This Is Why Beyond Good and Evil 2 Has Taken So Long

Michael Ancel, the creative genius behind the Beyond Good and Evil franchise has revealed that there are several reasons why the sequel has taken so long to happen.

Ancel revealed that the original game was playable with many prototypes but had an array of technical problems that the team couldn’t solve.

“We wanted planet exploration, space travel and cities. All of this was supposed to be in Beyond Good and Evil 1”. said Ancel.

Ancel went on to say that they could have quickly created a sequel or they could work on other games such as Rayman whilst they waited for the technology needed to become available.

Ancel confirmed as we already knew that Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still a while off, but he’s now confident that the technology needed is available to create his original vision.

2008 Characters . The game was playable with many prototypes . All videos where realtime but we had too much technical issues . We wanted planet exploration , space travel , cities … All this was also supposed to be in BGE 1 … Instead of not doing the game of our dreams , we decided to return to 2d , have fun with Rayman and go back at work for Beyond good and Evil 2 . We still have loooooots of work but now the tech is ready and the team is fantastic !

A photo posted by Michel Ancel (@michelancel) on Oct 19, 2016 at 12:18am PDT