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Beyond Good & Evil

Ubisoft Montpellier

2003•Shooter•PEGI 12•About 12 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionanimalsdetectiveespionagejournalisticmafia/gangstermonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and wide-ranging: an unsavoury shooter, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

88 / 100

404 ratings

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About This Game

Beyond Good & Evil is an action-adventure game with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth-based games. The player controls the protagonist, Jade, from a third-person perspective. Jade can run, move stealthily, jump over obstacles and pits, climb ladders, push or bash doors and objects, and flatten herself against walls. As Jade, the player investigates a number of installations in search of the truth about a war with an alien threat.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Jade and Pey'j are care-taking the children of Hillys orphaned by the DomZ. When Jade runs out of money to run the shield that protects them, she finds a photography job, cataloguing all the species on Hillys for a science museum. She is recruited by the IRIS Network, which suspects that the Alpha Sections are behind planet-wide disappearances. Jade's first target of investigation is an Alpha Sections factory.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionAnimalsDetectiveEspionageJournalisticMafia/gangsterMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questDeep rivalryFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

AliensSpyPhotographyMinigamesDystopianRobotsDrivingFuturistic

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Details

Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment
Released: 11 November 2003
Series: Beyond Good & Evil
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person, Third person
Time to beat: 9h rushed, 12h normally, 10h complete
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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