Beyond Good and Evil HD

It was on sale for $5 on XBLA so I couldn't pass it up. Never played the game before so this is my impressions for the game as a whole. Well, not "impressions", I actually beat the game a couple of hours ago.

So thoughts...
  • Really great mixing. Story was great, environment was great, combat was good, puzzles were good, stealth was good, levels were good. It was all very well mixed and varied.
  • It's too fucking short. Seriously, I got the game on Wednesday and I beat it today. That's between watching Arrested Development, working, and school. Plus I took the time to do most of the side stuff (did all the races, looter's caverns, a few minigames, etc). It probably takes like forever to get every pearl and Mdisk and stuff but the game can be beat in less than a weekend.
  • I can't wait for BG&E2. I've held myself off from watching all the info on BG&E2 until I finished the first game but now that I did (and watched some of the most awesome demo footage ever), the sequel looks amazing. Plus Ubisoft and Ancel don't disappoint. If Ancel wants a good game, he'll make a fucking good game.
  • Last boss is goddamn impossible. Well, he was a cakewalk until he completely monkeywrenches your controls. Then I was raging through like ten tries until I beat him.
Overall, play this shit.

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My friend has this game and told he me it was boring so i really never looked into it. Now you got me curious. Especially what you said about the last boss. ^_^
Neat-o entry!
 
Yeah same, here I was told it was pretty meh, so I never gave it shot. Might try it out for gamecube. The wonders of emulation.
 
A problem (that really pisses me off) not mentioned in the review, is that when you get an achievement, the game freezes for a solid 10 seconds trying to figure out wtf to do.
 
[quote name='TehSkull' timestamp='1338015456'] A problem (that really pisses me off) not mentioned in the review, is that when you get an achievement, the game freezes for a solid 10 seconds trying to figure out wtf to do. [/quote]not for me
 
[quote name='TehSkull' timestamp='1338015456'] A problem (that really pisses me off) not mentioned in the review, is that when you get an achievement, the game freezes for a solid 10 seconds trying to figure out wtf to do. [/quote]

Yeah, that doesn't happen at all. I think your console is just fucked.

Only time the game froze for me was on the road to the Slaughterhouses and IDK why that happened. I mean there's a few minor issues I have with the game (like it not pausing when you open the Home menu or when your controller disconnects) but I'd say it's one of the better HD conversions.

The game isn't really boring, it's just hard to find the next objective at times. But the game gives you plenty of hints as to how to find the right path or solve a puzzle or stuff. I never had to look up a walkthrough or anything.
 
I have the same opinion. Its an amazing, though short game. I really want the sequel to come out but it sounds like it wont be ready for a number of years.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyjkOijOgKY Just so you know I'm not making it up. I may replay the game on a different account to show the delay better. It's hard to tell because my camera sucks and I do not have a capture card. (Plus the video from a capture card could be faked.)
 

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