Beyond Good and Evil released back in 2003, I never played it on PS2 but I always wanted to. I jumped at the chance to play the HD version on 360 that released nine years later.
I love these kind of games. One of my favourite genres, I grew up on them. Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, they don't make games like this at that level anymore. A cartoony, action-adventure game set in its own universe and has its own creatures. Unique world's with so many possibilities.
We play as Jade an investigative reporter, with her uncle Pey'j a pig-man. The two are involved with the resistance who plan to overthrow an alien conspiracy threatening their world. You meet some interesting characters through your journey and explore some fantastic areas.
It looks great, a remake 9 years later. It looks sharp. The combat is pretty boring, but the game makes up for that with its exploration and story. You can drive across the waters and later fly through the skies, they're fun to travel in. There's plenty of secrets to discover and even merchants to barter with.
During your travels you can discover pearls, they are a form of currency in the game. There's races for you to try and even some minigames for you to play with the locals. You can even subscribe to the news, you'll get notifications about what is happening in the Hilly's world. One big problem was that you were never really introduced to the villains. Besides a video on loop of the leader, I think you see him in two parts and one is the final battle, I felt they needed to be fleshed out more to influence you. The final boss battle is so frustrating, they flip the controls on you and it's difficult to grasp. Right is left, left is right, FUUUUCK.
This world and its inhabitants are amazing, there's just limited things to do, it feels like it's missing a lot. It's semi open world but it's linear, exploring is fun but there's not much to look out for. A big open world and plenty of things to do is certainly needed for the next game, take advantage of this extraordinary world.
This is a great game, the prequel that was finally announced at E3 this year looks incredible. Just the emotion and love the developers had announcing the sequel after so long shows how much they care about this game. I'm expecting big things and I'm counting down the days to when it's finally released.
7.5/10
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