Beyond Good & Evil was just removed from Steam this weekend

Copium... or Cassandra?

It's rumored, but it's strange they remove it without a last sold or at least an annoucement :/

But why remove the original? Last time I heard about it they were making a sequel not a remake.

I played it on PC way back, and it was great. Even the last battle, which has a peculiar mechanic, worked perfectly.
One thing that might not work now is the web part - doubt it's still running these days. But everything inside the game should work nicely.

I only ever played it on PC, it was fantastic. Got it the same year it released (2003), and I don't recall there being any issues with the gameplay (ie, even in the sense of needing patching or the like); I recall finding combat being smooth and responsive, and I don't recall any movement issues (y'know, unlike with 2007's first Assassin's Creed release >.>;). IIRC the photography elements were a bit clunky, but I think that was more by basic design than due to platform considerations.

Googling, the console version apparently gets criticism for not handling the photo camera mode aspect well (people don't like how it's handled by left joystick rather than right, or its joystick sensitivity), while the PC version apparently can have some bugs with the general game camera sensitivity (though it looks like that's fairly easy to fix, from what I can see). PC version can also apparently have either cutscene or other graphic bugs with Win 10+ but, again, it looks like those are correctable. I only did a fairly quick search but, all the same, I didn't pull up any other criticisms of either platform option in the initial results I pulled up.

Last played it back in 2015, only issue I had was having to manually select my graphics card in the launcher

And also, do they want to make everyone pay for it again? Man the original one didn't even work on my PC and they want to make me pay for fixes :/

Happy cake day!

And sadly, yes to your question. I am definitely not buying it again. I already have the game on my library. And I would rather buy the GOG version that dealing with Ubisoft connect.

It says right on the page yes, and Denuvo also.

"AN INTERNET CONNECTION, A UBISOFT CONNECT ACCOUNT AND INSTALLATION OF THE UBISOFT CONNECT CLIENT SOFTWARE (https://ubisoftconnect.com/) AND REGISTRATION WITH ENCLOSED SINGLE-USE SERIAL CODE ARE REQUIRED TO ACTIVATE THE GAME AFTER INSTALLATION ON ANY NEW COMPUTER, AUTHENTICATE YOUR COMPUTER AT ANY GIVEN TIME, ACCESS ONLINE FEATURES, PLAY OR UNLOCK EXCLUSIVE CONTENT."

The version GMG (and any other retailer) is selling, is Ubisoft Connect only anyways. If you want it on Steam, you can only buy it on Steam itself.

Thanks for reminding me I have a free copy of BG&E on in my Ubisoft game library.

Also -70% off in Europe, but at 1.49 € (original price = 4.99 €)
Will skip, already own (and completed) on my PS2.