At a glance: Beyond more Good and more Evil

At last it’s happened. One of the greatest games to come out of 2003’s action/ adventure packed holiday season is getting a sequel. There was news a while back that Rayman creator Michel Ancel was focusing on a Beyond Good and Evil sequel, but it somehow got overlooked. However, we’ve finally all got proof of his word with the above teaser trailer which gives us a look at the game’s “identity”. Of course I’m not talking about specifics here, but you can see from the clip that the two main characters, Jade and Pey'j are back, along with the game’s sense of humor. I’m not going to give you a running commentary though; that would just be filler, I’ll just let you watch the trailer and remember back to that great 2003.

Looking at the trailer, it looks like the game’s in development primarily for “next generation” platforms, but it would be hard to see them leaving out a Wii and PC version too; remember, this is all just my speculation. Moreover, by putting the fact that the two characters are back together and that this is likely to come out on the 360 and the ps3, I think that we can presume there to be some sort of co-op mode, because that seems to be the current trend: why not throw in co-op?! Hell yeah why not?!

Nothing specific has been said about the game itself in terms of new characters, mechanics and story, but rest assured that as soon as anything else is said, we’ll be right on it. Hmm, isn’t E3 sort of just around the corner…?

--Tom Rhodes, 360Stage Editor--