No. Beyond Good & Evil was a special game. There has not been one like it this gen and I really don't think developers will take a risk on the title like that again. It's similar to Okami in that the game was a risk that didn't really pay off financially, but had a charm to it that made you forget all the bad stuff.

I loved the character interaction between Trip and Monkey - it rivaled a Hollywood production. But that doesn't make up for the uninspired combat, weak graphics, and poor ending.

Enslaved was okay. BG&E was awesome. I'm not seeing the relationship.

Not by a long shot. Stop comparing arguably mediocre games to inarguably amazing games.

Enslaved is by no means a turd, but it's no Beyond Good and Evil.

The problem I have with this generation of gamers is that so many games are getting unfair and unrealistic expectations heaped upon them by the media, then they wonder why the game "failed to deliver on the hype," and why it went wholly unrecognized by the masses.

If there was a game this gen that I'd compare to BG&E if I HAD to, it'd be Folklore.

Like BG&E, it was charming, had great art design, great music, a compelling story, and addictive game play. It also went unappreciated by the gamers, only to have them come around and praise it when it was too late.

Enslaved may have had interesting art design, but kind of fell flat in other areas.

Not even Beyond Good and Evil had as many invisible walls and scripted action as Enslaved.

Hugely underrated game. I don't get all the hate.

This is one of the few games in the last 2 years that's actually fun to play.

I rented it for 9 bucks and felt ripped off. I thought it was a pathetic game for this generation. The upgrading was incredibly weak and pretty pointless. the staff that u used all game was extremely gay and never looked cooler when upgraded. I went through the game saying to myself ''its gotta get better''. Sadly it never did. How can u say this game was good? plz state somethin innovative that they implemented in this that hasnt been done. Everything they did do in it was weak sloppy rushed garbage. If u want to play a game like this thats actually worth currency, go play uncharted 1 and 2.

A lot of people knew why the game could be good, but chose not to tell the company that such short linear games are worth 60 bucks.

I have to say, I knew people would try this "underrated" spiel as soon as it was reviewed. Yea rooting for the underdog is great....except when that underdog is overpriced, too short, and lacking any real feeling of interaction with the compelling environment and story.

Bought it for 15 bucks as few weeks back, havent started it yet.

Valkyria Chronicles? Though I guess a Japanese game can't be one due to more American kids and teenagers playing more non-japanese games? I don't know if that is true, just a guess, but when referring as "this generation's Beyond Good & Evil" one would expect a western made game that is underrated and did poorly in sales? (I haven't played anything here besides VC though)

Fun while it lasted but some bad level design decisions and crappy controls made it not a very memorable experience.

How dare them compare it to Beyond Good and Evil,..

It is ridiculous,.. Beyond good and evil is to this day a lesson to people of characterization and great game design.. Where there are so many elements of gameplay intertwined so beautifully,..Same goes with Psychonauts,..

It is far from perfect game,.. (there are things in BGE that were ,..kinda sucky) but If I had to choose,.. I would probably still rather replay BGE even on PS2/xbox any day over Enslaved ,.. it is not just a classic for no fucking reason,.. It is really a great game,..

IT just wasn't a good game, i love how the gaming media keeps scream and yelling trying to make a big deal about Enslaved when it is simply nothing special. It sold poorly on Ps3 & 360 so ya it flopped pretty hard not to mention all the performance problems

The game also had crappy story with little depth. WTH was with that ending srsly and Trip, she belongs in the kitchen and with tape on her mouth cause she is just bossy as hell.Also yay she frees monkey when monkey only has one choice, either fight for his life or die, yup what a choice.

It was a ok game that barely sold deal with it, it isn't a great/fantastic/memorable game.

Simple answer NOOOOOO

Enslaved was a good idea of a good game. It had things going for it, but the studio decided to go multi at the wrong time. They couldnt afford to build a new engine, so they used Unreal Engine. Which didt work out too well. It made the game look a little less than spectacular, created several broken gameplay elements, and what they wanted to do couldnt be done.

If the game had a better engine it would of done fine.

