The
ESRB Website now features a listing for a
Beyond Good and Evil 20th
Anniversary Edition, indicating plans for a re-release (thanks
VGC). A sequel was
revealed in
2008 and officially announced
in 2016, but development
has dragged on, and in the ensuing years, series originator Michel Ancel
left the games industry
and creative director Emile Morel
recently passed
away, so it's not clear where that stands. So it seems extremely likely the
20th anniversary of the game will launch before its planned follow-up. Here's
word:
This is an action-adventure game in which players assume the role of
a reporter accompanied by a pig-like companion investigating a conspiracy on the
planet of Hillys. From a third-person perspective, players explore fantasy
locations, take photos of evidence, solve puzzles, and fight robot and alien
enemies. Combat is sometimes fast-paced, with players using melee weapons (e.g.,
staffs, torches) to strike stylized enemies that generally break apart or vanish
into puffs of smoke. One boss battle depicts a squid-like alien stabbed in the
eye, with yellow-green splatter effects.