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I knew what it was more or less immediately. I've never played BG&E and know virtually nothing about it.
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Beyond Good and Evil 2 E3 2017 CG Trailer (prequel, online or solo, early access?)
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I knew what it was more or less immediately. I've never played BG&E and know virtually nothing about it.
characters went from looking like this
To this...see the problem. This osn't just tech imporvements. This is a huge sway into the typical stylings we see in games these days...
It's honestly kinda sad that they need to pander to that sort of audience to get any sort of attention. Apparently hyper real dark and gritty with swearing is what the IP has to be in order to be greenlit. Frankly i wish it stayed dead.
The art style in the new trailer is more or less the style they showed us a decade ago. It doesn't have anything to do with 'these days'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkCXE1l5MVI
Pilgrimzero
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Alex_Mexico
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I was ecstatic until I saw it's going to be online? Is this a new Destiny-like game? Im so confused.
The trailer was rad as fuck though.
The trailer was rad as fuck though.
JuanLatino
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that fucking monkey - i love him !
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
It looks to me like the exact same concept, just through two different eras of gaming.
It's still a game set on a foreign planet with cities inspired by traditional architecture, hover cars, and anthropomorphic animals.
The look of the game and the way characters and scenes act more like a movie seems more 2017, that's all.
characters went from looking like this
To this...see the problem. This osn't just tech imporvements. This is a huge sway into the typical stylings we see in games these days...
It's honestly kinda sad that they need to pander to that sort of audience to get any sort of attention. Apparently hyper real dark and gritty with swearing is what the IP has to be in order to be greenlit. Frankly i wish it stayed dead.
DEM COLORS
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Messofanego
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Theme of motherhood, character development, one of the best female protagonists in this medium without needing to be "strong", variety of encounters, an exciting and unique world, emotional investment, great pacing, phenomenal soundtrack, and the best text entry system for consoles ever.
DontBeThatGuy
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Cool little trailer.
PSY・S;240371865 said:DEM COLORS
DAT VIBRANCY
I thought that looked pretty ugly too, but at least it had recognizable characters.
I don't really think the CG trailer we got looked all that bad though. Just doesn't seem like what people were hoping for in second BG&E game.
ForsakenLotus
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I'm sure I'm not the first, but the CGI trailer reminded me of Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, but I'm not sure why.
Radical Edward
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Yeah, for sure but the cop chase and music were Fifth Element-like as well. Looks cool, nonetheless .
Neverforget
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So far the best reveal of this E3 IMO. I'm looking forward to play it.
Marmaladefire
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That was an edgy trailer. And I want Jade. But I'm still hyyype.
That female protag. Looking so good
That female protag. Looking so good
ElBoxyBrown
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characters went from looking like this
To this...see the problem. This osn't just tech imporvements. This is a huge sway into the typical stylings we see in games these days...
It's honestly kinda sad that they need to pander to that sort of audience to get any sort of attention. Apparently hyper real dark and gritty with swearing is what the IP has to be in order to be greenlit. Frankly i wish it stayed dead.
Who's to say Ancel didn't want the original game look like what we have today? Did you not see the monkey and other characters showing a wide range of expressions in the CG trailer? Did you not see the unique clothing they were wearing? Did you want some half-assed cel shading to make it look like some saturday morning cartoon? Ancel is directing this. He isn't being pulled to go in this style or the other. If this style is what he believes will show off the world of BG&E in a cool and unique way then I want to see it.
GitarooMan
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I get the feeling this type of world is what Ancel envisioned from the start. It's just now there are the tools to realize it better.
So you think jade in the first game was stylistically proportioned and shaped because of tech limitations of the time, despite there being examples of realistically styled humans in other games from that time? i don't buy it. The game had style, the same way clone wars does in comparison to the live action movies. Humans shouldn't look like photo realistic humans in this world, and the animals should be way more stylised. Not look like some michael bay bebop/rocksteady rejects from his TMNT movies.
I don't disagree with the first sentence but there were a TON of very similar games around the same time that didn't get the latched onto, Haven, Vex, Sphinx, Kya, Tak, Pitfall, Ty...still not sure what this one stand out......
