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Game Review - Beyond Good And Evil
Mar. 5th, 2005 11:51 amTitle: Beyond Good And Evil
Platform: PS2
Genre: Third Person Action Adventure
Complete: Yes
Price Paid: $4.99
Would Pay: $17.99
This game is the bastard child of Zelda and Jak II, with Zelda play mechanics and a Jak II storyline. This should not be seen as a negative, the game was a blast. And miracle of miracles, the main character is a normal female - no inappropriate clothes, normal proportions. I can't think of any other game I've played where this is the case, not off the top of my head anyway.
I had played the demo, and decided not to get this game. A large portion of the demo was a sneaker, one of the genres I don't like, and it had also crashed on me. The reason I finally picked it up is that I could snag it for $5 at a sale. It was definitely worth it. There is a large proportion of sneaking in the game, but it is well implemented. It is easier to do than in the demo, since by the time those areas are hit in the real game, the controls are second nature. Failing at the sneaking is not such a big deal, most of the time. You can usually run away and wait for the heat to die down, or much, much more commonly, die. Dying is not a big deal and usually only places you at most a few rooms back.
The story was interesting, having to photograph all the animals was fun, but some areas really did take away from the enjoyment of the game. A few of the sneaking areas were downright hard and required perfect timing and positioning and many, many retries. Ditto with the final phase of the final boss, where the phase would be reset every time you got hit. These areas almost made me toss in the towel a couple of times.
<rant> And Ubi, I know you published this game. There's no need for an unskippable video of your logo. Almost every (if not every) one of my other games lets you skip the logos. And why do I have to select the game's language every single time? Look at my freaking memory card. </rant>
Platform: PS2
Genre: Third Person Action Adventure
Complete: Yes
Price Paid: $4.99
Would Pay: $17.99
This game is the bastard child of Zelda and Jak II, with Zelda play mechanics and a Jak II storyline. This should not be seen as a negative, the game was a blast. And miracle of miracles, the main character is a normal female - no inappropriate clothes, normal proportions. I can't think of any other game I've played where this is the case, not off the top of my head anyway.
I had played the demo, and decided not to get this game. A large portion of the demo was a sneaker, one of the genres I don't like, and it had also crashed on me. The reason I finally picked it up is that I could snag it for $5 at a sale. It was definitely worth it. There is a large proportion of sneaking in the game, but it is well implemented. It is easier to do than in the demo, since by the time those areas are hit in the real game, the controls are second nature. Failing at the sneaking is not such a big deal, most of the time. You can usually run away and wait for the heat to die down, or much, much more commonly, die. Dying is not a big deal and usually only places you at most a few rooms back.
The story was interesting, having to photograph all the animals was fun, but some areas really did take away from the enjoyment of the game. A few of the sneaking areas were downright hard and required perfect timing and positioning and many, many retries. Ditto with the final phase of the final boss, where the phase would be reset every time you got hit. These areas almost made me toss in the towel a couple of times.
<rant> And Ubi, I know you published this game. There's no need for an unskippable video of your logo. Almost every (if not every) one of my other games lets you skip the logos. And why do I have to select the game's language every single time? Look at my freaking memory card. </rant>