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Beyond Good & Evil Goes High-Def

Take a look at the work Ubisoft has done restoring one of its most venerated games.

Feb. 25 2011

Posted by: Brad

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Beyond Good & Evil

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hi its about time now to enjoy the weekend
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almost 

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pc? yes no? :|

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@Castiel:
A stick
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Man, I never got to play the orignal, but I have heard it's different from the action-adventure norm. And I am suuuper into games that are different...

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So... Nietzsche?

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HOLY SHIT! BG&E was one of my favourite PS2 games.
 
HD rel-releases might be the best thing to happen this generation. 
 
GOW, Ico, SotC, Tomb Raider and now this. 
 
*faints* 
 
Edit: If they do the same for Okami and Subsistence, I won't need to turn on my PS2 again...

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Noice! Never played the original, and this'll be the best edition should I ever decide to get into it.

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BUY THE GAME OR WE WON'T GET A SEQUEL!!!

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Edited By RobotHamster

Having never played the original I just might get this.  Does anyone know if it's retail only or if it's downloadable too.

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@Castiel said:
" @fantomex100 said:
" @eviltwin14: YOU DICK  "
YOU PRICK "
@eviltwin14 said:
" @Castiel: A stick "
You brick??????
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@phrosnite said:

" BUY THE GAME OR WE WON'T GET A SEQUEL!!! "

Quoted for how important this is.
 
Do you rather want sequel to this than We Dare? If so BUY THIS GAME.
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I never understood the phenomenon of this game. The ending bits totally ruined it for me.


@GetEveryone:

Bringing up the TR HD Trilogy is the dumbest stuff ever, since Legend, Anniversary and Underworld are games from this generation.
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Short, but a better video than that stupid "I'm a traitor" trailer that doesn't acurrately represent the game at all.

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@dancingpolkabear said:

" @Castiel said:

" @fantomex100 said:
" @eviltwin14: YOU DICK  "
YOU PRICK "
@eviltwin14 said:
" @Castiel: A stick "
You brick?????? "
YEAH... wait what!?! ' 
 
Well you can eat a bag of... bread?
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@RobotHamster said:
" Having never played the original I just might get this.  Does anyone know if it's retail only or if it's downloadable too. "
Pretty sure you got it all wrong. It's only available for XBLM (and PSN later this year I think), no retail for the HD version.
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@gike987 said:
" @phrosnite said:

" BUY THE GAME OR WE WON'T GET A SEQUEL!!! "

Quoted for how important this is.  Do you want sequel to this or games like We Dare. "
But I've already bought it three times and I'm poor!
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pc release would be great but it probably won't happen :'(

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@StarvingGamer said:
" @gike987 said:
" @phrosnite said:

" BUY THE GAME OR WE WON'T GET A SEQUEL!!! "

Quoted for how important this is.  Do you want sequel to this or games like We Dare. "
But I've already bought it three times and I'm poor! "
it shall be done.
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...Is Jade going to shove a Wiimote down her trousers and is Pey'j going to spank it? 
 
:(

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He's coming in 2 minutes.

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Loved it on PS2, will probably drop money on it now...

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Edited By m0rdr3d

Is that really it?  Maybe it was the marketing that killed the original.
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We get it we get it.
 
It's the old PC version ported to the consoles. That's all it is. They're playing that amusing game where you pretend PC games haven't been HD for a long ass time. At least it's less absurd than when they released Serious Sam HD on PC...
 
Anyway, BG&E was a pretty good game, but I think a lot of console owners are going to be disappointed if they expect this to be a proper overhaul of the game.

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@Toms115 said:
" pc release would be great but it probably won't happen :'( "
This IS the PC release ported back to consoles. Releasing it on PC too wouldn't make much sense as it's been there all along.
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One word. WHY!

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@phrosnite said:
" BUY THE GAME OR WE WON'T GET A SEQUEL!!! "
THIS!
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A re-release of one of the best games from the last console generation, fuck yeah!

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Edited By thebigJ_A

Never played this. I heard it was good, but does it stand up to the times? Not just the graphics, since they're upgrading those, but the gameplay. Just looking at the UI, it really looks like an older game, which obvs it is, but it seems like it might be archaic.
 
