Atraveller
Banned
We'e calling it, Ubisoft, Earliest, Access!
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Beyond Good and Evil 2 is at "day zero" of development, might go early access
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>online worlds
>early-access releases
>procedural generation
I suspect and fear that "role-playing games" means crafting elements and am now going to assume that this is an entirely different series with the same name, which confidently starts at 2 until Ubisoft provides evidence to the contrary.
>early-access releases
>procedural generation
I suspect and fear that "role-playing games" means crafting elements and am now going to assume that this is an entirely different series with the same name, which confidently starts at 2 until Ubisoft provides evidence to the contrary.
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
I'll take it I'm not getting a story-driven sequel...... I'll see myself out.
PuppetMaster
Member
I'm in the camp who thinks this game should not be made. The IP is not strong enough to carry a game that has little resemblance to the original. And fans of the original IP are a small vocal minority.
Jawbreaker
Member
I just want Ancel to finish WiLD first.
Ugh. I am so tired of this practice. If your game is not even half way done, don't show me it. Ubisoft is the worst at this, and my patience with this practice is nearing its end.
This is the second time they have done it with BGE2. At this point I am close to just giving up on this shit. Not sure why Ancel is still with Ubisoft anymore.
This is the second time they have done it with BGE2. At this point I am close to just giving up on this shit. Not sure why Ancel is still with Ubisoft anymore.
TatteredHat
Member
Lol, well so much for that then. I doubt this will ever actually be released.
DieAntwoord
Banned
Can anyone explain the how and why this deserves a sequel? The original was amazing game no doubt but no idea why talk of a sequel has persisted for so long...
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
See you in 2021 I guess. It was pretty CGI but I would prefer if they waited until they actually had some game to show
Oh no... I really thought this project would've progressed further already. I guess it makes sense why they would only show a CGI trailer this E3 then.
That's what we thought when we saw BG&E2 videos in 2008 & 2009.
Ovek
7Member7
High, huge financial risk. Ubi have probably already spent a shit ton of money on developing the technology with nothing really to show for it, in the eyes of the bean counters anyway.
Vivendi will just want Ubi to shit out the same games year after year.
Ubi doesn't commit to games unless it's going to ship them. Once a game gets started, it tends to get made. Hocking's talked about this before. He sees it as a unique trait of Ubisoft.
ManUnkindH
Member
Perfect:
AyraSutoraifu
Member
Cyberpunk 2077 without a doubt.
Wolfgang Jr
Banned
Seeing they're both at 0%, can we go back to making the game from the old BG&E2 teaser?
D4rth Man7iz
Member
Don't like the sound of this... At all! How can one feel any sort of excitement when the cliffhanger ending is not going to answered?
Because the story ended on a cliffhanger and amazing games generally do deserve sequels?
Triggerhappytel
Member
This'll be worse. Duke Nukem Forever at least eventually came out after, what, 12 years of development? We're 14 years since BG&E came out, and the sequel was first announced 9 years ago. If this eventually comes out (I don't think it will), it'll be more than 12 years before it's fully released I reckon. Plus, nothing turns me off faster than going from a tightly-designed single player story-driven adventure than the dev talking about making a procedurally-generated online-focused early access sequel.
this game needed to be a simple continuation of the first games story. nothing more, nothing less. i appreciate games that are ambitious, but this is hardly the franchise for it. ambitious just means long dev cycles and large budgets, ones which will never be recouped because it's ultimately a sequel to BG&E, a relatively niche title. this needed to be simple, sweet and quickly made.
i definitely see this being the first victim of the vivendi acquisition.
i definitely see this being the first victim of the vivendi acquisition.
D4rth Man7iz
Member
We might even get Half-Life 3 before this 'game'.
rainbow six patriots?
Well, I wouldn't hold my breath tbh.
Messofanego
Banned
Half Life 3 doesn't exist. How do people still believe it's a thing? All the writers left, which is kind of crucial for a single-player narrative heavy FPS. Not a screenshot, trailer, or anything definitive was shown that indicated it was in development.
That ended up being reworked to Rainbow Six Siege did it not?
SomedayTheFire
Member
Would assume this means they're finishing up pre pro
You pick up a game that was in troubled development, try to revive it with a concept that's way "out there" and too ambitious for its own good. Then you reveal it to public with only a CG trailer to show it and tell the public that the game will follow an early access model. Yep, this game is either taking 4-5 years or just going to go into development hell again.
You don't re-announce a game by showing a CG trailer, especially when the last time we saw of the game nearly a decade ago was a CG trailer as well.
All they needed to make was another Zelda like game. Instead they are trying to pull off a Star Citizen, except without the budget.
You don't re-announce a game by showing a CG trailer, especially when the last time we saw of the game nearly a decade ago was a CG trailer as well.
All they needed to make was another Zelda like game. Instead they are trying to pull off a Star Citizen, except without the budget.
bit of a stretch. didn't really have anything to do with. patriots even heavily promoted a single player component, something completely lacking in siege.
he is indeed. another game that seems too ambitious for the studio to tackle, especially now they're sharing their time with this.
FutureLarking
Member
I think people are underestimating how helpful it is to have a solidly working "engine" / technology base for their game ready, considering that can easily be 50% of dev time resources.
Majukun
Member
well the first version of this game was scrapped
Oh god
BreezyLimbo
Banned
I liked the story Austin told of him asking what they do in the studio in a day and the guy answering with "ancel ate some cheese and we laughed"
I dont think its looking good for this or Wild, guys. Yeah maybe they can start a kickstarter but yknow. Buyer beware.
I dont think its looking good for this or Wild, guys. Yeah maybe they can start a kickstarter but yknow. Buyer beware.
More_Badass
Member
It being a sequel to BG&E doesnt really matter here because that's not the selling point. The genre is so different that it's barely a sequel and it will appeal to a different wider audience (ie the open world RPG fan, space game fan, etc.). I never played BG&E, but I sure want to play this.