-and-death survival.
- 1026
- 01:04:18,814 --> 01:04:21,129
- You know,
- experience is being challenged
- 1027
- 01:04:21,130 --> 01:04:23,484
- and fighting for your life.
- 1028
- 01:04:23,485 --> 01:04:25,685
- She believes that that's
- the only way to self-knowledge.
- 1029
- 01:04:27,113 --> 01:04:28,990
- Your emperor is dead.
- 1030
- 01:04:30,950 --> 01:04:33,077
- Will you take his place?
- 1031
- 01:04:34,371 --> 01:04:37,499
- After I kill
- the rest of them,
- 1032
- 01:04:38,916 --> 01:04:40,918
- I'm coming to kill you.
- 1033
- 01:04:42,045 --> 01:04:44,339
- A wolf.
- 1034
- 01:04:46,717 --> 01:04:48,552
- Leave the palace to Seijuro.
- 1035
- 01:04:50,428 --> 01:04:52,764
- The others can fight
- for the scraps.
- 1036
- 01:04:56,226 --> 01:04:57,268
- Truth is,
- 1037
- 01:04:58,936 --> 01:05:01,356
- when you fight for something
- that you believe in,
- 1038
- 01:05:03,316 --> 01:05:05,819
- win or lose,
- you become immortal.
- 1039
- 01:05:06,862 --> 01:05:07,987
- You're remembered.
- 1040
- 01:05:10,990 --> 01:05:14,285
- Warriors are remembered because
- of the battles that they fight.
- 1041
- 01:05:17,622 --> 01:05:20,625
- And we all want immortality.
- We all want to be remembered.
- 1042
- 01:06:20,101 --> 01:06:22,479
- On a four-to-five-year project,
- 1043
- 01:06:25,064 --> 01:06:27,441
- the project is your backdrop,
- 1044
- 01:06:27,442 --> 01:06:29,652
- but it becomes your life,
- your whole way of life.
- 1045
- 01:06:29,653 --> 01:06:33,238
- You can be the best manager
- in the world.
- 1046
- 01:06:33,239 --> 01:06:36,784
- You can have the best methods,
- 1047
- 01:06:36,785 --> 01:06:38,911
- try to take on
- everyone's problems,
- 1048
- 01:06:38,912 --> 01:06:41,497
- try to manage project stuff,
- manage expectations,
- 1049
- 01:06:41,498 --> 01:06:43,624
- deliver everything you had
- to deliver.
- 1050
- 01:06:43,625 --> 01:06:45,585
- But at a certain point,
- you lose your bearings.
- 1051
- 01:06:55,303 --> 01:06:57,053
- Everyone has expectations.
- 1052
- 01:06:57,054 --> 01:06:59,097
- You have expectations
- in your personal life,
- 1053
- 01:06:59,098 --> 01:07:01,642
- expectations at work.
- 1054
- 01:07:01,643 --> 01:07:03,310
- You have people on your team
- 1055
- 01:07:03,311 --> 01:07:05,688
- who believe in
- what you sold them,
- 1056
- 01:07:05,689 --> 01:07:08,231
- and being able to go
- through all of that...
- 1057
- 01:07:08,232 --> 01:07:10,108
- In four and a half years,
- 1058
- 01:07:10,109 --> 01:07:14,071
- I gave it everything I had.
- 1059
- 01:07:18,242 --> 01:07:20,202
- Ambition is good,
- 1060
- 01:07:20,203 --> 01:07:24,623
- but do you have all the tools
- 1061
- 01:07:24,624 --> 01:07:28,003
- to manage this adrenaline,
- this pressure?
- 1062
- 01:07:38,262 --> 01:07:40,806
- I really, really miss you all.
- 1063
- 01:07:40,807 --> 01:07:45,227
- Um, I just
- want to clarify something,
- 1064
- 01:07:45,228 --> 01:07:48,564
- because I just disappeared
- before Christmas.
- 1065
- 01:07:48,565 --> 01:07:51,234
- My command center
- just shut down.
- 1066
- 01:07:52,861 --> 01:07:54,570
- Just shut down.
- 1067
- 01:07:54,571 --> 01:08:00,659
- I woke up, and I was not able
- to just think.
- 1068
- 01:08:00,660 --> 01:08:05,497
- And I went and said,
- "Go and get help."
- 1069
- 01:08:05,498 --> 01:08:09,043
- So, I just want to share
- that with you,
- 1070
- 01:08:09,044 --> 01:08:12,379
- just telling you that,
- you know, it's part of life.
- 1071
- 01:08:12,380 --> 01:08:14,048
- I'm good to give advice.
- 1072
- 01:08:14,049 --> 01:08:16,299
- I'm really bad to follow
- my own advice.
- 1073
- 01:08:16,300 --> 01:08:19,302
- I don't recommend you
- to pass through
- 1074
- 01:08:19,303 --> 01:08:21,221
- the hell I passed through.
