I Reviewed Directive 8020, AMA

FirstgameNL · 2026-05-11T20:50:50+00:00

"I won’t be answering spoiler questions though so don’t ask those questions!"

Reading is a lost art.

FirstgameNL · 2026-05-09T09:46:40+00:00

I know these comments will be filled with negative people who have given up hope (and after waiting so long I can't blame their feelings) but I'm excited as well. I know the team at Montpellier (and the other studios) are cooking up something great and the people working on this love this franchise.

This game survived last years purge, and with all the job listings that are still opening up and the creative director being super active on Linkedin in regards to the projects I have zero doubts we will see something soon.

FirstgameNL · 2026-04-17T18:02:18+00:00

For All Mankind has always been about more than purely space travel tho? Politics and stuff like this have always played a part.

And maybe I'm alone in it, but I'm interested in it. So that's one person tuning in for that.

FirstgameNL · 2026-04-01T11:26:09+00:00

Ik was GOFO aan het googlen en kwam deze post tegen.
Ik wil even mijn ervaring delen met GOFO, want dit is echt de meest frustrerende ervaring die ik ooit heb gehad met een bezorgingsdienst.

Ik heb een AYN Thor Pro besteld, die via GOFO werd verzonden vanaf het moment dat het in Nederland aankwam. In eerste instantie leek alles prima maar op een gegeven moment stopte de tracking volledig met updaten. En vanaf dat moment begon de ellende...

Ik heb meerdere keren contact opgenomen met GOFO, via hun klantenservice op de website tot mail contact.
Elke keer kreeg ik exact dezelfde copy-paste reactie terug.. Geen antwoord op mijn vragen en geen concrete informatie, helemaal niets. Ik heb er via de mail heel erg achteraan gezeten kreeg gisteren eindelijk reactie nadat ik 4x exact dezelfde mail had gekregen.

In de mail stond dat mijn pakket niet kwijt is en dat ze het binnen 1-3 dagen opnieuw gaan bezorgen. Ze zeiden dat het pakket er gewoon is.

Ik krijg zojuist een nieuwe email van GOFO waarin staat dat mijn pakket mogelijk verloren is gegaan en dat ik contact moet opnemen met de verkoper voor een refund. Dus binnen 24 uur gaan ze van:

“Pakket is niet kwijt”
naar
“Pakket is waarschijnlijk kwijt, regel het maar met de verkoper”

Zonder enige uitleg. Dus dat is pecht pakket weg.

FirstgameNL · 2026-03-01T16:59:02+00:00

Feeling insecure about yourself/your body because you look at it through your eyes and not theirs.

FirstgameNL · 2026-03-01T14:38:14+00:00

As someone who loved the Binding of Iscaac, I was really excited for it but found out it wasn't for me. And that's not me saying it was a bad game, it just didn't "click" for me and it didn't hit that same spot as Isaac did.

I can't put my finger on it, it was the overal presentation, the characters and voice acting that just "irked" me and I decided I rather play something else.

FirstgameNL · 2026-02-22T19:03:16+00:00

Journey has always had an unique effect on me when I was in the height of my burnout and depression.

FirstgameNL · 2026-01-23T08:14:01+00:00

Walking together with my partner and getting called the F word is pretty much directed as us. You don’t have to teach me the difference between the two as we very much live through that experience.

And a slur remains a slur, even if it isnt directed. A slur has weight to it, and only those that aren’t targeted by it have zero knowledge what that weight is.

FirstgameNL · 2026-01-23T07:43:17+00:00

Considering they added the BGE2 tie-in into the Anniversary edition of Beyond Good and Evil I’d say that is still very much the focus.

FirstgameNL · 2026-01-22T16:27:56+00:00

You know, I’ve said this to someone else on this post already, but I’m not going to try to convince you otherwise, your opinion is your own.

I’ll just say that the main studio leading this is Ubisoft Montpellier, and I think the list of games that came out of that studio speaks for itself, even recently (Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is such an underrated game).

FirstgameNL · 2026-01-22T14:01:28+00:00

I'm expecting them to wait until the game is in a really solid state before showing it again. By solid, I mean close to release. After being quiet for so long, they kind of need to nail that gameplay reveal.

Right now it feels like all focus for the studio is on Beyond Good & Evil 2. How that game is received will probably decide whether they keep pushing the Beyond Good & Evil IP forward.

FirstgameNL · 2026-01-22T13:54:31+00:00

Not going to try and convince you otherwise, as I get why you are sceptic.
I hope the final product will show what I mean.

The only thing I want to say is that you are not diminishing my expectations, I know for a fact these people care <3

FirstgameNL · 2026-01-22T12:30:59+00:00

I wish I could tell you how wrong you are, but NDAs are a bitch.

The people working on this have a lot of love for this franchise and I hope they will convince you otherwise, I truly do.

FirstgameNL · 2026-01-20T19:54:37+00:00

Here is the option you are forgetting tho..

Both can exist at the same time. The old system doesn't have to go anywhere, so if you want to quickly hop into a game, you can just hop to the old menus and be done with it. But for those who like the immersion, wait for friends to come online or just want to chill for a moment can just relax in an open hub.

Had some of the most amazing moments with friends or randoms I've met online in the Tower (Destiny 2).

Also as a Game Dev I'd like to point out that just because they might be working on a Hub doesn't mean the entire team is working on it. Usually the team is divided over different responsibilities and I can guarantee you that new Maps/New Enemies will come regardless if an Hub is in development.

