History VideoGame / BeyondGoodAndEvil

* AlienInvasion: Hillys has been undergoing one from the [=DomZ=] for years, but they thankfully have the Alpha Sections to help turn back the tide! [[spoiler: Except not really.]]

** As we learn in the ending, [[spoiler: she's actually [[AmbiguouslyHuman not human at all.]]]]

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The [=DomZ=] plan required Jade and the Hillyans to try to take out their lunar base]].

* BlaseBoast: Pey'j, accidentally. [[spoiler: When Double H relates to him about being trapped in a mind-wiping machine for 16 hours and barely got out intact, Pey'j casually mentions he was in there for three weeks.]]
* BoisterousBruiser: Pey'j. His politeness runs from "informal" to "obnoxious", [[LargeHam he's very capslock]], he likes to hang around in bars, he's full of wise advice, his presence is bigger than his physical size, and [[spoiler: he's the leader of his very own rebel organization]]. However, he's TheSmartGuy rather than TheBigGuy. But if he's not TheBigGuy, he gets to be [[PigMan The Pig Guy]].

* ChekhovsGun: If you check Pey'j's inventory you'll spot an [=MDisk=] you can't do anything with. [[spoiler: Later on, Pey'j gives Jade the [=MDisk=] just before he's captured by the Alpha Sections, and it turns out the it contains important information about Jade's past, as well as telling you about the Beluga.]]

* ComicBookTime: Trying to keep track of how much time as passed in the main plot can be a little disorienting. When you bring Double-H back to headquarters to save him from the [=DomZ=] parasite, you're told it'll take a few weeks for him to recover, but as soon as you leave the room he's perfectly fine, [[spoiler: and no matter how quickly you get to the Moon, Pey'j will have spent three weeks in a [=DomZ=] torture device.]] Either there's a lot of unseen {{Time Skip}}s, or Jade is spending days, if not weeks, inside the Alpha Sections facilities.

** [[spoiler: The final boss inverts your movement controls, which happens between checkpoints so you have to use both the normal and inverted control in the same checkpoint if you fail.]]

* TheDragon: [[spoiler: General Kehck, who is helping out the [[DomZ Priest]]]].

* EmpathyDollShot: If the [[spoiler: destroyed lighthouse]] wasn't depressing ''enough...''

* EnemyWithin: [[spoiler: Jade, who is revealed to be the human incarnation of Shauni, possible queen or goddess of the [=DomZ=], who is important for their survival.]] Though it isn't really a split personality, but [[spoiler: Jade herself actually being Shauni.]] Might add a bit of FridgeHorror to the story.

* TheEvilArmy: The Alpha Sections, [[spoiler: who are conspiring with the [=DomZ=]]].

** When Jade first asks Pey'j if he's heard of the IRIS Network, he panics and quickly warns Jade that it might be a trap. [[spoiler: Makes sense, since he's secretly the leader and doesn't want to get Jade wrapped up in the Alpha Section's conspiracy.]]
** Jade passing out at the start of the game and Pey'j yelling about getting her some kind of serum in the distance is a fairly easily-forgotten scene. [[spoiler: Then you find out at the end of the game that Jade isn't exactly human.]]

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* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Double H says "It's too quiet around here. [[BeingWatched Somebody's watching us,]]" [[spoiler: when he and Jade first enter the external corridor to the Cloister on the moon.]]

** Final broadcast from "The Hillyan Word", mouthpiece for the Alpha Section. [[spoiler: "The truth has finally been revealed by our trustworthy colleagues from the [=IRIS=] Network. The Hilllyan People have joined forces to drive the Alpha Sections out of Hillys. Once again, the honorable journalistic profession was able to show that it had a preponderant role in history."]]

* LivingMacGuffin: Also, possibly, [[spoiler: SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan]], but it's unclear.
* LonelyPianoPiece: The piece "Enfantes Disparus," that plays when [[spoiler: you return to the destroyed lighthouse.]]

* MeaningfulEcho: Double H has a tendency to rattle off Carlson & Peeters-isms at random, so none of them seem incredibly important, at first. [[spoiler: However, when he [[TakeMyHand saves Jade from plummeting to her doom]], he turns one of them from a generic "[[FauxtivationalPoster fauxtivational]] statement of team solidarity" to a genuine admission of his [[TrueCompanions care and trust for her]].]]

