Ubisoft Taking its Time With Beyond Good and Evil 2

[Aisaku]

Hmmm that footage has more to do with Assasin's Creed than with Zelda, which was one of the major inspirations for BGE... So are we getting a grim, dirt colored, gritty world now? Hmm I'm not sure I want.

It gets on my nerves when companies take old brand names to push a new game that has has little or nothing to do with the original. Or am I looking at this the wrong way? This is what could be called 'innovation'? An Assasin's Creed game where the enemies carry guns?

 

[oranger]

I kinda feel like EA just got the rights to make a SoTC sequel...I know, I know ubisoft made it in the first place...but its definitely not the -same- ubisoft.

 

[Mordwyl]

More Shauni? Yes please. Thank you.

 

[Signa]

No one else at least had a chuckle reading this:

?

If that game in the picture is BG&E 2, it's already a failure. Jade was baddass, but she wasn't the chick from Mirror's Edge. Also, I seem to remember be a mechanic about taking pictures of planetary inhabitants, including all the animal/alien people. That city in that picture has almost no resemblance to the original planet or gameplay.

That picture is from this "gameplay" video. It's been arround for some time now. And no, it does not resemble the frist game that much, however jade was pretty agile, and mirror's edge was on some very interesting ideas, i think it could work.

Oh, I saw the video a while ago. I remember Jade bashing things with her stick and throwing disks from a wrist-mounted launcher. Not running a lot and then stealing a copter while in flight.

 

[Zhukov]

Well, that's some of the best game news I've heard in awhile.

...

Although, as has been mentioned, this being Ubisoft, they're probably going to smear that fucking DRM of theirs all over it.

 

[commasplice]

The game seemed like an Ocarina of Time clone, for the most part. Not a bad thing, mind. But I don't see what was ahead of anything.

You sure you're not just thinking of Starfox Adventures? I can't really remember anything about the game that reminded me of Zelda, honestly.

As far as the original topic is concerned, I'm trying not to get my hopes up about this game. I loved the first one, but I still haven't forgotten about that whole "always on DRM" fiasco earlier this year... And every time I hear devs say, "We're spending a billion hours on it to make sure it's perfect," I hear "The game's buggy as hell and we don't know how to fix it," or "We ran out of ideas, but the game's too short, so we're going to twiddle our thumbs until we come up with some filler."

 

[ASnogarD]

Its a pity as I switch off after the word Ubisoft...

 

[Blue Musician]

If I get disappointed for the game if it comes out I'm going to be very mad, to the point that you shouldn't know...
But I still hope it's good, specially in the PC platform.

 

[Thaius]

Words cannot possibly express how amazingly happy I am about this. Beyond Good and Evil is one of the few games that was truly amazing, screamed for a sequel, and didn't get one. The idea that the original creator is taking his time on it, and that it is not in fact dead, it one of the best pieces of news I have heard in a long, long time.

 

[JaredXE]

YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I am so glad they didn't cancel it. I loved the original and hold it up as one of those "One of the Greatest Games You Never Played" along side Advent Rising.

 

[bassdrum]

OH HELL YES!

I've been fearing for this game's life for a long time, so hearing that it's still very much alive makes me happy, even if I won't be seeing it anytime soon. The first game is still one of the best games I've ever played, and I nearly went into cardiac arrest when I heard that there was a sequel coming (and again when it seemed to die). Knowing that Ubisoft is still moving forward makes me very, very happy.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

I don't really understand the hate for Ubi. They have made some shitty games, yes. On the other hand they have made some of my favorite games (Assassin's Creed 2, earlier Prince of Persias, earlier Splinter Cells, and of course the original BGE) and while their new DRM is pretty dumb, I really don't see why people are making a big fuss about it and boycotting it. I bought Assassin's Creed 2 on the PC and I have had no problems with the DRM getting in the way, it also has some small but cool advantages; it means my saves stay online and I will never lose them, and you earn points for things which can be spent online for extra in-game content which is a nice incentive.

The only real problem I see is that when the servers shut down we will lose access to the game. A non-issue in the end, thanks to the use of cracks.

I can understand people being pissed if it didn't work how it was supposed to, and I know at first there were some problems with server cutoffs and stuff. I never experienced any of these problems though and to my knowledge they have all been stamped out now. There's really no reason for this hate on the DRM anymore.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

Just to give the original another push, (thanks hurricanebb)

If the sequel is as awesome as the first one was, they can take all the time they need.

Also, for anyone who didn't get the chance to play the first one, you can buy a download from here. They also have Psychonauts for sale.
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/beyond_good_and_evil/

and as mentioned , it's also on Steam at:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/15130/

It's only a fiver, and that is a barrier to purchase, I'm sure it'll be on sale at the end of the year for like $2 again.

As for the gameplay footage, don't panic, I'm sure it isn't just 'another Mirror's Edge' clone, from what I remember of BGAE, it had a ton of sections featuring different cameplay elements, and I imagine this is just one of those, and later on there'll be driving, shooting, fighting, and platforming to go with the exploration, photography, etc.

 

[theshadavid]

I'm one of the last few fans of Ubisoft. I'm a huge Assassins Creed fanboy, loved the first two GRAW's, and didn't love but am in the middle of a playthrough of Far Cry 2.

Like every other big game company, they like to beat their good franchises to death, but I honor them because those franchises are typically based on interesting concepts, hell I still think they are working on Far Cry 3. I can tell you now that if BG+E2 sells well, BG+E3 wont be too far behind.

 

[NotSoNimble]

Take another 5 years, just make it a good game!

This is not a title to fuck around with.

 

[OceanRunner]

Taking time to make it "perfect"? Sounds like an excuse to me.

 

[Zeetchmen]

Don't make my beloved BGE into an Ascreed clone

 

[Therumancer]

Seeing as it's coming from Ubisoft I'm going to pass irregardless of how good it might be. Sure "Beyond Good and Evil" was a neat game, but like "The Settlers" I'm not going to be supporting their DRM policies until they have actually established themselves as not using anything like that anymore.

Right now Ubisoft claims that they are dropping the DRM thing they have been using for Steam, however as a lot of people can point out just because a game uses Steam does not mean that it also does not use other forms of copy protection and checks. Some games being infamous for requiring you to sign up with a bunch of differant sites, and others for including other forms of copy protection despite being on STEAM, for example I remember hearing that "Space Rangers 2" still uses "Starguard" with it's Steam release.

I think that gamers should not pre-order any Ubisoft games or run out for initial sales. I know what the industry wants, but I think Ubisoft by rights should have lost our trust and any "benefit of the doubt". I recommend taking an extreme "wait and see" attitude, let the next half a dozen releases trickle out, and only buy later on if they seem to have changed their ways and the hacker/mod community tells us there isn't anything hidden in the code or being installed on our systems without annoucement.

... and yeah, this ultimatly means that Ubisoft is going to have to take "leaps of faith" with the fans instead of the other way around. That is incidently how it should be. All of this BS with companies only slightly manufacturing over pro-orders and stuff has to stop as well, and I think this is a good place to start adjusting that attitude as well. For all their whining, I think the whole "games only sell well during the first few days of release" is a reality they created to cut production costs. I think one of the big reasons why they don't sell well afterwards is because a lot of the time they aren't out there anymore. Look for a six month or year old game in some cases and you wind up having to buy used (which they whine about) or hope they manufacture another run. This can vary area by area though, as there are some stores that seem to overstock in areas that they know have large gamer populations.

 

[dryg]

A game with their DRM can never be "perfect".