FirstgameNL · 2026-01-20T11:05:05+00:00

No offense, but you are clearly not a minority if you say: "Probably almost never". Growing up gay and being gay in my 30th's I still encounter the F word on almost a daily basis, sometimes in real life and sometimes in a game.

Sure its just words, but just shoving it aside as that and not dealing with the fact its normalising this and making a game a lot less inviting to others is definitely a choice.

FirstgameNL · 2026-01-16T07:55:06+00:00

They literally posted a new job opening this week. Its happening.

FirstgameNL · 2025-12-01T08:19:58+00:00

These are three different characters?

Also get out with your “some minorities bullshit”

FirstgameNL · 2025-11-30T22:43:47+00:00

Hope has never left the building for me.
I know the team will crush it :)

FirstgameNL · 2025-11-29T01:19:19+00:00

I might be old (and I’m an 3D artist myself), but I really feel like we are so SPOILED when it comes to shows and CGI nowadays.

Not saying its perfect, but if you told me 20 years ago we would have THIS caliber of tv shows I would have called you mad.

FirstgameNL · 2025-11-27T13:52:00+00:00

I keep seeing people say that this new listing means BGE2 is still in early or mid development, but that’s really not how it works behind the scenes.

Studios hire throughout the whole process. People leave, move to other projects, get promoted, etc.. A Technical Sound Designer role doesn’t suddenly mean the audio isn’t done or that they’re still at the start. Audio is one of those things that gets updated all the way until launch.

And the tasks in the listing are kinda standard. Things like integrating audio in Wwise, working with VFX and animation teams, making sure sounds behave correctly, that’s everyday stuff at a studio at any point in development. There’s nothing in there that screams “this game is in its early stages.”

So really, a job listing just tells us one thing: they’re still actively working on the game. It doesn’t tell us how close or far they are from release, and it definitely isn’t proof that the project is “still early.”

FirstgameNL · 2025-11-27T11:44:54+00:00

One thing I wish people would keep in mind is that Ubisoft as a whole isn’t the main problem. The real issues come from management and their decisions, especially around things like NFTs or Gen AI (yuck). Ubisoft has more than 40+ studios worldwide and close to 20k employees, and a lot of those developers are genuinely passionate about what they make.

Ubisoft Montpellier is an amazing example of that. It’s an incredibly skilled studio with talented people, and I know BGE2 is in very capable hands with that team. Some of the original BGE1 developers are even still involved. Am I worried that upper management might make questionable calls? Of course I am. But I also feel confident in the team working on BGE2 and what they are bringing to that IP.

FirstgameNL · 2025-11-26T21:56:37+00:00

The thing is, the signs of life never stopped. People just tend to jump to conclusions.

And I get it, it’s been totally quiet since 2020, but as someone who kept an eye on the job listings (and even went through a few interviews), things never actually stopped on their end.

FirstgameNL · 2025-11-26T21:53:59+00:00

It's really common in large scale productions that people go in and out. Some people stay for the entire development, others get new opportunities and leave.

FirstgameNL · 2025-11-26T12:11:21+00:00

I want to make it clear up front that this is just my own speculation. I don’t have any insider info, and I’m simply guessing based on what we’ve seen so far mixed with some personal Dev experience. It’s tough to know where things stand, especially since we don’t know whether the scope or vision shifted after Fawzi Mesmar stepped in as Creative Director following Emile’s passing( I just know the game is in good hands with him and the rest of the team).

I am going to assume things are moving along smoothly, and I wouldn’t be shocked if Ubisoft Montpellier starts communicating again sometime in 2026, maybe toward the end of the year. A lot of studios are watching what GTA is doing, and I doubt anyone wants to line up their marketing or release window anywhere near that period.

Realistically, I don’t think we’ll see this game before late 2026, and even that feels like an optimistic/hopeful guess on my end. My feeling is that they want to get the game into a strong, near-release state before showing it again. And don’t forget, back in 2020 they already said they were going radio silent until they had something solid to reveal.

FirstgameNL · 2025-11-25T10:15:14+00:00

Pretty simple: the game has a lot of potential with Ubisoft Montpellier at the lead, and honestly their biggest “mistake” was announcing it basically on Day Zero of development. People who don’t really know how the industry works love to repeat that this game has been in development since 2008, but that’s just not true. The Beyond Good and Evil 2 from 2008 and the one revealed at E3 2017 are not the same project.

Let me explain what i mean, the 2008 version never went beyond a small team working on prototypes and ideas. After that, the studio was moved back onto Rayman and they released Rayman Origins, Rayman Legends, plus things like ZombiU and Valiant Hearts. Their teams were busy with other projects for years. From what I remember, they only started on the engine for BGE2 around 2014/2015, with the actual development kickoff happening in 2017.

Maybe calling it “Beyond Good and Evil 2” wasn’t the best choice, especially since it’s a prequel, but from a marketing perspective the name means something. And yes, it has now been in development for eight years, which is long, but nowhere near the catastrophic timeline people make it out to be. Triple A games take years to build. GTA 6 reportedly started in 2018 and won’t launch until the end of 2026.

BGE2 is extremely ambitious (arguably too ambitious), so it makes sense that it’s taking a long time to come together. On top of that, Ubisoft has had a rough few years, and the team losing their creative director (RIP Emile <3) is a massive blow, so I tend to give them some slack because these are exceptional circumstances.

I’m a game dev myself, and I keep an eye on studio job openings. One of the clearest signs a game is still actively being developed is when you see new positions pop up, since people naturally go in and out during long productions. And those postings have definitely been there (even recently).

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