Man, I’m just a supreme hater as of late. First I dog on the MGS series, and now I want to take a moment and knock Beyond Good and Evil down a rung or two from the high horse it’s been sitting on for the past few years. And with the sequel’s announcement yesterday and even Joystiq doing a piece on how to get a copy of it, I felt the need to chime in.
I played through the Gamecube version about a year and a half ago. I initially bought the PC version in 2004 but never got around to playing it and then totally forgot I owned it. I then bought the PS2 version in 2006 but I heard it wasn’t as good as the Gamecube version. I paid a lot for the GC version on half.com, probably about $25 or so. The other two probably cost me about $10 each. So really, I’ve paid $45 for the game so far, and I don’t really think it was worth it.
BGAE is an action-adventure game with some light platforming and driving. Sound like the Jak series? It should, because this game is very similar to Jak 2 (never played 3 so I can’t compare). It has some photography elements that give it some depth, and a fairly good storyline that always seems to be resting firmly in the background. The whole game is short, it could be played through in a day or two.
It’s not a bad game; I just don’t think it’s worth all this nostalgic hype. I would give it a 80 out of 100. Let me know if you want to borrow it.
I would like to borrow it, but I don’t think I would play it.
So how would that be any different from any other game you borrow from me?
Haha, exactly. Actually, I played the hell out of Metriod 3, but I didn’t realize it was so long. And I beat 24. Also, didn’t you have my God of War 2 for like a year?
All I know is that I once bought RE4 for the Wii, right when it came out, and never saw it again.
You saw it when you came to my house last time.
Well I’m going to agree wholeheartedly with you on this one - I couldn’t really care less about a sequel to BGAE. I played the game on GC as well and was left a little cold by the whole experience. The story was good but there were too many things - crap combat, driving and frustrating stealth sections, to name but a few) that killed the experience a bit for me.
On the plus side though, I didn’t pay anything for it as I borrowed a friends copy (but did remember to return it)
Hey, was that a shot at me?
It’s not a shot at you, it was a joke and I didn’t mean anything by it.
It was a shot, and a great one. I miss my damn games sometimes!
I guess that just means you’re going to have to come over and hang out more. I’m sure as hell not leaving town.
BTW, blacktail ,we’re not that sensitive. Actually, Tyler is.
I didn’t think so but thought I would clear that up in case I had pissed you off.