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Beyond Good & Evil 2 Is Now the Most Delayed AAA Game Ever

Ubisoft's action-adventure even beats Duke Nukem Forever which previously was the title with the longest wait between a game being first announced and it actually being released.

x_xavier_x573d ago

I understand that the original game is held in high esteem by some passionate fans. I tried to get into it on several occasions and I just lost interest after a few hours of gameplay.

Abracadabra573d ago

Beyond Good & Evil was a great game at the time... but, like most older games, it didn't age well. Gameplay and graphics are subpar by today's standards.

Wouldn't mind if they made a Remake with updated gameplay and graphics. Game turns 20 next year...

x_xavier_x573d ago (Edited 573d ago )

I feel the same way about the original Psychonauts. I gave it a shot every few years, and it just wasn't for me.

MadLad573d ago

I find it still very playable by today's standards, honestly.

But opinions are opinions.
I just feel it actually aged well.

Godmars290572d ago

Its was great middleware that someone thought would make for an even greater AAAA title.

For some reason...

0hMyGandhi572d ago

Beyond Good and Evil aged just fine, as did the original Psychonauts. Visually, sure, a bit rough (though both have a wonderfully refreshing art style that more than makes up for actual "visual fidelity".)

I'd say that you really need to give both of these games another shot. Psychonauts is one of the most original and utterly creative games I've ever played, and it's also one of the funniest as well. Psychonauts 2 was even better, and basically, a (well made) Pixar movie brought to life.

In all honesty, don't just play games and try to like them if you don't actually like them. It's perfectly fine to have your own tastes! we tend to use a tremendous amount of hyperbole when referring to games that are slightly older, and we speak only from memory, which *can* be deceiving.

I will say that I replayed the first Psychonauts again in the last few months, and still adore it. But like I said, this is all subjective.

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poppatron572d ago

I gave up on the og psychonauts after about 5 or so hours because like many many people those weird sluggish controls just got the better of me while trying to get through some of the more testing platforming and swinging around parts.

BgaE I got way further in enjoyed, I think I saved it off in the end because something I was more interested in came out. The sequel looks like a completely different type of game in genre and scope, to the point it looked pretty ground breaking I thought. I’m still super low key excited for it, although I wouldn’t be surprised if next time it reared it’s head it looked very very different.

EazyC572d ago

It's an age thing. I'm always reminded of this when I whip out the old PS2, the vast majority of 3D games from the '00s just haven't aged well.

Good-Smurf572d ago

I have same feeling over Code Veronica X fans loved it to bits while I'm came out of it confused and disappointed.
I never played Beyond Good & Evil and I might get give it a try soon.

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deleted573d ago

Cancel it or change the name for all I care. This isn't the Beyond Good & Evil I fell in love with.

Si-Fly573d ago

Weird take. Whilst we didn’t get proper gameplay reveals it looked very much how I would want BG&E to look now.

-Foxtrot573d ago (Edited 573d ago )

So you wanted an ambitious open world Beyond Good and Evil sequel that gameplay differs from the original and has no clear vision so far if it's a prequel (which no one wanted) or a sequel (with an evil Jade where she's not the main character, which no one wanted)

All people wanted was a full on sequel that's a platformer and continues Jades story.

-Foxtrot573d ago

Exactly

It's not Beyond Good and Evil

They had an idea for an ambitious new IP and thought it would sell better or had more of a safety net if they slapped on a franchise name.

isarai573d ago

Seriously, has absolutely nothing to do with the original other that a loose cameo.

CrimsonWing69573d ago (Edited 573d ago )

How hard is it to make a game like the original? Nobody wanted anything different and these idiots just insist on trying to make something completely unrelated AND they don’t even know what to make! So, yea, here we go with the delays. Ubisoft can be such an obnoxious publisher/developer.

InklingGirl573d ago

Just leave it alone, the original is a classic lets not ruin it.

Exvalos573d ago

I'm more worried about how fast that time went i still remember it being announced there is no way that was that many years ago NO WAY!

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Five Big Games Still Lingering Somewhere in Development Hell

This year promises to be a big year for gaming, and it will definitely be one of the greatest if any of these big MIA projects finally made it into gamers' hands.

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Inverno105d ago

Pretty sure Silk Song and Dragon Age are going smoothly. The other 2 can be assumed to be quietly cancelled knowing their publishers and Metroid will most likely be shown off this year.

Michiel1989104d ago

Dragon Age going smoothly??? Directors leaving, people leaving in general, terrible working conditions....not sure how you define smoothly.