- 1075
- 01:08:21,222 --> 01:08:24,140
- I really love you,
- and I'm really, really happy
- 1076
- 01:08:24,141 --> 01:08:25,435
- to be back with you.
- 1077
- 01:08:26,603 --> 01:08:29,021
- Like a big bag of rocks.
- 1078
- 01:08:29,022 --> 01:08:30,981
- I just did it like that.
- It fell.
- 1079
- 01:08:30,982 --> 01:08:36,319
- The first thing
- they did was break the ego.
- 1080
- 01:08:36,320 --> 01:08:38,530
- They slammed it
- with a sledgehammer.
- 1081
- 01:08:38,531 --> 01:08:41,075
- Sometimes you're like, "I'm
- going to think about myself."
- 1082
- 01:08:41,076 --> 01:08:44,078
- You spend, what,
- 15-20 minutes on it?
- 1083
- 01:08:44,079 --> 01:08:48,583
- I spent 14 hours a day, 21 days
- closed off from everything.
- 1084
- 01:08:53,671 --> 01:08:55,380
- Mr. VandenBerghe!
- 1085
- 01:08:55,381 --> 01:08:58,592
- How are you, sir?
- A lot better. A lot better.
- 1086
- 01:08:58,593 --> 01:09:02,554
- I went far. I went far.
- But I'm back.
- 1087
- 01:09:02,555 --> 01:09:04,222
- Good. It was a good break.
- Yeah.
- 1088
- 01:09:04,223 --> 01:09:06,391
- So, I need to talk to you,
- if you've got time.
- 1089
- 01:09:06,392 --> 01:09:08,602
- Yeah. I will
- just look at the schedule.
- 1090
- 01:09:08,603 --> 01:09:12,023
- Maybe this afternoon.
- I just need a half an hour.
- 1091
- 01:09:13,858 --> 01:09:15,901
- I'm done with the project
- and kind of winding down,
- 1092
- 01:09:15,902 --> 01:09:17,152
- And what am I going to do next?
- 1093
- 01:09:17,153 --> 01:09:19,905
- I have these ideas
- for the sequel.
- 1094
- 01:09:19,906 --> 01:09:22,992
- Everyone's waiting
- for the game to come out,
- 1095
- 01:09:22,993 --> 01:09:26,161
- so that we can see
- if it was a success or not.
- 1096
- 01:09:26,162 --> 01:09:27,955
- And until that happens,
- 1097
- 01:09:27,956 --> 01:09:30,958
- it's going to be really hard
- for anybody to listen to me
- 1098
- 01:09:30,959 --> 01:09:33,795
- about what I think
- we should do next, right?
- 1099
- 01:09:40,593 --> 01:09:43,178
- How are you, buddy?
- Very good.
- 1100
- 01:09:43,179 --> 01:09:46,056
- I'm happy to see you again.
- Me, too. I'm happy to be here.
- 1101
- 01:09:46,057 --> 01:09:48,183
- That's what matters.
- 1102
- 01:09:48,184 --> 01:09:50,560
- For Honor
- is a very special project.
- 1103
- 01:09:50,561 --> 01:09:54,439
- It started from a sparkle
- that you guys saw
- 1104
- 01:09:54,440 --> 01:09:56,859
- in a totally blue ocean.
- 1105
- 01:09:56,860 --> 01:09:59,361
- And you're helping the studio
- 1106
- 01:09:59,362 --> 01:10:01,864
- and the whole company
- to shine and to thrive.
- 1107
- 01:10:01,865 --> 01:10:03,532
- Thank you very much.
- 1108
- 01:10:03,533 --> 01:10:05,241
- It's an honor.
- 1109
- 01:10:19,799 --> 01:10:21,633
- Five years already.
- 1110
- 01:10:21,634 --> 01:10:24,302
- We knew we were touching
- something special,
- 1111
- 01:10:24,303 --> 01:10:28,473
- and you guys delivered
- on every step.
- 1112
- 01:10:28,474 --> 01:10:30,684
- I want to thank you very much.
- I love you all.
- 1113
- 01:10:30,685 --> 01:10:33,103
- Thank you
- and enjoy the champagne.
- 1114
- 01:10:33,104 --> 01:10:37,107
- Yeah!
- 1115
- 01:10:37,108 --> 01:10:40,486
- Open the gate!
- 1116
- 01:10:42,697 --> 01:10:44,532
- Congratulations!
- 1117
- 01:10:48,119 --> 01:10:49,204
- Good job.
- 1118
- 01:10:52,498 --> 01:10:55,042
- Yannis got up and talked,
- and Steph got up and talked,
- 1119
- 01:10:55,043 --> 01:10:59,671
- And I didn't talk.
- I wasn't invited.
- 1120
- 01:11:05,428 --> 01:11:07,930
- So, cheers!
- 1121
- 01:11:07,931 --> 01:11:10,766
- You'll forgive me if
- I don't dance on my own grave.
- 1122
- 01:11:10,767 --> 01:11:14,103
- There's no grave.
