Looking under the rug, the game could be completed in under seven hours, it had horrible camera issues, the combat – though cool – seemed like an obligatory addition, and even the art critics cited the UI as being unwieldy. It was filled with all kinds of references that didn’t measure up to the usual criteria that gamers had grown accustomed to acting upon. It was a visionary project from game director Michel Ancel, creator of Rayman. Both positive and negative reviewer comments amounted to something suspicious.īeyond Good and Evil was among the first major games to be hailed for artistic qualities – not just ‘good graphics’ or ‘great music’, but for being influenced by the works of Miyazaki, and boasting an eclectic original soundtrack by Christophe Héral. No matter how the gaming magazines and websites of the time all lauded it, Beyond Good and Evil couldn’t be anything like as special as the titles just mentioned.

We had all the popular blockbusters covered. Just as a frame of reference: Super Mario Sunshine, and The Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker (GameCube) Ratchet & Clank, and Kingdom Hearts (PS2) and Splinter Cell (Xbox) launched one year before Beyond Good and Evil.

© Ubisoft / Fair Use Beyond… our comprehension? In fact, let’s start with the game being kind of aware that it was special as the fundamental reason it failed to light up the retail charts. It’s a genuine, understandable appeal that we’re fully on board with. There are lots of people who feel a similar passion toward Ubisoft’s action-adventure, Beyond Good and Evil, released on PlayStation 2 (not 3), original Xbox and GameCube (a cool thing from Nintendo) years back. Want to know why news of a Beyond Good and Evil prequel is spinning heads? Play the original! Or, come and read what we have to say…Ģ003 was a lifetime ago, but Star Wars: Episode IV introduced the Force in 1977 and we’re still watching that.

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