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moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 1 - Posted on 1/2/2016 14:23:05

Thanks for accepting this bounty! Here you can talk with other bounty hunters as you progress through the game and keep everyone up to date on your progress.

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 2 - Posted on 1/2/2016 14:27:18

This is one of my absolute favorite games! I'm going to start out with the PC version (which I've completed before), but I'd be interested to hear how the HD versions on 360 and PS3 are, if anyone has played those.

Marcus Curator Backer Posts: 311 Registered: 10/16/2014
# 3 - Posted on 1/2/2016 15:26:57

I don't think I will particpate, even though I LOVE Beyond Good & Evil. But, for anyone who hasn't yet played, please do so!

The HD version (on 360 at least) is pretty spot on. The visual upgrade ensures the game looks as good as you "remember" it looking haha. I don't actually recall particularly many negatives about that version because it has been a while since I played. Of note, the 360 HD release is backward compatible with Xbox One. It was a nice surprise to browse my Xbox One library and see BG&E sitting there.

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 4 - Posted on 1/2/2016 16:49:13

Ooooh nice, I didn't realize that about the Xbox release! I just purchased it :)

As a side-note, I think I'm going to load Beyond Good and Evil HD as a separate entry since it had a stand-alone release. The bounty will remain for the original game, but it brings up an interesting conundrum when you have a bounty for a game that has a slightly improved HD release...

Marcus Curator Backer Posts: 311 Registered: 10/16/2014
# 5 - Posted on 1/3/2016 17:43:48

You bring up an interesting note about Bounties... Personally, I feel like HD releases should count toward a bounty (in the case that they are literally just visual upgrades and do not add any sort of new difficulties or features or something). For the most part, HD versions are just a means for people to play the same games on a platform they own (theoretically). That's just my view on the matter, of course.

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1966 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 6 - Posted on 1/3/2016 18:05:00

Although, to be fair, if you look at something like Grim Fandango remastered, while the content is effectively the same, they did add a new control scheme to do away with the (now optional) tank controls, which I'm sure everyone but purists will say are awful

So someone playing the old "tanky" version will have a different experience from someone playing the revamped version to at least some degree.

I suppose really, it just needs to be looked at on a case-by-case basis as to whether the HD/remaster version of something is equivalent or not.

Post Edited on 1/3/2016 18:05:54
dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1966 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 7 - Posted on 1/11/2016 5:00:24

For some reason I thought this was a completely different game. I decided to fire it up to do the bounty and surprise surprise I've never played this before! So far it's been a real treat, really fun game!

jwcooley Curator Posts: 983 Registered: 2/28/2014
jwcooley
# 8 - Posted on 1/11/2016 5:23:53

It's next on my list. I think I am going to finish the expansions for Blood and then play this.

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 9 - Posted on 1/13/2016 4:07:04

Since it looks like all three of us are playing the HD version, I think I might switch the bounty to that one :P (unless there are any objections)

Post Edited on 1/13/2016 4:12:51
jwcooley Curator Posts: 983 Registered: 2/28/2014
jwcooley
# 10 - Posted on 1/13/2016 17:45:32

I'm not opposed to it. However, I believe I'm still going to enter the same completion for the regular version too since I believe it is pretty much the same game.

jwcooley Curator Posts: 983 Registered: 2/28/2014
jwcooley
# 11 - Posted on 1/13/2016 18:40:20

Also....Do you mind to extend it?! :)

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1966 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 12 - Posted on 1/14/2016 5:36:58

Finally wrapped this one up tonight after my second long play session. The game was starting to lose it's charm a bit towards the latter half, I think. It was still pretty decent, but it wasn't anywhere near as strong as the first half. Stuff started feeling repetitive, or poorly executed at times. The entire final level felt somewhat incomplete. Just a lot of running around doing mostly nothing. All in all, it was a good game though despite my criticisms.

jwcooley Curator Posts: 983 Registered: 2/28/2014
jwcooley
# 13 - Posted on 1/14/2016 13:24:46

I will start this tonight.

jwcooley Curator Posts: 983 Registered: 2/28/2014
jwcooley
# 14 - Posted on 1/16/2016 16:32:35

So far, enjoying this one. I had to turn the subtitles on because sometimes the dialogue would cut out or go incredibly low...but besides that, pretty good.