- Yeah. Okay. Sure.
- 1123
- 01:11:14,104 --> 01:11:16,479
- I'm going to go talk to Steph.
- You're a very responsible guy.
- 1124
- 01:11:16,480 --> 01:11:19,192
- You can decide how you react.
- Sure.
- 1125
- 01:11:21,027 --> 01:11:23,946
- I am a hard
- man to understand,
- 1126
- 01:11:23,947 --> 01:11:26,448
- so people are left to interpret
- what I want and what I do
- 1127
- 01:11:26,449 --> 01:11:30,577
- through the lens of whatever
- they think I am.
- 1128
- 01:11:30,578 --> 01:11:33,122
- Congratulations, Steph!
- Congratulations, my friend!
- 1129
- 01:11:33,123 --> 01:11:36,166
- I love peace,
- 1130
- 01:11:36,167 --> 01:11:38,419
- but I'm not comfortable in it.
- 1131
- 01:11:40,630 --> 01:11:41,713
- I fight,
- 1132
- 01:11:41,714 --> 01:11:44,549
- and I live to create peace,
- 1133
- 01:11:44,550 --> 01:11:47,804
- but, once it's there,
- I don't know what to do.
- 1134
- 01:11:53,059 --> 01:11:55,895
- When Steph and I sat down,
- it was clear that we're...
- 1135
- 01:11:57,188 --> 01:11:58,563
- we're not going
- to continue, right?
- 1136
- 01:11:58,564 --> 01:12:00,315
- The last two years,
- 1137
- 01:12:00,316 --> 01:12:03,819
- he had to make a bunch
- of really unpleasant decisions.
- 1138
- 01:12:03,820 --> 01:12:06,905
- Did those decisions and
- my decisions end up in a place
- 1139
- 01:12:06,906 --> 01:12:10,451
- where we're going to separate?
- Yeah. We're going to separate.
- 1140
- 01:12:12,203 --> 01:12:14,705
- [Electronic music plays]
- 1141
- 01:12:21,712 --> 01:12:23,922
- There's a word that we have...
- 1142
- 01:12:23,923 --> 01:12:25,674
- That we don't talk much about
- anymore,
- 1143
- 01:12:25,675 --> 01:12:29,386
- which I've had to learn about
- on this project.
- 1144
- 01:12:30,471 --> 01:12:32,431
- Um, and that is "nobility."
- 1145
- 01:12:33,641 --> 01:12:35,767
- Nobility means
- that you do the thing
- 1146
- 01:12:35,768 --> 01:12:38,520
- that you don't want to do
- even though
- 1147
- 01:12:38,521 --> 01:12:41,690
- it hurts you beyond measure,
- 1148
- 01:12:41,691 --> 01:12:45,236
- because you know that it's
- what the people need you to do.
- 1149
- 01:12:47,322 --> 01:12:48,864
- And you suck it up,
- and you don't complain.
- 1150
- 01:12:48,865 --> 01:12:50,116
- And you just do it.
- 1151
- 01:12:57,414 --> 01:13:00,147
- It started off
- 1152
- 01:13:00,148 --> 01:13:02,919
- with a production team
- 1153
- 01:13:02,920 --> 01:13:04,921
- that was really looking
- for a project.
- 1154
- 01:13:04,922 --> 01:13:10,261
- We came across
- a Creative Director, Jason.
- 1155
- 01:13:12,013 --> 01:13:15,682
- We had the skeleton
- and the muscles,
- 1156
- 01:13:15,683 --> 01:13:18,352
- but we didn't have the soul.
- We were missing the heart.
- 1157
- 01:13:18,353 --> 01:13:22,522
- And Jason's dream, his passion,
- his energy,
- 1158
- 01:13:22,523 --> 01:13:25,192
- it fit with the team.
- 1159
- 01:13:25,193 --> 01:13:26,568
- Stéphane?
- 1160
- 01:13:26,569 --> 01:13:29,112
- What hurts
- me the most today
- 1161
- 01:13:29,113 --> 01:13:31,948
- is that we actually do
- many things with people
- 1162
- 01:13:31,949 --> 01:13:35,493
- that we appreciate and
- that we love on a daily basis,
- 1163
- 01:13:35,494 --> 01:13:39,873
- but out of pride, ego,
- and competitiveness,
- 1164
- 01:13:39,874 --> 01:13:41,499
- people don't acknowledge it.
- 1165
- 01:13:41,500 --> 01:13:44,586
- Can we just respect
- and love each other
- 1166
- 01:13:44,587 --> 01:13:48,631
- from the outset?
- I mean, we're together.
- 1167
- 01:13:48,632 --> 01:13:52,635
- I give hugs!
- Congratulations!
- 1168
- 01:13:52,636 --> 01:13:55,013
- You all get hugs.
- Thank you very much.
- 1169
- 01:13:55,014 --> 01:13:56,765
- Aww!
