The You Game!

[Master]

This talk of BG&E is making < consider getting the remaster on Switch and trying to see if I can get through it to the end this time...

[PluMGMK]

< reminds everyone here getting the new version of the dire warning from ^:

Clearly the remastered version is cursed, and the original is the only way to go

It's funny, < played the original like a month before starting <'s first internship, then felt that it would bookend things if < left <'s job after playing the remaster. But thanks to good old inertia, actually leaving the job took like ten months, two playthroughs, and a compulsory redundancy!

[Master]

^'s got < there. Who knows though, maybe one person's curse is another person's blessing?

(Or is that just wishful thinking?)

Still, sounds like ^ managed to get some playthroughs out this time, prophecies can be subverted!

[Tribelle2026]

< have wanted to play BG&E in the past but the fact that it ends on a cliffhanger killed my interest

[EdgyRabbid]

< hasn't finished the game... < didn't want to be spoiled...

[PluMGMK]

< wouldn't really call the ending a cliffhanger. The story gets fully resolved, there's just a (strong) hint that something else is about to happen next. A bit like Rayman 3's ending if you don't realize it's a flashback!

[Reese Riverson]

Y'know, < can't exactly recall the ending of BG&E, it's been quite a long time since < last played it. < has remembered what to do so far at the beginning, so that's good.

[Master]

< isn't sure if it's a cliffhanger in the strictest sense, but it was still very much of the vein of wanting players to want more.

How long has it been now anyways, almost 22 years? < thinks we Rayman fans have had it pretty good compared to that...

[Reese Riverson]

Yeah, that is rather true, at least after the whole Rabbids fiasco, we had Origins and Legends to make up for it.

If <'s memory serves < correctly, wasn't BG&E 2 teased upon with two entirely different versions of the game? < Isn't sure what the whole situation is with it anymore since nothing kept coming from any of it.

[Master]

So there was a leak of some gameplay of Jade getting chased in a crowded almost favela like environment if < remembers correctly. And there was teaser trailer where Peyj was repairing a car while Jade was meditating in the background. < believes that was the initial version of BG&E2 before it got put on hold for Rayman Origins?

The second is the one we saw a trailer for about, I want to say almost a decade ago at this point? Where it was now going to be a multiplayer game that took place before the original game, and would feature Jade's parents?

< Is going off the top of <'s head, so these details are blurry and < insists on being fact checked.

[EdgyRabbid]

< wonders if we’ve gotten any details of that game as of late?

[Master]

Latest < recalls was them saying "We're still making it!" last year when the remaster came out.

[Reese Riverson]

The one thing < certainly doesn't want is a multiplayer game out of a BG&E game, but < knows Ubisoft will do whatever they wish. Look at Rayman Raving Rabbids.

<'s friend had said someone blamed the Nintendo Wii for Rayman 4 getting scrapped in favor for a Rayman party game due to the Wii controls.

[EdgyRabbid]

Latest < recalls was them saying "We're still making it!" last year when the remaster came out.

< says there’s probably a lot of bullshit behind the scenes, considering that it has been 17 years.

[Reese Riverson]

< feels that historically, that's usually what happens with Ubisoft in a nutshell.

Regardless, < is still pleased with the 20th Anniversary Edition of BG&E. Even if it unfortunately uses the Ubi app.

[EdgyRabbid]

< has the original Xbox version, is it worth it to get the rerelease?

[Reese Riverson]

< Says that depends if ^ wants to play it on newer hardware or not. < has the old PC release and a PS2 version, but < wanted that nice experience with <'s PC, especially with the ultrawide OLED monitor.

[EdgyRabbid]

Hmmm..

< prefers the Xbox version because < would rather play games on their original hardware rather than on releases.

[Steo]

< recalls it not having widescreen on Xbox either. < will be happy to try out the new one, assuming there aren't any drawbacks to doing so.

[Reese Riverson]

< is waiting on the Globox plushie order page, < can't wait to get <'s ordered!

< knows ^ is probably eying it as well.