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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Sat Jun 5th at 2:08pm 2004

Inspired by Juim's Chronicles of Riddick thread, I've decided to also re-post my Beyond Good and Evil pimpage from the NS forums here Trust me, it's worth it...

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Yes, I know I rant about this game in every other post I make. And I know it's been discussed before. But there is no excuse for not owning this game. At 19.99 for all platforms (PC, Xbox, GC, and PS2), everyone should have reason to get at least one copy. I own two - one for GC and one for Xbox, having just finished the GC version and started the Xbox version.

Go to http://beyondgoodevil.com/us/. Watch the intro. Then on the main page, click the "watch the trailer" link.

It is seriously the best game I have ever played, but sadly as a result of being the victim of undermarketing in the shadow of Prince of Persia, it will probably never get the sequel it deserves. Hence why I strongly recommend buying it. Every person I know who has played it has loved it, and as time goes on more and more people talk of its greatness. Maybe if the sales numbers continue Ubi will get smart and let Ancel and co. go full force with a properly marketed BG&E2.

Come on, you all know you want another round of a sexy green-eyed lady who can kick some serious **** with a really big stick.

There is a PC demo available for anyone interested in checking it out, even if you might buy it on another system. [addsig]



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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Sat Jun 5th at 2:42pm 2004

Fine, I'll get it already!!! Jeez...

[addsig]



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Posted by OtZman on Sat Jun 5th at 2:48pm 2004

Seems like a very promising game. I like the music in the trailer too. Is this game new?, I've never heard of it before. [addsig]



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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Sat Jun 5th at 3:03pm 2004

It actually came out about the same time as Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, but Ubi focused their marketing might on that one and let this one slide. No on bought it not because it was bad, but because no one had heard of it. One of the greatest games in recent years thus dropped to bottom level prices and quietly started disappearing from shelves.

I'm doing my small part to make sure it isn't forgotten. [addsig]



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Posted by OtZman on Sat Jun 5th at 3:20pm 2004

It must be a very good game, you even replaced your almighty KungFuSquirrel avatar... [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Sat Jun 5th at 4:36pm 2004

I've always meant to pick it up (ever since reading previews of it before it was released), but other games took precedence at the time and I've not got around to getting it since. I certainly plan on getting it sometime though, looks good
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Posted by scary_jeff on Sat Jun 5th at 4:45pm 2004

Just tried to pursuade my housemate to get it for his GC. He found it for ?17 and might get it after exams are over. Looked pretty good from the website/trailer, but why on earth couldn't they have a high-res version? I think in 'the modern broadband era', we can cope with movies slightly larger than 3 megabytes...

He also wants to buy monkey ball and viewtiful joe, anybody got either of these and like them?

[edit] KFS, are you on the Ancel payroll? [/edit]



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Posted by ReNo on Sat Jun 5th at 4:46pm 2004

MY flatmate got Viewtiful Joe, and it seemed cool but he found it too tough and traded it in. I only played a couple of levels and enjoyed them, but it is quite hard. Not that thats a bad thing to be honest, most games these days are too easy, and its nice to be presented with a challenge now and then.
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Posted by OtZman on Sat Jun 5th at 6:06pm 2004

? posted by scary_jeff
but why on earth couldn't they have a high-res version? I think in 'the modern broadband era', we can cope with movies slightly larger than 3 megabytes...

The broadband hasn't reached me yet so I'm just glad that it was a 3mb trailer . They should have both a high-res and a low-res... to make everyone happy

[addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Sat Jun 5th at 10:01pm 2004

Viewtiful Joe is good. It is challenging, but like the recent Nintendo only GC games, they seem to be getting back to how the original nes games were, good and hard (most nes games were for hardcore gamers, since they took hours on end and there was no such thing as saving, I remember having pages and pages of 'level codes' for various games ) [addsig]



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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Sat Jun 5th at 10:13pm 2004

Viewtiful Joe 2 looks great as well... Play as Sylvia as well as including co-op play? Hot damn!

My game collection has had surprising console growth recently...

But that's beside the point... GO BUY BEYOND GOOD & EVIL! [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Jun 5th at 10:27pm 2004

? posted by KungFuSquirrel

My game collection

show off

guess i'm gonna have to get off my silly ass and show everyone... just how pathetic my game list is

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Posted by fishy on Sat Jun 5th at 10:34pm 2004

? posted by KungFuSquirrel
a sexy green-eyed lady who can kick some serious **** with a really big stick.

she has a wooden leg?





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Posted by Crono on Sat Jun 5th at 11:39pm 2004

? quote:
Viewtiful Joe 2 looks great as well... Play as Sylvia as well as including co-op play? Hot damn!

My game collection has had surprising console growth recently...

But that's beside the point... GO BUY BEYOND GOOD & EVIL!


I concur [addsig]



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Posted by Adam Hawkins on Fri Jul 2nd at 11:37am 2004

Sorry to drag up this old thread, but BGE is in the HMV summer sale for ?9.99 on PS2 if anyone is interested I snagged a copy yesterday. Would have preferred to get the GC version but they wanted ?19.99 for that [addsig]



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Posted by ReNo on Fri Jul 2nd at 5:34pm 2004

Hell even my unemployed self can afford that! I would have wanted the Xbox version personally, but for a ?10 saving I'm happy to settle for the PS2 one




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Posted by G.Ballblue on Sat Jul 3rd at 5:51am 2004

Driv3r (hoo ha...) is a great one try (not sure if it's gonna be multi platform though). The graphics are smash-your-table-hot, the car physics are still great (not quite as good though) at the crash physics are better than ever.

Like having an Xbox game on your ps2.

[addsig]



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Posted by Gorbachev on Sat Jul 3rd at 6:30am 2004

I've been playing some hardcore...Animal Crossing.

Haha, not exactly the most difficult of games, nor story driven, but it's a lot of fun and there's a ton of replay in it. I like my GC, it's a real sleeper hit I think. I play it more than my other consoles now, although I have been known to break out a random game of my PSX/PS2 collection and play that for a few weeks now and then. I have enough games that there is always something that I haven't completely obliterated yet.

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Posted by G.Ballblue on Sat Jul 3rd at 3:38pm 2004

KungFu, you have tons of PC games, but the total number of games you have... (hate to say this but) I don't think it compares to the amount of game I have.... [addsig]



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Posted by matt on Sat Jul 3rd at 4:30pm 2004

Last game I bought was Call of Duty, which I thought sucked some what.




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