- 1170
- 01:13:56,766 --> 01:13:58,767
- We're going
- to be left with relationships.
- 1171
- 01:13:58,768 --> 01:14:00,143
- That's what we will remember.
- 1172
- 01:14:00,144 --> 01:14:02,187
- Jason, kneel!
- 1173
- 01:14:07,526 --> 01:14:10,529
- Congratulations,
- congratulations, enjoy it.
- 1174
- 01:14:14,075 --> 01:14:15,639
- It's often said
- 1175
- 01:14:15,640 --> 01:14:17,244
- that delivering a project
- 1176
- 01:14:17,245 --> 01:14:21,331
- like this is a bit like giving
- birth. Well, that involves pain.
- 1177
- 01:14:21,332 --> 01:14:24,251
- It wasn't always rosy.
- There were bumps in the road,
- 1178
- 01:14:24,252 --> 01:14:26,253
- and it affected some people.
- 1179
- 01:14:26,254 --> 01:14:28,110
- I'm chasing Tom Brady,
- 1180
- 01:14:28,111 --> 01:14:30,006
- who is not engaging me.
- 1181
- 01:14:30,007 --> 01:14:31,466
- It's part of the game.
- 1182
- 01:14:31,467 --> 01:14:34,304
- Wait! No, no!
- Get his ass.
- 1183
- 01:14:38,515 --> 01:14:40,516
- The parts
- of my personality
- 1184
- 01:14:40,517 --> 01:14:45,688
- that I am currently being told
- are the reason that I need to go
- 1185
- 01:14:45,689 --> 01:14:49,192
- are the same parts
- of my personality that made me
- 1186
- 01:14:49,193 --> 01:14:53,448
- the best choice and the reason
- that they gave me that team.
- 1187
- 01:14:59,329 --> 01:15:01,079
- I'm not a very good soldier,
- 1188
- 01:15:01,080 --> 01:15:04,583
- so I have to live
- with the consequences.
- 1189
- 01:15:10,298 --> 01:15:13,049
- It's a really dark place
- - that I'm in right now.
- 1190
- 01:15:13,050 --> 01:15:15,551
- My baby is being taken away
- from me.
- 1191
- 01:15:15,552 --> 01:15:17,262
- Like all babies.
- 1192
- 01:15:17,263 --> 01:15:20,349
- Yeah. Well, it's not the way
- it's usually done.
- 1193
- 01:15:20,350 --> 01:15:24,353
- So I'm not going to be
- invited back.
- 1194
- 01:15:24,354 --> 01:15:27,481
- And the reasons
- for that are not okay with me.
- 1195
- 01:15:27,482 --> 01:15:31,109
- I'm happy to let it go out
- in the world.
- 1196
- 01:15:31,110 --> 01:15:33,695
- I'll find something else
- to do, right?
- 1197
- 01:15:33,696 --> 01:15:36,114
- But...
- 1198
- 01:15:36,115 --> 01:15:39,284
- it's one of the worst things
- that could happen in the middle
- 1199
- 01:15:39,285 --> 01:15:41,453
- of one of the best things
- that's possible.
- 1200
- 01:15:41,454 --> 01:15:44,122
- So, I'm not in a good space.
- I'm really not.
- 1201
- 01:15:44,123 --> 01:15:46,791
- The actual answer, though, to why
- does it keep - happening to me?
- 1202
- 01:15:46,792 --> 01:15:49,211
- I actually had to think about
- this. I know the answer now.
- 1203
- 01:15:49,212 --> 01:15:51,213
- Awesome.
- 1204
- 01:15:51,214 --> 01:15:54,132
- I will tell you a story.
- I will tell you a story.
- 1205
- 01:15:54,133 --> 01:15:56,469
- Hey! Hey!
- Hey!
- 1206
- 01:16:01,057 --> 01:16:03,808
- I can tell you
- the story of a warlord
- 1207
- 01:16:03,809 --> 01:16:09,565
- who found a people who were
- in trouble, had been defeated.
- 1208
- 01:16:11,526 --> 01:16:14,736
- And this warlord came in and
- inspired them and organized them
- 1209
- 01:16:14,737 --> 01:16:16,696
- and trained them
- and gave them weapons,
- 1210
- 01:16:16,697 --> 01:16:20,742
- and then formed an army
- and reclaimed the land.
- 1211
- 01:16:23,538 --> 01:16:25,747
- And now peace begins.
- 1212
- 01:16:25,748 --> 01:16:29,042
- And the farmers
- go back to their fields,
- 1213
- 01:16:29,043 --> 01:16:32,337
- and the traders and the
- merchants arrive in the city,
- 1214
- 01:16:32,338 --> 01:16:34,881
- and now everything
- is returning to normal.
- 1215
- 01:16:34,882 --> 01:16:39,553
- And so a day comes
- when the council,
- 1216
- 01:16:39,554 --> 01:16:40,929
- the priests, and the merchants
- 1217
- 01:16:40,930 --> 01:16:43,432
- all come to the warlord and say,
- 1218
- 01:16:43,433 --> 01:16:45,313
- "You need to go."