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1966 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 15 - Posted on 1/16/2016 20:48:23

Yeah, even with headphones I had some issues hearing bits of dialogue at times too. The subtitles helped.

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 16 - Posted on 1/25/2016 0:21:38

I wrapped this one up yesterday. It was my third time playing it, with the first time being on GameCube shortly after it was released, then on PC a few years ago. I still really enjoy the game and it's a breeze to play through (both because it's easy and the story / gameplay always pushes you forward). It's kinda like a Zelda-lite game.

I played it on Xbox One (though technically it was a 360 release) and didn't have any sound issues, so that's kinda weird.

@dhobo - I do agree with you on the final level, it's pretty barebones compared to the others. The environment itself was really barren, there just wasn't much going on. And the last couple of bosses were both jokes (although that doesn't really bother me since the rest of the game was easy too). One thing that I found unusual about it is there's not like a huge villain or anything.

I've been waiting for a sequel for soooo long now, I wonder if Ubisoft is still going to do it? Speaking of underrated games that need sequels...Mirrors Edge 2 is coming up, right? I might have to play that one again :) I think that'll be #4 for me. It's super short (and pretty easy), if anyone hasn't played through it yet.

jwcooley Curator Posts: 983 Registered: 2/28/2014
jwcooley
# 17 - Posted on 1/25/2016 23:01:02

I'm little over 3 hours into the game and am enjoying it pretty well. I think my only two gripes so far have been that stupid puck game and the menus.

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1966 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 18 - Posted on 1/25/2016 23:53:12

Haha, that puck game can get infuriating if you just nick the corners instead of a nice clean shot. Especially when the cpu starts hammering home perfect shot after shot.

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 19 - Posted on 1/26/2016 14:49:54

I agree, that puck game was kinda random. I mean, I would occasionally get a decent shot in where a couple of pucks went through. But Francis seemed to have A LOT of shots where like 5 or 6 pucks came through. I mean, I'd go from having one or two left to "ugh, where's the restart button?".

Just wait until you get to the second pearl, @jwcooley ;)

jwcooley Curator Posts: 983 Registered: 2/28/2014
jwcooley
# 20 - Posted on 1/27/2016 16:32:20

I am doubting my ability to finish before the bounty ends but I am still playing through this game! I will finish it!

jwcooley Curator Posts: 983 Registered: 2/28/2014
jwcooley
# 21 - Posted on 2/3/2016 15:23:01

I'm finally getting back to this game. I just made it past the factory! I'm enjoying it quite well.

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1966 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 22 - Posted on 2/3/2016 16:24:21

The factory felt like it took so long to get through when I did it. It wasn't bad, per say, just so much longer than the previous dungeon that it had me wondering just how long some of the later areas would be.

jwcooley Curator Posts: 983 Registered: 2/28/2014
jwcooley
# 23 - Posted on 2/3/2016 16:25:29

Initially, it didn't seem huge. But yeah, it felt huge the more you played through it. Right now I am trying to find pearls and animals.

jwcooley Curator Posts: 983 Registered: 2/28/2014
jwcooley
# 24 - Posted on 2/4/2016 19:39:26

Done. The second puck game, at least to me anyway, was much easier than the first. Onto the next game!

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1966 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 25 - Posted on 2/4/2016 19:57:01

I found the air hockey thing to be very random. Sometimes the shark guy was an absolute beast at it, other times, a complete amateur. I also had a much harder time getting the first orb from him than the second one.

Oh, and congrats! Haha

Post Edited on 2/4/2016 19:57:13