Bevendre

So, Patrice Desilets, the original director of the Assasin’s Creed series, believes that having female models in AC: Unity would have been great, and that time and budget shouldn’t have stopped the developers from including them. (Source)

This is a fair complaint, and one that may be rectified post-launch with DLC and free patches.

While I agree with Desilets’ complaint, I can’t help but point out that the only games in the series he worked on were AC 1 and 2.  This shouldn’t be an issue, but the only female character in AC 1 was Lucy, and the majority of female characters in AC 2 were sexualized by Ezio for the narrative, including Caterina Sforza.

Playable female models were only included in the series after Desilets left the project, and it was after his departure that Assassin’s Creed adopted yearly releases.

As I said, Desilets’ complaint is valid, and his reasoning is good, it’s just not backed by his own influence or experience within the series.