- It's the curse of the warlord.
- 1219
- 01:16:49,772 --> 01:16:50,856
- Right?
- 1220
- 01:17:00,408 --> 01:17:02,326
- The game is amazing.
- 1221
- 01:17:04,078 --> 01:17:06,789
- It's... beautiful.
- 1222
- 01:17:08,458 --> 01:17:11,586
- It's an incredible achievement.
- 1223
- 01:17:12,878 --> 01:17:15,465
- And I will never work
- on it again.
- 1224
- 01:17:18,675 --> 01:17:21,094
- Imagine that you have a child,
- 1225
- 01:17:21,095 --> 01:17:25,557
- and imagine that that child
- grows and goes to college.
- 1226
- 01:17:25,558 --> 01:17:29,936
- And imagine that
- when they leave for college,
- 1227
- 01:17:29,937 --> 01:17:33,648
- they sit down with you, and they
- have a private conversation,
- 1228
- 01:17:33,649 --> 01:17:35,859
- and they tell you that they
- never want to see you again.
- 1229
- 01:17:39,071 --> 01:17:40,114
- "I'm sorry, Dad,
- 1230
- 01:17:41,824 --> 01:17:43,659
- but you're just too intense.
- 1231
- 01:17:45,119 --> 01:17:46,828
- I'm going to go
- and do my own life,
- 1232
- 01:17:46,829 --> 01:17:48,664
- but please
- don't contact me again."
- 1233
- 01:17:54,920 --> 01:17:57,964
- I'm trying to just be okay
- with it.
- 1234
- 01:17:57,965 --> 01:18:01,594
- I'm trying to just
- not freak out.
- 1235
- 01:18:04,805 --> 01:18:06,015
- Because, uh...
- 1236
- 01:18:09,477 --> 01:18:12,896
- I don't have another choice
- that I can make.
- 1237
- 01:18:22,781 --> 01:18:25,200
- I'm going to go to do
- the live stream today.
- 1238
- 01:18:25,201 --> 01:18:29,579
- And there's nobody there
- who under... who...
- 1239
- 01:18:29,580 --> 01:18:31,666
- Who's aware of it.
- 1240
- 01:18:38,047 --> 01:18:39,255
- Here we are.
- 1241
- 01:18:39,256 --> 01:18:42,467
- So everyone else is here
- 1242
- 01:18:42,468 --> 01:18:46,221
- celebrating For Honor and
- is ready to launch the game.
- 1243
- 01:18:46,222 --> 01:18:48,097
- Hey!
- 1244
- 01:18:48,098 --> 01:18:50,058
- This is a little over-the-top
- with the crown and the sword.
- 1245
- 01:18:50,059 --> 01:18:52,644
- This is going too far.
- It's too far for you?
- 1246
- 01:18:52,645 --> 01:18:55,355
- Well, it's not too far for me.
- This is right up my alley.
- 1247
- 01:18:55,356 --> 01:18:56,772
- It's like being an actor.
- 1248
- 01:18:56,773 --> 01:19:00,068
- I have to find in myself
- 1249
- 01:19:00,069 --> 01:19:03,572
- the part of me
- that is genuinely excited
- 1250
- 01:19:03,573 --> 01:19:05,281
- about that moment, right?
- 1251
- 01:19:05,282 --> 01:19:08,619
- It's not pretending.
- I don't need to pretend.
- 1252
- 01:19:09,912 --> 01:19:11,663
- Hi!
- Do you want to keep
- 1253
- 01:19:11,664 --> 01:19:13,623
- this little
- 5 o'clock shadowy stuff going?
- 1254
- 01:19:13,624 --> 01:19:15,166
- You don't want to trim it down?
- 1255
- 01:19:15,167 --> 01:19:17,335
- It's part of the look.
- That's why I'm asking.
- 1256
- 01:19:17,336 --> 01:19:19,671
- This is just what I am.
- Melodramatic.
- 1257
- 01:19:19,672 --> 01:19:21,591
- It's just the deal.
- Love it.
- 1258
- 01:19:24,635 --> 01:19:26,969
- In the meantime,
- let's head back to Chris
- 1259
- 01:19:26,970 --> 01:19:28,304
- who's sitting down with Jason.
- 1260
- 01:19:28,305 --> 01:19:30,640
- Jason,
- welcome to the large couch.
- 1261
- 01:19:30,641 --> 01:19:34,102
- This is my religion.
- It's the theater of the mind.
- 1262
- 01:19:34,103 --> 01:19:36,438
- Entertainment, games, movies,
- 1263
- 01:19:36,439 --> 01:19:38,607
- books, all of this stuff.
- It's the theater of the mind.
- 1264
- 01:19:41,985 --> 01:19:44,655
- I'm coming for you!
- Shit!
