Tidligere instruktør siger at "managers" har været problemet bag Beyond Good and Evil 2-udviklingen

Michel Ancel har leveret nogle i sandhed store spil igennem sine årtier i spilbranchen, og han nåede at agere instruktør og kreativt overhoved på Beyond Good & Evil 2 i noget tid inden han forlod spilbranchen helt i 2020.

Netop det spil holder lige nu rekorden som den længste udviklingsperiode nogensinde, og der er ikke umiddelbart udsigt til at vi lærer mere om det lige foreløbig. Så hvorfor har det været så svært for Ubisoft Montpellier at gøre det færdigt? I et interview med med franske Superpouvoir (via VGC) fortæller Ancel har udviklingen angiveligt har været meget forvirrende grundet uenigheder blandt ledere:

"In some projects, we set ourselves huge challenges and put together teams with passion, but without knowing how long and complex the road will be. Passion is a fabulous energy, but it can also lead to clashes between enthusiasts. In Beyond Good & Evil 2, for example, there were too many problems between managers. The art director wanted to redo everything over and over again, the game director wanted to make a dungeon crawler, and I was dreaming of a space adventure. We just couldn't agree, and the game director took the project in a different direction. In this kind of situation, teams go back and forth and don't even know who's in charge and who's making the decisions. The producer is supposed to bring order to the situation, but that didn't happen. Yves Guillemot even had to go down to Montpellier to get things back on track, but it wasn't enough, and the game director continued in his obstinacy".

Guillemots lederskab er flere gange blevet kritiseret af investorer, og det lader ikke til at han har haft held med at få projektet på ret køl. Hvor de er henne i processen i dag vides ikke.