Every Ubisoft presentation and E3, fans are hoping to hear more about Beyond Good & Evil 2 - the long awaited sequel which seems to be stuck in a bit of development hell. Some believed the game had ultimately been canned after its lack of an appearance at E3 this year, but it still seems to be alive and kicking judging by recent tweets from Ubisoft.
To celebrate World UFO Day, two of Ubisoft's accounts in the Netherlands and Belgium posted to mark the occasion. But what makes it interesting is how they've incorporated a spaceship from Beyond Good & Evil 2, along with a hashtag to promote the game. Guess it's still on the table, huh?
Last year Ubisoft said they aimed to show the game in action this year, but E3 has come and gone and we haven't seen anything. Industry insider Jason Schreier also weighed in on the game during a podcast last month, in which he claimed the game is still in "very early development". It's been a fair few years since we've seen it in action, so it would be nice to get a look and some reassurance it's still coming. But hey, at least they're still acknowledging it.
How do you feel about Beyond Good & Evil 2 these days? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com, via twitter.com]
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Havent played the original but I am definetly interested in playing the sequel if it comes out.
Why are they only promoting it in the benelux though?
I am a million percent uninterested in this. This is like people begging for a new Splinter Cell; you just gotta ask, "Why?" You know the current Ubi Regime has NO CLUE how to do these older brands right (just look at Rainbow Six now. A game about tactical planning and single player execution has become a multiplayer-only Counter Strike competitor and... something with aliens).
The first Beyond Good & Evil is an incredible Zelda-style adventure with a cool, unique, beautiful sci-fi world and even if BGE2 happens, it ain't gonna be any of that. It looks weird, in a completely different way. Heck, they don't even seem to know what they're focused on; the most recent trailers just seem to be feeling out some kind of multiplayer gang focus, open world, jetpack-based traversal, etc. Bullet points for the back of the box more than a cohesive design, let alone continuing on any of the first games' story
I was pumped for a BGE sequel when the original, ORIGINAL target trailer leaked back like a decade ago. The one short cliop showing Jade parkouring through a living city, being chased by helicopters, crashing into things and forcing her way seamlessly through exteriors and interiors where everyone was reacting to her? That's probably like six rebooted developments ago at this point, but at least it was clear that THAT was a proper evolution of what the first game brought to the table. Ever since this current version emerged, this thing might as well be a new IP. I don't wanna play a game where you create an animal-human hybrid and partner up with randos online to jetpack up to towers and highjack flying vehicles, or whatever current Ubi Soft is planning for this atm. Who knows? That design may turn out to be a huge hit, but that's not what BGE was or should be.
@CrazyJF Yeah it was a big disappointment too when they revealed it to be yet another open world game with a custom character. I'm still hopeful for this, but it's just been so long since anything substantial, I think their window of opportunity has passed.
@Vinsanity Exactly. It's so far from what I wanted from a sequel, it doesn't even resemble the original anymore. It still might be a hit, but will almost certainly just be another cut and paste open world Ubisoft game.
The first was a breath of fresh air. Hoping that this follow the same lead. Assuming it ever comes
I want to punch the chimp.
Other than that I don't care about this at all. The amount of people actually wanting a BGE2 has got to be a cosmically small percentage. On top of that Michel Ansel is gone, and this was his baby. Why Ubi hasn't pulled the plug on this is beyond me.
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