Given the sales for Enslaved it's a pretty good bet that few here ever played the game. Not that fanboys ever make much sense when praising or hating games anyway. It's all just a lot of sad bullshit from morons fighting a pointless war in the name of corporations who probably actually really despise them.

Why the heck is Beyond Good and Evil thought of as the second coming of Christ? It was a good game when it came out, that was it.

Enslaved is a C/C+ game. I rented it and beat it in 2 days, and was pretty glad I didn't pay for it. The levels are designed poorly and the attack tracking is beyond worthless. (I'd be trying to finish off an enemy and because momentum of a combo would carry me past a bot on the 2nd swing, it would then decide that where I wanted to target my next 2-3 swings would be at the air in the between two enemies.)

As far as the story goes, it's incredibly stupid. There's a scene where the girl sees a fishtank terrarium and she talks about how the fish have been alive for 100 years, describing how the fish eat the plankton, then the big fish eat the smaller fish, and everything's cool.

NO. The big fish eat the small ones, AND THEN THERE ARE NO MORE SMALL FISH, and then the big fish DIE. This terrarium's top part of the pyramid would collapse within 1-2 years.

Then there's the whole problem with the "big reveal" at the end, which only creates more plot holes.

With this story, it's basically on par with how awful Heavenly Sword's story is.

Enslaved was great. The hate it has received is mostly from people who are still mad they didn't get a sequel to Heavenly Sword.

Teh, glad I didn't play Beyond good and Evil then if that's the case.

i might buy this for my PS2 its really cheap by now. (BGnE)

Enslaved seems a fun experience but it got overrated for sure (and Heavenly Sword was even more). there´s much better games that those 2 with ratings around 6´s and 7´s by the media like 'Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom' and 'Yakuza 4' for example.

I stoped caring about the media for quite a while by now and it feels so much better not to 'listen'

I think Mirror's Edge is more like the BG&E of this generation.

The game was trash

I remember my using my christmas money to buy beyond good and evil after watching some previews of it on g4's pulse (back when g4 was a show about games only and not that other bullcrap now). I played it and immediately fell in love. It was one of the best ps2 games I had ever played. I was quite disheartened to see that it didnt get the recognition it deserved. To me, it was an unforgettable masterpiece.

Now as for enslaved being this generations beyond good and evil?! lol. not by a longshot. The game was only slightly above average at best, and the story was forgettable. There was nothing about it that made me want to play it again, after I beat it. Unlike Beyond good and evil, which ive played and beaten in double digits.

I liked kung fu chaos, I throughly enjoyed heavenly sword, and I tolerated enslaved. It was by no means a "GREAT" experience. And ninja theory made their own beds when it comes to the poor sales that this game received. All that "better than uncharted 2" and that "Heavenly sword sold like crap." and that "we blame sony" stuff really makes them look like ignorant sore losers, and not respective developers.

Oh and also, no one at ninja theory can't say with a straight face that they modeled dante's look after Tammem antionades, who to me looks busted and horrible.

no frickin' way . In a few years no one will care and request an "hd re-release" on some future console , unlike Beyond Good and evil .

For someone that truly enjoyed Heavenly Sword, is it possible to like Enslaved as well?

When will game reviewers realize that just because they think a game is great doesn't mean that everyone else will and flock to the stores to buy it?

Enslaved was alright but, nothing special. BG&E on the other hand was amazing and I really felt a connection\fondness for the characters. Any problems I had with Enslaved were because of the glitchy Unreal engine (or NT's use of it). IMO Unreal as an engine has not truly enhanced or benefited any game this gen that used it (outside the few made by Epic)! Multi-platform devs are too cheap or lazy to create their own engines. A well optimized original engine will always perform better than sloppily thrown together Unreal code.

I was wondering this last night when playing Enslaved. It certainly touches on the greatness of BG&E, but fails to remain consistent.

The characters, atmosphere and music were spot on, but the story was stretched (which is saying something for a < 10 hour game), the combat repetitive, and the game was full of padding.

It could have been a perfect 6 hour game, but instead they made a 10 hour flawed one.