Beyond Good And Evil 20th Anniversary Edition Review (Uplay/PC)

by Jim Smale · July 5, 2024

Beyond Good And Evil 20th Anniversary Edition Review, Armed with her precious daï-jo fighting stick and faithful camera, Jade’s adventure will get you to freely explore Hillys, combat creatures large and small, infiltrate dangerous areas, solve enigmatic puzzles, play addictive mini-games, race the best hovercraft pilots, and take pictures of the whole experience. Embark on this epic adventure in up to 4K 60 fps with improved graphics and audio, a new speedrun mode, updated achievements, and an exclusive anniversary gallery.

Beyond Good And Evil 20th Anniversary Edition Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
Download size.
Uplay achievements.
Full controller support.
Ubisoft Connect integration housing rewards, challenges, and achievements.
Graphics settings – graphics quality preset, texture quality, anti-aliasing, shadow quality, SSAO, and bloom.
Camera settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders and you can change each individual one for – Jade, Hovercraft, Spaceship, and photo mode.
Two control scheme layouts – original or new.
Display settings – monitor, and resolution.
How to play the menu with text images for combat, vehicle, SAC, camera, and items.
Bonus speed run mode.
The anniversary gallery gives concept art, bonus videos, and some extra little snippets.
Local and optional online save choices.
In-game cutscenes.
The cutscenes seamlessly transition into gameplay and vice versa.
Basic tutorial-style pop-ups.
3rd person view.
A full 3D world with 360-degree camera control.
Multiple choice encounters.
Fast loading times.
You can skip cutscenes and fast-forward conversations.
Excellent voice work.
Memorable cast of characters.
When getting new tools or items you can view them in 3D and get handy tips on how to use them.
Photos are the crux of the game as you gather evidence, you earn credits for your images.
Luckily when entering photo mode the cursor will highlight the objective and help you in taking good pictures.
Heart-based life system, you can eat food to replenish your heart and find more heart containers.
A great looking world.
The map also shows objectives for areas and it’s all very easy to understand.
A special disc allows you to save at computer terminals.
Puzzle elements throughout.
Photo-taking starts to feel almost like a Pokemon you gotta catch them a
When using a vehicle you get a compass showing your objective and you can drive in first or third person view.
Feels nostalgic.
Credits let you buy basic upgrades and items, higher-end items require the harder-to-find pearls currency.
Big boss encounters.
You have handy bars that fill in with collected pearls, photos, etc.
The game does many genres from a shooter to puzzles, to action.
Take part in hovercraft races to earn pearls and credits. In the races, you can use boosts and shoot.
you don’t get games like this anymore which is a shame as the pacing and general gameplay loop is really refreshing and rewarding.

Beyond Good And Evil 20th Anniversary Edition Review Cons:

Cannot remap the controls.
The concept art is very bare-bones and not that exciting.
Bad camera angles especially in the small area fights.
Doesn’t have a camera setting for how close the camera can get or not get.
Jade looks really wooden and shows no emotion in the face.
Saving is slow and clunky.
Interactive elements are not distinguished so you kind of have to press interact all over the place or just guess.
Cannot always skip interactions or item scans.
When in photo mode you cannot move around and are stuck in place.

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