Beyond Good & Evil

published by Ubisoft in 2003-11, developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, running on Windows
type: action/reflex, platformer, adventure
genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action-Adventure
perspective: 3rd person
player options: single player
game engine: Jade
languages: dut eng fre ger ita spa
4.5/5
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Official description

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For Centuries, the planet Hillys has been locked in conflict with a race of relentless alien invaders.

Wary of her government's promises to repel the aliens for good, a rebellious action reporter named Jade sets out to capture the truth behind the prolonged war.

Armed with her camera, Dai-Jo staff, and fierce determination, Jade soon finds herself inside the jaws of a horrific conspiracy, and face to face with an evil she cannot possibly fathom

In a world where deception is the deadliest weapon of all, will Jade's discoveries be enough to free her people?

Box blurb - # 2009-02-10 16:54:12 - official description - 1 reply

Comments (5)

2003-11-03 as boxed
2008-05-12 on Steam

Sanguine # 2009-03-20 15:23:51
alienprotagonist - revealed at the very end with no earlier indications of it.
starship - can be considered a spoiler as well, for it is not expected nor indicated by anything for the first ~1/3s of the game. Nor is it exactly obvious that you'll be manually flying around with it.
moon - this is pretty obvious as soon as it's mentioned, which was somewhat early, IIRC. Visiting it happens at the very end, though.


Sanguine # 2009-02-13 02:01:21
Supports only 4:3 aspect ratio but enforces letterboxing for some peculiar reason (with even 4:3). Use of any aspect ratio besides 4:3 still gets letterboxed and the image is stretched (everything from the 3D view to 2D interfaces).

Sanguine # 2009-02-11 03:49:42
Latest version: 1.01 (as of 2004-01-04)

Sanguine # 2009-02-10 17:30:49
Distributed by Dice Multi Media Europe in Europe

Comes on 3 CDs.

Sanguine # 2009-02-10 16:39:44

Technical specs

software: Jade, Windows 98,
display: textured polygons
Minimum:
* Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP
* 700 MHz CPU
* 64 MB RAM
* 32 MB VRAM
* GeForce 256 or Radeon 7200 GPU
* 2.3 GB HD space

Recommended:
* 1.3 GHz CPU w/ SSE
* 128 MB RAM
* 64 MB VRAM
* GeForce 3 or Radeon 9500 GPU
* SPU w/ EAX3

Sanguine # 2009-02-10 16:46:07

External reviews (2) - average: 86.5%

review sourceissuedatescore
IGN2003*9/1090%
Metacritic2003*83/10083%
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