Beyond Good & Evil™

First ,congratulations to GOG,nice site..well done! Played this game on pc a few years back..Excellent!.Played it again and finished it just a few weeks ago.Can't give it 5 stars because of frame rate slowdowns that occurs mainly in the city canals+a few minor bugs ,but great and memorable caracters.You got to stay with the game and configure controls to your liking ,and as the game progresses, you will devellop great empathy for the Hillys.Ubi should release sequel this year,looking forward to it!

I get what people love about this game. I haven't played it in my childhood though, and the camera handling on PC is horrible. I love the colorful graphics and the world we get here, but this port is just too flawed, every one of my successfull attempts at enjoying it was hammered by some annoying flaw. And I haven't mentioned the horrible and never ending stealth sections, oh lord. Perhaps give it a chance when it's discounted, abd you'll have a better time with it than I had. Sadly, I couldn't force myself to finish the story.

Still, the phenomena of this game eludes me... I can't understand, why so many people consider BG&E a masterpiece. This game got stuck in a split between something deep and easy, funny, casual arcade. And it fails in both categories... As a story... oh c'mon. You can guess the ending from the very beginning. Trying to be "deep", it barely slides through many important topics like a snow speeder on a frozen lake. Trying to be moving, it sinks in cheap sentimentality. Watching this story unfold is like reading one of Paulo Coelho's novel-for-desperate-housewives-trying-to-be-philosophical... (but, considering the sales of Coelho's books, maybe there lies the answer for popularity of this game in some circles). I'd read some interview with Ancel: he spoke about inspirations taken from jRPG's. Dear Michael: there are light years separating your game and, par exemple, FF7 or 8. And as an arcade game: well, a LOT of words were already spilled over such topics like bad controls, bugs (it is TOTALLY unacceptable in XXI century, to play a "masterpiece" game and frequently visit Windows desktop), terrible interface, graphics glitches, doddle quests... So, what's all this commotion 'bout? The only reason why I rate Beyond Good&Evil for two stars instead of one, is some miniquests (like racing) and brazen Uncle Pey'j, whom you can't stop love. Ach, and of course the side-quest for taking a snapshot for every animal on the planet (and beyond!), which - speaking frankly - was the main reason for me to push through the game. Ubisoft in past times made some amazing and true masterpieces, only to mention the Sand of Time trilogy, which I play at least once in every year. Beyond Good & Evil is NOT one of them, alas.

this is really an awesome game having good graphics and story-line. has its another next part has come?

This game is one of a kind, very original one. The graphics, the models, the plot, the setting, all of it was made with love. The controls, of course, is awful but the one can get used to it, as always. You simply cannot pull away from the game, it's incredible!