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[LectureMaster]

There's no corroboration yet but several people he spoke believe the game is going to get canceled.

Skull and Bones, Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia remastered, and now BG&E2. It seems to me that any games that Ubisoft can't force their open world formula into just become a development struggling, lmao.
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[Jennings]

Darn it. Oh well, onto the next game.

 

[Jimmy_liv]

 

[Teslerum]

As hard as that may sound:

Good

As a big fan of BG&E, the game's recent iteration just disappointed me.

 

[Banjo64]

Rayman Origins/Legends died for this. After so long I'm guessing most of the staff/spirit that made those 2 is long gone.

 

[nani17]

Not one but shocked by this at all.

 

[Little Chicken]

Should've just remade the first game to begin with.

 

[chromhound]

Trying to implement Cryptos and NFT?

 

[Fuz]

As hard as that may sound:

Good

As a big fan of BG&E, the game's recent iteration just disappointed me.

This.

 

[RoadHazard]

Duh.

 

[Connificent]

 

[DustQueen]

It had barely anything to do with BG&E anyway.

First was narrative driven linear action adventure with open world hub world n ended up on a promise of a trilogy.

This was failed live service experiment using the setting of the first one.

 

[mejin]

I think Ancel fucked Sony and Ubi with WiLD and BG&E2.

 

[Rheon]

Hasn't this game been in development (hell) for eons?

Wouldn't surprise me.

 

[jigglet]

Well no shit. There was nothing particularly marketable about this. And the first one wasn't exactly a smash hit, for the few people that even remember it. The sequel only got greenlight due to Ancel's power within the company. With him gone, how did anyone expect this would survive.

 

[Connificent]

Nothing marketable? This was suppose to be THE LGBTQ+ game.

 

[Markio128]

 

[AV]

Yeah, no shit. It's always been total vaporware. Bin it.

 

[Iced Arcade]

 

[MOTM]

Anybody surprised?

 

[rofif]

It didn't look like a sequel anyway. just a name

 

[GametimeUK]

I'd have loved for this game to be a success. I played the original for the first time ever last year. It's been on my "to buy" list since launch and been on my "to play" list since the HD version launched on PS3. Incredible game and had me highly anticipated for the next installment. I'd rather have nothing at all than a bad game, but it just sucks that it seems harder and harder for a game like Beyond Good and Evil to see the light of day in today's climate.

 

[Ogbert]

I imagine what is difficult for developers is that they have a perfectly clear idea for a 12-15 hour single player game, but everything has to be turned into an ongoing, drawn out behemoth.

 

[digital_ghost]

Good. Cause compared to the first game it was beyond recognition.

I loved the first. But this one had none of the charm.

 

[Fake]

Modern devs can't do nothing right...

 

[Max Payne’s Baretta]

Idk man. Ubi may not make it through the generation at this rate lbs.

 

[fatmarco]

I mean the game that was essentially trying to get people to work on it for free just for the opportunity to "maybe" get paid is going down? I can't say I'm too sad about that.

It didn't look like a Beyond Good and Evil game anyway. It looked more like, well, what it is. An overly ambitious tech demo with no ideas, concept, or clear identity.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[ElCasual]

This not hapenning if Tencent buys Ubisoft.
*I dont play any game of Bugisoft*

 

[kanjobazooie]

They bit off more than they could chew.
I wish the project was officially greenlighted ten years ago; maybe then they would have had a more realistic plan for it.

Anyway, the original is still a masterpiece. I'm glad it's still playable on current-gen Xbox and PC.

 

[Bragr]

I wonder how much money they spent on this, can't have been little.

 

[fermcr]

Not surprising since Ubisoft focuses most of their resources on Ass Creed, Far Cry and Watch Dogs.

 

[Airbus Jr]

God damnit sad news bro

 

[scraz]

The first game is now 18 years old. A proper sequel should have came out late on the ps2 or launch on 360/ps3.

 

[Kenpachii]

This game is such hype, if it get canned. I will never ever........ ah nice new AC game.

 

[Spaceman292]

There's no corroboration yet but several people he spoke believe the game is going to get canceled.

Skull and Bones, Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia remastered, and now BG&E2. It seems to me that any games that Ubisoft can't force their open world formula into just become a development struggling, lmao.

In other news: water is wet and ice is cold.

The project was doomed from inception anyway.
Prequel, wrong. Open world, wrong. Always online, wrong. Just make a linear story thing that takes place after the events of the first game, you idiots.

 

[Velius]

Good. That trailer was unbelievably shitty.

You want to peddle your woke bullshit, make your own cast and universe, don't stain someone else's

 

[ButchCat]

Beyond Good & Evil 2 soon to follow, any day now.

I said it before when WiLD was announced cancelled. Sooner than I thought.

 

[WoJ]

This game will never be released. And after the initial trailer I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

 

[Kenpachii]

In other news: water is wet and ice is cold.

The project was doomed from inception anyway.
Prequel, wrong. Open world, wrong. Always online, wrong. Just make a linear story thing that takes place after the events of the first game, you idiots.

Game was always trying to be a open world in my view. Hell go even further open worlds.

What they showcased was absolute fantastic finally a move forwards. However it always felt like a tech demo without any direction sadly.

 

[Life]

Not THAT difficult to see when a game is overly ambitious..........why is it taking so long to get canceled even?

 

[KyoZz]

 

[Kokoloko85]

Shame

 

[Braag]

Ugh, it looked so cool when they showed it a few years ago.
Then again, today's ubisoft would just turn it into some GaaS bullshittery so nothing of value would be lost I guess.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Going to have to use that giant Ganesh Statue in some other game. Not much else was ever shown.

 

[chromhound]

I think Ubisoft is the king of cancelling projects ?

 

[Lognor]

I haven't seen too many people excited about the direction they were going in with the game, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was canceled or rebooted. Just give us something akin to the original game with prettier graphics.

 

[j0hnnix]

After the first showing, I was excited for this but as time progressed it felt more and more this was going to be trashed. Definitely moving closer to the trash bin.

 

[Spaceman292]

Game was always trying to be a open world in my view. Hell go even further open worlds.

What they showcased was absolute fantastic finally a move forwards. However it always felt like a tech demo without any direction sadly.

Yes they made a lot of progress, but for what they were aiming for they were still years away from getting anywhere near the finishing line.

 

[Majukun]

game looked aimless from the start..they had the world and the tech before they knew what to do with them