beyond good and evil

I think Tracer is almost certainly overhyping this game, but it is still worth it. Fact is, it's a very solid cinematic 3D action adventure game of its time, with solid direction, writers, musicians, actors, artists etc. that push it well above average, perhaps into great territory. It's all wrapped in this warm atmosphere that evokes good kid fantasy/adventure films from the '80s. (also yes not nearly as crazy/experimental as Fahrenheit)

There was one moment in the game though, that I really loved - that surprise rush through the rooftops - you know which one I mean.

yes.

and in most games, you would have to play that part 20 times in order to not die and by the time you'd finally done it you'd never want to see it again.

i guess i'm so psyched because i've been out of the loop for long enough to just not realize games like this existed. also i am a sucker for the politics/journalism angle, i will cop to that.

Some of the game's voice acting and sound design are so ethnically fetishistic and colonial that it was hard for me to stomach the opening acts.

http://jag.lcc.gatech.edu/blog/2009/04/beyond-good-evil-and-photographic-truth.html

HD remake coming next year to PSN/XBLA

oh cool

Yay!

This game had way too much boring stealth stuff. Actually the only thing i remember really liking about it was the song playing in the bar. "Propaganda!"

I liked how much stealth and non-combat stuff there was. One of my favorites from the last generation and I'm interested to see how it holds up.

!!!!!!

i never played the original so i'm psyched about this

this is seriously one of the very few modern console games that i would be very happy for my son to spend hours with

the HD version is out!

ngggghahahah can't wait to play this

(again)

oh no, only for XBox! PS3 peeps must wait

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5QyLuK7Gck

I am intrigued by this game but only have a PC, which the HD version is not scheduled for.

Anyone played the original PC version? Is it worth getting, should I hold out for PC HD, or does this really need a console to be appreciated?

<3 your display name!

Just did the demo for BG&E and the camera makes so ill that I don't think I can do it :(

same here, i actually bought the game but got so frustrated just running around the house that i can't imagine playing the rest.

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wimps! you get used to it. etc

oh man i dont think thats possible, reminds me of how every time i played that spaceship FPS where there was no set up or down (cant remember the goddamn name) afterwards i needed to lie down so i wouldnt throw up

Descent?

YES

thx x1000

i seriously don't recall any frustration with the camera! is it that you don't have full free control of the camera like you do in FPSes?

anyway, it's coming to PS3 in "may 2011". whether that means may 1 or may 31 i don't know.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/03/17/beyond-good-evil-hd-coming-may-2011-more-goodies-for-early-buyers/

i love that the parental warnings include "comic mischief"

so i have this now and am very pleased.

on the down side, ubisoft yesterday said "We are targeting the next generation of consoles" for BG&E2.

massive sadface

God this game is awesome

alright alright i'll get it already!

jeez

http://static.images.memegenerator.net/Instances400/7/8021/8213681.jpg

I checked to see if this was out on PSN a few days ago and it wasn't yet. Is it now?

not NA. had to get on my euro account.

Huh... Doesn't make sense.

hahah james i have noticed X-Y axis rants dominating every forum discussion of this game and... like... i have never noticed that?? is it because i don't play FPSes? i've played plenty of third-person adventure games, though..

raced through about 60% of this and then life intervened.

- unfortunately am still in the slaughterhouses, my least favorite part of the game.

+ i have already done most of the sneaking sections

- (i love sneaking)

- think i must have missed a door or something and may have to backtrack

+ still haven't done any of the smuggler's caves yet! (which i love)

I got this today. I hadn't played the original, but I read about it and the world seemed really interesting. I'm only about fifteen minutes in but so far so good, more to follow.

The camera controls (the game viewpoint, not the thing you take pictures with) is pretty fucking stupid though. Ocarina of Time wasn't like this, was it?

i don't know, i never played it!

there have maybe been four or five places where the camera didn't do what i wanted it to but i didn't think about it otherwise.

xp it was worse!

somehow i skipped an entire section of the slaughterhouses, no idea how. debating whether or not to go back. i've probably got enought pearls...

Just finished this again, Tracer otm throughout this thread - the one complaint (apart from the multi-killing boss at the end) is that on the PC the up and down keys for piloting the airship are the wrong way around, hilarity ensues etc.

Tracer particularly OTM about the fluidity of play styles - hey now you're in a hazard object race car, hey now you're in a stealth game, hey now you're in Pokemon Snap.

there's apparently a.... movie adaptation coming, directed by the guy who made Detective Pikachu

i assume it's to coincide with the extremely long-awaited sequel which actually seems to be happening