Games You Should’ve Played (But Probably Didn’t): Beyond Good and Evil
First things first lets address the elephant in the room: A big reason why I feel compelled to write this article this week is because Beyond Good and Evil is as of Wednesday available on Xbox Live Arcade, for the pauper’s sum of only ten dollars. If you’ve never played it before, man go and download it right the hell now. It’s okay I’ll still be here when you get back.
Anyways. Beyond Good and Evil was an overlooked 2003 classic by Ubisoft and Michel Ancel (creator of the Rayman series) that managed to synthesize some of the best aspects of previous gaming masterpieces. Do you enjoy The Legend of Zelda games? Of course you damn well do. How about the crazy, “the government is watching me through my dental fillings”-styled conspiracy-theory story akin to that of Metal Gear Solid or Deus Ex? Again, that’s a yes. Oh, and do you like collectibles? But not just pointless baubles or macguffins but rather items that take work to find and give you real, tangible rewards for their discovery? As a gamer that sounds like my drug of choice. Beyond Good and Evil manages to wrap these elements together and place into a world that can only be described as heartfelt.