- 1265
- 01:19:47,491 --> 01:19:49,848
- It's the lens
- through which we
- 1266
- 01:19:49,849 --> 01:19:52,245
- understand how the world works
- 1267
- 01:19:52,246 --> 01:19:55,831
- without having to literally go
- to war ourselves, right?
- 1268
- 01:19:58,711 --> 01:20:01,796
- It's a way for people
- to be warned
- 1269
- 01:20:01,797 --> 01:20:04,340
- and to learn about
- what the world contains
- 1270
- 01:20:04,341 --> 01:20:06,259
- to better prepare themselves
- 1271
- 01:20:06,260 --> 01:20:08,303
- for what's happening
- in their real life.
- 1272
- 01:20:14,143 --> 01:20:16,813
- We reject philosophy
- as a study in our culture
- 1273
- 01:20:16,814 --> 01:20:19,522
- these days, right?
- 1274
- 01:20:19,523 --> 01:20:21,399
- Philosophy has been
- sort of pushed to the side.
- 1275
- 01:20:21,400 --> 01:20:25,404
- But we revere
- our entertainment forms, right?
- 1276
- 01:20:26,322 --> 01:20:27,656
- Well, it's the same.
- 1277
- 01:20:27,657 --> 01:20:31,493
- Entertainment is
- philosophy in motion.
- 1278
- 01:20:31,494 --> 01:20:34,455
- Huzzah!
- 1279
- 01:20:39,627 --> 01:20:42,797
- Bye-bye.
- Jason VandenBerghe.
- 1280
- 01:20:43,964 --> 01:20:46,382
- Raining, day's ending,
- 1281
- 01:20:46,383 --> 01:20:47,843
- we're walking in the distance.
- 1282
- 01:20:49,470 --> 01:20:52,305
- ♪ My friend
- The end is near ♪
- 1283
- 01:20:52,306 --> 01:20:57,519
- ♪ And so we face
- The final curtain ♪
- 1284
- 01:20:57,520 --> 01:21:03,150
- ♪ Regrets, I've had a few
- But then again... ♪
- 1285
- 01:21:04,985 --> 01:21:07,111
- The time is coming
- 1286
- 01:21:07,112 --> 01:21:10,406
- to lift the curtain,
- turn on the lights,
- 1287
- 01:21:10,407 --> 01:21:13,909
- and let the creation speak
- for itself, right?
- 1288
- 01:21:13,910 --> 01:21:18,956
- Let it stand there
- and be judged.
- 1289
- 01:21:18,957 --> 01:21:20,250
- And I won't be there.
- 1290
- 01:21:22,211 --> 01:21:23,337
- I'll be in the audience.
- 1291
- 01:21:27,383 --> 01:21:30,218
- We wanted
- to release the perfect game
- 1292
- 01:21:30,219 --> 01:21:32,428
- for Valentine's Day,
- a game for love.
- 1293
- 01:21:32,429 --> 01:21:34,597
- We wanted something
- more immersive,
- 1294
- 01:21:34,598 --> 01:21:36,766
- something less mental
- and much more from the heart.
- 1295
- 01:21:36,767 --> 01:21:40,186
- We really wanted for
- players to be able to experience
- 1296
- 01:21:40,187 --> 01:21:42,647
- what you experience
- in Braveheart or in 300.
- 1297
- 01:21:42,648 --> 01:21:45,400
- This year,
- the 14th of February
- 1298
- 01:21:45,401 --> 01:21:48,903
- is not time for making love,
- it'll be time for making war.
- 1299
- 01:21:48,904 --> 01:21:51,823
- So, get ready for the big
- release of For Honor.
- 1300
- 01:22:06,505 --> 01:22:09,340
- Did he buy For Honor?
- Thank you.
- 1301
- 01:22:09,341 --> 01:22:12,051
- Hi! My name is Luc,
- 1302
- 01:22:12,052 --> 01:22:13,887
- I work with the development
- team. Show me the game,
- 1303
- 01:22:13,888 --> 01:22:15,889
- so we can see it
- in the photo.
- 1304
- 01:22:17,182 --> 01:22:18,767
- Thank you.
- 1305
- 01:22:18,768 --> 01:22:21,018
- Thanks very much.
- 1306
- 01:22:21,019 --> 01:22:23,439
- The game is released!
- 1307
- 01:22:26,275 --> 01:22:29,194
- Ahh!
- 1308
- 01:22:34,032 --> 01:22:36,869
- We're at over 700,000
- right now.
- 1309
- 01:22:39,622 --> 01:22:41,080
- We're not giving any numbers.
- 1310
- 01:22:41,081 --> 01:22:42,832
- Did you play the Conan video
- this morning?
- 1311
- 01:22:42,833 --> 01:22:44,626
- Yes.
- Cool.
- 1312
- 01:22:44,627 --> 01:22:47,670
- Luc and Stéphane, thank you
- very much for having me.
- 1313
- 01:22:47,671 --> 01:22:50,799
- Do you already have preliminary
- numbers as far as downloads?
