User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 03-12-'14 — New Assassin's Creed in Victorian London leaked/@comment-3338401-20150303225439/@comment-3046679-20150305014739

Shay seemed like a very good mold-breaker, and so was Aveline. Both came from secondary Ubi studios, which didn't have "Fuck you, give us more money" mentality in mind on the forefront when making the game.

And it resulted in likable characters with interesting personalities and backgrounds. Now that Montreal studio is -not- in charge of Victory, maybe the higher-ups at Ubi saw this pattern that should be obvious to anyone with half a working braincell, and the new studio will also adopt the "good product first, cash second" approach.