I'm doing all I can to not get hyped up again for the concept of a plan of a sequel/prequel, but damn you cant tell me that someone didn’t compose those new mdisk songs without love or passion for what is coming next. The way that what's basically Jade's motif gets morphed into 4 distinct folk songs, lowkey being each character's theme but all connected to Jade through that motif?? I'm convinced that the current devs, while capped by the leaving and death of their head and creative directors, I know they know the vision.
Holy hell, thank you for this stretch of a game study. I feel like there's this mentally manifested version of a better form of BGE that we as fans collectively refer to, superchargered with the initial potential scope Ancel hoped for and the building nostalgia year-by-year waiting for the relief of a sequel, so it feels like something I couldn't explain to someone in detail irl. I always felt crazy for getting in bouts where I do nothing but think about BGE for days straight, but seeing your review is comforting, knowing that others get into the same bouts. The game by itself has always technically been a bit underwhelming, but the immensely great soundtrack forces it to be memorable. The story's jarring twist into authority-imposed human trafficking - matched with the game's sometimes unsettling and grim art/music - turned me away from going into anything past Black Isle as a kid! Glad i finish it until in my teens bc I definitely didn't need to see the DomZ priest. Also i think it's just me, but the eerieness is amplified by the game's dark 'warehouse door' loading screens and the fonts used all over the game, but that should just be me lol. To some extent, we're all gonna be just a bit turned down when the 2nd game comes out bc it's gonna fundamentally have nothing the same from the 1st, so we really will have to pick it up as a new game. Hell, even the new prequel teaser stuff from the 20th year edition release feels completely different from the entire game.
You may not remember what you all said in this video. I will still comment on it.😂 7:00 I never made the connection of how the DomZ survive from the beginng. It is sooooo clever. 10:00 I always thought the do-jo was a little magic, so that's why you have the superattack. 14:00 never heard about the substance. And I also love that there is a inuniverse explanation for the unlimited inventory 😅 47:00 oh in the german version Jade says the alpha section protects us for generations. But years make so much more sense... 😅 But it shows how effective the propaganda of the Alpha Section is, that Jade belives what they broadcast. 52:00 Akuda Bar... never got that pun😅 Watched now the rest of the video. It was quite interesting. The thought that there could even be a higher being than the DomZ Priest is interesting. But I wouldn't put everything that the Priest says for the truth.... And I guess that we never got the truth of what Shauni is, is the real cliffhanger, not that Page got the Domz Monster on his hand. 😮 And this is something they could actually answer in a Prequel.
I just played the 20 years edition on my switch. While playing I thought it would be funny to hack in infinite pearls. I bought all the upgrades way too soon. Jumped over the laser to go to the slaughter house (with peyj) upon making it in and docking the hovercraft the game crashed when Peyj tried to jump out. Would be funny if the game would just play out having peyj with you all the time while he also being captured xD
Dude, you are a legend for uploading this, I don't want to give ubisoft thirty bucks for a couple of videos and alt skins😂 I think your commentary is also a nice addition, and I think you are right. IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE IF UBISOFT CANCELS BGE2 NOW. I am still hesitant to get excited for that game, because the website hasn't been updated for four years, and I actually had this theory that the game was already cancelled and that a lot of the resources were already being reused for that ubisoft starwars game. I don't know if bge2 will even be any good, I don't really like those new ubisoft openworld games that all just feel like farcry3 and assassins creed. Anyway, you earned the sub m8🎉
I suppose my theory post BGE2 trailer was always that Jade was the offspring of some Domz entity that the pirate cree took in and adopted as one of their own. And BGE2 tells the tragic story of the crew's journey, rescuing Jade from the Domz / Proto Alpha Sections and breakup with Pey'j taking Jade into hiding.
Spoilers ahead for anyone who hasn't finished BGE: I think your theory makes sense. My theory was that the origin of the Domz goes back incredibly far in history and that Jade - being their source of life / power - was either the creator of the Domz or was the descendant of whoever created the Domz (since the Domz have been on her trail for centuries, according to general Kehck) I think it's possible the Domz were corrupted at some point (due to their relations with the Pearls of Aramis) or they turned evil in nature for whatever reason. I think the dichotomy is that Jade is the light/good part of the Domz and that's why they covet her so much and wish to destroy her human part (as to free her Domz part / supernatural part) and feed of her boundless powers. It's also possible - if the Domz existed before Jade - that Jade was an experiment to mix human and Domz DNA and that the source of life / power was stolen from the Domz (which corrupted them) and stored in Jade in order to keep it contained and away from the Domz. But it's confusing because Jade is shown to be the enemy in the BGE2 trailer (if all of that still holds up) and a child in these sketches on the m disk leading a normal life. So did they kill evil Jade, setting her inner powers free and somehow she was reborn as good Jade we know from BGE? I just love theorizing lol
wow, this is wild. Makes me wonder if they might be considering retool of the art style in the upcoming game, its definitely more appealing this way, not to mention makes the game easier/faster to develop I imagine. If it even still happens. You gotta admit, its so weird they are trying to tie them together like this, considering they haven't made a peep about it in ages.
Idk bro, I think they kinda failed to capture the same style in that modal of the captain lady with the compass, she kinda looks like a fortnite skin to me
This is such a great game. It’s easily in my top 5. It seemlessly combines MV gameplay with JRPG action combat, and it’s something I didn’t even know I wanted in a game.