- 1314
- 01:22:50,800 --> 01:22:54,761
- We've got some, but we can't
- give them away. It's going well.
- 1315
- 01:22:54,762 --> 01:22:56,596
- It's going very well.
- We're happy.
- 1316
- 01:22:56,597 --> 01:22:59,599
- Let's just say today
- there was an enthusiasm...
- 1317
- 01:22:59,600 --> 01:23:01,225
- Where'd you get that?
- 1318
- 01:23:01,226 --> 01:23:02,769
- I laid down
- in a pile of game cases.
- 1319
- 01:23:02,770 --> 01:23:06,272
- That's a good one.
- Yeah, you like it?
- 1320
- 01:23:06,273 --> 01:23:08,023
- Yeah. Put it on Facebook.
- 1321
- 01:23:08,024 --> 01:23:10,277
- Fuck, it's blowing up
- like crazy.
- 1322
- 01:23:15,741 --> 01:23:17,784
- Do you have any copies
- of For Honor left?
- 1323
- 01:23:17,785 --> 01:23:19,285
- Yeah.
- 1324
- 01:23:19,286 --> 01:23:21,580
- Did you sell some today?
- Yeah, quite a lot.
- 1325
- 01:23:32,842 --> 01:23:34,550
- What's that?
- 1326
- 01:23:34,551 --> 01:23:37,304
- It says "collector's edition"
- on the box.
- 1327
- 01:23:39,139 --> 01:23:41,140
- There's not
- enough for everyone.
- 1328
- 01:23:41,141 --> 01:23:43,352
- Oh, no.
- 1329
- 01:23:44,394 --> 01:23:46,021
- It's cool!
- 1330
- 01:23:56,365 --> 01:24:00,242
- February 14, 2017, here we are!
- 1331
- 01:24:00,243 --> 01:24:02,912
- For Honor is in the box!
- 1332
- 01:24:02,913 --> 01:24:06,332
- And it's gonna be a million!
- 1333
- 01:24:59,469 --> 01:25:02,680
- In the game, you have the
- option - to take out the blood.
- 1334
- 01:25:02,681 --> 01:25:04,891
- We're going to put it
- as a default setting.
- 1335
- 01:25:04,892 --> 01:25:07,226
- Oh, yeah?
- We're able to do that?
- 1336
- 01:25:07,227 --> 01:25:08,937
- Maybe this version would work
- for China,
- 1337
- 01:25:08,938 --> 01:25:11,313
- and it wouldn't be
- too expensive.
- 1338
- 01:25:11,314 --> 01:25:14,191
- You'll talk about it
- with Pascal when I'm out.
- 1339
- 01:25:14,192 --> 01:25:16,028
- I've got to stop here.
- 1340
- 01:25:17,654 --> 01:25:21,866
- I'm leaving the seventh,
- I arrive in the evening.
- 1341
- 01:25:21,867 --> 01:25:24,911
- And, starting the eighth,
- I'm doing Disney.
- 1342
- 01:25:24,912 --> 01:25:27,580
- You're at the
- hotel in Disney mode.
- 1343
- 01:25:27,581 --> 01:25:29,248
- Yeah.
- I'm in Mickey Mouse mode.
- 1344
- 01:25:31,126 --> 01:25:33,669
- I'm bringing my little girl
- and my goddaughter
- 1345
- 01:25:33,670 --> 01:25:36,255
- to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique.
- 1346
- 01:25:36,256 --> 01:25:38,215
- It's a princess makeover.
- 1347
- 01:25:38,216 --> 01:25:43,220
- So they're going to get styled,
- dresses...
- 1348
- 01:25:43,221 --> 01:25:46,515
- I feel like I've been
- an absent brother, son, uncle,
- 1349
- 01:25:46,516 --> 01:25:49,310
- husband, and father.
- 1350
- 01:25:49,311 --> 01:25:52,397
- I'm going to reconnect
- with my gang.
- 1351
- 01:26:09,873 --> 01:26:11,667
- Hey, I bet this is a ghost.
- 1352
- 01:26:11,668 --> 01:26:13,501
- No!
- 1353
- 01:26:13,502 --> 01:26:17,088
- Behind all the characters
- there will be a fruit,
- 1354
- 01:26:17,089 --> 01:26:18,339
- or a vegetable, or a candy.
- 1355
- 01:26:18,340 --> 01:26:21,050
- You have to make him eat
- some food.
- 1356
- 01:26:21,051 --> 01:26:23,469
- Hey, you want to eat some food?
- 1357
- 01:26:23,470 --> 01:26:26,388
- This is Roserade,
- this is Pikachu.
- 1358
- 01:26:26,389 --> 01:26:28,599
- That's him, Pikachu!
- 1359
- 01:26:28,600 --> 01:26:31,644
- But it's not the same,
- because I redid it.
- 1360
- 01:26:31,645 --> 01:26:36,607
- Did it hurt when you got
- your tattoo?
