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Beyond Good & Evil is a video game for the GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox platforms. It was designed by Michel Ancel, developed by Ubisoft in-house and released in late 2003. It focuses around the exploits of Jade, a female reporter. Tyrone Miller, a public relations manager for Ubisoft, said the title comes from a “need to investigate beyond the superficial facts of what is good and what is evil.”

A sequel, Beyond Good & Evil 2, is under development.

Beyond Good & Evil combines elements of an action-adventure game with those of a stealth-based game, among other genres. While Jade has the ability to attack enemies with her Daï-jo combat staff (an ability only available to the player when combat is necessary), she can also crawl and sneak around when necessary to avoid confrontation with enemies that outnumber her or are too powerful to engage in combat. At times, it is only possible to advance or defeat a certain enemy with the help of her friends Pey’J and Double H, creating an additional element of teamwork. Pey’J (a pig) and Double H (Hub) are mostly AI-controlled in that the player does not ever directly control them; however, the player can tell them to execute specific actions when those actions become available. For example, in combat, the player can order them to perform a “super attack,” which is usually pounding the ground to bounce enemies into the air, which can then be hit as projectiles.

Being a reporter, Jade has access to a camera. This camera is mostly used to take pictures of animals (often to exchange for currency) and to get evidence of certain actions or objects that may help to expose a military conspiracy.

Traveling around the world of Hillys is accomplished via an upgradeable hovercraft and later a spaceship, which is also used for races and other mini-games. The main city in which the player begins serves as a hub allowing the player access to the various areas they must explore in order to expose the conspiracy.

The game also has an on-line component called “The Darkroom” where registered players may enter scores.[2] The score depends on a number of variables, such as the number of pearls found, the number of pictures taken, the minigames won, and the time taken. The score works the same no matter what platform the game is played on. After entering the code, there is an online minigame that, upon winning, gives the player an in-game code unique to their save file. This code unlocks a customizable minigame.

Setting

Beyond Good and Evil takes place on the futuristic planet of Hillys, where a mix of human, anthropomorphic animal, alien, and robotic species co-exist. The planet is under siege by alien DomZ forces. The DomZ abduct beings on Hillys, and either drain their life force for their own, or implant them with spores that convert them into creatures that work for the DomZ. A militant force called the “Alpha Sections” emerges to defend the populace. However, the Alpha Sections have a mysterious secret hiding beneath their helmets. An underground group of journalists, the IRIS Network, attempt to uncover the secrets of the DomZ and the Alpha Sections and expose the truth to the population of Hillys.

Plot

The game centers around Jade (Voiced by Jodi Forrest), who along with her ‘uncle’ Pey’j, have been looking after children of Hillys that have lost their parents to DomZ. When she runs out of money to run the shield to protect them from DomZ attacks, she takes up photography of rare species on Hillys, but soon finds the job is a cover for the IRIS Network. The group sends her on missions to spy on Alpha Section activities with her photography skills and stealth along with the help of Pey’j and an IRIS reporter, Double H. The team slowly learns of the connection between the DomZ and the Alpha Section, as well as Jade’s mysterious past that makes her key to the defeat of the DomZ. However, on one such mission, Pey’j is abducted by the DomZ, forcing Jade to travel to the Hillys moon to rescue him. She finally learns that her human form is merely the latest container to hide a power stolen from the DomZ centuries ago. Using that power, she is able to defeat the DomZ, reveal the truth of the DomZ and Alpha Section to the populace of Hillys, and rescue those that have been abducted, including Pey’j. However, as the game closes, Pey’j is revealed to have an active DomZ spore still imbedded within his hand, leading to question whether the DomZ have truly been defeated.

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