Patrick Plourde

• Name: Patrick Plourde

• Notable creations and work: Assassins Creed, Assassins Creed 2, Raindbow Six Vegas, Rainbow Six Vegas 2

• Born: NA

• Died: NA

Biographical Summary

Patrick Plourde is the lead designer for Ubisoft on various recent games and projects that are in development. He is well known for his work on the Assassins Creed series and his attention to the details.

Work

All of Patrick's work contains super realistic and complex details to both the characters and the environments. One of the most impressive parts of both Assassins Creed and Assassins Creed 2 is the high amount of attention spent on buildings and scenery such as trees and water. each building is unique and in both games he sought to remain historically true to the locations where the character resides. Water is a huge focus in Assassins Creed 2 since the location is Italy and with the new swimming mechanic. He paid special attention to real life mechanics for the movements of water and did a very good job. The Characters in his game remain true to their personality both as Ezio and Altair. throughout the story Altair remains a proud and aggressive man while Ezio's youth is captured in his somewhat brash but very teasing nature and his interaction with various characters.

Project

In Assassins Creed 2 , water is a huge focus for Patrick. Over half of the game is played within an area that contains large amounts of water, especially in the city of Venice. Also many of the gameplay dynamics that are new to the Assassins Creed series involve water, such as water assassinations, water stealth, swimming, and water escapes. Patrick's use of water in Assassin's Creed 2 is not only used as a tool but as an ally to the player to help them achieve their goals.