** Jade (the stone) symbolizes immortality and resurrection. [[spoiler: Jade (the girl) can bring people back to life.]]

** Issam's Pearl Game, [[spoiler: which is your reward for finding all the pearls in Hillys.]]

* PlanetLooters: The [=DomZ=], who take away a very valuable resource: [[spoiler: the life force of living beings]].

* TheQuisling: Fehn Digler. [[spoiler: The instant you defeat TheDragon, he even puts out a news report sucking up to the IRIS Network!]]

* RoofHopping: The very, ''very'' cool rooftop chase scene, [[spoiler: where the leader of the Alpha Sections, General Kehck, chases Jade himself before she makes her getaway.]]

* SceneryPorn: The various settings of Hillys give way to this. The lively city, all of the boats in the water, a sky with individual constellations, the various nature settings, all beautifully rendered. [[spoiler: And it continues when you get into space!]]

* SurrogateSoliloquy: Jade, to Woof after [[spoiler: the raid on the lighthouse, sadly ranting about how Woof, and by extension herself, couldn't help save the kids.]]
* TheStinger: After the credits roll, [[spoiler: it looks like things might have gotten back to normal...but there's something REALLY wrong with Pey'j's hand...]].

* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: After [[spoiler: leaving the atmosphere]] in the Beluga for the first time, Jade momentarily forgets the solemnity of her mission in order to have a moment of pure {{squee}}:
--> '''Jade:''' [[spoiler: Algenib? The Omega Dipper? We--we're surrounded by stars, Double H...]]

* ThrowTheMookAtThem: Early on in the FinalBoss Battle, you can launch the mooks [[spoiler: that are disguised as Pey'j]] at the boss to damage him.

* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Pey'j. He does have a reason for coming back, though.]]

* VirtualSidekick: Secundo, an AI who runs Jade's online accounts and [[BagOfHolding digitizes items]] for later use. [[spoiler: He also hacks Alpha Section's comm satellite in the climax.]]

** No matter how fast Jade goes through the Factory, [[spoiler: she will be too late to rescue Pey'j from being loaded onto a shuttle and flown to the Slaughterhouses.]]

In the late July of 2020, Creator/{{Netflix}} announced that a film based on the game is in development. Rob Letterman, who previously directed another video game-based film, ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'', has been tapped to direct.

* ExploringTheEvilLair: [[spoiler:Jade and Double H fly to the moon and infiltrate the DomZ main compound in the climax]].

* ExploringTheEvilLair: [[spoiler:Jade and Double H go to the moon and infiltrate the DomZ main compound in the climax]].

* ExploringTheEvilLair: The climax.

In 2008, ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil2'' was announced but ended up stuck in DevelopmentHell, before briefly emerging in 2017, though with no substantial news having emerged since, it is save to assume that it is back there. See its trope page for more information.

In 2008, ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil2'' was announced but ended up stuck in DevelopmentHell till finally resurfacing in 2017. See its trope page for more information.

* CameraScrew: Easily the one aspect of the game that received the most criticism is that this game can be argued as having the single worst camera in the history of 3D action games. Not only does trying to control it feel like hostage negotiations, but you have almost no options to adjust in the menu.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: [[http://www.bgemyth.net/?page=plus_d_infos/creation_du_jeu/interview_christophe_heral/interview_christophe_heral.php In an interview]], the game's composer, Christophe Heral, said that a significant portion of fan favorite track "Propaganda" was created by remixing portions of a telephone conversation between himself and a Bulgarian woman. In the original version, dialogue from the game production team was included, but got cut. (The Bulgarian phone conversation remix is still there.)

Designed by Michel Ancel of ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' fame, the game plays like a SciFi twist on ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. It combines simple yet engaging combat, with vehicle action, puzzle solving, stealth, and photography challenges. The environments are detailed and beautiful, and the characters are interesting and well-animated, in a stylized balance of cartoonish and realistic. It was released for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], but sold few copies on any platform.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape''. Both feature a pristine, SceneryPorn laden location invaded by machine-like beings, who kidnap many of the protagonist's friends. Since they were made by the same developer, this is hardly surprising.

* CollectionSidequest: The animal photographs. You only need to take two at the very least, enough to pay your bills and advance the plot. The first eight also give you the enhanced zoom, which is highly useful for both the rest of the photographs and missions. Its primary purpose after that is to earn money, which can be done other ways. It's the easiest way to make money, though, and will give you plenty of overhead, especially if you buy the animal tracker which marks targets on the map.

