Beyond Good and Evil 2 breaks historical records

Beyond Good and Evil 2 just passed Duke Nukem Forever As the game that has been in development for the longest time. We get this news via Eurogamerquoted by Brendan Sinclair of GamesIndustry.biz on Twitter. Perhaps he set a reminder to highlight this milestone. The previous record holder spent 5156 days in development, which is Beyond Good and Evil 2 Now you are dealing with 5,237 full days.

To be clear, it’s been 5,237 days since the first trailer, or rather a teaser for Beyond Good and Evil 2 Featured in our news feeds (or do they still say timelines in 2008?). Last sign of life Each of us got a list of “upcoming projects” during the so-called financial briefing.

The game’s official website was last updated on July 12, 2020. One of the absolute leaders of the development team, Michel Ancel, also resigned during this period, amid the rampant pandemic and more intense personnel policy issues. Beyond Good and Evil 2 It would probably be considered in all essentials as vapourware, a program that never reaches any final form.

Brief history lesson

Beyond good and evil It is a game that is close to the hearts of many people – including the hearts of signatories. This original version was released on PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in 2003. Despite much appreciation among fans and critics and a true cliffhanger ending, there was no sequel.

It is often said that Ubisoft Other perks, basically Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time that led the game series’ renaissance, and ate it in Beyond Good and Evil:sales figures. Perhaps there is an advantage to this theory. They’re not very different from each other, and at least in Europe they were released a week later (February 20 and 27, 2004, respectively, according to GameFAQs).

While the attempt to revive the franchise is now doomed, at least I’m in the battalions who are glad to see the infernal fruit of this doomed venture.