Thanks to my new job I have had lots of time to listen to podcasts during the day. One of the ones I started listening to is the 1up FM podcast. One of the features of that one is a backlog game. They pick an old game and go up to a particular point in it each week. They just started with Beyond Good and Evil this week.

I had never even heard of the game before so I had no idea what kind of game it even was. After work today I took a quick swing by Gamestop and picked it up for $4.77 (after edge discount lol). They said in the last podcast that they would be be completing the Black Island area so I fired it up and got started.

You play as a young lady named Jade. It turns out its sort of a Zelda style action/adventure game. Besides Jade you have a pig friend whos name eludes me at the moment.




You have to use the 2 characters together to...

I finally beat it 100% last night and got my last achievement. Beating the game with Richter was not easy but it was fun. Its funny how great some older games are. Even if the graphics are not super high rez or whatever if the core gameplay is there that is really all that matters.




And here are all the achievements unlocked! Woot!