Beyond Good and Evil HD remake for XBLA/PSN

Caddrel wrote:

I played this through maybe a year or two ago (on the PC) and don't think it has aged at all. While the gameplay is hardly revolutionary, what set it apart was the art design and setting. The soundtrack is great as well.

I'll second this. Played the game for the first time about a year ago on my PC and loved it* enough to plan a 2nd playthrough. Didn't find the gameplay overly dated. Obviously now I'll wait for the remake.

*final battle being a notable exception

And let us not forget that Jade totally rocks those green pants. And judging from the new screens, still does.

This game was great. I actually owned it when it came out. I'll be purchasing for nostalgia.

gewy wrote:
Caddrel wrote:

I played this through maybe a year or two ago (on the PC) and don't think it has aged at all. While the gameplay is hardly revolutionary, what set it apart was the art design and setting. The soundtrack is great as well.

I'll second this. Played the game for the first time about a year ago on my PC and loved it* enough to plan a 2nd playthrough. Didn't find the gameplay overly dated. Obviously now I'll wait for the remake.

*final battle being a notable exception

Agreed. After all the fellating the game received I picked it up cheap a year or so ago and played through quite a way, but didn't finish. Mechanically it's very solid, and totally charming.

People who remember it fondly are remembering well, after all the praise I could easily have been disappointed, but wasn't.

Hey, get the soundtrack for free!

nel e nel wrote:

Hey, get the soundtrack for free!

Thanks!

Waiting on PSN version..."later this year" blegh.

The link isn't working for me.

I was enjoying this game, then I got to that stupid air hockey minigame for the pearl. Made me want to put my fist through a wall.

bandit0013 wrote:

I was enjoying this game, then I got to that stupid air hockey minigame for the pearl. Made me want to put my fist through a wall.

I would say that's a little early for fist-through-wall, but I know what you mean. First I had wanted to win three for the achievement, and then once I'd done that I needed still one more win for the pearl. If I didn't get the first three pucks through immediately, it probably meant a long drawn-out loss in the round. Much frustration ensued. But now I never have to play it again.

MrDeVil909 wrote:
gewy wrote:
Caddrel wrote:

I played this through maybe a year or two ago (on the PC) and don't think it has aged at all. While the gameplay is hardly revolutionary, what set it apart was the art design and setting. The soundtrack is great as well.

I'll second this. Played the game for the first time about a year ago on my PC and loved it* enough to plan a 2nd playthrough. Didn't find the gameplay overly dated. Obviously now I'll wait for the remake.

*final battle being a notable exception

Agreed. After all the fellating the game received I picked it up cheap a year or so ago and played through quite a way, but didn't finish. Mechanically it's very solid, and totally charming.

People who remember it fondly are remembering well, after all the praise I could easily have been disappointed, but wasn't.

I just picked this up for PSN and sunk 4 hours into it so far. I would heartily agree. It doesn't do anything amazingly gameplay wise, but it gives you such a variety of activities that it does good enough and then layers on charming aesthetics. The attention to detail is something you don't see much in games these days: there are dialogue trees for incidental characters just to say hi and ask them how they're doing none of which has any gameplay effect. One of the orphans sleeps outside (which you can see if you go outside when night cycles) and talking to one of the other orphans you can learn that it's a kind of ptsd-like symptom. Completely missable. What kind of game does that anymore?

In true GWJ style I've just finished playing through this with my 8 year old son. We both loved the story and hunting for critters to photo. He played realy well and I shared controller duty for the races and some of the more difficult fights. (That final fight is...........yeah).

I'd say the game has a real peaceful zen like quality to it. I guess thoses who have also played it will know what I mean. I'm happy to recommend this.

I downloaded this ages ago and I still haven't played it.

I guess I'm double-late to this game, but I love the art style and story. I am probably about 70% done but I'm really enjoying it so far. (psn)

RISE YE OLDE THEADE!

Why?

Well, apparently there's a Beyond Good and Evil Movie in the works for Netflix

Ugh. Sounds like it might be a BG&E 2 adaptation. They really know how to keep disappointing.

Yep....that's exactly what I want. Don't care about the sequel, just focus your resources on giving me a non-interactive piece of media.

/sarcasm.

Maybe it'll be good and come out together with the game? Unfortunately, I've learned not to get my hopes up in regards to this franchise (can it be called a franchise when it has only released a single title?).