By Matthew Collin
– Posted on 30 Nov 2022 at 18:53
After stating in July 2021 that the development of Beyond Good & Evil 2 was progressing well, new information seems to indicate that the game is still only in an “early” phase of its design.
Will he be able to get out one day? This is the question everyone asks when it comes to Beyond Good & Evil 2. We told you about it last month, the title of Ubisoft today holds a sad record: that of longest development in the history of video games. Indeed, at the time these words are written, it has now been 5,297 days since the first trailer for the game was unveiled. However, as several reports have already revealed, the latter still seems far from ready to be released… and even more than we imagine according to new information.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 is only at the beginning of its development
And for good reason, according to journalist Tom Henderson, Beyond Good & Evil 2 would still be only at one stage “precocious” of its development. In any case, this is what certain sources who were able to participate in the phases de tests internal and external organized this summer, specifying that the title was for the moment essentially composed of “small areas with low resolution textures”. It could even be that the game has been rebooted since the alpha presentation of 2018none of the new images reaching “the same level of detail” selon Henderson.
This last statement, however, obviously remains to be taken with a grain of salt, especially knowing that the journalist has not shared any of the images he claims to have seen. However, he indicates that he contacted Ubisoft before the publication of his article, and the studio reportedly said: “Development of Beyond Good & Evil 2 is ongoing and the team is working hard to deliver on its ambitious promise”. Suffice to say that there is nothing new under the sun therefore, since this is already what we have been hearing for several years now.
A project that worries players
As a reminder, Beyond Good & Evil 2 was officially announced at the end of 2016, with a first trailer at E3 2017. We know, however, that it has been in development since 2007, the information having been confirmed by Michel Ancel, the director of the first opus, in the course of 2008. A first trailer was then released by Ubisoft, which however never openly declared that it was about the game. The following year, a second trailer leaked. The title then completely disappeared from radar until its official return at the end of 2016.
Since then, and even though the teams are trying to communicate a little more regularly on their progress, the project seems to have stalled. Of course, this is of no concern fans, who wonder if Ubisoft will end up canceling the game after more than 14 long years of unsuccessful development. Concerns that increased tenfold when Michel Ancel announced his departure from the company in September 2020. In short, one thing is certain: this is a game whose color we are not ready to see for the moment…