{"id":229157,"date":"2025-10-01T14:45:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2150045"},"modified":"2025-10-01T14:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:45:33","slug":"my-favourite-planet-the-fragile-tranquillity-of-hillys-from-beyond-good-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/my-favourite-planet-the-fragile-tranquillity-of-hillys-from-beyond-good-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"My favourite planet: The fragile tranquillity of Hillys, from Beyond Good &amp; Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/my-favourite-planet-the-fragile-tranquillity-of-hillys-from-beyond-good-evil.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nEarly plans for Beyond Good &amp; Evil were for it to feature multiple worlds &#8211; a vision its vapourware sequel was finally supposed to realise. But Beyond Good &amp; Evil is all the more brilliant, I think, because of a sole focus on saving its singular planet: the beautiful, fragile Hillys. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard not to fall in love with this chunky, colourful place when you&#8217;re first introduced to it via Beyond Good &amp; Evil&#8217;s heroine Jade. There&#8217;s a beautiful, memorable shot of her balanced on a cliff edge, practicing some kind of yoga with one of her orphan charges. Is it an orphan goat? I think it&#8217;s a goat. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Hillys is a peaceful world torn apart by war, and Jade&#8217;s lighthouse sanctuary is where you are introduced to both her and the current, embattled state of everything.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-05-20-my-favourite-planet-the-fragile-tranquillity-of-hillys-from-beyond-good-and-evil\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-05-20-my-favourite-planet-the-fragile-tranquillity-of-hillys-from-beyond-good-and-evil\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early plans for Beyond Good &amp; Evil were for it to feature multiple worlds &#8211; a vision its vapourware sequel was finally supposed to realise. But Beyond Good &amp; Evil is all the more brilliant, I think, because of a sole focus on saving its singular planet: the beautiful, fragile Hillys. It&#8217;s hard not to fall in love with this chunky, colourful place when you&#8217;re first introduced to it via Beyond Good &amp; Evil&#8217;s heroine Jade. There&#8217;s a beautiful, memorable shot of her balanced on a cliff edge, practicing some kind of yoga with one of her orphan charges. Is it an orphan goat? I think it&#8217;s a goat. 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