* FunnyAnimal: Many characters are non-human, animal-like humanoids.
** Bonus: they have plausible taxonomic classifications, like ''Sus sapiens,'' which literally means "wise pig".
* GameBreakingBug: On some playthroughs the second triangle key doesn't become accessible, requiring a save state editor in order to continue.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: What's with that scar across Pey'j's eye, huh? Fehn (the literal kid) also has one across his nose.
** Fehn could have gotten it when the [=DomZ=] took away his parents in an attack.
* GottaCatchEmAll: Your first quest is to take photos of an example of ''every single living thing on the planet.'' It keeps you well funded so long as you keep up with it, and you get an album of all the photos you took if you manage to get all of them.

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: On Hillys, humans and anthropomorphic animals like pigs, cats, sharks, and rhinos live alongside regular animals like dogs. While Hillys has its own animal life, none of them have anthro counterparts.
** It's revealed in the prequel that these anthros are actually called "hybrids" and were genetically engineered by humans from Old Earth to colonize the stars.

* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway: While Hillys has anthropomorphic beings based off of Earth animals along with humans and is part of a larger solar system, there's no mention of Earth anywhere....
** ...the prequel game confirms that Earth exists, or rather ''did''.

* MeaningfulName: Jade (the stone) symbolizes immortality and resurrection. [[spoiler: Jade (the girl) can bring people back to life.]]

* PlotCoupon: The pearls, used to purchase equipment for your vehicles in order to gain access to other areas of the world.

* ScreamingWarrior: '''Double. H.''' "ATTTAAAAAAAAACK!"

* DropTheHammer: Hammers seem to be the WeaponOfChoice in general for both the evil Alpha Sections and and Hillyan army--and, by extension, Double H.

* SimpleStaff: Jade's choice, as a martial arts master.

The game got a download-only HD remake for UsefulNotes/Xbox360 and UsefulNotes/PlayStation3.

In a distant star system, presumably sometime in the future, there is a peaceful mining planet named Hillys. The peace of this planet was shattered not long ago, when mysterious alien monsters called the [=DomZ=] invaded this part of the galaxy, striking in surprise attacks, and kidnapping people away to who-knows-where. A military organization called the Alpha Section appears to be keeping the [=DomZ=] attacks at bay, but they don't seem to be doing a very good job.

In ''Beyond Good & Evil'' (released in 2003), the player assumes the role of Jade, a young woman who lives on Hillys with her adoptive uncle, [[PigMan Pey'j]]. She makes a living as a freelance photojournalist and runs an orphanage in the lighthouse she lives in. One day, after a [=DomZ=] attack, she is contacted by the Iris Network, a subversive underground press organization and resistance group, that seeks to expose the truth about the Alpha Sections and rally the people of Hillys against them. She accepts their offer, reluctantly at first, and infiltrates Alpha Section facilities to take pictures of their suspicious activities.

Designed by Michel Ancel of ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' fame, the game plays like a SciFi twist on ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. It combines simple yet engaging combat, with vehicle action, puzzle solving, stealth, and photography challenges. The environments are detailed and beautiful, the characters are interesting and well-animated, in a stylized balance of cartoonish and realistic. It was released for UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/{{PS2}}, and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], but sold few copies on any platform.

The game got a download-only HD remake for UsefulNotes/{{PS3}}.

The PC version of the game was even packaged free with a [[http://www.giantbomb.com/news/get-beyond-good-evil-free-withcheese/946/?linktags=home,home-news certain brand of cheese]] in Canada in early February, 2009.

** A number of other characters seem to have this going on as well. Double H is very tan, but it's not clear if he's just suntanned or if it's his natural color. And Hahn seems to be obviously a BaldBlackLeaderGuy, but he's rather pale and also appears somewhat Asian.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Yoa.

* AdultFear: Jade stops by Mammago to pick up a part. When she's leaving, [[spoiler:the lighthouse is smoking and ships are flying away]].

** Propaganda!

* BaldOfAwesome: Hahn.

* CarnivoreConfusion: Not only do we have an anthropomorphic cow bartender ''and'' a slaughtered cow corpse in a freezer, we also have several jokes about eating Pey'j.

* WidgetSeries: This game is approximately 60% sci-fi action adventure, and 40% what is ''up'' with the French? Weirder yet, the PC version of the game was packed in free in packages of string cheese in Canada in early 2009. Aimed at French-Canadians?