VincentVanBro6d ago

lol Dragon Age development has been anything but smooth

Chocoburger104d ago

I remember in 2017 when Nintendo showed off the Metroid Prime 4 logo, and some Nintendo defenders claimed "Just because they only showed a logo, doesn't mean that's all they've worked on for the game."

As history has proven, they were wrong. Nintendo showed off a logo back in 2017 because that's literally all they had.

-Foxtrot104d ago

I think Beyond Good and Evil 2 can stay there unless they are going to just rename it to a new IP

DOMination-104d ago

Pretty sure BG&E2 is dead at this point - along with the other game Ancel was working on before he left - I think it was called WILD. Anyone remember that from a PS conference years ago?

Dreadwolf isn't in development hell anymore and is finally getting its reveal in the summer - since 2016 the game has been scrapped and restarted three times but its been going pretty well since the last reboot when EA finally allowed BioWare to just get on with making a single player game.

I'm not sure Perfect Dark is in development hell either - like it could be but we haven't really heard much to suggest either way - imo they just showed the trailer off when the game was still in pre-production. Xbox were desperate for anything and this is all they had at the time. And the reason we haven't heard anything since is just because it's in normal development and games take 5 years to make. The help from a support studio was typically overblown on N4G because nearly every game has this.

ModsDoBetter104d ago

I just need...Deep Down.
Please, it's been years!

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Beyond Good And Evil 2 Starts External Playtesting

Although Beyond Good and Evil 2 has had its problems, it has officially been confirmed by Ubisoft that it is still in active development.

Terry_B658d ago

It never looked like a Beyond Good and Evil game even.

TheExecutioner657d ago

Do you know that first game came out 2003 by the time this game released i would be probably 40.
Now majority of gamers who played the first one are not going even bother playing now.

This game is a refreshing and wants to be more appealing to all gamers.

Concertoine657d ago

I just don’t see a reason why it cant be a new IP in that case.

Terry_B657d ago

..and? do you think it looks like a game that appears to all gamers? Unlike the first part it gets mostly negative feedback, even from people that never played the first game.

Michiel1989657d ago

@Terry they also didnt play the 2nd.....

maelstromb656d ago

If the devs were smart, they'd launch a remake of the original a few months before the sequel to get the fans who have loved the original amped again and to also introduce it to a new generation to get them excited for what's to come. Seems like a win-win to me.

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isarai657d ago

Looks like an awesome game, but it has nothing too do with BGE1, or anything to do with what fans wanted.

Yi-Long657d ago

If it would have been a SP action-adventure game like the first one, I would have been excited.

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The Xbox no shows of E3 2021: the games that were MIA

Despite the dozens if not hundreds of games that were presented throughout E3, there were quite a few Xbox no shows. For all the exciting glimpses to be had at upcoming games, some prominent titles we were wondering about didn’t make it to the show. Here are some of the biggest games that would have been a welcome sight at E3, but took a rain check instead.

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KeyAppearance1043d ago

I am surprised no one is mentioning State of Decay 3

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TheColbertinator1042d ago

Skipped my notice entirely. Killing zombies is good work

Sciurus_vulgaris1043d ago

The version of Beyond Good and Evil 2 that Ubisoft presented was not what fans wanted or expected. Beyond Good and Evil 2 came off as another big, bloated, open would Ubisoft game. I won’t be surprised it Beyond Good and Evil 2 has been scrapped and restarted or canceled outright.

sourOG1043d ago

A taste of fable would have been the shit. I mean I get it, first impressions are everything and gamers judge harshly on pre-alpha footage but a glimpse for the rest of us that aren’t mentally challenged would have been fantastic. It would have been worth taking the days off.

Zeref1043d ago

I would have liked a Hellblade 2 style behind the scenes video.

Lionhead actually used to do some kind of behind the scenes series before every Fable game.

sourOG1043d ago

Yeah I really like dev blogs. It’s like media interviews without the dumb questions.

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lucian2291043d ago

it's Xbox.....you were really expecting games besides Fable,Gears,Forza and Halo at an E3? Xbox has no games, they haven't since the 360; that's why they have gamepass, to supplement the fact they have zero exclusives or new IPs

dcbronco1042d ago

That's not a troll. That's...Lucian!

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Jericho13371043d ago

Your pathetic outdated attempt at trolling even missed the point of the article. A fail comment if I ever saw one.

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DJStotty1041d ago

"to supplement the fact they have zero exclusives or new IPs"

Starfield

(drops mic and walks out)

lucian2291041d ago

starfield still isn't out....and it won't be for a while....so again...you're still not playing anything new

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anast1042d ago

Just about every game was a no show. I mean they did have some snowboarding gameplay...

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