Beyond Good & Evil 2 in pre-production.

Noja87 · May 15th, 2008

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Beyond Good & Evil 2 in pre-production.

According to a story on JeuxVideo (which if true will be our favourite JeuxVideo story ever) Michel Ancel has begun the initial stages of making Beyond Good & Evil 2 a reality. According to their report the game has been in pre-production for the past year with 10-12 people in his team tossing ideas around.

Regretfully, it seems Ubisoft hasn’t given him the go ahead to move into full production as of yet. So it is still possible the game may never be released.

As harsh as it sounds we don’t blame Ubisoft for being wary about funnelling money into the project as the first made them little to no money.

# The first game, however... met with critical acclaim, even though sales were very poor.

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Thanakil · May 28th, 2008

Game pretty much confirmed to be more than just in pre-production, now. Teaser was released at Ubidays, which seems to confirm that they've now been given the "go ahead" needed.

Teaser can be seen here :
Stream - Gamersyde

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Paratech · May 29th, 2008

The "first" Prince of Persia, Sands of Time, didn't sell well either but it had two sequels.

I have all three PoP on the PC along with BG&E and the Playstation 2 BG&E, PoP: WW.

I did buy BG&E after it was discontinued, but PoP, I purchased new, IIRC...

I had a PoP:SoT for the Gamecube but gave it away.

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**Cid Highwind** · May 29th, 2008

Yeah but Prince of Persia was lovely violent, and it wasn't a new IP. BG&E wasn't as violent, and it was ugh.... cartoonie, so not hardcore

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Silenus · June 4th, 2008

I never played the first BG&E, what was so great about it?

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skoreanime · June 4th, 2008

I liked the story, characters and environment settings. Of course in todays standards it's mediocre, but it was great back then

Paratech · June 5th, 2008

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Its great fantasy for liberals...

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snickothemule · June 5th, 2008

I too found the first game to be rather mediocre, but it did have its charm.

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The Captain · June 5th, 2008

I really enjoyed the original. Sure, I wouldn't consider it a perfect 10, but it had an interesting story and cool characters and was generally fun. I was still "hooked" when it ended abruptly. Looking forward to the 2nd one.

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Densetsu · June 5th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Silenus

I never played the first BG&E, what was so great about it?

It was a breath of fresh air in the stale atmosphere of platformers.

I really like that game. Just wish i hadn't lost it

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Silenus · June 5th, 2008

Ok, I might get it later.
Hope a Thinkpad t40 is enough to run it.

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May 15th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
Noja87 White Void Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The End Has Come Posts: 1,953	Beyond Good & Evil 2 in pre-production. # Beyond Good & Evil 2 in pre-production. According to a story on JeuxVideo (which if true will be our favourite JeuxVideo story ever) Michel Ancel has begun the initial stages of making Beyond Good & Evil 2 a reality. According to their report the game has been in pre-production for the past year with 10-12 people in his team tossing ideas around. Regretfully, it seems Ubisoft hasn’t given him the go ahead to move into full production as of yet. So it is still possible the game may never be released. As harsh as it sounds we don’t blame Ubisoft for being wary about funnelling money into the project as the first made them little to no money. # The first game, however... met with critical acclaim, even though sales were very poor. --- __________________

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May 28th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
Thanakil Overheating. Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The internet, ma'am. Posts: 2,198	Game pretty much confirmed to be more than just in pre-production, now. Teaser was released at Ubidays, which seems to confirm that they've now been given the "go ahead" needed. Teaser can be seen here : Stream - Gamersyde __________________ “Wall of Text” (Illusion, Bureaumancy) Upon casting this spell the mage bathes a 10'x10' cube/lvl. area with mindless mutterings, ranting, copious formulaic backstory, or repeated iterations of “Romani ite Domus!” Anyone in the area of effect must make a will save or suffer one of three effects: Confusion, Emotion of Hopelessness, or their head explodes. Blind targets are not affected. Dyslexic targets save at +3. Counterspell: Erase

May 29th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Franklin, Pa Posts: 4,139	The "first" Prince of Persia, Sands of Time, didn't sell well either but it had two sequels. I have all three PoP on the PC along with BG&E and the Playstation 2 BG&E, PoP: WW. I did buy BG&E after it was discontinued, but PoP, I purchased new, IIRC... I had a PoP:SoT for the Gamecube but gave it away. __________________ -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles: Playstation 2 and Wii, also has DS/GBA and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD 5000 2.6 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 8600 GeForce GT video card, SB Live!, Win XP SP3

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Cid Highwind Human Metal Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Holland / Hungary Posts: 13,552	Yeah but Prince of Persia was lovely violent, and it wasn't a new IP. BG&E wasn't as violent, and it was ugh.... cartoonie, so not hardcore __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel Q8200 @ 2.8GHz GPU: Sapphire ATi HD4870 / 1024MB / Core: 801 / Mem: 1000 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, 32MB PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Monitor: Iiyama B2403WS / 19201200 Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 999.999 Join the NGEmu Folding @ Home community NOW!*

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Silenus Pilgrim Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hyperion Posts: 3,387	I never played the first BG&E, what was so great about it? __________________ --ASUS G50VT-X1 - P8400 2.5GHZ - Geforce 9800GS 512MB - HDD 320GB - 4GB DDR2 800MHZ - WINDOWS 7 64 BIT - ZALMAN NC2000-- ...Mis sueños son mentiras que algun día dejarán de serlo...

June 4th, 2008	#6 (permalink)
skoreanime Your resident reaper... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 6,031	I liked the story, characters and environment settings. Of course in todays standards it's mediocre, but it was great back then

June 5th, 2008	#7 (permalink)
Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Franklin, Pa Posts: 4,139	It was the Liberals wet dream! The evil Republicans are using propaganda to keep people down, and this lone, courageous, brave, liberal reporter single handedly fights and defeats big brother! Its great fantasy for liberals... __________________ -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles: Playstation 2 and Wii, also has DS/GBA and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD 5000 2.6 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 8600 GeForce GT video card, SB Live!, Win XP SP3

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June 5th, 2008	#9 (permalink)
The Captain Crono! Wake up! Join Date: May 2002 Location: cyberspace Posts: 1,449	I really enjoyed the original. Sure, I wouldn't consider it a perfect 10, but it had an interesting story and cool characters and was generally fun. I was still "hooked" when it ended abruptly. Looking forward to the 2nd one. __________________ DFI LT X38 mobo, E8400 OC @ 4ghz, 4gb G.Skill DDR2 1066mhz, 8800GTS 320mb (G80), 2 x 150gb WD Raptors in RAID 0, 2 x 320gb media/backup drives, NB & CPU DangerDen waterblocks, BlackIce GTX 360 radiator

June 5th, 2008	#11 (permalink)
Silenus Pilgrim Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hyperion Posts: 3,387	Ok, I might get it later. Hope a Thinkpad t40 is enough to run it. __________________ --ASUS G50VT-X1 - P8400 2.5GHZ - Geforce 9800GS 512MB - HDD 320GB - 4GB DDR2 800MHZ - WINDOWS 7 64 BIT - ZALMAN NC2000-- ...Mis sueños son mentiras que algun día dejarán de serlo...