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New Beyond Good & Evil in Pre-Production
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Azure Phoenix
Member
I'll write to Michel Ancel and ask for a blank CD-R with Beyond Good & Evil 2 written on it with a sharpie if I have to.
Leafhopper
Banned
So maybe within the decade.
Gameplay doesn't do it for me. Story and setting I love though. Maybe I should try to get the PC version, I assume it runs better.
Ehhh, that's the reason I can't finish my PS2 copy I have had for 11 years now.
Gameplay doesn't do it for me. Story and setting I love though. Maybe I should try to get the PC version, I assume it runs better.
Father_Brain
Banned
So releasing approximately never, then?
nothing concrete about it?
OrbitalBeard
Member
Pre-production does not instill much confidence, considering the game was originally announced over eight years ago. Hopefully it actually gets off the ground this time.
lol
What a time to be alive, indeed.
lol
What a time to be alive, indeed.
WickedLaharl
Member
Hard to get excited over nothing. I suppose it could ubisofts duke nukem forever.
Unreal Champ
Banned
GAF members fall for everything. Easily fooled.
El-Pistolero
Member
Pre-production? Well, see you in 2020...
ShockingAlberto
Member
Well, yeah.
Ubisoft is in the middle of a hostile takeover. They can greenlight whatever hail mary pass they want right now. Either they take the risk and it works out, they succeed at holding Vivendi off, it's too far in development for Vivendi to do something about it, or Vivendi kills it and none of it mattered, anyway. Yves has nothing to lose here.
The best case scenario is that someone else is funding it, but people are already quitting gaming over that.
ShockingAlberto
Member
People are assuming this is a full 3D AAA retail title.
Should you necessarily be assuming that?
Should you necessarily be assuming that?
Would find it funny if they'd be more open to it. Doubt that'd actually be the case, especially since they seem to have a bad reputation with this crap, but hey.
Well, I expect it to be 3D anyway. AAA on the other hand... Retail's kind of a toss up though. Probably some limited deal/only in select countries thing if it's not AAA.
Piston Hyundai
Member
I can't wait for Jade's story to be
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told from the start all over again
James Scott
Banned
Ubiart frame work 2D title that's inspired by 2D Zelda (either Zelda II or LTTP)
Spieler Eins
Member
Ancel said this project needs power that wasn't available on PS360... so yeah.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Yeah I am sure that was the reason they didn't work on it for six years.
Glass Rebel
Member
Hilarious.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Yves: We halt projects for over half a decade so we can eke out more game design from more powerful consoles, losing millions.
Investors: Uh...huh. *sells everything to Vivendi*
Vivendi: Wow, this was super easy!
Investors: Uh...huh. *sells everything to Vivendi*
Vivendi: Wow, this was super easy!
James Scott
Banned
It entered pre production early 2007. Presumably it never got fully green light despite having trailers
Kingpin Rogers
Member
NX baby!
Spieler Eins
Member
I'm sure the team would start working on a pure passion project that's completely restricting them from actually doing what they envisioned. Download game incoming, you've got it!
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Back in 2008 the games that were really exciting me were Banjo Threeie, Resident Evil 5, Final Fantasy XIII, and this. The rest of those turned out to be garbage so I really hope this doesn't suck.
No chance.
Ancel is working on Sony with Wild with his own studio Wild Sheep.
Ancel is also still at ubisoft montpellier.
He is basically moving between both working on 2 games.
BGE is a Ubisoft property, so unless one of these parties (Nintendo, Sony, MS) made a significant contribution in funds to ubisoft to mitigate financial risk on ubisofts part, there is no way this is an exclusive to one platform.
Makes me wonder what they even got done in the first place. Like what direction they had it in then as opposed to what they're doing now.
And we ain't hearing shit until whenever. Frustrating.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
They didn't work on The Last Guardian for several years for precisely that reason.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I doubt Ubisoft greenlights giant AAA passion projects.
Succinct Verbosity
Member
Given that Ubisoft are very close to being taken over, I don't think we can guarantee anything out of them at the moment.
hydragonwarrior
Member
Hopefully ppl buy it this time and not become a Wonderful 101
Stylistically this is almost parody levels imo. Like how naughty dog had a next gen filter in their games. This is like "next gen" character design. It's all hyper real, and desaturated and grungy and, well, boring. What the hell happened? Or is this as much of a sequal to BG&E as the new prey is to the first game?
That's why the project is still not greenlit apparently.
Spieler Eins
Member
I guess in the first picture he thanked Ubisoft for slapping the B&G name onto something he actually doesn't really want to make then.
Glass Rebel
Member
So BG&E2 is a PS5 game? Or was it passion that kept them from getting PS4 devkits until 3 years into its lifecycle?
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
For Honor is a giant triple A passion project.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Enjoy your $500 million dollar BG&E2, then.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Oh, I'm sure he wants to make it and maybe he'll actually get to this time. But I doubt it's even close to the level of a standard AAA Ubi title and I find it really hard to believe it was shelved due to seventh gen consoles not being able to handle it. Who knows though.
For Honor is like, an incredibly safe bet. Although apparently I'm learning it took him years to get it greenlit, so maybe not? Which is odd to me, because it has such a strong multiplayer component.
Glass Rebel
Member
This is likely, Nintendo did it before with bayonetta 2; with nintendo behind their backs, ubisoft has to deliver regardless of what happens to them because of vivendi.
Oh the meltdowns, tears and salt will be refreshing :^)
Well, For Honor is 100% a passion project. Considering Vandenburgh (hype man with cane) has been pitching the game for like 5 years now.
It is possible that ubi themselves are greenlighting it as a "good faith game" in light of the vivdendi takeover + their current appearance in the gaming mindshare.
Unless Nintendo actually put in a substansial finnancial investment like Bayo 2, I don't see this game being exclusive.
If it is, I will probably pick up a NX then (hope its BC so I can also play bayo 2 and W101).
Neoleo2143
Member
I really hope they can complete the project before Vivendi Takes over or at least 75%, so they have an incentive to finish anyway.
Also, Ubisoft does greenlight Passion Projects on the Triple A level but not often (more often it's much smaller stuff which end up some of the more unique stuff of this gen so far). For Honor is a great example.
Also, Ubisoft does greenlight Passion Projects on the Triple A level but not often (more often it's much smaller stuff which end up some of the more unique stuff of this gen so far). For Honor is a great example.
Wowfunhappy
Member
You're assuming the game is AAA.
Ubisoft does in fact greenlight quite a few (of what would at least appear to be) passion projects. Grow Home, Valiant Hearts, and Michael Ancel's own Rayman Origins and Legends.
It's one of the reasons I generally have a better view of Ubisoft than I do EA, although EA largely redeemed themselves in my mind by creating Mirror's Edge Catalyst.
Ancel in particular seems to get what he wants, even when it's unconventional.
Alpha Phoenix
Member
I thought this game was no secret. It was just a matter of time.