Beyond Good & Evil 2!

Mr E

http://kotaku.com/390720/there-is-a-beyond-good--evil-2-sort-of

Its been in development for a year, apparently.... Sweet.

Beyond Good & Evil creator Michel Ancel has told French magazine JeuxVideo that work on a sequel to one of the past decade's most underappreciated titles is underway. And not just underway, but it's been underway for around a year now, with 10-12 staff toiling away on pre-production duties. Good news, yes? Well, sit back down, Mr Bernard Excitey-Pants, because there's a catch: Ubisoft have yet to green-light the project and kick it up into full production. Yes, I'm as confused and angry as you are. No, I have no idea why the hell they're stalling on this.

johnny_ultimate

That is ridiculously exciting. If Ubisoft see sense and fund this, I will be delighted. I have said it many times before, but BG&E is certainly a candidate for the game of last-gen, and it demands that the promised sequel gets made! I need more talking pigs!

K.O.Kiki

*cough*surfergirlnovember07*cough*

Mr E

Cough away, K.O.Kiki
It was news to me anyway!

Rhyme

Sweet deal, can't wait for more information about this. Now to play the copy of BG&E i've had squirreled away in my drawer for the past year and a half that i bought for a tuppence.

tman

News to me as well, and a damn fine piece of news at that!
I should really get around to completing BG&E, think I got about 3/4 of the way through it and put it on the backburner for a while

Proud to say that I bought TWO copies of the game:p

madrab

while i dont think it was the best game of the last generation it certainly was good & different

glad its getting a sequel

MooseJam

tman wrote: »

Proud to say that I bought TWO copies of the game:p

now why did you do that, wanna send one to me

ballybay_eh

Thats great news. Hopefully people might actually buy it this time around. Its a shame to see a great game like the original that tries something new get overlooked while Generic Update 5 sells bucket loads.

tread_softly

that's brilliant, i loved the original. didn't think it was that popular tho?

any idea if it involves the same characters or not?

if i remember correctly from the end of the 1st one

wasn't there something up with pey'j (the pig)? wasn't he an alien or something?

K.O.Kiki

tread_softly wrote: »

that's brilliant, i loved the original. didn't think it was that popular tho?

any idea if it involves the same characters or not?

if i remember correctly from the end of the 1st one

wasn't there something up with pey'j (the pig)? wasn't he an alien or something?

Infected with something

johnny_ultimate

Launch trailer !!111!!!eleventyone!

Bit of a change in art style (Pey'j is pretty damn disturbing now!) but its only a teaser trailer. More importantly, BG&E is back. Woo!

Praetorian

I loved the first one. I can't wait for number 2!

K.O.Kiki

Please Ubi, more of "something different" and not "BG&E - but prettier!"

[/premature fanboy rant]

MooseJam

I'll have to pick this up to see what the fuss is about, though if it's puzzle based i'm screwed cause i'm pretty thick

curry-muff

Nice, i cant realli wait, any announcements on rough release date?

Rhyme

MooseJam wrote: »

I'll have to pick this up to see what the fuss is about, though if it's puzzle based i'm screwed cause i'm pretty thick

If you can get to Swords, the Gamestop on Mainstreet has a copy for the PS2 for 5 euro.

monkeyfudge

MooseJam wrote: »

I'll have to pick this up to see what the fuss is about, though if it's puzzle based i'm screwed cause i'm pretty thick

Think Zelda except it's science fiction but just as brilliant.

Don't remember any particularly tough puzzles... except maybe a bit on the last level with directing beams of light.

Anyway this the best gaming related news I've heard in a long time.

corblimey

So am I the only one who bought the first one and didn't like it? Standard platformer with standard baddies, bosses, etc. Or did I miss something?

(PS Same with Psychonauts. Tried so hard to like it, but it was just meh)

monkeyfudge

Carlson and Peters!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy7DrxuW7rA

TheWitch06

I want the first one.

johnny_ultimate

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Carlson and Peters!!!!!!

I think the chase sequences in the last game are some of the most exciting moments in gaming. Really must play the game again - don't really remember the plot in much detail.

I do remember

that wonderful spaceship finale though

. Now that was epic.

mcgovern

Is the PC version any use?
Its a whole lot cheaper than the PS2 or Xbox version, but I read you can't you a gamepad with PC version?

Edit: Talking about the original of course.

Hitman Actual

I played it on PC and found mouse control to be no problem at all. I haven't played a console version though, so I've nothing to compare it to. But you should be fine.

mcgovern

lenny_leonard wrote: »

I played it on PC and found mouse control to be no problem at all. I haven't played a console version though, so I've nothing to compare it to. But you should be fine.

Thanks, just ordered it! (€6.99 on play.com).

Shryke

Wonderful news! I very much enjoyed the original. I'll have to dig it out and give it a play again. I'm a little hazy on the story. I imagine it will be multi-platform, fingers crossed it will be out sooner rather than later but not at the expense of rushing it.

monkeyfudge

For those who have just played through it once... it's just if not more enjoyable on the second and third play through.

Kiith

I really need to play this. Its one of my "didnt get a chance to play" games.

Kenjd

Great news.I just finished the original about 6 months ago. Very underrated.
Great game. I picked it up for 4.99, what a bargain.
sometimes Gamestop is good!

johnny_ultimate

http://kotaku.com/5011747/beyond-good--evil-too-difficult-sequel-more-accessible

Balls.

Kiith

I just hope they dont Xbox it (also known as consolitis ).