Playing Beyond Good and Evil is quite an emmersive experience. In it, you play as Jade, a reporter who is investigating a war taking place on her homeworld. The world itself is quite stunning, mostly because of the superior graphics and sound in the game. The city Jade lives in is like a futuristic Venice, with waterways leading to the downtown area and also the various islands open to exploration. The water moves realistically, and the various hovercrafts and boats look great as well. The music, heavily influenced by Jamaican themes, is fun to listen to and unique. The game effectively combines elements of action adventure and stealth gameplay to give it its own unique style. The player leads Jade through various missions investigating the dark underside of the "big evil" government of her world. Combining sneaking around guards, taking pictures, shooting and occasionally kicking and punching makes for an entertaining mix of gameplay. If one tires of this, there is always the various raceways around the world the player can race with their hovercraft, as well as side-quests involving, among other things, photographing the various wildlife. The drawbacks to the game are that it is, yes, fairly short, and there is little incentive to replay it. Those who like more combat-orientated games might also be disappointed here. The intelligence of the guards in the game, so crucial to good stealth gameplay, is somewhat limited. They only move in set patterns and can only see within their visor's range. Despite these weaknesses, I had a great amount of fun exploring BGE's world, and would recommend it to any fan of action-adventure (with an emphasis on adventure) games.
I really can't believe that I never played this game when it first came out - I had heard some things about this game but I didn't get the chance to play it. While my sister got it for PS2, I decided to get the XBOX vers... Read Full Review
I finished this game over a year ago, and I am still recommending it to everyone I meet. Unfortunately I'm starting to understand why I'm having trouble convincing people - this game just has too much going on. Most peop... Read Full Review
