
If you've been looking forward to Ubisoft's Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition, we're pleased to say it's now available on the Xbox Store! You can grab the game right now at the low price of £17.99 / $19.99.
Alongside the release, we've also seen a handful of reviews going live - including from our sister site Push Square. Our Xbox access was only granted a few hours ago, so we'll need a bit longer before publishing the Pure Xbox review.
So, let's take a look at what the first reviews are saying about Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition:
Gaming Trend (9/10)
"Beyond Good & Evil is an absolute classic, and the 20th Anniversary Edition makes it easier than ever to appreciate why. The characters are endearing, the visuals are mostly amazing, the music is incredible, and the gameplay is a ton of fun on top of all that. If this is your first time stepping into Jade’s sneakers or your 20th, now has never been a better time to explore the beauty of Hillys."
Push Square (8/10)
"A bona fide classic remastered with love and care. This edition brings smooth visuals, a beautifully recreated musical score, and well-presented supplemental materials. It certainly shows its age, but like all great art, Beyond Good & Evil weathers the test of time with grace."
Press Start (8/10)
"Even if you’ve never played Beyond Good & Evil before, and won’t get as much of a kick out of seeing the new threads and experiencing its modernisations, there’s still a very decent 10-ish-hour romp to be had along with a bit of a peek into Ubisoft history for a fairly reasonable price of entry of $30."
Video Games By SI (7/10)
"It’s great that people will get to experience Beyond Good & Evil for the first time. They’ll just have to understand it in the context of the era it was created for."
So, it's a pretty good start for this new version of Beyond Good & Evil, which is getting largely impressive scores across the board so far. As mentioned, we'll also have our own review to share at Pure Xbox as soon as possible.
Keep in mind that if you're a subscriber to Ubisoft Plus, you'll also get access to Beyond Good & Evil's 20th Anniversary Edition at no extra charge, allowing you to experience the full game alongside countless other great Ubisoft titles.
Are You Buying The BG&E 20th Anniversary Edition? (260 votes)
- Definitely! I can't wait to play it!
- I probably will soon, yeah
- Maybe when it drops in price a little
- I doubt it, but you never know
- Not interested to be honest!
- I'll just play it on Ubisoft Plus...
Will you be buying Beyond Good & Evil's 20th Anniversary Edition on Xbox? Tell us down below.
Comments 11
Awesome, I'm really glad to hear that this is a good remaster. I will 100% be getting this then! Not a bad price too all things considered! I thought Ubisoft was going to price it a good bit higher than that.
Another year another load remasters etc.
todays remaster headlines.
Mickey and his paint brush
Luigi mansion 2, boo
Beyond this and that.
At least the second half of the year looks new.
Yeah, I will get it at some point. I would love to play this again all these years later.
That being said, I think it is important that people new to the game realize what they are getting here. It is a game from a different time in gaming when expectations for what made a narrative single player game special may not be the same as today.
I think if you took all the resources of all these remasters etc over 2023 and 2024.
You could make the most amazing new ip that would blow every AAA game out of the water.
@OldGamer999 Maybe it is because I am getting old but I often enjoy the remakes/remasters as long as they are done well.
@OldGamer999
Perhaps, but I bet the collective revenue from all those remasters combined is much higher than what that one game would bring in.
@evan23
Not if it was AAA GTA5 contender
Or even a Mario Kart or BOTW
Especially across PS5, series s/x and PC.
Where's the poll option... "I'm happy with / already own Beyond Good and Evil HD (backwards compatible 360 version)" ..?
Did everyone forget about backwards compatibility?
I won't be buying - I have the OG version which I believe is playable via BC if I actually wanted to return to it. I thought it was 'OK' at best 20yrs ago but likely to find it very dated today.
It's good that people can play it for the 'first' time but as I've played as much as I would want to play, I'm unlikely to buy a new version...
I’d like an actual comparison of the BC HD version to the new one to know if it’s really worth the upgrade.
A damn shame your site doesn’t seem to be reviewing it. We need a review from an Xbox point of view.
I’m glad at least the remaster is out. Imagine a cursed world where we can’t neither the sequel nor the remaster.
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