- 1361
- 01:26:36,608 --> 01:26:38,359
- Look, you can still see
- the marks.
- 1362
- 01:26:38,360 --> 01:26:41,029
- I'm telling you
- when it got to here,
- 1363
- 01:26:41,030 --> 01:26:45,491
- it really, really hurt,
- and it lasted four hours.
- 1364
- 01:26:45,492 --> 01:26:48,536
- What's a phoenix?
- 1365
- 01:26:48,537 --> 01:26:50,310
- A phoenix
- is an animal that is
- 1366
- 01:26:50,311 --> 01:26:52,123
- reborn from its ashes.
- 1367
- 01:26:52,124 --> 01:26:54,208
- Sometimes,
- we want to change in life,
- 1368
- 01:26:54,209 --> 01:26:56,752
- and sometimes we are faced
- with tests,
- 1369
- 01:26:56,753 --> 01:26:59,422
- and there is always a way
- to reinvent yourself.
- 1370
- 01:27:04,011 --> 01:27:07,263
- I want to take the time
- to understand what happened.
- 1371
- 01:27:10,767 --> 01:27:12,935
- Do I have the energy?
- 1372
- 01:27:12,936 --> 01:27:16,438
- What do I have in the tank
- and for how many projects?
- 1373
- 01:27:16,439 --> 01:27:19,067
- That's my main question,
- 1374
- 01:27:19,068 --> 01:27:22,654
- and I don't have
- the answer today.
- 1375
- 01:27:24,990 --> 01:27:28,826
- It hasn't really stopped since
- the game has been released.
- 1376
- 01:27:28,827 --> 01:27:30,870
- I'm still trying to take
- a step back
- 1377
- 01:27:30,871 --> 01:27:33,581
- and make sure I don't fall
- into fatigue
- 1378
- 01:27:33,582 --> 01:27:36,919
- or a downward spiral
- from being tired.
- 1379
- 01:27:44,426 --> 01:27:49,889
- My life was never in danger
- on the project.
- 1380
- 01:27:49,890 --> 01:27:52,016
- You put a certain stress
- on yourself, you experience
- 1381
- 01:27:52,017 --> 01:27:56,646
- certain emotions as if you were
- on the front lines at war.
- 1382
- 01:28:01,484 --> 01:28:04,987
- As my nine-year-old daughter
- told me, "You know, Daddy,
- 1383
- 01:28:04,988 --> 01:28:10,786
- good days always come to an end,
- but so do the bad ones."
- 1384
- 01:28:12,829 --> 01:28:14,664
- I want to make sure
- I never forget that.
- 1385
- 01:28:30,222 --> 01:28:32,766
- Anything that was going
- to happen in that project
- 1386
- 01:28:34,268 --> 01:28:37,061
- was going to happen.
- 1387
- 01:28:37,062 --> 01:28:41,149
- I have accepted that I am not
- doing this anymore.
- 1388
- 01:28:41,150 --> 01:28:42,775
- That was a big step.
- 1389
- 01:28:42,776 --> 01:28:46,237
- Accepting that I won't work
- on the sequel,
- 1390
- 01:28:46,238 --> 01:28:48,614
- I won't do another,
- 1391
- 01:28:48,615 --> 01:28:50,325
- I won't continue with this team.
- 1392
- 01:28:53,996 --> 01:28:57,791
- It's the greatest performance
- I've ever given.
- 1393
- 01:28:59,709 --> 01:29:01,836
- That's the best I can do.
- 1394
- 01:29:05,799 --> 01:29:09,260
- It's the only time
- I've ever released a game,
- 1395
- 01:29:09,261 --> 01:29:12,554
- and then been able to play it
- on day one
- 1396
- 01:29:12,555 --> 01:29:14,141
- and not hate it.
- 1397
- 01:29:16,476 --> 01:29:19,061
- This is the game I wanted
- to play when I was a kid.
- 1398
- 01:29:19,062 --> 01:29:23,065
- It wasn't a lie. I wasn't
- kidding about the dream.
- 1399
- 01:29:23,066 --> 01:29:24,984
- It wasn't just a story
- I made up.
- 1400
- 01:29:24,985 --> 01:29:28,612
- I really wanted to play
- this game, and now I can.
- 1401
- 01:29:28,613 --> 01:29:31,449
- And I can play it
- with millions of people.
- 1402
- 01:29:42,919 --> 01:29:46,379
- This tale will be told
- in this way.
- 1403
- 01:29:46,380 --> 01:29:48,381
- The warlord packs up
- their weapons,
- 1404
- 01:29:48,382 --> 01:29:52,304
- puts them in a wagon,
- gets on their horse, and leaves.
- 1405
- 01:29:54,848 --> 01:29:56,350
- It's a story about peace.
- 1406
- 01:29:59,853 --> 01:30:01,730
- For Honor
- is a story about peace
- 1407
- 01:30:03,106 --> 01:30:05,775
- and how warriors create it.
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