IDK, maybe I'm wrong.

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@thebigJ_A said:
" Never played this. I heard it was good, but does it stand up to the times? Not just the graphics, since they're upgrading those, but the gameplay. Just looking at the UI, it really looks like an older game, which obvs it is, but it seems like it might be archaic.  IDK, maybe I'm wrong. "
 
The gameplay wasn't really anything special at the time. It was the colorful world, the charm and the rather good story telling that were its strengths. Much like fellow financial failure Psychonauts it has been overhyped with time.
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hey its that string cheese game! i loved that game almost as much as the cheese it came with!

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Well, it IS a great game, but I guess I expected a little more than that when it comes to boosting the graphics.

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Greatness.

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Edited By scottygrayskull

Really looking forward to seeing this on the happy hour in a few. Maybe it's rose tinted glasses but I can't really tell much graphical difference between this and the original, and while I love BG&E to death I already have 4 copies across 3 platforms. I would only buy this because it'll help BG&E2 along.

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So, it looks exaclty like the PC Version but I'll buy it anyway.
I WANT MY BG&E 2 UBISOFT
I hope thats were all the "we Dare" money goes

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@dancingpolkabear said:
" @Castiel said:
" @fantomex100 said:
" @eviltwin14: YOU DICK  "
YOU PRICK "
@eviltwin14 said:
" @Castiel: A stick "
You brick?????? "
Right click.
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I'm interested in trying this game out. Hopefully it's as good as people say.

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So this means a sequel. RIGHT?! Buying it again, so better not let me down Ubisoft.

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@punkxblaze said:
" @dancingpolkabear said:
" @Castiel said:
" @fantomex100 said:
" @eviltwin14: YOU DICK  "
YOU PRICK "
@eviltwin14 said:
" @Castiel: A stick "
You brick?????? "
Right click. "
yo Mick
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Is this coming to the PS3? Cause if yes, I am fucking buying it.

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@AuthenticM:  It's only coming to XBLA next week, but hopefully it gets released on PSN eventually.
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Have this game on PC.  Think I'll play it again now...

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It doesn't look vastly HD but I'd still say everyone should buy this. Great game (with flaws of course) but it should have sold way more than it did :) Though I bought it for PC so I guess it was 'HD' all along. 
 
Anyway, the gameplay might be a bit archaic but it's well worth it for the character. I still find myself remembering the music every now and again. 'Mamago Garage' is great and 'Propaganda' is fantastic to do the racing game to. Beyond a doubt it's worth it for that sort of thing alone. Damn I'm going to have to install it again. Usually I get stalled because I obsessively want to photograph stuff and then it overwhelms me a bit :(

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@Mumrik said:
" @Toms115 said:
" pc release would be great but it probably won't happen :'( "
This IS the PC release ported back to consoles. Releasing it on PC too wouldn't make much sense as it's been there all along. "
sweet. assuming it's already on steam so i'll just grab it from there sometime this weekend.
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@Korne said:
" @punkxblaze said:
" @dancingpolkabear said:
" @Castiel said:
" @fantomex100 said:
" @eviltwin14: YOU DICK  "
YOU PRICK "
@eviltwin14 said:
" @Castiel: A stick "
You brick?????? "
Right click. "
yo Mick "
Nice trick
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Beyond Good & Evil is €5 on Steam (probably $5 in the US).

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Mkay.

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@f33r_mai_ch33tz said:
" @Korne said:
" @punkxblaze said:
" @dancingpolkabear said:
" @Castiel said:
" @fantomex100 said:
" @eviltwin14: YOU DICK  "
YOU PRICK "
@eviltwin14 said:
" @Castiel: A stick "
You brick?????? "
Right click. "
yo Mick "
Nice trick "
Apple pie
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Meh.... 
 
I would like beyond good and evil 2 to be resumed. The game was fun, but not as much as to play it again just because of a higher resolution. 
 
Hopefully this will allow them to get some money for little expense so as to relaunch the franchise with a fresh new game, I mean, sequel.

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bah, i still have a save on PS2 that i've never finished. Was a decent game, what i played of it.