In fact, fans of Nintendo's veteran series will probably feel immediately at home in this game – perhaps filling in a void on the competing platforms when it was originally released. Play The gameplay combines elements of Zelda-like dungeon exploration, set in military compounds, industrial complexes and around the hub city and islands dotting the map. This probably accounts for its lasting legacy-that and the gameplay, which spawned a myriad of Ubisoft-led offshoots, Assassin's Creed among them. It's not quite 'A Tale of Two Cities'-calibre of course – and there's no real connection to Friedrich Nietzsche's work of the same name, but Beyond Good & Evil has a distinct feel to it all the same. It's all very quirky and, honestly, exudes the kind of originality of design that betrays its French-developed roots. The two are pulled into a tale of underdog resistance against an alien threat known as the DomZ. Jade's joined by her uncle, Pey'j – a giant, talking pig-man and engineer – one of numerous animal-folk inhabiting the world.

Jade, a green-eyed, green-clad photojournalist and orphanage-operator is pulled into a political uprising on the Earth-like planet of Hillys. This HD rerelease, available now on Xbox Live Arcade and coming later in 2011 on PlayStation Network, is a promising sign of life and timely reminder of the potential this game's setting holds.

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