Beyond Good & Evil

Beyond Good & Evil

Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20763 SLUS-20763GH (Greatest Hits) SLUS-29082 (Demo) Release date: November 11, 2003 2008 (Greatest Hits) CRCs: 36802E57 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-51917 Release date: November 14, 2003 CRCs: 591ABA45 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Ubisoft Montpellier
Publisher(s): Ubisoft
Genre: Action, Adventure
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 86/100
Game description: For centuries, the planet Hillys has been bombarded by a relentless alien race. In Beyond Good and Evil, a rebellious action reporter named Jade sets out to capture the truth behind the invasion. Armed with her camera, dai-jo staff, and fierce determination, you must guide Jade as she discovers shocking evidence leading to a horrific government conspiracy and is forced to battle an evil she cannot possibly fathom. With the ability to perform stealth techniques, dai-jo staff moves, and tag-team fighting combos, you can stop at nothing to expose the truth.
Beyond Good & Evil is an action-adventure game with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth-based games. The player controls the protagonist, Jade, from a third-person perspective. Jade can run, move stealthily, jump over obstacles and pits, climb ladders, push or bash doors and objects, and flatten herself against walls. As Jade, the player investigates a number of installations in search of the truth about a war with an alien threat.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz Nvidia GTX 285 768MB	24 02 2013 1.1.0 r5576	GSdx 5570 SSE41 [23 02 2013]	SPU2-X 2.0.0 [24 02 2013] LilyPad 0.11.0 [13 01 2013]	Status goes from ingame to playable., Completely broken graphics in gsdx hardware mode. Aside from some flickering, looks fine in software mode.	General-Plot
NTSC-U	?	Intel i5 2500 with Turbo EVGA GTX 460 v2 1GB FPB	1.2.1	GSdx 0.1.16	SPU-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	BIOS: 2.20, Have to use Software, Hardware has very bad visual issues.	Twiztid

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
PAL-M	GNU/Linux Manjaro Wynsdey 24.0.6	Intel Core i5-13600KF AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (Mesa 24.1.5-manjaro1.1)	2.1.83	Default (Software)	Default	BIOS v01.60 EU. Almost no graphical artifacts in software mode. Vulkan and OpenGL both have noticeable artifacts and stutter. FPS is best with software, but sometimes drops to 30-35, causing sound artifacts; OpenGL and Vulkan perform even worse.	giantplaceholder
PAL-M	Linux 6.12.1 arch1-1 (EndeavourOS)	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U Radeon Vega 6 (AMD iGPU)	v2.2.0	Default (Software)	Default	BIOS v02.50 EU. Hard visual glitches with hardware rendering. Getting 50 fps with rare drops at 35-45fps	Tyssan

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on macOS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Trivia

• There is no 16:9 aspect option in the game, though the image is cropped widescreen into 4:3 screen (wide TV's with the zoom function could get a true fullscreen image).

Known Issues

Broken water rendering

• Status: Active
• Type: Severe
• Description: Water rendering is broken during hovercraft sections in both renderers.
• Workaround: Enable Auto Flush in the "Hacks" tab for Hardware or in the Software Mode settings. This doesn't fully resolve the issue as the water will still show in a red hue. It should be noted that in HW mode the game still have other graphical issues. Fixed in build v1.7.2459, but you still need to enable Auto Flush.

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  Auto Flush

Sound freezes in game

• Status: Active
• Type: Major
• Description: The sound may freeze when the player is fighting certain enemies.
• Workaround: None.

Fixed Issues

Completely broken graphics

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Major
• Description: After loading a new game, graphics become broken in hardware mode.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Gallery

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  Beyond Good and Evil (SLUS 20763)

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