(Before watching the video) Since I can’t think of a single instance of unavoidable damage I would guess yes. Though a couple of sections would definitively get a bit dicey, final boss being the most obvious but theres a couple others... Then again it has been years since I played it last time so who knows..
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Hey bro, been watching your BGE content. I really appreciate your love for this amazing game. I'm really looking forward to the anniversary (4 more days so i've heard!)
“I don’t understand the game”: the review. Whining because you don’t understand what you’re doing and blaming everything but yourself and insist the game should reward you for playing it wrong instead of trying to actually learn doesn’t do a good job at making an argument why the game is bad, it just shows that your review isn’t worth taking seriously.
I am playing the dlc for the first time and this is too accurate hahahahaha I put my silver serp +3 ring on and controller down after beating the demon prince’s frost phase and got up happy af and didn’t hear the death noise or noticed the souls or victory screen and that’s when EVERYTHING hit me at once. This was the dlc ;(
Never expected beyond and good evil to get a remaster for current gen. Definitely will be a day one for me. Never got round to finishing the HD version as I haven’t gotten on Xbox as much as I’d like to. Probably hold off now till this version comes out
One of the best games I’ve ever played. No in fact, I do think this is the best. The world building, story, characters, gameplay, MUSIC, voice acting, pacing, it’s absolutely amazing and still gets me every time.
No, if someone struggles(which is weird, because game is not hard as soon as you get used to controls), it's just a skill issue, it goes away with practice. So, the most correct way is get better!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss. Btw, graphics/lighting is probably due to RTX technology if I had to guess. Also, I hope they are gonna show something at The Game Awards even tho they mentioned more news are meant to come early next year.
I actually just happend to notice this after someone replyed to a comment I made on a video saying it would be good on switch Next morning someone said its happening.
It would be rather daft of Ubisoft if they don’t put the 20th anniversary edition on PS4 and PS5. I just hope that they decide to utilise the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers of the dual sense controller. The HD version was on the PS3 if I remember correctly and the original version was on the PS2
LITERALLY WHAT I THOUGHT OF WHEN I BEAT THEM LAST WEEK! I was on discord when i beat them, this is how it felt when i heard my friends silence 😂 im so glad this meme video exists
23:51 I don’t think that he was saying that they’re literally smelly. It’s more of a euphemism similar to “those blasted Domz” or “those damn Domz”. 48:25 Okay but, what’s to say that she wouldn’t just turn them in to the Alpha Sections? She has combat prowess, yes, but that doesn’t mean that she’d be loyal to IRIS. 1:09:39 What’s the name of this cover? 1:35:28 It’s not dehumanising. Not all sapient species in this game are human, so, calling them “human resources” wouldn’t make sense. 2:23:29 It’s totally fair to remove their “representation”. We’re talking about Muslims here, who, technically, would probably have disagreed with the song’s inclusion anyway, and could’ve caused trouble. It’s not like this is unprecedented. It’s happened quite a lot in the past. 2:47:26 Well, the Domz are already the enemy, and this is confirmed even through Alpha Sections propaganda. Therefore, if the Alpha Sections are working with the Domz (and are essentially an extension of their power), they must be eliminated as well. So, technically, IRIS are neither terrorists nor freedom fighters. They’re just trying to remove the Domz from Hillys. 2:58:11 I mean, it’s just a name. What’s strange is that the line just comes out of nowhere. Do… do people eat Pey’j’s species? Are there other, non-sapient pigs that they can eat? All the references to him being delicious are a bit strange… All in all, it was good to see another video about this awesome game. Vielen dank!
Thanks for this video. BG&E is one of the games that definitely deserve much more recognition. I've beaten it more times than any other game and I will probably do it one more time soon. The news about the sequel aren't great, sadly. At least it's still being worked on, but the hope that it will turn out worthy of its predecessor is stretching thinner and thinner.
I fear the same thing. I don’t expect much good from it, so often when games get a sequel of any sorts it’s like the creators didn’t realise at all what made the first so amazing, and change all sorts of things up instead of it just being a continuation from what we had, in such a bad, disappointing way. Well, and of all things it becoming a prequel when we all just want to see a sequel, they ended it on such a cliffhanger!!
Thanks to the anniversary edition BGE2 actually sounds more like what they planned for BGE. And I made peace with the cliffhänger. The Iris network will just give Pey'j the same Antidote they gave Double H. 😅
About to vs the second boss in the ring City but I haven't tried to take it on yet lol, the first twin demons wasn't that so hoping this next one is more difficult!!! If I'm not mistaken it's an optional boss within the actual ringed city
Ive been absolutely obsessed with this game ever since i played it. Its world, i think, is just the best. Hyllis is the only fictional world id love to live in because i think too many fictional worlds especially in video games are either so saccharine it makes them incredibly dull, or so devastatingly horrible youd better off just living in actual sewers. Hyllis has a perfect balance to it. Its not idyllic like Hyrule, nor is it horrid like Midgar, it has that feeling of dear home that also has rent and the war is going on and the hovercrafts are loud as shit, but man does it still feel like home. Incredible stuff
Great review! Glad to see someone give this game a fair shake. The combat system is so great. It’s a true reimagining of turn based RPG mechanics for 3D.
