There is a God! Beyond Good and Evil 2 Confirmed!

[Speedball]

Trailer: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34509.html
Screenshots in the next post.

 

[Speedball]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/877/877261p1.html
Ubisoft Announces Beyond Good & Evil Follow-up
Paris event proves its worth as long-awaited, much-rumoured Michel Ancel sequel is confirmed.
by Matt Wales, IGN UK

UK, May 28, 2008 - Ubisoft has finally satiated the ravenous appetites of clamouring franchise fans tonight with the world premier trailer of a new Beyond Good & Evil game, most likely a follow up to designer Michel Ancel's much beloved action adventure game released in 2003.

Introduced by the company's CEO Yves Guillemot at today's Ubidays 2008 event in Paris, the untitled game was described as Ancel's latest project. What was stunning about the gorgeous trailer was that it utilized the game's impressive in-game engine

Opening with a view of two moons, the camera panned down to reveal a barren desert landscape, little to be seen aside from clumps of gnarled trees and a broken-down vehicle. On the bonnet sits a mysterious figure, obscured by a bright red parasol, sheltering from the sun. Actually, we say mysterious, but it's obvious to anyone who's played Beyond Good & Evil that this female character is most likely Jade, the first game's main heroine and protagonist.

As the camera continues to plunge down to the ground - pausing to display the title '1. The Pig' - suggesting that we'll probably be seeing more of these little buggers in the future, right up to the reveal of you-know-who, a pool of oil collects beneath the car's hover-wheels. A laser spanner (yes, we're kind of making these terms up now) is strewn in the muck and we're slowly introduced to the form of a sleeping pig, most likely your lovable talking pig companion, Pey'J.

It's probably worth mentioning at this point that although the trailer featured nothing to explicitly confirm this as a Beyond Good & Evil game, even the most half-witted idiot could probably feel rightly confident in their conclusion based on simple deduction alone. Anyway - yes that pig and some business with a fly before the camera pulls away and the image fades. The trailer flatly refusing to put a name to what we've just seen but leaving us in little doubt that the follow-up we've all been waiting for is tantalizingly close to reality.

If Guillemont's claims about the trailer using the in-game engine are true, then we're in for an absolutely astonishing treat somewhere down the line.

No word on what systems the game will appear on yet, but to tide you over for now, here are some screens of the beauty.

 

[Addendum]

I didn't expect this at all. I'm definitely getting a copy whenever it comes out.

But this doesn't convince me of the existence of any god-claim t:

 

[Speedball]

I didn't expect this at all. I'm definitely getting a copy whenever it comes out.

But this doesn't convince me of the existence of any god-claim t:

Whatever Atheist scum!
J/k.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

I have yet to get BGaE, but will before the 2nd comes out.

 

[JackBauer]

Great! Now I need a new pair of pants!!

 

[The Guardian]

I STILL HAVE THE FIRST ONE, AWESOME!!!up:

 

[Nathan]

There's officially a God now. I've been hoping for a sequel to Beyond Good & Evil for so long. I thought it'd never. And then, after years of waiting, *BAM* a Teaser to the Sequel.

 

[PWN3R]

OH GOD. OH GOD. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. OH GOD. GOD OH MY GOD GOD.

First off, I had no idea this was even being talked about, let alone being made. The original game is my favorite of all time, yes, all time.

I...there's no words. Oh my God. So unexpected.

 

[Darthphere]

OH GOD. OH GOD. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. OH GOD. GOD OH MY GOD GOD.

First off, I had no idea this was even being talked about, let alone being made. The original game is my favorite of all time, yes, all time.

I...there's no words. Oh my God. So unexpected.

You are so gay sometimes.

 

[Speedball]

You are so gay sometimes.

Not as gay as me!
Oh...
LOL!
I still have the first one too. It's one game I'd never sell.

 

[Havok83]

ive never even touched the first

 

[deathshead2]

ive never even touched the first

Neither have I, and since I can't play the first I won't be playing this. This game has fail written on it just like the first.

 

[Speedball]

Neither have I, and since I can't play the first I won't be playing this. This game has fail written on it just like the first.

Yeah...that's the attitude...
I went to three different Gamestops today...and they all had copies of the first game...
It's not an impossible game to find.

 

[deathshead2]

Yeah...that's the attitude...
I went to three different Gamestops today...and they all had copies of the first game...
It's not an impossible game to find.

I don't have a system for it anymore. I wasn't talking about finding it.

 

[Speedball]

I don't have a system for it anymore. I wasn't talking about finding it.

Well...what systems do you have?
It was available on every console...and on PC.
It's not BC on Xbox...but, though, with this news...I imagine Microsoft will make it.

 

[Nathan]

Neither have I, and since I can't play the first I won't be playing this. This game has fail written on it just like the first.

The first game is really underrated. I have to admit that I've never heard of it before when I bought it. Found it in a bargain bin for like 10€. I thought what the heck, it looked interesting and I still had some money left to spend. It easily became one of my favorite games.

It's really one of those rare gems that sadly didn't manage to establish itself among the gamer base. Hopefully that'll change with part 2.

 

[PWN3R]

Neither have I, and since I can't play the first I won't be playing this. This game has fail written on it just like the first.

What an ignorant thing to say, considering you've never played the first. There's a reason it's one of the best reviewed games around.

 

[GL1]

BG&E is by FAAAAR the most underrated game I've ever heard of. Nothing touches it when it comes to a ratio of ownage to lack of sales.

I can't wait... haven't even seen the trailer yet, but just the ending of the first one is enough to make anyone want to see this!

EDIT:
After seeing the trailer... I even more hate game trailers, especially TV spots, that use in-game assets... as beautiful and show/movie-worthy as the landscape and characters were, the car still looked like Playstation 2-level stuff. Early PS2.

 

[Browncoat]

Ho. Le. Crap. This is so badass. It's about damn time BG&E got a well-deserved follow up.

 

[Scarlet spidey]

Neither have I, and since I can't play the first I won't be playing this. This game has fail written on it just like the first.

Wow, thank you for restoring my lack of faith in humanity.
Because of this post I am going back to my cave for 30 more years of solitude.

 

[Browncoat]

Seriously. Can't play the first? Are you in front of a computer right now? It was on PC. Pretty sure www.direct2drive.com has it.Find it. Play it.

EDIT: http://www.direct2drive.com/3/18/product/Buy-Beyond-Good-and-Evil-Download
$9.95