But at the end of the day it was clearly a passion project which I love seeing and these are some damn good fruits of labor.
So it's like the Phantom Menace of video games.
Father_Brain
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Lol, if someone had told me that BG&E2 would be shown and that reaction to Rabbids would be more positive...
I'm really torn.
On the one hand: no Jade, no Pey'j, no Double H, no Secundo, no orphanage, no Hillys, and no fucking closure to that goddamn cliffhanger.
On the other hand: it's finally fucking happening.
I'm also really kinda hating how much Ancel seems to want to ape No Man's Sky. I don't want No Man's Sky 2. I want Beyond Good & Evil 2. I guess me and my avatar will continue to wait for the real deal.
On the one hand: no Jade, no Pey'j, no Double H, no Secundo, no orphanage, no Hillys, and no fucking closure to that goddamn cliffhanger.
On the other hand: it's finally fucking happening.
I'm also really kinda hating how much Ancel seems to want to ape No Man's Sky. I don't want No Man's Sky 2. I want Beyond Good & Evil 2. I guess me and my avatar will continue to wait for the real deal.
MosquitoSmasher
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So it's an online game but can be played solo? Seriously wish it would be completely SP focused, but ah well.
Renegade Frost
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I AM IN!!
Jimnymebob
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To me it's the same reason people criticised Shadow the Hedgehog, Jak II, and DmC for being edgy due to
damn
It's not the fact they're swearing, it's the fact that it's such a different direction than the original. As an opposite example, imagine if GTAVI released, and there was no swearing in it whatsoever; that would just feel off.
SuitedforGaming
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The trailer was freaking great. I haven't been this excited in a while BUT..no release date....THis may vanish again for another decade. Either way, I don't want this high to ever end. Anyone willing to make me an avatar of the girl with the Afro? 
I kinda get the spirit of what you're trying to say, but nothing about that trailer was grim dark, it was wonderfully colorful and full of whimsy and silly characters.
Preach it man, the original BG&E soundtrack is a bloody masterpiece, it really doesn't get enough credit for how damn good and versatile it is.
Marmaladefire
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Agreed. If this opens the series up to a true sequel though, that would be amazing.
DangerMouse
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Jesus LOL
Damn they're quick
old manatee
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I can't wait. I walked into GameStop right after the original came out and bought it without knowing anything about it just because Jade was holding a camera on the cover. It hasn't held up well, but it was awesome back then.
Hero of Time
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Trailer was pretty awesome. Little disappointed it's a prequel and the online talk is a little worrisome, but hey it's way too early to judge and I'm excited to see more.
Although it's too bad this feels like a 2019 - 2020 release.
Although it's too bad this feels like a 2019 - 2020 release.
ElBoxyBrown
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If the monkey pulled out a shotgun and started killing everyone in that place and then pissed on the pig's corpse then I would be able to see eye to eye with the whole gritty or grimdark discussion.
But they do say FUCK a lot.
The only puzzling here is the weird equation of cursing to being grimdark
Admiral Woofington
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did we all forget what grimdark is?
Because a different art style doesn't meant the game isn't fun anymore. The two lead characters look like goofballs and fun. That isn't grimdark in the slightest. Come on people
The game looks great!
Cool character designs. Fun and diverse cast. Interesting universe with a blend of familiar and new.
Hopefully the game plays as good as it looks.
edit: People are complaining that this is too grim-dark?? Did I see a different trailer? The game looks like fun just with a sprinkle of grit.
Cool character designs. Fun and diverse cast. Interesting universe with a blend of familiar and new.
Hopefully the game plays as good as it looks.
edit: People are complaining that this is too grim-dark?? Did I see a different trailer? The game looks like fun just with a sprinkle of grit.
PhoenixDawn
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Don't take too much time or Vivendi will shut down the project completely and we'll never see it released.
What's so 2017 about it? The swearing? Pretty sure Pulp Fiction came out in 1995.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
You're saying this is stylistically proportioned:
And this isn't?
They both look really close in position on the cartoon/realism slide to me.
playingwithfire
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Didn't care much for the first game, but that trailer was stunning.