Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition

[Roguey]

Please tell us more about French beauty standards from 20 years ago. I'm sure you have a deep understanding of this topic.

Just go look at 00s French/Belgian comics.

 

[Fedora Master]

Just go look at 00s French/Belgian comics.

Im not that gay.

 

[JarlFrank]

French/Belgian comics are great, you're missing out.

 

[Fedora Master]

French/Belgian comics are great, you're missing out.

The only French comic I care about is Requiem: Vampire Knight and that just fizzled out.

 

[JarlFrank]

Here's what Frenchies consider hot.

 

[v1c70r14]

Also her ass (the most important thing in a third-person game) is a pancake.

Euros getting into big asses is a more recent development than 2004. She's attractive by the French standards of the time.

It would be more accurate to say that corpulent buttocks have been getting into Europe, native French standards haven't changed, the population has. If Jade was turned into a female baboon, a Venus of America (formerly Venus of Africa), the Asylum Demon from Dark Souls - as Tehdagah wants - then that would be pandering to DEI people.

The only French comic I care about is Requiem: Vampire Knight and that just fizzled out.

If you're a fan of Olivier Ledroit you should give Chroniques de la Lune noire a read,

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.eurogamer.net/rayman-or...eyond-good-evil-and-other-development-secrets

Rayman originally featured in Beyond Good & Evil, and other development secrets​

20th Anniversary Edition features extensive behind the scenes archive.

Ubisoft platforming mascot Rayman was once featured in the files of Beyond Good & Evil, as shown in the game's just-released 20th Anniversary Edition.

Launched yesterday - after previously being made mistakenly available last year - BG&E's Anniversary Edition includes an extensive behind the scenes archive of artwork, early gameplay videos and making-of footage. After spending a couple of hours trawling through it last night, I can confirm it's a real treat for any BG&E fan.

Below, I've pulled out some of the things that stood out to me - someone who loved the game and has been waiting almost 20 years for news of its follow-up. And if that sounds like you, well, there's plenty more, including lots of footage of cut levels, to enjoy via the actual game.

Rayman originally had a cameo​

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For a game about photographing odd specimens, it's perhaps not a surprise that Rayman and BG&E creator Michel Ancel apparently snuck in an Easter egg where you could find the limbless hero himself. Alas, Rayman did not make the game's final cut. The image above is taken from a development build of the game where Rayman was made fully playable - although this was never planned for public release.

Jade was initially Sally​

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Everyone knows BG&E's protagonist as Jade, but she spent a long time in pre-production and production as Sally. Concept art and even early placeholder audio lines describe her using this former name - which was changed because it sounded "too English". (Oh, and the IRIS Network was originally acronymed SPOON.)

The game's heroes were originally pest control​

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Jade and Pey'j were initially planned to be working for an intergalactic pest control service, which necessitated them visiting various locations and ridding them of rats. Indeed, rodents would have been an enemy in the game (and their presence in the final version hints at their once much larger role).

Pey'j was a smoker​

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Around March 2002, Pey'j was given a cigarette that hung from his mouth. Ubisoft says his smoking habit had been something developers wanted to explore, but had to abandon to keep the game's age rating down.

Between Good & Evil​

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Beyond Good & Evil was originally titled "Between Good & Evil", even after it was first shown to journalists in the summer of 2002.

The DomZ were originally good guys, and we'd have visited their home planet​

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It's long been known that BG&E had originally been planned as a game with multiple planets. Well, one of these was intended to be the homeworld of the DomZ, the game's villains, although in earlier versions of the game's story they would have been a more innocent race taken over by a different evil species. The DomZ also had a far less menacing look - as you can see below.

Jade originally had more companions, including a DomZ​

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Plans for several other companions were left on the cutting room floor, including that of a DomZ character named Toy'l that lasted until relatively far into production. Toy'l would have been encountered late on, as part of a scrapped mission set on an orbiting satellite, and would have been instrumental in Jade learning her true identity. Another cut character - though left behind much earlier - was a brother for Jade.

Jade fought with her fists until late in development​

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The decision to have Jade fight with her Daï-jo staff was made late in development, in February 2003. Up until then, combat was hand-to-hand.

And one small tease for Beyond Good & Evil 2...​

Image credit: Ubisoft / Eurogamer


The 20th Anniversary Edition's archive includes just a single mention of Ubisoft's long-awaited upcoming successor. "We also notice that Pey'j was described as a 'hybrid clone' back then," a development note states, referring to a July 2002 description of Jade's uncle, "a notion that will very much be developed in a future prequel."

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.eurogamer.net/beyond-good-evils-new-anniversary-edition-content-demands-bge2-is-made

Beyond Good & Evil's new anniversary edition content demands BG&E2 is made​

New cutscenes include big reveal.

When will Beyond Good & Evil 2 be released? More than two decades on from the launch of Ubisoft's original game, we still don't know - but Beyond Good & Evil's 20th Anniversary Edition now demands that its succesor does arrive, and sooner rather than later.

As well as technical upgrades and a deep, fascinating behind-the-scenes developer archive, Ubisoft's new version of Beyond Good & Evil includes fresh story and new cutscenes which directly tie into the publisher's long-held plans for the game's successor.

Characters from Beyond Good & Evil 2 (which is set to be a prequel) appear in video diaries showing them interacting with Jade as a young girl. There's also a brand-new cutscene featuring a specific character - and a big reveal regarding their relationship to Jade.

Progress far enough through Beyond Good & Evil's 20th Anniversary Edition and Jade will acquire objects passed down to her from characters seen in some of the trailers for Beyond Good & Evil 2 thus far. (You can also acquire some alternate cosmetic options for characters, including the outfit Uncle Pey'j is seen wearing in a previous BG&E2 trailer.)

As a reminder, BG&E2 is set a generation before the original game, with Pey'j and a fresh group of human and animal hybrids living as space pirates aboard the starship Gada.

Crew members such as Knox the Monkey are among those who have left items for Jade, which she can then learn more about via newly-added M-disc collectables. These are narrated by Dakini, the Gada's captain. Most offer brief looks at how each character interacted with the young Jade, though there's confirmation here that chief engineer Callum is not Jade's father (as some fans had speculated).

That said, a further full cutscene can be unlocked featuring Dakini which does offer a big reveal - that she is Jade's mother. For players, this is a sizable moment, though it is revealed through a scene where Jade sees a hologram of her absent parent - and it is not played as a surprise to her. The implication appears to be that Dakini and the rest of the Gada crew are simply elsewhere, and Jade has been left with her uncle for her own safety.

So, when will we see these plot threads be picked up on? In January 2023, Ubisoft told Eurogamer that "Beyond Good and Evil 2's development is under way and the team is hard at work to deliver on its ambitious promise." Just this month, Ubisoft reconfirmed this statement to Eurogamer, and said the project remained on its schedule.

Last week, Christian Donlan wrote how he viewed Beyond Good & Evil as something of its own sequel, as it remained rewarding to play multiple times.

 

[Fedora Master]

Not news, not relevant.

 

[Jaedar]

The remaster doesn't even look good, and they're injecting garbage into it to hype up their vaporware sequel that's actually a prequel? No thanks.

 

[luj1]

. Bring on LBA 3, bastards !

Have you seen what they did to Twinsen in the remake of the first game? The third game supposedly starred Twin's son. I bet it would be swapped for a girl at the very least, and get worse from that point.

There will never be games like LBA and LBA 2 ever again

And people think Disco is a good adventure game lol