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Beyond Good And Evil 2

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  • #2
    Dozen Wicked Words
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    Great news, I loved the first one.


  • #3
    Star Lord
    Registered Users Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    Looks a lot like the character design from the leaked footage and the subsequent teaser trailer a few years back:

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


  • #4
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,526 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    They'll have to bundle it with the HD reissue of the original game, it's been so long since the first game came out.
    It was incredible though.


  • #5
    Star Lord
    Registered Users Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    Still is, still plays well, even if it does feel a little stiff/awkward at times.


  • #6
    VenomIreland
    Registered Users Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭VenomIreland


    Finished it on PC for the second time not too long ago, had forgotten how good it was. I was amazed at how quickly I finished the game though!


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  • #7
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Along with HL3 and DNF, this must rank highly in the list of vaporware everyone pines for. Beyond Good & Evil 2 has been teased for so long I don't believe it genuinely exists as an active project anywhere.

    Also,if I'm being equally honest, from what little I've seen of BG&E2, including the above photo, I don't like the art style that much; its just a tad too "realistic" and I preferred the bold, colourful cartoon stylings from #1


  • #8
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,778 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    With Last Guardian, Shenmue 3, FFVII remake and now this it looks like reviving vapourware seems to be the new videogame fad:

    http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-10-04-beyond-good-and-evil-2-is-almost-definitely-in-development-but

    Really glad this is getting a sequel... because that cliffhanger ending I've been hearing about keeps putting me off playing the original!
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  • #9
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,694 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Play the original.

    One of the best Zelda-clones of the PS2 era.


  • #10
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,778 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    Play the original.

    One of the best Zelda-clones of the PS2 era.

    I know, it's on my for shame list! I played about an hour or two of it and loved it, the setting and characters are excellent. I just got distracted.
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  • #11
    Amira Teeny Zygote
    Posts: 0 ✭ Amira Teeny Zygote


    I missed it back in the day and played the HD version a couple of years ago. Maybe it was something in it's day but I really failed to see the reason for the hype and love for it :confused:


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  • #12
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    Played it back in the day played the HD... gonna wait another year now for more non news?


  • #13
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,170 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Great news. What an amazing game. Really is one of the best ps2 titles.
    I'm slightly worried for the sequel tho. From one of the concept art floating around in the news it looks like that pig is a
    young pey'j... Jade was such a great character and as mentioned above the cliffhanger ending so they better not be doing a prequel


  • #14
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,639 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Well, might as well post this here seeing as it's the most recent BGE2 thread.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8IguhQqhAg


    It's very impressive, but really it's no more than a tech demo at this point.


  • #15
    Mal-Adjusted
    Registered Users Posts: 3,574 ✭✭✭Mal-Adjusted


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Really glad this is getting a sequel... because that cliffhanger ending I've been hearing about keeps putting me off playing the original!

    Isn't this a prequel though...?


  • #16
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,694 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Mal-Adjusted wrote: »
    Isn't this a prequel though...?

    Probably since it looks like
    Pey'j is alive


  • #17
    ERG89
    Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89





    Very long bump up for this old thread, Ubisoft released some gameplay yesterday. Call me cynical but I think they might be stretching what should be a smaller project out to a huge one. I don't see why they have taken this approach as its destined to end in tears


  • #18
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,799 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    I agree, it looks like they're trying to make a massive open world game out of a fairly linear first one. And there was something in that trailer which annoyed me, and that was the main character grabbing the dual-sword ended staff by the blade!!! Graphics are far enough now to make the image believable, but it's these small things that make the most difference these days...


  • #19
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Just looks like yet another Ubisoft Sandbox Game tbh, cynically cashing in on the goodwill and niche fame of the title; to be fair the first BG&E game had an openness that let you explore to a small extent, but it felt more akin to Zelda than the GTA-lite Ubisoft is just churning out. Still not a fan of the art-style either.


  • #20
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,446 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    I think it looks Ok. Hard to believe we've been talking about this for 4 years now.


  • #21
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    So you play as a disenfranchised baton twirler? Bit of a change.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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  • #22
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,778 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    ERG89 wrote: »
    Call me cynical but I think they might be stretching what should be a smaller project out to a huge one.

    Isn't that the ubisoft formula? 6 hours of game play stretched thin across an 80 hour o poo en world?
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  • #23
    Rob2D
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 2,449 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rob2D


    I can't see any fans of the original being too happy with this.


  • #24
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    o poo en world?

    I see what you did there…


  • #25
    J. Marston
    Registered Users Posts: 23,102 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Rob2D wrote: »
    I can't see any fans of the original being too happy with this.

    You'd be right, for me anyway.

    It just doesn't feel like a Beyond Good and Evil sequel. The swearing and the chav monkey going "bang bang motherfúckers!" in the trailer put me off so much.

    Don't mind swearing in games but it just feels so out of place and forced when the first game had none at all from what I remember.

    Also, they mentioned multiplayer so bleh to that as well.


  • #26
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,694 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    pixelburp wrote: »
    Just looks like yet another Ubisoft Sandbox Game tbh, cynically cashing in on the goodwill and niche fame of the title; to be fair the first BG&E game had an openness that let you explore to a small extent, but it felt more akin to Zelda than the GTA-lite Ubisoft is just churning out. Still not a fan of the art-style either.
    Rob2D wrote: »
    I can't see any fans of the original being too happy with this.
    I don't remember anyone complaining when Breath of the Wild went open-world... :p

    I'm interested in if they can pull a good game out of all this tech.
    No pre-order from me, but hopefully I can get into some of the betas.


  • #27
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,941 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    I don't remember anyone complaining when Breath of the Wild went open-world... :p

    I'm interested in if they can pull a good game out of all this tech.
    No pre-order from me, but hopefully I can get into some of the betas.

    I don't have a problem with open world games, I have a problem with Ubisoft 'open world' games, which are almost aggressively based on an identical template at this stage. Breath of the Wild was what happened when you took on a stale genre (maybe even franchise?) with a fresh perspective; Ubi-sandboxes are just the very definition of cookie cutter.


  • #28
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,170 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    I loved the first when it came out. But this doesn't feel like a sequel.


  • #29
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,694 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki






    Apparently they're hoping to have a demo out - by late 2019.


  • #30
    J. Marston
    Registered Users Posts: 23,102 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    The meh continues, for me at least. Don't know what others make of it...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2229DmJLIY


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  • #31
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,639 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    You're not alone in the "meh" stakes.


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