Beyond Good & Evil 2

Vyse

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ancel-using-small-team-to-make-bg-and-e2

Good to see that the game is still ticking over. Still have a bad feeling about it ever seeing the light of day though. Hope that I'm proved wrong.

Laserhead

I got the original on Steam about a year ago. I wish I'd bought it sooner, it's an amazing game.
I can see this project becoming vaporware in an instant if Ubisoft needs to do cutbacks though, it's not the kind of project that's ever going to make a huge profit.

Mr E

Haven't played it since the gamecube. Must see if I can dig it up again.

johnny_ultimate

Quotes keep on popping up in relation to this every few months. Good to see some confirmation it still exists!

Beyond Good and Evil is without a doubt one of the best games of last decade. A sequel is definitely something to be excited about, just wish it would show up!

Vyse

I must dig this out. Have it on the PC. My only gripe is that you couldn't use a joypad.

This and psychonauts were two of my fav games of the last gen.

K.O.Kiki

Beyond Good and Evil was the evolution to 3D Zelda games that Nintendo are too afraid to make.

johnny_ultimate

The thing that really makes me want a sequel is that the ending of the last game suggested approaching epicness. I don't remember the specifics, but there was a pretty cool cliffhanger that really made me want a sequel asap. It was one of those rare games that seemed to have a clear artistic vision, so it's a damn shame it flopped commercially to create the limbo of sorts the sequel is now stuck in.

asmaraa

Only complaint that I had was that it was to short and wasn't very hard once you got used to the controls.

Antar Bolaeisk

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

The thing that really makes me want a sequel is that the ending of the last game suggested approaching epicness. I don't remember the specifics, but there was a pretty cool cliffhanger that really made me want a sequel asap. It was one of those rare games that seemed to have a clear artistic vision, so it's a damn shame it flopped commercially to create the limbo of sorts the sequel is now stuck in.

The ending revealed

one of the green yokes on the pigs hand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSgCZyGHiNo

You need to skip to about 20 seconds before the end.

Also, obviously there are spoilers in the above video.

johnny_ultimate

Beyond Good and Evil HD remake inbound: http://kotaku.com/5651856/beyond-good--evil-getting-hd-re+release

As welcome as that is, I can't help but feel that the resources would be more effectively pumped in the sequel we're still frickin' waiting on :pac:

Vyse

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Beyond Good and Evil HD remake inbound: http://kotaku.com/5651856/beyond-good--evil-getting-hd-re+release

As welcome as that is, I can't help but feel that the resources would be more effectively pumped in the sequel we're still frickin' waiting on :pac:

I would imagine that this is a good sign for the sequel. Resources required for this must be fairly minimal. Looking forward to re-playing it.

calex71

If it's as good as the Monkey Island HD ones im sold on it.

Mr E

Bump....

Is BG&E2 the next Duke Nukem Forever?

Michel Ancel said that it's not coming out on this generation of consoles, which means at least 2-3 years before we see it. It was announced in 2008, so that could be a 6 year gap between announcement and release....

(Unless Nintendo have a huge exclusive lined up for Project Café/Wii2)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-06-07-bg-and-e2-to-miss-current-generation

Top game designer Michel Ancel has revealed that the sequel to Beyond Good & Evil will not be released on current-gen consoles. Instead, his Ubisoft Montpellier team is focusing on the upcoming Rayman Origins.

The news emerged last night from an exclusive Ubisoft dinner in LA, attended by Eurogamer's sister site GamesIndustry.biz.

"It is still alive and we are very far [into] development so we can't go back now," Ancel said. "We are targeting the next generation of consoles."

Beyond Good & Evil 2 was unveiled at the publisher's Ubidays event in 2008. An HD remake of the critically acclaimed but underperforming original, which launched on PS2, GameCube and Xbox, was released earlier this year.

Kiith

Saying nothing is probably better then saying the above. Being 'very far' into development, how can they not have known until recently that the game wouldnt even be released on current gen machines. And considering the next gen hasnt even been announced yet, it's a pretty stupid statement.

calex71

ffs they released a teaser trailer what? 3 years ago ??????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkCXE1l5MVI

Mr E

Don't forget this:
(Not sure if it was ever confirmed as being genuine, but it looks sweet....)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVwTrjwautQ

johnny_ultimate

Kiith wrote: »

Saying nothing is probably better then saying the above. Being 'very far' into development, how can they not have known until recently that the game wouldnt even be released on current gen machines. And considering the next gen hasnt even been announced yet, it's a pretty stupid statement.

Well a new Nintendo console is being announced today (apparently) so the next-gen isn't that far off....

But yes, waiting is hard, especially when it's for something as potentially brilliant as a BG&E sequel!

K.O.Kiki

That trailer is interesting.
Makes it seem like the setting is very Middle-East inspired.

Wonder how that would affect the development (what with the Arab Spring revolutions).

LighterGuy

Shame it wasnt at E3.