Good news everyone, Beyond Good & Evil 2 isn't just a CG trailer. The project may still be very early in development, but Ubisoft does have a playable prototype of the game, which was apparently shown behind closed doors at E3 2017. You can catch 15 minutes of it above.
It's clear that a lot of what's on display here is pretty much proof of concept, but it shows that the development team at least has some sort of base already built. Director Michel Ancel talks us through the demo and makes some pretty ambitious promises throughout. No doubt this'll be a video that people look back on if the finished product actually makes it to market years from now.
So what are we looking at, exactly? Well, flying ships play a big part for starters. Ancel talks about having crews both aboard large mother ships and within smaller vessels that are designed for general traversal. You can also hop out of your ship at any time and run about as your own character. Again, it all sounds very ambitious - god knows how long we'll have to wait before we can get our hands on it.
How do you think the project looks? Is there potential here? Jump aboard the comments section below.
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"Monsieur, with this Gameplay you're really spoiling us"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R17IWn39Pak
So it's NMS, but done right with interesting gameplay and story? I'm impressed by the scale of everything, I wonder how much downgrades we're going to see. I don't expect the game to run like this on a PS4 when it's finished.
Years of rumors, now that it's finally revealed, I'm already sick of hearing about it. Wake me up when the game is actually out.
omfg!!!
Anyone else notice that's a Nintendo Switch development kit controller he's using?
Daaayuuum the ambition is there definitely looking forward to it hope they fully realize that ambition
@DESS-M-8 Looks like a 360 controller to me.
@DESS-M-8 what? where? that's an xbox one controller.
That skeleton next to his TV is actually some poor sod who's sadly waited too long for this game.
Spider-Pig Approved.
Amazing looking game this is a must have product. @Octane Elite Dangerous is NMS done right for the complainers. I liked NMS for what it was on its own.
This is super impressive. But it's a PS5 game for sure.
Maybe this, Death Stranding, and Kingdom Hearts 3 will all be released in the same year. 😏
I don't get this, was Beyond Good & Evil not some game of a girl with a camera?
@get2sammyb Nah, it's a Switch exclusive. Remember that chat?
@DrClayman Yeah, this will clearly run perfectly fine on the Switch.
day 1 for me on Switch
I love how this is early early early footage but they have an idle animation of the monkey scratching his butt!
Looks impressive but are we forgetting that this is a UbiSoft game? Caution, final product may not look or play the same as early footage(s).
@manu0 @octane
Made you look! 😁
@ApostateMage I think that's probably their actual point and sense of humour at play
Just doesn't really feel like the first BG&E...
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Aye, I figured as much. I suppose it's good that they take the p**s out of themselves.
As for the game, it sounds way too ambitious to expect a release within the next 3 years.
@ApostateMage all the things they showed working is absolutely stunning but I can't believe all that can run in-game on current hardware, it'd be like No Mans Sky running on a PS1.
Weird how there's a gameplay video when they said that they'd literally just started development when they announced it. I'm guessing this is just a tech demo for the engine they're using.
Still bummed about this being a prequel after how long ago the first game came out with it's cliffhanger ending, but maybe it'll be good.
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