Beyond Good & Evil (video game)/YMMV

• Alternate Character Interpretation: Chip Cheezum and General Ironicus' Let's Play of the game jokingly suggests that, as a result of his tendency to Use His Head, Double H was brain-damaged well before he was ever introduced to that nasty-ass machine the DomZ had him in. They further theorize that he was given a copy of the childrens' edition of Carlson and Peeters (to accommodate his impaired thinking), which is also a coloring book. He colors in one page every night, with just the biggest grin on his retarded face (in-game, he's goofy, but still intelligent). Watch him during combat, then watch him again VERY closely while he is breaking barriers for you. You will notice that he uses a forcefield.
• And the Fandom Rejoiced: It's official. Beyond Good and Evil, in XBLA/PSN, release date: 2011 (to be announced).
• Awesome Music: For the game's music, Ubisoft hired a relatively unknown freelance composer named Christophe Heral. Good choice. "Home Sweet Home" and "Hylian Suite" are standout tracks, but there are many good ones. Notably, Ubisoft gave out the soundtrack for free with express permission to put it on Torrents.
  • "Above and Beyond" is probably one of the deepest and most unsettling tracks you will hear in a game.
• Cargo Ship: Pey'j likes the hovercraft a tiny bit much. And to a lesser extent, the Beluga.
• Complete Monster: Two characters qualify.
  • General Kheck. Whereas all the other Alpha Section soldiers appear to be corrupted caricatures of the men they once were, he looks completely healthy, and he's still working for the near-omnicidal DomZ Priest; he joined willingly, fully knowing what would entail afterward.
  • The DomZ Priest. He's draining the life energy from an entire planetary population just so HE could live longer, and he has gall to call them "miserable sacrifices".
• Disappointing Last Level: Depends on who you ask. The endgame does feel rather rushed and introduces some inexplicable superpowers with little more than some vague foreshadowing.
• Ear Worm:
  • From the background track, "Propaganda". The minigames also feature the track "Spanish Bar" a.k.a. "Fun and Mini-Games", which is an easy contender for the title of Most Earwormy BGM.
  • How about the racetrack and Mammago theme? "Don' worreh..." It actually sound like real Reggae, mon.
• Ensemble Darkhorse:
  • Meï is very popular with the fandom, probably second only to the three leads. Being a blue-furred Catgirl with hips probably helps.
  • Similarly, there's Yoa, the lighthouse's resident Mysterious Waif. She's mysteriously blue, she speaks an unknown language, and her dialogue suggests she's either a sneaky little spy or prophetic. She has no plot relevance (at least for now), but her status as walking Fanfic Bait makes her pretty popular.
• Gannon Banned: No, wrestler Triple H has nothing to do with this game. If you make that mistake, as so many before have, the fan's responses will likely make you feel like a real heel.
• Misaimed Marketing: Just check out the link to the "string cheese" incident above. Now "string cheese" is a minor inside joke in the fandom.
• Most Wonderful Sound: The Item Get sound when you pick up a pearl, and the Alphas' "ARRRGH!" when you kick them in the tank. It never gets old.
• Needs More Love: Was originally going to be a trilogy, but now Ubisoft is pondering, yet has not 100% committed to the sequel yet, pending sales of the HD version... so buy the HD version now!
• Ugly Cute: Pey'j and Double H are just so damn endearing. Pey'j may be a fat, smelly, over-the-hill pig and Double H a meatheaded Top-Heavy Guy, but the fandom absolutely adores the both of them.
• Vindicated by History: It's got to be one of the most highly regarded and talked-about video games to totally bomb on its original release of all time. It's pretty much a tie between this and Psychonauts.
• Woolseyism: There's a lot of quirks the English dub added over the original French. Pey'j's "sweet jesus" for example and how the Dom Z sound.
  • When General Kheck traps the Beluga with a tractor beam, in the English version, he quotes one of Lewis Carroll's poems (The Spider And The Fly), which made a nice touch over the original (which just talked about a serpent eating its prey).